HI – this is the ActivityPub connection for my blog at swduncan.com. Getting back to blogging after years way. Writing about audio, mainly field recording, camping, and many other things.
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My guitar practice routine
Current situation & goals I’m learning travis picking, and I’m getting through Mark Hanson’s second book, The Art of Solo Fingerpicking (affiliate link), along with a few tunes from other places. Right now my short term goal is to learn a basic repertoire of tunes I can perform. Not soloing, improvisation, songwriting, etc. Those will…
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Strut MixPre6 Case
The Orca OR-270 is a nice bag, and it’s great for some stuff but it’s aimed a sound-for-film, and it doesn’t really protect the recorder much while it’s in use. So, I decided to give the Strut STR-MP6 MixPre6 case a try because it looks like a better bet for the kind of work I…
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Orca bags OR-270 and MixPre6
On our way to Florida in June, 2019, I stopped by Gotham sound in Atlanta and picked up an Orca Bags OR270 sound bag. I’ve been using the MixPre3 with just a strap for a while but kept feeling like a bag would be a better choice. It could provide storage and some protection for…
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Testing the TalentCell battery
The SoundDevices MixPre6 is a great audio recorder, but it’s fairly power hungry and on the journey to find the best power solution for me I bought a TalentCell battery from Amazon here: TalentCell battery (yep, that’s an affiliate link). The battery was less than $40, and with the addition of a Cable Techniques Hirose…