I've had good luck with Sennheiser MD421s and 441s. Also the old trusty AKG 414, but with the -10dB pad on.
As always, listen to the sax and the player, put the mic where it will pick up the best balanced sound and not get blown out by a loud passage.
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- Fri Feb 09, 2024 11:36 am
- Forum: Creative Recording
- Topic: Best mics/mic-ing approaches for sax?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3373
- Fri Feb 02, 2024 12:10 pm
- Forum: Creative Recording
- Topic: Roland SH-101 + MoogerFooger MF-102 peda
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2084
Re: Roland SH-101+MoogerFooger MF-102 pedal
Check to see if you have a "DC coupled" output on your converter. Those allow for CV voltages to be output directly. Motu has some. Also, the CV In / Gate are very common synthesizer control voltages, -5 to +5 Volts. If you have a synth, see if it has those types of ins and outs. Try the LFO out of ...
- Mon Jan 29, 2024 11:22 am
- Forum: Creative Recording
- Topic: Quirky Mastering Situation
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4159
Re: Quirky Mastering Situation
+1 on Karl's suggestion. I wonder if YouTube has a built in HPF that prevents your speaker from overloading the way your master seems to be. The YouTube conversion does have filtering, ant it probably is on both ends of the spectrum, lowering the extreme low and high frequencies in order that the C...
- Fri Jan 26, 2024 8:38 am
- Forum: Creative Recording
- Topic: How to structure a multi-part session
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2251
Re: How to structure a multi-part session
Very helpful, Nick. When you say "additional tracks", do you mean you're adding some compression/eq to kick and snare, or setting up a drum bus? I sometimes will create a group buss, send a submix of the drumkit, and compress and EQ it, and record it. Especially if there is an exotic or rare compre...
- Wed Jan 24, 2024 1:07 pm
- Forum: Creative Recording
- Topic: How to structure a multi-part session
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2251
Re: How to structure a multi-part session
When I do recordings of bands, which are like this, multi day, I always always always spend the first day(s) getting the recording sounds. Drums first if possible, followed by the basic bass, rhythm guitar, keyboards, and at least a scratch vocal. Depending on their budget and time, I try to nail th...
- Sat Jan 20, 2024 7:59 pm
- Forum: Creative Recording
- Topic: What preamps are y'all liking these days?
- Replies: 55
- Views: 21048
Re: What preamps are y'all liking these days?
My really great 2Ubes VTX tube mic preamp. Made by hand by my friend Larry Janus. Crazy good, and it has WiFi, so I can change the settings from my phone while adjusting a microphone in the other room or across the room. Has a great sound. At some point, I'll be getting a 2nd one. Great on electric ...
- Sat Jan 20, 2024 11:47 am
- Forum: Listen to Music
- Topic: List your Bandcamp page
- Replies: 617
- Views: 320353
Re: List your Bandcamp page
Cool song.winky dinglehoffer wrote: ↑Wed Jan 17, 2024 11:05 amAnother collaboration with a friend of mine.
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- Sat Jan 20, 2024 11:04 am
- Forum: Creative Recording
- Topic: Drum OH's, only
- Replies: 19
- Views: 7199
Re: Drum OH's, only
I'd recommend some AKG 451s. Or AKG 414s. The trick is to listen to the placement, so you get the kick and snare in the middle of your Stereo image. After that, you can EQ and compress a bit until the kit sounds balanced. I don't like ribbons on percussions, they can and do tend to smush transients,...
- Sun Jan 14, 2024 12:09 pm
- Forum: Creative Recording
- Topic: Quirky Mastering Situation
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4159
Re: Quirky Mastering Situation
I'd ask this:
What is the best playback system you have, and can you somehow play what the ME sent back to you on that?
What other high quality material can you play back?
Is this BT speaker the only thing you have to play back stuff with?
What is the best playback system you have, and can you somehow play what the ME sent back to you on that?
What other high quality material can you play back?
Is this BT speaker the only thing you have to play back stuff with?
- Thu Jan 11, 2024 9:21 pm
- Forum: Listen to Music
- Topic: Wilco cover band?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 15806
Re: Wilco cover band?
According to someone on here, the PM stays in your inbox until it is read by the recipient.
I'll send you a test one... and you can reply to it.
I'll send you a test one... and you can reply to it.
- Thu Jan 11, 2024 8:35 am
- Forum: Tape Op Message Board (TOMB)
- Topic: Private messaging not working?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4853
Re: Private messaging not working?
I did get your message, but it was deleted, so I could not read it.
My storage is only around 7% full.
My storage is only around 7% full.
- Thu Jan 11, 2024 8:09 am
- Forum: Listen to Music
- Topic: Wilco cover band?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 15806
Re: Wilco cover band?
Hi Alex, I saw a "delete message" from you.alexdingley wrote: ↑Thu Jan 11, 2024 3:53 amIn the interest of time, Feel free to PM me and I’ll reply with the info I was trying to provide you.
If it's nothing... then ok, if not, feel free to reply here.
Cheers
- Sat Jan 06, 2024 6:21 pm
- Forum: Creative Recording
- Topic: DAW Tracking Levels too hot?? Looking for guidance & resources
- Replies: 19
- Views: 27298
Re: DAW Tracking Levels too hot?? Looking for guidance & resources
However, I see now that you can calibrate "0 db = _____ dBFS" !!! I DON'T KNOW WHAT I SHOULD HAVE IN BLANK "____dBFS"!!! Hi Trodden, Here, I have my consoles "above zero dB" set to match on my converters. My A&H console has +16 dB metering peak at the mix buss, and the direct outs are a little hott...
- Fri Jan 05, 2024 8:40 am
- Forum: Listen to Music
- Topic: Wilco cover band?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 15806
Re: Wilco cover band?
Maybe point me in a direction you like. I imagine they've been around a while. I’m not the OP, but if they’re on the same page as me, Wilco-wise, I’d tell you to start with Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, and then move on to A Ghost is Born, and Sky Blue Sky. Wilco does have a shit-ton of material out there,...
- Thu Jan 04, 2024 8:37 pm
- Forum: Listen to Music
- Topic: vinyl collecting ( and surrounding planetary atmosphere )
- Replies: 537
- Views: 315828
Re: vinyl collecting ( and surrounding planetary atmosphere )
" My uncle who passed last year loved working with stained glass and had made us a Japan themed table awhile back. Its surface was uneven due to all the various glass involved making it awkward to place glasses on, so i hit upon removing the table legs and back-lighting it as wall art this winter. S...