I’m not too big on recording my song ideas, but once in a while I do. Here’s an example. Idea I recorded with the Macbook Pro built-in mic: [audio:http://saulihirvi.com/diary/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/anthem-demo.mp3] A clip from the semi-finished track: [audio:http://saulihirvi.com/diary/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/anthem-clip.mp3] Also, I gave Logic Studio 9 upgrade as a christmas gift for myself. I seems to be smoother than [...]

We finished our first song with Semira. Second one is coming next week. Here’s a few outtakes: [audio:http://saulihirvi.com/hihu/semira-mokaa.mp3] (To clear things up, “vittu!” is “fuck!” in Finnish)

We recorded some vocals last Thursday, but I’m trying to decide whether to do them again with a better microphone. My condenser mic is on loan to a friend, so we used an SM57. Here’s a little preview: [audio:http://saulihirvi.com/diary/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/delmarre-vox.mp3] Jori Hulkkonen played a gig at Bistro Nolla on Friday. He is quite good at what [...]

During my summer holiday I had some free time, so I decided to fiddle with Flash after a long time. I noticed that with Flash 10 and AS3 you can write any data you want to the sound buffer, so naturally I had to make a synthesizer. It’s not pretty, but it does what it’s [...]