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by Nick Sevilla
Wed Mar 13, 2024 11:56 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Can excessive preamp gain damage ribbon mic?
Replies: 11
Views: 1068

Re: Can excessive preamp gain damage ribbon mic?

The farting is coming from the source. Move your butt further from the mic.
by Nick Sevilla
Sat Mar 09, 2024 7:42 pm
Forum: People/Places/Things
Topic: Mark Rubel RIP
Replies: 3
Views: 257

Re: Mark Rubel RIP

Truly sad, he was brilliant and funny. Got to interact with him a few times at conventions over the years, and online.

He will be missed.
by Nick Sevilla
Fri Mar 08, 2024 2:04 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Mic pre in pedal form?
Replies: 14
Views: 792

Re: Mic pre in pedal form?

You could get an impedance matcher for a dynamic mic like a SM58, and run that into a guitar BOOSTER pedal, which should give you enough gain to run the signal down your pedalboard, and not need phantom power. https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/LittleIMP--whirlwind-little-imp-lo-z-xlr-to-hi-z-1...
by Nick Sevilla
Wed Mar 06, 2024 6:12 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Tweeter inductance
Replies: 3
Views: 217

Re: Tweeter inductance

Here's somewhat of a white paper on speakers and what to measure on them.

https://eminence.com/pages/support__und ... eaker-data
by Nick Sevilla
Sat Mar 02, 2024 8:27 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Your favorite tips & resources on working with tape
Replies: 3
Views: 223

Re: Your favorite tips & resources on working with tape

So, submixing/stems and bouncing, playing with varispeed, hitting tape hot, setting bias for a different kind of sound, etc. Some of this will be subtle, like changing the bias to get a "different" sound. And "hitting the tape hot" is more a function of the electronics in the machine than the disto...
by Nick Sevilla
Sat Mar 02, 2024 7:42 am
Forum: People/Places/Things
Topic: Songwriting: Jeff Tweedy book "How To Write One Song"
Replies: 1
Views: 194

Re: Songwriting: Jeff Tweedy book "How To Write One Song"

Thanks for sharing this, it could prove useful to me. Cheers!
by Nick Sevilla
Tue Feb 27, 2024 8:05 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Latest gear you've acquired.....
Replies: 5251
Views: 2049353

Re: Latest gear you've acquired.....

Bought a Digidesign 192 and extra analog input card, for my old TDM HD3 system. I had sold off the converters to get the Focusrite Rednet 2 with a discount back a few years ago. Mostly because I miss mixing with my UAD DSP plugins, and it looks like they are going to take forever to port them over t...
by Nick Sevilla
Tue Feb 27, 2024 7:54 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Heritage Audio Britstrip
Replies: 17
Views: 1514

Re: Heritage Audio Britstrip

I’ll be recording singer songwriter stuff with Vocal and acoustic simultaneously. Any input appreciated ! I'd stay away from compression for singer with acoustic guitar. At least not until mix time. That britstrip looks interesting. Just don't use the compression on it... ;) Which microphones are y...
by Nick Sevilla
Wed Feb 21, 2024 8:58 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Latest gear you've acquired.....
Replies: 5251
Views: 2049353

Re: Latest gear you've acquired.....

Steinberg has a February sale, so I got VST Connect Pro 5. Been testing it for a few hours today, learning how to do remote recordings. I still have a day or two before I feel confident about it. Lots of small code parts that need to be "just so" for it to work correctly. But, fun, once it works, as...
by Nick Sevilla
Wed Feb 14, 2024 4:29 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Best mics/mic-ing approaches for sax?
Replies: 14
Views: 1675

Re: Best mics/mic-ing approaches for sax?

Phobos wrote:
Fri Feb 09, 2024 1:42 pm
I do have a 414 B-ULS. Maybe I will try that with the pad.
I love my pair of BULS.

If you haven't recorded them, another tip: Make them loud in their headphone mix. That will keep them from leaning into the microphone to hear themselves better. ;)
by Nick Sevilla
Fri Feb 09, 2024 11:36 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Best mics/mic-ing approaches for sax?
Replies: 14
Views: 1675

Re: Best mics/mic-ing approaches for sax?

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.
by Nick Sevilla
Fri Feb 02, 2024 12:10 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Roland SH-101 + MoogerFooger MF-102 peda
Replies: 4
Views: 1076

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 ...
by Nick Sevilla
Mon Jan 29, 2024 11:22 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Quirky Mastering Situation
Replies: 20
Views: 2482

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...
by Nick Sevilla
Fri Jan 26, 2024 8:38 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: How to structure a multi-part session
Replies: 10
Views: 1289

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...
by Nick Sevilla
Wed Jan 24, 2024 1:07 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: How to structure a multi-part session
Replies: 10
Views: 1289

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...