Articles tagged with "Tech"
How I rewrote my HUGE Gatsby site in Astro and learned to love it in the process
27/08/2024
If you come here often you might have noticed some changes. On desktop everything is smaller... On mobile it's easier to navigate... Images are higher quality... Everything is faster. Happier. More productive. This is the result of two months laboring in the code mines to move my website from Gatsby to Astro. There aren't really many (or any?) other Gatsby/Astro sites with hundreds of gigabytes of images and... More
So you want to bootleg live music with a wearable and discreet recording rig which also doubles as hearing protection and doesn't cost that much
17/12/2022
Binaural recording essentially involves using microphones which emulate the human ear as closely as possible. Where a traditional recording will capture sound from an "artificial" perspective, usually via multiple mono sources which are positioned in a virtual "space" with techniques such as panning, binaural recording aims to precisely capture a human's aural perspective. The result is incredibly convincing. In terms of accurately capturing the feeling of being in... More
Micro Four Thirds vs Full Frame: Bigger, more expensive, but is it better?
29/01/2022
For the past five years all of the images and videos taken for dunedinsound.com were taken on this camera. I've driven it hard (77,918 shutter count) and it's served me well, but there are a few areas where I've never really been satisfied. The high ISO performance is my biggest complaint; the image collapses into a smudgy mess above ISO 3200. This is a problem because, as you... More
Ever wanted to play your entire music library at once? Well now you can!
8/05/2020
Recently, with no gigs to go to, I decided I wanted to hear what every gig recorded so far playing simultaneously would sound like. You can hear that for yourself on Bandcamp. NOW THATS WHAT I CALL EVERY DUNEDINSOUND RECORDING PLAYING AT THE SAME TIME by Dunedinsound If, for some reason, you're interested in doing something similar then read on. IMPORTING HUNDREDS OF MP3 FILES INTO AUDACITY IS... More
Welcome to the future
29/04/2019
You might have noticed things are looking a little different. That's because the site has been completely rebuilt from the ground up using superior, more modern technologies which will make it easier to maintain and improve going forward. Aside from this there's also been a few bonus features implemented along the way: * Bold new colour scheme * See all venues on a map! * Artist gigs sorted... More
Tech stack rundown
4/10/2018
I thought it might be a good time to write a little rundown of the tech behind dunedinsound.com, partially as a way for me to clarify my reasoning to myself, and partially because it might be interesting to someone. I've tried to make it understandable for anyone as well as offering enough detail to satisfy people who are into this kind of thing. Initial Design When I first... More
Panasonic G6 to Panasonic G85: Worth the upgrade?
21/06/2017
The Panasonic G6 was the first camera I ever bought back in 2013 and it's been my primary camera ever since. A few weeks ago I bought a G85 to replace it. Panasonic's Micro Four Thirds cameras are often considered "hybrid cameras" which are designed for both video and stills. This holds true for the most part, and compared to other similarly priced cameras they tend to offer... More
