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by Nick Sevilla
Fri Mar 29, 2024 1:33 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: widening stereo sources in a mix
Replies: 6
Views: 88

Re: widening stereo sources in a mix

Look at the "Stereo" waveform. Is it truly Stereo? Many, and I mean MANY amateur recorders, even pro musicians, record stuff in "Stereo" but with only one mic. There are also DAWs that you set if they record in Stereo or Mono, and the artiste may not know that is happening. Whatever the case, when I...
by Nick Sevilla
Fri Mar 29, 2024 1:04 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: VocAlign? or is there something that does this better?
Replies: 3
Views: 35

Re: VocAlign? or is there something that does this better?

Hi, The cheapest and best, not the fastest: The Singer Singing it until it is right. Barring that, how much is the Vocalign permanent license or subscription? Melodyne I don't think will align vocal s the same way. right now they have that Vocalign for 99 bucks. Not sure if that is cheap enough for ...
by Nick Sevilla
Tue Mar 26, 2024 4:43 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Latest gear you've acquired.....
Replies: 5265
Views: 2103925

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

I picked up another RedNet 2 on Reverb. Picking it up in San Diego tomorrow. My Focusrite Rednet 2 went on the fritz this morning, so while I waited for their support (which was only a couple of hours wait... not bad), I went hunting for a second one to replace it, in case this one could not be repa...
by Nick Sevilla
Sat Mar 23, 2024 4:49 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Latest gear you've acquired.....
Replies: 5265
Views: 2103925

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

new pair of Avantone CLA-10A limited edition speakers. Active, Brown Veneer. Funky. those do look cool - I'd be interested how they work out for you... They look beautiful. Spent a couple of hours last night listening, and they do sound like the old NS10s: Midrangey, crisp top end, lower level bott...
by Nick Sevilla
Thu Mar 21, 2024 8:03 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Latest gear you've acquired.....
Replies: 5265
Views: 2103925

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

Got a capacitor kit for my Hammond M-3 organ, to fix up its amp which is spitting and noisy. Also got a new pair of Avantone CLA-10A limited edition speakers. Active, Brown Veneer. Funky. Lastly, a used Digidesign analog to digital converter card for my Digidesign 192. So I can access my UAD plugins...
by Nick Sevilla
Wed Mar 13, 2024 11:56 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Can excessive preamp gain damage ribbon mic?
Replies: 11
Views: 1478

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: 437

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: 862

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: 256

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: 264

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: 218

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: 5265
Views: 2103925

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: 1938

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: 5265
Views: 2103925

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: 15
Views: 1975

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. ;)