Kaiyoti

New Camera

admin — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 00:23:40 +0000

Actually my first “real” camera as my old ones were not mean to be cameras. Recently acquired the Sony Cyber-Shot HX7V camera and loving every bit of it. Coming from the Android phone’s additional camera (Samsung Vibrant), this baby delivers.

Here’s a test video

I added some color correction by playing around with filters in Sony Vegas to give it the cinematic effects. Music was an old piece that I made called Y2010 (Check the player on the right hand side). Please note that I have reduced the audio from the video track because most of them you can hear me panting heavily due to my recent allergy attacks.

Here’s a test image. I was a bit late to the bird demonstration but this image clearly demonstrates zoom at it’s finest. Image was taken on Grouse Mountain in BC, Canada.

Moving dns server!

admin — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 18:41:04 +0000

The site should not be down according to plan. But if it does, it will be back within a day or two.

Thanks for your patience.

I think it’s time I pick off where I left off.

admin — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 09:10:07 +0000

It’s almost a year since I last produced and composed an original track.

During this year I…

learned the guitar (basics)
switched to Cockos Reaper as my primary sequencing/recording app
lost a lot of weight from exercise and eating healthy
built and constructed test microphones
got an android
programmed more synth patches

I’m currently mocking up ideas for some fresh tunes. And will hopefully start producing new material soon. I’ll start by completing this website :)

Paul

“Amazing”

admin — Tue, 31 May 2011 03:12:46 +0000

Here’s a piece of music that I extended from my brother’s original piano piece titled “Amazing”. Credits would go to him (Peter Chen) for the composition, but I expanded it with all the other sounds (orchestra, guitar, etc…). Have a listen:

Music Link: http://kaiyoti.com/media/peterchen-amazing-remix.ogg

Paul

Microphone 3.5mm version

admin — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 06:01:45 +0000

After a few freak outs using the wm61a microphone assembly with Battlefield Bad Company 2, I think one of the components in the circuit died. Not sure which, and the way I had it taped together made it impossible for me to fix. Will have to build another one. Since I don’t have the materials yet, I decided to build one using 3.5mm jack that utilizes the power from the inline jack. Works just as well, I have noticed more high frequence responses. I don’t have any images of the internals since I forgot to take photos this time . Again, I failed to plan ahead with the wiring size, so unfortunately, the capsule itself portrudes the 3.5mm jack. I filled the rim with superglue to make sure it doesn’t move around.

Finished Product.

Stripped an old PC headset microphone foam.

This microphone will allow me to use mumble chat without wiring up my mixer just to play online games.

Safehouse – Film by Ryan Braund

admin — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 02:54:16 +0000

My music in the action-packed Safehouse Trailer.

The WM61A Sound Sample

admin — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 05:46:27 +0000

I noticed a few folks stumbled onto my site from google queries with WM-61a, I’m not sure if I’m providing any useful information but I believe I promised a sound sample. Here is a recording done with my guitar (I’m using guitar for most samples because it’s my current weapon of choice and I’m still learning it).

http://media.kaiyoti.com/WM61a-GuitarTest.ogg

The recording setup includes:

DIY Mic (WM-61a) ->
The Amp (from Christian’s Website) -> (using 1/4″ patch cable)
Behringer Xenyx 502 Mixer ->
Behringer U-Control 202 ->
My Sweet PC

Note that I’m not using the slot with the pre-amp on the mixer unit. The preamp on this mixer adds way to much static and interference so I turned it off. If you’re listening through headphones, you’ll notice a low volume noise which is partially attributed by my PC fans (There are 6 fans in total), that really can’t be helped. The guitar was about 3/4 of a foot away from the microphone. The amp/mic works just as well with a 1/4″ to 1/8″ convertor directly into the PC microphone port. Unfortunately, that setup does not include an attenuator, so the input is a bit loud.

You might also notice that the texture of the guitar sounds different from previous samples. This is because I replaced and readjusted both the nut and the saddle pieces to a more balanced height (weighing it against buzz amount). The previous condition was my brother’s handy work when he tried lower the actions by carving the string grooves deeper in the nut and the saddle. The poorly cut grooves resulted in more buzzing. I didn’t even realize that saddles aren’t supposed to have grooves until I saw another guitar in a store. I’ve also restrung the guitar strings to use one with a lighter sound. So the recordings will sound drastically different, and hopefully cleaner.

I’m going to work on the second mic to allow stereo recording. Will also see if I can add a potentiometer to the amp. And I actually have a drill this time to carve holes for the 1/4″ female outlet. At the same time, I’m trying different piezo elements to capture more sources for the final mix.

Paul

I “managed” to take a photo of a beautiful gradient today.

admin — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 18:27:35 +0000

It’s my finger.

Another useful android functionality

admin — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 04:14:30 +0000

In the middle of re-imaging my old work machine, I was challenged with installing drivers for some USB wireless devices that had been disowned by their manufacturer websites. Third party download sites seemed more interested in giving you 5+ huge “download” links that will take you to a “Doctor PC”. Since I couldn’t wire the machine to the ethernet (I could, just lazy to carry it downstairs), I decided to try tethering via my Samsung Vibrant (Galaxy S Variant). The storage portion does plug and play pretty well, and one of the storage partitions, I keep a copy of the Samsung Vibrant Modem driver. After installing the modem, I was ready to tether. It works beautifully. There’s just one thing I didn’t notice… I was on wireless network, not 3g. So the internet that I was running off of is my own internet at home. Basically I’m using my phone like a USB wireless device.

Amazing eh?

Oh, and Merry Christmas!

If I had a Mo

admin — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 23:07:42 +0000

It’s times like this when I need this little fella: Mo, to clean up my house for me…, before mom’s visit.