2013-05
2013-05
Wednesday May 29, 2013
Vocabu-Larry!
Wednesday May 29, 2013
Wednesday May 29, 2013
In honor of my birthday (and yes it is my birthday), we are presenting yet another new feature - Vocabu-Larry! These short lessons will introduce you to a new part of the PCA Lexicon and broaden your vocabulary, entertainment and education going hand in hand. What could be better? Enjoy!
- Chris
Tuesday May 28, 2013
Larry Rants!
Tuesday May 28, 2013
Tuesday May 28, 2013
Larry's starting a side project, an Achieving Reality Extra, if you will. It's edgy, vulgar, honest, and entertaining. It's called "Larry Rants." Larry gets out the old pickle bucket (we don't have a soap box) and lets you know exactly what he thinks, whether he's pissed or delighted. So, we offer you our new feature. It's not for the kiddies.
Sunday May 26, 2013
Some Questions Answered
Sunday May 26, 2013
Sunday May 26, 2013
I've been asked by some listeners about two things: who does our music and what is this 48 Hour Film thing you guys keep going on about. To answer the second question first, the 48 Hour Film Project is an international short film competition/festival that I and the other Architects take part in each year. We compete in the Atlanta leg of the festival and are gearing up again for this year. The competition involves filmmakers assembling teams and on the kickoff day, the teams are given a line of dialogue, a prop and a character name/occupation that they have to incorporate into a short film that they will make over the course of the next forty-eight hours. Each group is then given, at random, a genre in which to work. A week later, the films are screened at a local theater and prizes are awarded for various things such as best use of prop, best actor, etc. The Best Film of the festival goes on to compete nationally and, maybe, internationally. If you would like to learn more about it, go to www.48hourfilm.com. If you are in the Atlanta area and would be interested in taking part in such a thing and meet some of the people you've been listening to, contact me here at Podbean and leave me an e-mail, Twitter, Facebook, etc address with which to contact you.
As for the first question, who does our background music, that's a simple answer - nobody. Our title music was composed and performed by a very talented musician whose name I have totally neglected to get permission to give out. I'll follow through with that and, if permission is granted, give you details on how you can enjoy more of his music. The background music comes from a different source. We use a generative music device called the MADPlayer. Many podcasts have used it for much the same purpose. It came out in the early part of this century and it generates music by using a series of loops, algorithms and the like. Once the music is generated, you can edit the loops and instrument voices to a degree to "make it your own." It works very well, but failed to catch on as it was marketed half to serious musicians and DJs and half as a toy. Nevertheless, it caught on with a few people. Enough so that I was able to get my hands on one and use it for our show. For the sake of the curious, I have posted one of the tracks we have used in the music bed for demonstration purposes. If you like it, I'll post more.
Enjoy!
- Chris
Saturday May 25, 2013
Episode 002 - Monkey Steals The Peach
Saturday May 25, 2013
Saturday May 25, 2013
Larry and Chris welcome their guests, Über-Producer, Austin "Bam" Wimberly and Independent film actor, Scott Davis. Together, they will attempt to discuss the 80's.
Thursday May 23, 2013
Testing Out The New Tech
Thursday May 23, 2013
Thursday May 23, 2013
When I heard the thunder in the distance tonight, I thought it would be an excellent opportunity to test our new binaural microphone rig. What follows is an audio clip of the storm approaching and hitting. It gets a bit noisy towards the end as the wind really kicked up and I haven't properly shielded the mics yet. So, grab your headphones and give it a listen. It'll sound like you're standing out in the rain with me like a couple of idiots.
Proper binaural microphones can reproduce audio in a fully immersive "3D" stereo field by reproducing the audio delays that naturally occur from sound traveling from one ear to the other as well as the distortion caused by traveling around the head. This is an over-simplified explanation, but what it means is that you can judge where the sounds are coming from as if you were hearing them live. The effect only works if you're listening with headphones. Enjoy!
- Chris
Saturday May 18, 2013
Episode 001 - The Unaired Pilot
Saturday May 18, 2013
Saturday May 18, 2013
May 18th, 2013 - Larry and Chris discuss the contents of Larry's infamous "Banana Room" and do a little online shopping.UPDATE: Somehow, our original file for this podcast disappeared from the site. So, Harvey took the opportunity to "tune it up" a bit. It's the same content, just a little clearer.