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Gear Talk :: RE: why is the original whammy wh-1 so sought after?

Anthony Caruso — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:32:50 GMT

Author: Anthony Caruso
Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 8:32 pm (GMT -4)

OP's question has def been answered, but while we're on the Whammy subject... What is the correct power supply for a Whammy II? I have a Whammy II, recently lost the power supply. A multi-voltage supply from Rat Shack will power it up, but it doesn't see input (according to the input LED, input trim knob all the way up). I've had the thing for about 12 years and all of the writing on it has rubbed off! Google helps me not!

Was losing the power supply just a coincidence with some other problem? Could the wrong power get it to turn on but not pass signal? What is this lump on my back? I am very sad and my outer-space noodlings can barely break free of the earth's hold without my beloved Whammy II.

Any info for power or pointing to original manual online etc would help me much. Thanks!

Computer World :: RE: Speakers in notebook computers

evengangstersreadtapeop — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:23:29 GMT

Author: evengangstersreadtapeop
Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 8:23 pm (GMT -4)

They aren't an integral part of my mixing and I didn't consider it at all when buying the cheapest laptop money could buy, but I definitely always check mixes on them after I bounce. I usually don't tinker with the mix too much, but maybe it is because I know what to expect from my speakers now.
I also use them for streaming audio over the net and for sites like hulu.com, since their general low fidelity matches the material. Everything else (music, DVDs, etc) goes through a pair of monitors on my desk or my stereo receiver.

Buy/Sell/Trade :: Audix M1290 Condenser

evilaudio — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:13:01 GMT

Author: evilaudio
Subject: Audix M1290 Condenser
Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 8:13 pm (GMT -4)

This is a 3/4" small diaphragm condenser mic. It is 8.5 inches long and comes with a padded bag, windscreen, and mini XLR to XLR cable. I believe it's Omni, but it's strange. The mic pre is about 3.5 inches and the "capsule" is a Long 5 1/4" shaft with slots down the sides and it "hears" from the length of the shaft! Interesting mic. It seems to be directional at distances, but close-up it's difficult to say. I used it for acoustic instruments and "room mic" occasionally, so it works well as a SD condenser. There are no markings or info on the capsule shaft or inside the threading. I cannot find much information on it at all, seems to be long discontinued. It looks nothing like the M1290 mics they sell now. Sounds really good! I just don't need it. I could probably find a clip of some sort for it.

Open to trades. Seems to be in the $300 range. Great shape, no scratches!

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Gear Talk :: RE: yes, you heard me! upgraded TOMB ribbon wins on vocals!

joelpatterson — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:07:23 GMT

Author: joelpatterson
Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 8:07 pm (GMT -4)

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Use Your Ears: Listen to My Stuff :: RE: electronica/glitch/hip hop? // anybody wanna swap remixes?

JEvensen — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:58:16 GMT

Author: JEvensen
Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 7:58 pm (GMT -4)

Thanks man.

Also does anybody have any comments/suggestions on the production here? I'm not going to be doing any editing per se on these particular songs I don't think, but I'd love any input so i can kinda hold onto it for future projects.

Computer World :: RE: Latency Reduction with Cubase 4

liftyrfists — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:15:49 GMT

Author: liftyrfists
Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 7:15 pm (GMT -4)

Ok, 'twas all very very helpful (!!!) but now I seem to have another problem...might just make this a new thread, but before that:

Now I seem to have a thin veil of digital hiss behind somethings. I was recording some guitar onto the system and could here a thin layer of hiss that peaked up as the guitar did and kind of fizzled out. Don't know how to describe it exactly, but it's truly annoying.

Sound familiar? Thoughts?

Recording Techniques :: RE: Choosing the best tempo for a song?

drumsound — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:12:29 GMT

Author: drumsound
Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 7:12 pm (GMT -4)

losthighway wrote:

I find this becomes a slippery slope if you plan on using a click track. A lot of times when a band gets behind the wheel in the studio they start doing weird shit to their tempos without knowing, and the engineer usually can't tell. Some people rush fast rockers to a frenzied pace, while the mid tempo ones get slowed down (when the drummer is trying to focus on keeping good time) to a point of sounding drunken.

It's always good to have demos without a click and the band playing live, before you do a final version with a set tempo.

Or you just never use a click and get rid of a lot of potential problems, and gain a few others.

Good points!

losthighway wrote:

Tempo is like tuning to me, when you start hearing it too much in the studio it starts to make tiny things that don't matter sound horrible. It can be psyche out stuff.

This could be an thread in and of itself.
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Computer World :: RE: multitrack mixing with automation

youngjim — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:08:42 GMT

Author: youngjim
Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 7:08 pm (GMT -4)

that works but i only if i'm using eight tracks or less - the motormix only has eight faders at a time.

DIY Gear :: switching or linear power supply for +48? (phantom only)

arkestra — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:04:14 GMT

Author: arkestra
Subject: switching or linear power supply for +48? (phantom only)
Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 7:04 pm (GMT -4)

switching for 48 (phantom) only should be ok right? im using linears for the psu for the pres in a rack. want to put the switching 48 in there too. any thoughts on this? anyone tried this combo before?

