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- Sat Mar 13, 2010 2:42 pm
- Forum: People/Places/Things
- Topic: Share Mix/Overdub Room in Somerville, MA
- Replies: 1
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Share Mix/Overdub Room in Somerville, MA
Looking for someone to split rent and share my little studio in Somerville, MA with. It's about 250 sq feet, in a stand alone all masonary building that I rent from a nearby restaurant. I outfitted it with a mini-split air conditioning and heat system, hung lots of acoustic panels, and put a window ...
- Tue Sep 08, 2009 7:39 pm
- Forum: Creative Recording
- Topic: Clarinet Mic Selection?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 6445
Last time I recorded clarinet it was with my Charter Oak 538, 12-16 inches away, aimed at the middle of the instrument. Did the trick for me! I was almost going to say that the same player prefers the more 'overhead' position Chris Garges mentioned, but then I remembered that was when I recorded him...
- Fri Aug 28, 2009 8:15 pm
- Forum: Creative Recording
- Topic: Trick: Using tuning to avoid having to use tuning :)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3196
Sometimes,if intonation is getting hazey, I slam previously recorded tracks with Auto-tune in Auto Mode, using Audiosuite in PT. I'll go back later and finesses things, but it's a quick way to make sure that the singer has something solid as they lay down their part. Also helpful if a bass note is a...
- Mon Jun 08, 2009 6:31 pm
- Forum: Creative Recording
- Topic: Recording a leslie
- Replies: 28
- Views: 7507
- Sun Jun 07, 2009 6:55 pm
- Forum: Creative Recording
- Topic: The lure of 2-buss compression
- Replies: 63
- Views: 22157
Man, I feel like for so long people told me "don't compress the stereo mix, you'll only mess it up". And maybe it's decent advice to home recordists making their first record, and maybe even someone in audio school. But I spent the last two days doing final mixes for my bands record. This thread ins...
- Sun Jun 07, 2009 6:38 pm
- Forum: Creative Recording
- Topic: some pix from yesterday's session
- Replies: 27
- Views: 9359
Cool photos! I got to do a session with Dave Tronzo about two years ago, and it was a blast. I had no idea who he was at the time, we recorded in my friend's garage that had no heat, and it was only later I realized how well known he is in certain circles. I actually got a lot of work from that sess...
- Thu Apr 23, 2009 4:57 am
- Forum: People/Places/Things
- Topic: General internship advice
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3127
Get an internship. At least for a little bit. Seeing how things were done at a big studio was an invaluable part of my education; probably more so than sitting in a classroom. Nowdays it probably won't lead to a job at that same studio. But by being in a place that's musically significant in your co...
- Tue Mar 31, 2009 1:35 pm
- Forum: Creative Recording
- Topic: when to use a limiter instead of compressor?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 7903
The original poster asked for examples, and these came to mind... Lately I've been recording lots of mandolin. I use a limiter with a high threshold, fast attack, and fast release times when I do this, because I want to get rid of all the spiky, sudden attacks that poke through the mix, but want it ...
- Sun Mar 22, 2009 9:44 am
- Forum: Creative Recording
- Topic: Making a studio better!
- Replies: 36
- Views: 9181
- Mon Mar 09, 2009 8:22 am
- Forum: Creative Recording
- Topic: Why should I dither?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3091
In my experience, dither is way, way low on the list of things that are going to affect the quality of your recording. Leave it to the mastering guys. And as I understand it, dither is mostly important to very quiet signals, near the noise floor. Like reverb tails or fade-outs. I can't hear the diff...
- Mon Mar 02, 2009 5:59 am
- Forum: Creative Recording
- Topic: recording quartet
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1887
- Mon Mar 02, 2009 5:52 am
- Forum: Creative Recording
- Topic: Anyone ever intentionally clipped a converter?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4813
Some dance music guys - BT and folks like that - will make one or two samples at the very loudest hits clip, coming into a new section. They want the speaker cone to move as far as it possibly can. Which also, I would think, risks breaking it. Good for people writing dance music. Bad for people owni...
- Mon Feb 09, 2009 7:37 pm
- Forum: Creative Recording
- Topic: how far left or right?
- Replies: 43
- Views: 13897
Float your mouse over your pan control, close your eyes, and listen while moving it around. Stop wherever it sounds good. Sometimes I'm surprised - I feel like panning is funny because it depends what else is in the mix and where it is. Sometimes things that sound really far L/R to me are only at 60...
- Mon Feb 09, 2009 12:10 pm
- Forum: Creative Recording
- Topic: where to put my studio?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3255
I also started out in my parent's basement. Lots of people do. When I started to get down about it, I'd think about all those classic records Rudy Van Gelder made in his parent's living room. I spent about $1,000 building a vocal booth in one corner of my parent's basement, and it served me really w...
- Mon Feb 09, 2009 11:52 am
- Forum: Creative Recording
- Topic: Is SM7b a feasible kick mic?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 13296