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Why do you feel the need to clip the preamp? Does it make a tone you like? If so, go for it. Are you hurting the pre by clipping it? I don't think so... On the subject of compression in general, I would say use as littlle as possible. Compression can be very destructive to TONE QUALITY, especially i...

I rented this one called "Interstate 60"...

one of the better "road trip" movies I have ever seen...

peace to all,

NPR had a very nice piece on this...aired Sunday morning, August 15th.

The film will be out on DVD in a couple of weeks. I'll buy one for sure...

Pro-Cat.

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but wait, I have a great studio shot of my cat sleeping inside a kick drum...

peace to all,

I have one of those "Mission Control" boxes from I-3 audio, in the above link...very nice, but kinda steep at about $350...and their website says they're out of stock. The Mackie is more expensive, at $385 list, but the street price should be less... The Samson C-control is about $100... I'm going d...

Loud and Proud...

in the words of Ray Charles...

"Well, I got a woman
Way over town
She's good to me
Oh Yeah..."


...could be I just HATE turtlenecks...

Damn, how can I follow that?

Glyn Johns thread made me dig out the Eagles first album... Big Star thread had me on #1 Record/Radio City for about a week... Lots of time with Al Green and Bill Withers... Still fighting with the mix of "Get On the Ground" by Martian Memo to God... and when I get home at 2 am...Air's Talkie Walkie...

Chris is right... You will get less "bass buildup" from the back wall if you place the monitors on the "short wall" so that they "fire" into the "long dimension" of the room. Try using the "rule of thirds;" that is, since the room is 18 feet deep, place the monitors about 6 feet away from the front ...

Hey, it's all the Seattle crew talkin' 'bout food... I'm home from the studio at 3.30 am, and I'm eating peanut butter and bananas...NOT Elvis style; no Wonder-Bread-and-a-cube-of-butter for me... Pretty happy with the latest rough mix, though. Going to visit Shawn's studio tomorrow...um, I mean thi...

Go here and find out more than you ever wanted to know: http://www.stevehoffman.tv/forums/forumdisplay.php?s=dc619d322ed329310a33aeea3281e080&forumid=2 Some of these people are rabid hi-fi nuts, and most of them don't like Mobile Fidelity very much... Apparently, a lot of the early Mo-Fi half-speed ...

Hey Brandon, thanks so much, glad you like it... The story of that "Brain Free" track goes like this... A friend of mine was collecting "music loops" from vinyl that he liked...he brought the pieces into the studio and asked me if I could do anything with them... I stuck them into the workstation an...

Damn, Otto...you guys never saw me throw that cigarette out the window, didja? (Thanks again for the ride, btw)

Guess I picked the wrong day to take up smoking...

Great to see everyone...let's do it again soon.

Back to Hush this afternooon...

peace to all,

Steve

I think it is best to "play" the tape to the end, rather than "fast forward." The smooth tape pack you get in play mode is much better for long-term storage. Fast forward will cause the tape to ride up and down on the hub, causing un-equal pressure between one layer of tape and the next. Over time, ...

I use a Shop-Vac...nothing else has enough suction to really get the dust.

...put in your earplugs, and make sure the console and outboard gear are NOT powered up when you clean...I fried the power supply in a Midiverb II with a static charge from a vacuum cleaner one time...

oh well,