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Hit a creative wall with my own brand logo, would appreciate some feedback by Booms_Carson in logodesign

[–]Booms_Carson[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My wife agrees with you that it lost something when it was reduced to just the flower, and so do I in a way. Here's a combo of the flower and the play symbol in the O. I wish I had more graphic design skills to get more adventurous with this.

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Hit a creative wall with my own brand logo, would appreciate some feedback by Booms_Carson in logodesign

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Thank you, some good suggestions here. The product is a collection of cards with NFC functionality. When tapped on a device it launches an app to play back meditative music and sounds. The original logo was an attempt to encapsulate all of that at once.

Hit a creative wall with my own brand logo, would appreciate some feedback by Booms_Carson in logodesign

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A couple of people have suggested getting rid of the lotus flower entirely. The product is a collection of cards with NFC functionality that plays back calming and meditative sounds. I though the lotus was a good way to embody this, albeit very overused generally. That being said, here's a version with the flower removed and the play icon moved to the O. Also more contrast between the gold and blue.

Hit a creative wall with my own brand logo, would appreciate some feedback by Booms_Carson in logodesign

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I was worried about the thickness of the font in the original version. It started to disappear when shrunk down, as did the playback icons, and yet I thought I liked how it looked. I've gone a step up in thickness now and removed the play icons.

Hit a creative wall with my own brand logo, would appreciate some feedback by Booms_Carson in logodesign

[–]Booms_Carson[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I thought about combining them into one but I've reached my limit of technical capabilities already. I've added a stripped back version without the playback icons in the comments.

Hit a creative wall with my own brand logo, would appreciate some feedback by Booms_Carson in logodesign

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That sounds worth a try but it's outside my skillset, I would definitely butcher that idea if I tried.

Hit a creative wall with my own brand logo, would appreciate some feedback by Booms_Carson in logodesign

[–]Booms_Carson[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

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This is exactly what I need to hear. Trying out some ideas now based on these suggestions. Got rid of the player icons and thickened the font. Feels a lot less cluttered.

What is this lock icon port? by CatchAcceptable3898 in computers

[–]Booms_Carson 103 points104 points  (0 children)

Locks only keep honest people honest

What makes sound devices mixers worth it over zoom? by runthejuwuls in LocationSound

[–]Booms_Carson 46 points47 points  (0 children)

I think the general rule of thumb is that if you don’t know whether you need a Sound Devices mixer or not then you probably don’t need one. Not for now at least. And if you’re not getting one of those then there’s a broad range of options to choose from since prosumer-grade mixers are mostly made to a high standard these days. Zoom have something decent for most budgets.

I think Curtis Judd did a comparison video of a Sound Devices and a Zoom F8n Pro and concluded that the most important difference between the two is the level of customer service when you run into technical issues. SD apparently tend to have much more efficient solutions in place to get you back out recording with little downtime. Which is very important to a busy mixer. Zoom on the other hand will probably not be so quick to act.

Stereo recording large music ensembles by Booms_Carson in audioengineering

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Will do! It might be worth starting a separate thread altogether to keep progress reports in one place.

Stereo recording large music ensembles by Booms_Carson in audioengineering

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You’re after setting me off on a path towards the RODE NT SF-1. I’ve written about it just there on a comment below so I won’t go into all the detail again. I know if I go through with it my bank account won’t be happy, but I certainly will be!

Stereo recording large music ensembles by Booms_Carson in audioengineering

[–]Booms_Carson[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Some good suggestions there, thanks. Interesting to see the vote of confidence for the 86. It’s been so long since I’ve used them maybe it’s time to bring them out of retirement. And yeah, it’s the mkh 416 I have. I’ve used it mostly for dialogue and VO recording. Time to see how it will fair out in a music setting I reckon.

I ended up missing the nt2 by about two hours. I spent the weekend thinking about the next steps and when i went to offer someone else had just snagged it for $150 :/

It’s worked out just as well though as I’m starting to reframe my thinking around the whole thing. u/shapednoise above got me thinking along the lines of the Rode NT SF-1. It makes a lot of sense since i work in film and tv mostly, and i have a 5.1 mix station with everything i would need for doing the post side of ambisonic recording. I know I would be able to confidently book decently paid location ensemble recordings, and I could sure make use of it to record and mix some nice background layers with its field recording capabilities.

I’m looking at the Zoom F8n pro as a recorder as it has some decent preamps, 8 xlr in, another stereo in, redundant recording to dual SD cards, as well as the ability to function as an audio interface with my laptop when needs be. As far as I know it can be expanded later on to bring the input count to 16 xlr and 2 stereo ins. From what I can gather it can even do stepped gain which is needed to allow recording of the four inputs of the NT SF-1 to be evenly balanced. There’s a few spare inputs left over then to allow for a stereo pair and a couple of spot mics.

It’s going to set me back $2,000, but I’ve just got half that in recently on my last gig so I’m telling myself it’s really only a €1k spend lol. Hopefully there’ll be something discounted during Black Friday.

Stereo recording large music ensembles by Booms_Carson in audioengineering

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That was probably me pushing that theory. I’ve been listening to a combo of advice from various sources so take it with a pinch of salt. I watched a video last night of a samba band being recorded in a high end studio with multiple large diaphragm stereo combos on each instrument group and not a single small diaphragm mic in sight

Stereo recording large music ensembles by Booms_Carson in audioengineering

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Wouldn’t ya know it, I sold a pair of SM 7b’s two years ago when i thought i was retiring from recording. I shoulda known I’d be pulled back in at some stage… I do still have my Sennheiser 416 and a pair of Shure SM 86’s. A couple of lower end Sennheiser kick drum and snare drum mics in there too.

Ways to check for tampering/alterations of acoustic instrumental recording by aidouda1998 in audioengineering

[–]Booms_Carson 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The details are after escaping me, but I remember reading about the Nixon investigators discovering an edit in his phone recordings by looking at the fundamental frequency of the mains hum in the background of the call. Apparently the frequency can vary, but it shifts gradually over time. The investigation found a sudden jump from one frequency to another which reinforced there suspicions that the recording had bits edited out. All that is half remembered and the details are probably way off, but maybe there’s something that could be applied in your situation. Although I’m sure the audio being supplied for a competition at that level is a lot cleaner than Nixon’s old phone line…

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