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by losthighway
Fri Feb 23, 2024 3:42 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Best mics/mic-ing approaches for sax?
Replies: 14
Views: 1676

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

I've been an alto player since I was 10. I love recording saxophone because it's one of the easiest instruments to get sounding right. M160 is okay, sm57 gets away with more in that spot than it does most anywhere else, but nothing's ever beat out the SM7b for me. Point it just above the bell a foot...
by losthighway
Sat Dec 16, 2023 3:59 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Latest gear you've acquired.....
Replies: 5251
Views: 2049812

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

I just ordered a Sequential Take Five polyphonic synth.

I've been hankering for one for ages. I've become something of a gear camel in middle age: 1-2 new pieces a year at most, so when I actually buy it's really exciting. Can't wait to explore the voices and textures.
by losthighway
Sat Nov 25, 2023 9:37 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Latest gear you've acquired.....
Replies: 5251
Views: 2049812

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

vvv wrote:
Sat Nov 25, 2023 3:50 pm
Klark-Technic LA-2 thingie
You should share your impressions after putting it through its paces.
by losthighway
Sat Jun 10, 2023 7:38 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: write this song
Replies: 9
Views: 2489

Re: write this song

It could be a good topical folk song with irony, unreliable narrator. The verses are just rhyming details of legal woes and the chorus just refrains "I'm an innocent man."
by losthighway
Mon Apr 17, 2023 9:29 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: is there delay plugin like a delta lab effectron?
Replies: 15
Views: 5899

Re: is there delay plugin like a delta lab effectron?

Everyone covered the factual stuff I was going to say. So I'll simply add that I love that box. When I was working with a songwriter on his mostly straight forward Americana album he kept wanting to push some parts into weirder sonic territory. Everything I came up with that he loved had the effectr...
by losthighway
Mon Apr 03, 2023 7:36 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Latest gear you've acquired.....
Replies: 5251
Views: 2049812

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

vvv wrote:
Sat Apr 01, 2023 9:40 am

The EQD Westwoood made it onto my main bass board (knocked off the HE Oso) - very flexible drive with excellent EQ.
I've heard that thing does the degrees of subtle drive plus boost thing, Klon style, really well.
by losthighway
Sun Feb 26, 2023 8:18 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Rudy Van Gelder website - gear & history galore
Replies: 12
Views: 4280

Re: Rudy Van Gelder website - gear & history galore

I need to listen to that Blakey Quintet at Birdland record!
by losthighway
Sun Feb 26, 2023 8:17 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Live Room Measurements
Replies: 3
Views: 2956

Live Room Measurements

Hey gang. I'm gearing up for the next round of improvement cycle at my place. Last summer's journey of control room measurement/treatment was difficult but fruitful. Has me thinking about my live room. I know the goals aren't exactly the same but I assume you can find and should treat major anomalie...
by losthighway
Thu Feb 09, 2023 4:09 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: February RPM Challenge 2023
Replies: 16
Views: 5893

Re: February RPM Challenge 2023

David, that sounds like an awesome project.
by losthighway
Sun Feb 05, 2023 5:22 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Underwhelmed by ATMOS music (So far)
Replies: 14
Views: 5785

Re: Underwhelmed by ATMOS music (So far)

I can't say that I've given it a proper test drive like you, but starting with surround I've been skeptical at multispeaker innovations in music. Mostly because it's not analogous to live music. I don't want the drums in front of me and the guitar solo to come in behind me. I think the sales guy's f...
by losthighway
Fri Jan 27, 2023 3:20 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Bass and octaves and low end
Replies: 14
Views: 5853

Re: Bass and octaves and low end

Apologies, this is a potentially annoying non-answer..... But what if the answer is leaving a hole? Last year I got into an album by The Casual Dots (ex Bikini Kill), a trio with two guitars and no bass. It's a cool sounding record and the hole in the lows is part of the sound. Kind of like the earl...
by losthighway
Mon Jan 23, 2023 5:11 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: anyone working at 96k?
Replies: 36
Views: 14249

Re: anyone working at 96k?

24-bit and 48k for years.

There are a lot of ways I can still improve my mixes. Sample rate isn't one of them.
by losthighway
Thu Dec 22, 2022 9:12 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Please recommend some small but mighty speakers
Replies: 15
Views: 6352

Re: Please recommend some small but mighty speakers

I wound up going with the KRK 5 inch dealios for about $300. They just sound super solid to me, for their size. They have crazy dsp on the back, I think, to dial in their sound. Maybe I'm just used to KRK's? I'd have recommended these for this need. Those KRKs are like the sm57 of monitors. Useful,...
by losthighway
Fri Dec 16, 2022 8:41 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: let's talk monitoring / accurate sound reproduction for mixing
Replies: 22
Views: 10390

Re: let's talk monitoring / accurate sound reproduction for mixing

Have you used the room eq wizard to measure your current setup? It might be interesting to compare the two pairs of monitors also.
by losthighway
Sat Nov 26, 2022 12:42 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Latest gear you've acquired.....
Replies: 5251
Views: 2049812

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

I just got Soundtoys, like all of 'em. Black Friday sale of $230 was too good to pass up.