I’m not going to name any names here, but someone at The Bag is a fan of Bob Ross’ The Joy of Painting series that used to run occasionally on PBS. One of his more memorable sayings was “There are no mistakes, just happy little accidents”. With a hairdo like this, how can you not agree?
But, what does that mean to us audio freaks? ALWAYS BE RECORDING! ALWAYS.
One of the best ways to capture moments of accidental sonic genius is to get in the habit of running software that can record audio that is streaming from any and all audio applications you use. We use an app called Audio Hijack, so we often refer to this as Hijacking audio.
Sure, you could simply hit record on your DAW. But what about that stuttering effect that happens when you use the scrub tool on that new buggy beta version of that audio app that you just acquired from some bit torrent site? Or how about that time you crashed your DAW by hitting some mysterious combination of keys and the audio driver wigged out and started outputting that crazy cool modulating static burst from hell.
See, that’s what Sensei Bob Ross was talking about. You could have grabbed that hijacked audio file, edited that happy accident, slapped some EQ on it, layer a 909 kick drum under it, put a tape stop effect on it. Bam. Done. Radio Gold. You just made “Crashed Audio Driver Static Blasters!” Call your mom, she'll be so proud.
Now, go demo one of the following apps, and start trying to crash your system.
WIRETAP (OSX)
TOTAL RECORDER (XP)
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