Virtual Recording Studio

Welcome to VRS

Connect, Create, Collaborate!

The VRS web site was designed for one reason: To connect Musicians, Songwriters, Producers, and Mixers - To collaborate on new music.

Just like it's real world analogue (a brick and mortar recording studio), VRS is a virtual meeting place for all musicians (hobbyist or pro) to connect, collaborate, and create music.

Now, an artist with a really great song is no longer limited by geographic location, in finding other "local" musicians that have the same musical tastes. Instead, artists can use VRS to collaborate with like minded musicians, whether they are in the same neighborhood or on different continents!

Your song projects can be public or private. You control who can hear your music or collaborate on your project. And for public projects VRS has a great feature called the "Song Shop" - It lets others hear a demo of your song and join your project.

Membership is free. Just enter some basic information on the signup screen , and start collaborating with other musicians today.

Integrating Flickr

Showing public Flickr sets in your TelR stream

Our next step after integrating YouTube videos with VRS TelR, was to allow VRS members to integrate their public Flickr sets within VRS TelR.

And now we've completed that great new feature. VRS members can now embed their public Flickr sets right in their VRS TelR stream. And just like embedding a YouTube video, embedding a Public Flickr Set is simple.

First Make sure your Flickr Set is Public.

Next Login to Flickr and Select: You > Your Sets

Then select the Set you want to embed and click on it.

Now note the Unique Set ID - It follows "/sets/" in the Flickr URL of the Set. For instance, in the Set URL:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/52448014@N04/sets/72157624465620681/

The unique video Flickr Set ID is: 72157624465620681

Now, anywhere in your new Tel simply put the following:

[Flickr=72157624465620681]

That Flickr Set will now appear in that Tel.

Please Note: Initially this new feature will only allow one Flickr set per Tel.

As always, we'd love your input to let us know how to improve this, and any other VRS feature.

Integrating YouTube

Showing YouTube videos in your TelR stream

We've begun work on making your TelR stream more than just text information. We originally Thought about creating video and picture upload areas within VRS - but that makes no sense when free web sites like YouTube, Vimeo, Flikr, Photobucket, and others already do a great job at that.

What makes more sense is to allow you to embed your existing videos and pictures from these great web sites right into your Tels.

We've started with YouTube, and if that proves to be popular, we'll add more web sites. So please send us your suggestions on other hosting sites that would improve your TelR stream.

Integration is simple: Just note the unique YouTube video ID - It follows "watch?v=" in the YouTube URL of the video. For instance the video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeaBNAXfHfQ

The unique video ID is: JeaBNAXfHfQ

Now, anywhere in your new Tel simply put the following: [YouTube=JeaBNAXfHfQ]

That YouTube video will now appear in your TelR stream. It's that simple.

Please Note: Initially this new feature will only allow one YouTube video per Tel.

As always, we'd love your input to let us know how to improve this, and any other VRS feature.

Fingerprints

Making sure they got what you sent

So... You uploaded your tracks to VRS. But in the back of your mind you have that nagging thought: Did my track get uploaded OK?

See... The Internet is pretty reliable, but once in a while, things go... Wrong.

But, this is your music, and you poured your heart in to that take, and you want to be sure that all your collaborators are getting exactly what you uploaded.

Now you can be sure.

We have now implemented MD5 fingerprinting of all uploaded tracks and mixes. To make sure your tracks are uploaded without any problems, simply download one of the many MD5 hashing programs available. Then do an MD5 hash of your track before you upload it. Now you know the fingerprint of your track of mix.

After you upload your track, point your mouse at the track, or mix number, and VRS will display the MD5 fingerprint that it generated. If they match, you can be assured that VRS got the track exactly as you meant it.

You can also ensure that you downloaded your fellow collaborators' tracks and mixes without any errors by reversing the process: Point your mouse at the VRS track, or mix number before downloading it, noting the MD5 fingerprint of the track. Then run an MD5 hashing program on the tracks after you have downloaded them. If the fingerprints match, your downloaded tracks matches what is in VRS.

We understand that most collaborators won't find this new feature critical. But for our members that want to check that their tracks and mixes uploaded/downloaded without errors, this new capability is priceless.