Recording Techniques :: RE: Glyn Johns Drum Recording Method - Does this look right?

drumsound — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:59:34 GMT

Author: drumsound
Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 6:59 pm (GMT -4)

As I've always understood the Glyn Johns right side is just over the floor tom rim and pointed more at the snare rack tom(s). So it would behind the floor tom not next to it.
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Buy/Sell/Trade :: RE: opamp labs mic pres and EQs

aurelialuz — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:57:11 GMT

Author: aurelialuz
Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 6:57 pm (GMT -4)

$40 shipped
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Computer World :: Interface help

chips — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:22:31 GMT

Author: chips
Subject: Interface help
Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 6:22 pm (GMT -4)

Hi there.
I am still a total novice when it comes to recording but i am learning something new each day ! I hope that you nice people at TOMB can help me.

Me and a friend have combined equipment (my PC and cubase 4 with his MOTU 828mk2 interface).
I have a little spare cash and was hoping to buy a new interface. I having been looking at the RME fireface stuff as a possibility.
If I were to buy an RME firewire interface is it possible to link this (or whatever interface I buy) to the motu 828mk2 ?

Not sure that what i have typed makes sense !! Basically, I only have one available firewire slot on my PC (which is being used by the motu). I would like to try using a different interface with better/different convertors but at the same time would like to keep using the motu also as this would double my possible analogue inputs from 8 to 16.

Hope this makes sense to someone. And I thank in advance for any advice.

C

Computer World :: RE: Speakers in notebook computers

Lukey — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:21:21 GMT

Author: Lukey
Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 6:21 pm (GMT -4)

My wife has an iBook, and thanks to my "real" job, I have a year-old macbook pro. Since both of us watch movies and occasionally listen to music on the laptop speakers around the apartment, I try to make sure anything I'm messing around with doesn't sound like total crap on either of them.

Also regularly use them as my reference when sitting and trying to figure out how to make logic do what I want. So I suppose whenever I think someone I don't know might listen to something at home, or whenever the material doesn't matter at all, the laptop speakers get moderate to heavy use.
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Recording Techniques :: RE: Snare Bottom Miking

Slider — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:17:48 GMT

Author: Slider
Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 6:17 pm (GMT -4)

losthighway wrote:

Those of you who are getting both snare bottom and a little kick, how does that track play out in the mix. How do you compress/eq. Do you end up pushing it towards more snare, or bring up the lows for kick sound? Or do you just compress a touch and let it do what it's doing?

From Mix Magazine.

http://mixonline.com/recording/interviews/audio_big_bang/

"Bianco often likes to experiment with using a second �crazy� mic on the kick drum. �Sometimes, I put an additional condenser microphone on the pedal side of the kick drum and squash the heck out of it with as inexpensive of a compressor as I can get,� he says with a laugh. �That gives you a really crazy, almost gated-reverb kind of sound. It adds size to the kick drum and serves as a snare undermic, as well. In fact, I've been using a pedal-side kick mic more often than an underneath snare mic. I'll go in on the hi-hat side with a U87 and place the mic two inches off the beater-side head, pointed right at it. I'll flip the mic's phase and use a dbx 160x or something else on it. On its own, it sounds crazy, but mixed in, it gives the kick drum a lot more low-end punch. If you do it right, it almost sounds like there's a lower octave to the kick drum."

I begged David Bianco to let me set up my crushed under snare\kick U87 thing while doing a record together.
He said, "why? it'll sound like crap and be a phase nightmare".
Few years later and he's talking about it in mix magazine. lol

Gear Talk :: RE: mackie get spanked by Rokit.

calaverasgrandes — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:15:28 GMT

Author: calaverasgrandes
Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 6:15 pm (GMT -4)

Those yamaha HS80's are getting some good user reviews on a number of sites. Somehow I never see them set up in the "monitor room" of any retailers though. They always get relegated to keyboard monitors along with the Genelec 8020's and such. Hard to make a judgement based on what a minikorg will do to them.
thanks to my eekonomick stim-you-luss check I am looking at the $400-600 range which puts me firmly in KRK and Yamaha land.

now that my motu is sounding better with the BLA mod I am looking at getting the next step in the chain upgraded. Its that or another pre, another comp or another mic.
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Computer World :: RE: Speakers in notebook computers

DrummerMan — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:08:43 GMT

Author: DrummerMan
Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 6:08 pm (GMT -4)

I check everything I mix on my laptop speakers at least once before being done with it. I don't use them to make any major alterations, but alot of people are listening to music like this, and it's a good idea to at least MAKE SURE the music sounds decent through these. For example, does the bass track exist at all? the Kick drum? If not, maybe they need more mids/high end...

Flame on if you disagree, but laptop speakers are a reality for alot of the public.
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digitaldrummer — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:01:07 GMT

Author: digitaldrummer
Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 6:01 pm (GMT -4)

sounds good. Did you use the Yamaha PM1000 on any of these tunes?

