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Welcome to Robin LABADIE's personal blog.

Who am I?

I am Robin Labadie34, based in Orléans.

System administrator for over 10 years, I am the founder of theWordPress web hosting specialist: LRob.

I've been a drummer since I was 14, and an SAE-certified sound technician since 2013. I also dabble in piano, guitar and vocals.

The Blog

  • Creating a sound and visual identity for LRob: a creative introspection

    Creating a sound and visual identity for LRob: a creative introspection

    With the arrival of the CloudFest videos on LRob, I had in mind to create an introduction that reflected my own style, an audio-visual signature that was both striking and personal. And now it's done! In this article, I take you behind the scenes of the... Read the article

  • I fixed a Linux kernel bug!

    I fixed a Linux kernel bug!

    Literally billions of devices will benefit! 🥹 ❓What is the kernel? It's the most primordial code: in short, it enables the operating system to talk to the components of a device, and manages the most elementary functions... Read the article

  • Compo 🎶 La Lutte

    Compo 🎶 La Lutte

    New piano solo compo! Spirit of the piece Through a succession of dissonances and harmonies, all in eighth notes, sixteenth notes or triplets, sometimes classical, sometimes jazzy, this piece evokes for me the struggle. The struggle of life... Read the article

  • Compo 🎶 Thirty One

    Compo 🎶 Thirty One

    It's been a long time since we've done a compo! Because we're 31, a "threshold" age that prompts some reflection. Am I still capable of making solo music? I've had to relearn how to play... Read the article

  • What on earth is Sysadmin's job at a web hosting company?

    What on earth is Sysadmin's job at a web hosting company?

    In early 2017, I joined the web hosting company HaiSoft, full of self-taught sysadmin and web knowledge.Problem: It's extremely difficult to get a stranger to the field to understand what this job is all about.Between questions like "what's a... Read the article

  • Chimeras of today and tomorrow

    Chimeras of today and tomorrow

    It would be unbearable to live if we were incapable of accepting our world as it is, i.e. with ugly aspects that can quickly overtake its beauty... However, it's not forbidden to dare think of a world that's profoundly... Read the article

  • From drums to mix: Elsia's "Liberty" track

    From drums to mix: Elsia's "Liberty" track

    My greatest musical collaboration to date: Starting from 0 by confronting different personalities and musical worlds, with the aim of producing an exceptional Soul track! Around August/September 2017 (Already!? It goes by fast!), then... Read the article

  • Complete EP production: Ollivier Roy - Des peurs et des envies (Fears and desires)

    Complete EP production: Ollivier Roy - Des peurs et des envies (Fears and desires)

    From drumming to recording to mastering, this is how the desire to self-produce this EP, a milestone in my life as a musician/sound engineer, came about. As usual, there's nothing better to get you in the mood than to listen! Ollivier Roy -... Read the article

  • Mixing & Mastering of Wooden, a band that really packs a punch

    Mixing & Mastering of Wooden, a band that really packs a punch

    An atypical process, a nice result! At the beginning of May, I finished mixing/mastering the EP by Wooden, a promising Parisian band! The opportunity to share this experience with you! After seeing the band live in Paris at the OPA, I couldn't wait to... Read the article

  • Editing - Mixing - Dressing - Mémoires du Futur

    Editing - Mixing - Packaging - Mémoires du Futur

    Over the course of a year, I edited several videos for the APJRC (Association Parcs et Jardins en région Centre-Val de Loire) as part of the Mémoires du Futur project. "Mémoires du Futur" is an audiovisual project developed by the APJRC, which began in September... Read the article

  • Feedback on my training at SAE Institute Paris

    Feedback on my training at SAE Institute Paris

    The SAE Institute, School of Audio Engineering is a multimedia school present in many capitals around the world and known primarily for its sound engineer training. Having obtained my Audio Engineer Diploma from SAE Paris, I can offer you... Read the article

  • Mastering - 4 Spoken Hopes tracks

    Mastering - 4 Spoken Hopes tracks

    Spoken Hopes is an independent alternative rock band, orchestrated by Arthur Belhomme (guitar/vocals), and Manon Laterza (vocals/guitar), recently joined by (in order) myself (drums), and Théo Dufils (bass). Although the 4 tracks I mastered are only an EP (very clean... Read the article

  • Short film post-production: Pépite

    Short film post-production: Pépite

    Pépite is a very short film made in late 2013 by sisters Alexandra and Natacha Rougier, aka Scarlett Sisters. As is often the case, the original sound wasn't usable, which made for a very interesting sound effects exercise, since 100% of the sound from this... Read the article

  • Jazz -Recording/Mixing/Mastering Siks Haedo

    Jazz -Recording/Mixing/Mastering Siks Haedo

    Siks Haedo is a band orchestrated by composer and guitarist Diego Lipnizky, ranging from Jazz to Classical and African music. I was lucky enough to record them at SAE in the studio featuring a Neve VR Legend... Read the article

  • Gamer community mesnie.org - First website

    Gamer community mesnie.org - First website

    UPDATE 2016 - This community is now called TeraGeek community. Born in March 2014, the Mesnie community, which now boasts over 100K unique visitors in the last 10 months, has a rich history that I'm going to tell you about. In particular, it's thanks... Read the article

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