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by davepinkham
Thu Aug 22, 2013 7:41 pm
Forum: Listen to Music
Topic: Check out my band's first EP
Replies: 3
Views: 1888

by davepinkham
Mon Jun 24, 2013 11:26 am
Forum: Listen to Music
Topic: Check out my band's first EP
Replies: 3
Views: 1888

Check out my band's first EP

Hey all, My band, Summer Swells, is about to release our first EP. We tracked it ourselves at my home studio/rehearsal space. Never could've done it without all the knowledge I've acquired from Tape Op over the years! It was mixed by Stuart Sikes here in Austin and mastered by Alan Douches at West W...
by davepinkham
Sun Jan 13, 2013 1:56 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Can we retire "check your mix in mono?"
Replies: 42
Views: 11950

Thanks for the good replies. Currently listening to a mix on the built in speaker on my Mac!
by davepinkham
Tue Jan 08, 2013 11:52 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Can we retire "check your mix in mono?"
Replies: 42
Views: 11950

Single speaker mono vs. mono switch on mixer/daw/etc:
How much difference does everyone thinks it makes?
by davepinkham
Thu Nov 29, 2012 1:18 pm
Forum: People/Places/Things
Topic: Austin benefit show for The South Sound in Brooklyn
Replies: 1
Views: 1127

Austin benefit show for The South Sound in Brooklyn

Hey everybody, We're having a show on December 14th to raise a few dollars to donate to Un-Flood BK Music and help the guys at The South Sound. If you're in Austin, please come and invite your friends! Here's a link to the event on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/385568058185089 and here's...
by davepinkham
Thu Apr 12, 2012 7:21 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Recommend me some tubes!
Replies: 25
Views: 9248

calaverasgrandes wrote:I would concur. I do believe that some brands of tubes from the olden times are superior to present day manufacture in terms of tone.
I concede that this is possible, but if so, it still doesn't mean that they can't improve the new ones to match the tone quality of the old ones.
by davepinkham
Wed Apr 11, 2012 12:47 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Recommend me some tubes!
Replies: 25
Views: 9248

They simply CAN'T make tubes like they used to, no matter how hard they try. Part of what makes buying used vintage tubes (as long as they test high of course) is that not only do they have superior tone, but they also have a much longer lifespan than any new tube. For instance that $100 Telefunken...
by davepinkham
Tue Apr 10, 2012 9:35 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Recommend me some tubes!
Replies: 25
Views: 9248

Mullards are made by Sovtek. Tung Sols are similarly Russian or Chinese or Eastern European. The point is that everything you buy is just the brand name. New Sensor now owns and manufactures Mullards, Tung Sol, Sovtek, Electro-Harmonix, I'm sure other stuff as well. "The Tung-Sol name and trademark...
by davepinkham
Tue Apr 10, 2012 1:00 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Recommend me some tubes!
Replies: 25
Views: 9248

i put the new tung sol tubes in my fender bassman with great results. mullards might be more your thing to get the "british" sound though.
by davepinkham
Wed Apr 04, 2012 12:51 am
Forum: Tape Op Magazine
Topic: Liam Watson Toe Rag Studios- Paper Ceiling Tile treatment
Replies: 9
Views: 8462

my suspicions are the same re: the mio wallpaper panels. the wood fiber panels are about the same price though, wonder what i could get out of them sound-wise. i'm working on treating a rehearsal/recording space currently... i guess i should probably stick to my mineral wool plan.
by davepinkham
Tue Apr 03, 2012 2:45 pm
Forum: Tape Op Magazine
Topic: Liam Watson Toe Rag Studios- Paper Ceiling Tile treatment
Replies: 9
Views: 8462

not quite the same, but i started poking around and found these. i'm sure they'd only be effective for higher frequencies, but they have the advantage of looking cool!

http://mioculture.com/paperforms/acoust ... forms.html
by davepinkham
Thu Mar 29, 2012 2:58 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Touching your speakers... WTF!?
Replies: 27
Views: 11141

by davepinkham
Mon Mar 26, 2012 12:25 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: 8-track reel to reel: Problem on one channel
Replies: 2
Views: 1189

recap?
by davepinkham
Sat Nov 26, 2011 11:03 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Weird electrolytic capacitor markings?
Replies: 2
Views: 1898

cool, thanks!
by davepinkham
Mon Nov 21, 2011 1:45 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Weird electrolytic capacitor markings?
Replies: 2
Views: 1898

Weird electrolytic capacitor markings?

Recapping my hifi and found some oddly marked Sanyo caps. They are marked as a fraction, "1/25" and ".68/25".

Should I take this to mean 1uf 25V and .68uf 25V?