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Gear Talk :: Tannoy NFM 8

oldguitars — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:47:32 GMT

Author: oldguitars
Subject: Tannoy NFM 8
Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 5:47 pm (GMT -4)

What does everyone think of these here? I friend is giving me a set (he retired). Some say they were a newer version of the super gold (i doubt it)?

Any thoughts, good or bad?

Just wondering what i should expect, and i don't want to get my hopes up.

Edit:

These are the model with 2 bass ports on the front. I think some call them the NFM 8 II?
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Gear Talk :: RE: mackie get spanked by Rokit.

jckinnick — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:46:27 GMT

Author: jckinnick
Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 5:46 pm (GMT -4)

Ive got the Rokit 5's they've been pretty good to me so far.

Gear Talk :: RE: mackie get spanked by Rokit.

DrummerMan — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:35:51 GMT

Author: DrummerMan
Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 5:35 pm (GMT -4)

I went to GC about 8 months ago to do comparison shopping for Actives. I had had experience with the older Mackie 824's and liked them (mostly when compared to my Tannoy Reveal's that I hated. I had moved into a shared studio space a couple of years ago with a guy who had the 824's and my mixes improved DRAMATICALLY once I switched to his Mackies from my Tannoys).

So I was going to buy some new monitors and wanted to see how other things I'd heard about compared to the 824's. I was pretty much looking at the Adam A7's, Dynaudio BM6's, the Yamaha HS80's, and the Mackie's. None of the KRK's seemed to sound clear enough to me when compared to these, but I'd remembered liking them in studios I'd been to before. The Yamaha's would be nice as a, like, 4th alternative to listen to mixes through, when I can afford to do that sort of thing.

The monitors that came out of left field for me, and which I ended up getting, were the JBL 4328P, which were more money than most everything else I was looking at, but when comparing the sound quality, I really couldn't justify saving $500 to get something that just didn't work as well. Again, for those of you don't know, my philosophy for buying gear generally is, "really nice... OR really cheap (trying to avoid the middle ground that never seems to satisfy either side)"

The JBL's floored the Mackies in clarity and Frequency Range (both top and bottom). I had brought in a CD with a variety of my own mixes that I liked, ones I found problematic, and other people's mastered tracks that I think sound great. It ended up coming down to the JBL's and the DynAudio's, which I can only describe as being really "fun" to listen through, but in the end I went with the JBL's that I hadn't ever heard shit about, and I have been VERY happy with my purchase so far.

The only other monitors that I liked more, but REALLY ACTUALLY COULDN'T AFFORD, were some higher priced Adams ( I can't remember if it was the p11 or p22), but those sounded SLIGHTLY better/truer, to me, than the JBL's, but I couldn't justify almost doubling the price for what I saw/heard as a SMALL improvement.
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Buy/Sell/Trade :: RE: WTB: AT4047SV....anyone?

mortimersnerdy — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:17:30 GMT

Author: mortimersnerdy
Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 5:17 pm (GMT -4)

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Gear Talk :: RE: mackie get spanked by Rokit.

mattwhritenour — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:53:17 GMT

Author: mattwhritenour
Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 4:53 pm (GMT -4)

aitikin wrote:

losthighway wrote:

Hopefully this time the pro audio department won't try to convince me to replace all my drum mics with Audix products.

Not to get amazingly off topic, but what the hell is with GC and marketing the hell out of Audix? Every time someone I know goes into the one by me looking for an SM58, they respond, "Trust me, you want an Audix OM instead!" It's like clockwork!

haha, when I bought a PA a few years ago, I was going to buy 3 SM57's and the guy was pushing the Audix i5's on me, I ended up getting them only because he took like an extra 40$ off on each of the speakers I bought and took 10$ off per mic. They're not bad mics but I usually still go for the 57 first, although I would like to experiment a little more with the i5. ( I don't do any live sound anymore)

Computer World :: RE: Speakers in notebook computers

mattwhritenour — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:48:04 GMT

Author: mattwhritenour
Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 4:48 pm (GMT -4)

the speakers in my Toshiba Qosmio are really good for being laptop speakers. I have many other laptop speakers that are just horrible. I sometimes like to listen to my mixes on them in conjunction with listening to the mixes in my car and other sources, just to see how they translate.

Gear Talk :: RE: mackie get spanked by Rokit.

aitikin — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:42:51 GMT

Author: aitikin
Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 4:42 pm (GMT -4)

losthighway wrote:

Hopefully this time the pro audio department won't try to convince me to replace all my drum mics with Audix products.

Buy/Sell/Trade :: RE: FT: Lynx Aurora 16 (16ch) for Apogee Rosetta 800 (8ch)

mindbreathe — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:37:18 GMT

Author: mindbreathe
Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 4:37 pm (GMT -4)

I just checked and it sells for $3000 from all the major retailers. Is $2500 steep for a new condition unit?

Nicholas

losthighway wrote:

Oh yeah, the 16. That's maybe a little steep, but even if you were mega generous I probably couldn't swing it right now. Those things are nice, and pricey. Are you sure an Apogee wont be a bit of a downgrade?