The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) article was wrong about Marié Digby. To anyone who followed her videos, it's obvious that Marié Digby has always been herself. The article stated: ----- "Ms. Digby's MySpace and YouTube pages don't mention Hollywood Records. Until last week, a box marked "Type of Label" on her MySpace Music page said, "None." ----- However, she had joined MySpace in 2004, roughly 2 years before she was signed, and she merely didn't bother to update a setting, and she'd probably forgotten that setting even existed. I signed up for a MySpace music page, and it could even be missed when first signing up. And, since months after she recorded her CD, there was no indication it was ever going to be released, I wouldn't expect that it would even cross her mind to change her status to signed, even if she was still aware of that setting. Note, her CD didn't come out until approximately 2 years after she was signed, and approximately 4 years after she joined MySpace. The article went on to state: ----- "After inquiries from The Wall Street Journal, the entry was changed to "Major," though the label still is not named." ----- Makes sense to me. There is no point in naming a record label when there is no indication they are going to release your CD. And, given that, who she was signed with has just as little relevance as that she was signed. (Note, the CD, titled "Unfold" finally came out on April 8, 2008. Buy it, it's wonderful). The Wall Street Journal article also contained: ----- 'Most of Ms. Digby's new fans seem pleased to believe that they discovered an underground sensation. ----- In fact, the vast majority of the posts were about her music, and not about "discovering" her. For most of us viewers, a huge number of people had already seen her videos when we found her, which were posted long before the WSJ article, so we could hardly claim to have 'discovered her.' The term "feigning amateur status", used in the WSJ article is completely ridiculous. Marié Digby posted music videos, and expressed enthusiasm, and hope. She was largely unknown outside of Los Angeles. Marié Digby has posted that a Wall Street reporter talked to Marié Digby for about an hour, but they never asked the questions that would have cleared this up. Instead, they took one response, which merely meant that her signed status wasn't relevant to her goals (and frankly, would have seemed ridiculous in the videos), as meaning she was hiding it. There were radio station interviews, before the WSJ article, where she mentioned being signed. If she were hiding it, she would have hid it there too. I gather Marié Digby's family is rather well off. She never mentioned that in her videos either. I wouldn’t say she was, "feigning middle class status," but I'm sure some people would! Sad!

Yeah, that was the idea, and I really didn't want to have to buy a recorder. The camera worked out surprisingly well...

A nice cash cow to have in your product portfolio for 35 years :O)

Hi there, what did you need? people walking and street sounds? The camera idea sounds good, never thought of that. Ive thought about binurial mics in the ears.. Scanner does it that way sometimes apparently.

Hey all! Thanks for the comments and emails. I finally decided on the NRV10, and took some unboxing pictures: http://someaudioguy.blogspot.com/2008/03/monster-post-audioguy-got-nrv10-lots-of.html

Live is the only DAW I use, ever! But it really doesnt matter that these guys are using software that can do it does it? They are still providing a service.

I use Ableton Live for this sort of thing. Anyone else a Live fan?

35 years, and the best they can do is upgrade the wiring, put better LEDs in, and a stronger motor. I guess its hard to improve on perfection!

I think the article has some details wrong too: Both versions are identical. The Dave Smith version ADDS 4 additional analog voices, it does not replace the sample playback section.

When I first heard about Dave Smith and Roger Linn's collaboration I was pretty excited to see what they would come up with. I was hopeful they'd make a unique and straightforward product like the Poly Evolver, but after looking at the initial specs, this may be a bit over engineered. Looking forward to some demos.

Oh people walk around with cameras all the time (and my S2 is not MASSIVE thank you very much ;-). I live in LA, so tourist, paparazzi, whatever... Surprisingly the wind filter setting on the camera (though it's camcorder style) worked really well. Movement sounds are easy too. Just stop moving. A couple minutes sitting outside a coffee bean on Santa Monica gave me everything I needed, and nobody looked twice (and I enjoyed a cup of tea, now that's "working"). Also walking around with a decent mic (like my 416 or 184), means walking with a boom or shock mount and phantom power deck. Walking around with field recording gear like that in LA, I would probably be stopped and asked for a permit. Even with an H4, I'd still be calling more attention to myself, as it's some Ghostbusters looking gadget. Is the camera "pro"? Nope. Not at all. Can you get surprisingly usable results out of it? You bet!

Interesting idea, however walking around with a massive camera around your neck makes you look like a tourist. Also without a decent mike with mufflers you will can get lots of problems with wind and movement crackles.

No problem!

Thanks JQB! I totally overlooked those, heh-heh... I appreciate it!

If I was the owner of a big label I would be making some kind of API for torrent sites to hook into my catelogue, make it comepletely legit if they would agree to take a montly fee and tell me what was downloaded so i could distribute the fee to my artists... I would get subscrition fees for no cost to me at all.. no bandwidth, no storage no credit card fees.. and lots of free exposure to my smaller artists... SO artists woudl get more money, labels would get money and torrent sites would get a small amount of upkeep fees...WTF is their problem?

hahahaha

At least he is one Artist who openly supports file sharing and puts his money where his mouth is. I don't quite know which side to support but at least he is trying to come up with ideas that are not suing 14 year old kids and mothers like gready bastards. Great site BTW, some great remixes!

Soon I'll controlling ableton with my mind... and I am only half kidding. One day your gonna see a DJ staring blankly into the crowd while his mind does the best mix you ever heard... right

Cool idea... don't hold your breath

If you follow the links from the forum you can go to the authors website which has these links: http://www.djrezon8.com/media/tutorials/watermark.html http://www.djrezon8.com/media/tutorials/watermark.rar Hope that helps!

.... and he was an oink member :-)

I agree, a great artist and a great pioneer.

Canada is sounding more and more appealing by the day, except for those cold winters. Let's hope this comes to pass and the rest of the world takes notice!

I have nothing but respect for trent and what he is trying to do for the industry!

It's talk like this that gets me excited, but everytime I hear someone else getting sued for sharing something they love it makes me sick. When will the labels wake up?