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by rocky
Tue Jan 15, 2008 8:55 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: how to make my screaming and yelling sound more hardcore
Replies: 63
Views: 17929

I liked this thread, I've got nothing to add, other than my favourite scream has to be the opening of Heart Attack American by The Bronx. Indeed i think it's one of the best intro's to a debut album ever. I'm overloading on this band/ the production. It's straight up, relentless, astonishing and exc...
by rocky
Tue Jan 15, 2008 8:24 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: That damn snare rattle
Replies: 28
Views: 8244

I did a session at the weekend, short on time to the extreme. The rack tom was causing the snare to rattle, though every drum sounded great by itself. what we did was to: take two pieces of tin foil ( you call it aluminum foil?) make 2 thin strips of it by folding it. At each end of the snare belt l...
by rocky
Fri Jan 11, 2008 3:48 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: I heard my mix in a pizza shop!
Replies: 7
Views: 2827

awesome! I like the most serene republic. It's a really weird feeling, My favourite place is being in a taxi with the radio on, especially when it's your own song and the taxi driver's all like 'what the f**k is this sh*te???' That's only happened once, but it was funny as hell and cutting all at th...
by rocky
Thu Jan 10, 2008 8:40 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Young Engineers
Replies: 15
Views: 5602

I left school at 16, and worked my ass off every single day since then. Initially learning live sound, touring, working festivals, in-house for big clubs, monitor engineering, location sound, post production, being in a band, touring, self-managing that band, tour managing that band, always learning...
by rocky
Wed Jan 02, 2008 12:32 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Best microphone pre to compliment a UA 610>1176 (6176)
Replies: 8
Views: 2353

I really love my Chandler Germanium pre's.
Can't recommend them enough.
I've got the ua2-610 and the api3124 too.
great for certain things.
by rocky
Sun Dec 30, 2007 12:49 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Syncing visuals/video deck to Pro Tools LE/002 HELP!
Replies: 0
Views: 641

Syncing visuals/video deck to Pro Tools LE/002 HELP!

Hey. Hopefully someone can help me. I have a mac mini / pro tools LE 6.4 with a Digi002. I want to sync visuals to the tracks coming out of Pro Tools, and i don't know how to do it! I don't want to give up the digi002 - as the fader banks allow our FOH engineer in depth mixing possibilities for diff...
by rocky
Sun Dec 30, 2007 7:20 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Mac mini firewire/ trackcount question
Replies: 5
Views: 1645

I've been using a mac mini with a Digi002 for over three years. It's only ever playing back 5 stereo and 2 mono channels through three outputs, but it hasn't crashed once - probably done 300 shows with it. It's a 60 min session with 23 or so songs lined up. At a squeeze I had to record drums on it o...
by rocky
Sat Dec 29, 2007 11:03 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: DJ's can be crotchety too?!?!
Replies: 20
Views: 6215

i've played loads of shows in nyc for way less than that. packed houses too...we were the openers and usually got $100. sometimes we might've made $200 i don't remember. my band played a sold out show at pianos one time, and because i'd gotten in a screaming match with the door girl and the soundgu...
by rocky
Fri Dec 28, 2007 2:25 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: What's the most expensive Mic you've ever dropped?
Replies: 81
Views: 23702

I once did a 26 hour session which started with the all too frequent 421 slipping out and hitting the deck. 12 hours in i dropped an Re20 and the end grill came off. 16 hours in a U87 and M147 took a tumble, with denting... then somewhere in the night/early morning a bottle of newcastle brown ale (b...
by rocky
Thu Dec 27, 2007 12:23 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: New Snare Mics
Replies: 53
Views: 12659

I shot out all the suitable mics i have on snare for a session recently. I tried 414,421,441,Re20,n/d408/308,sm7,m201,sm57 I liked the 57 then the Re20 then the 414. Up until then I was favouring a 421 most of the time. It's given me a new found respect for the sm57. I used Re20's on toms - painful ...
by rocky
Thu Dec 13, 2007 5:09 pm
Forum: Tape Op Magazine
Topic: anyone in the uk not getting the magazine?
Replies: 1
Views: 1955

anyone in the uk not getting the magazine?

I went away for a few months in September and returned two weeks ago,
but there are no tape ops waiting for me!

Anyone had similar issues and is there a way i can catch up?

Sorry if it's lazy posting this here, well not sorry enough to stop...

Rocky.
by rocky
Sat Oct 27, 2007 11:08 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: What did you work on today? 10.27.07
Replies: 27
Views: 7365

My day was heavily guitar based. I spent my morning dealing with Guitar Center, trying to get guitar parts for a quick fix, which proved unsuccessful. Makeshift fixing followed. Also had to buy new pedals to replace broken ones. Then I played a show at The Orange Peel in Asheville,NC A brand new ped...
by rocky
Sat Oct 27, 2007 2:31 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Drumming Up Business
Replies: 3
Views: 1979

When I started out recording/producing solo, trying to build a client base, I picked a local band and recorded them for free, I picked one who were doing well, who had worked with every studio in the country (n.ireland is small) They had also worked with good people, like Chris Sheldon and had been ...
by rocky
Fri Oct 26, 2007 11:34 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Has anyone ever used a EV re 20 on kick drum...?
Replies: 16
Views: 4569

The company i started out mixing live sound for used Re20s on kicks, actually after reading Bob Weston used them i tried it out in the studio. I do like them. Recently they won a test on toms for an album i was doing over 421/441/414/U87/57s. I'm looking forward to sticking them on some more in the ...
by rocky
Sun Oct 14, 2007 10:21 pm
Forum: People/Places/Things
Topic: used gear stores in these cities?
Replies: 16
Views: 5463

used gear stores in these cities?

I've been going spend crazy for past month, so I've decided to step it up a gear. Can anyone tell me any good places to find mics, pre's, fx, synthesizers etc in the following cities where I'll be in the coming weeks? New Haven, CT Northampton, MA NYC/Buffalo, NY State College, PA Richmond/Norfolk, ...