A subtractive mindset can be more interesting with these, though it isn't most people's first intuition.
The knobs go both ways!
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- Tue Nov 07, 2023 9:02 am
- Forum: Creative Recording
- Topic: transient designers
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6096
- Mon Nov 06, 2023 5:33 pm
- Forum: Creative Recording
- Topic: "always on" talkback
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4338
Re: "always on" talkback
I'm curious if pro musicians are still mostly using headphones in the studio, vs. their own custom-molded IEMs from the concert world. It's a lot easier to pop headphones on and off, for one thing. IEM users are more used to having an ambience/audience mic as part of their feed. Wacky idea - engine...
- Sun Nov 05, 2023 7:14 pm
- Forum: Creative Recording
- Topic: "always on" talkback
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4338
"always on" talkback
Hi all, I have always been frustrated by the barrier to communication imposed by talkback toggling & imperfect pickup of musicians tucked away in distant corners or booths. Freelancing at a bunch of different studios over the years, I've improvised just about every common solution under the sun to t...
- Fri Dec 30, 2022 2:40 pm
- Forum: Creative Recording
- Topic: Silica Gel desiccant packets in the studio?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4489
Re: Silica Gel desiccant packets in the studio?
They are also extremely handy to have around if you or the band run out of snacks
- Tue Dec 21, 2021 11:09 am
- Forum: Creative Recording
- Topic: DEVASTATING NEWS FROM BOSTON
- Replies: 14
- Views: 24408
Re: DEVASTATING NEWS FROM BOSTON
Donated. What a nightmare.
At least it's nice to see people coming together to help so quickly!
At least it's nice to see people coming together to help so quickly!
- Fri Nov 26, 2021 2:03 pm
- Forum: Creative Recording
- Topic: Plug-in suggestions for the minimalist studio
- Replies: 48
- Views: 45933
Re: Plug-in suggestions for the minimalist studio
Did Jesco Lohan have a hand in the trap design? That looks like his work. How does it sound? Nope! Wonderful Berlin-based company called Kiss Your Ears. They're fairly new and did a terrific job for about 1/3 the cost I would have expected coming from Los Angeles! The extreme low end is constrained...
- Sat Oct 30, 2021 3:58 pm
- Forum: Creative Recording
- Topic: Plug-in suggestions for the minimalist studio
- Replies: 48
- Views: 45933
Re: Plug-in suggestions for the minimalist studio
An update - how it turned out - thanks so much for all the help, everyone!
- Wed Aug 25, 2021 12:51 pm
- Forum: Creative Recording
- Topic: Another dreaded clocking thread
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2674
Re: Another dreaded clocking thread
Hey, no problem - I'm happy to advocate for any position I hold, but the manner in which it came up seemed kind of odd - I'm sure you can understand. The Orion does sound great! I would have zero hesitation about tracking and mixing entire records with only that interface (and did exactly that for m...
- Tue Aug 24, 2021 11:34 am
- Forum: Creative Recording
- Topic: Another dreaded clocking thread
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2674
Re: Another dreaded clocking thread
Yeah, the two-computer solution may be the thing longer term. I've thought about it - will have to see how this round goes. I suppose there's a certain extra fussiness factor implied by that move - not necessarily an unwelcome one, but, as they say, the first step is admitting that you have a proble...
- Mon Aug 23, 2021 6:43 pm
- Forum: Creative Recording
- Topic: Another dreaded clocking thread
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2674
Re: Another dreaded clocking thread
Thanks all! Digitaldrummer, that was pretty much what I feared - kind of hoping someone with some deep tech knowledge on the convertor side of things would come along with a reason why one way was decidedly better than another. The frustrating thing here is that it's often only after many hours or e...
- Mon Aug 23, 2021 11:47 am
- Forum: Creative Recording
- Topic: Another dreaded clocking thread
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2674
Another dreaded clocking thread
Hey all! I have a very practical question that I’m hoping one of y’all can offer some guidance on. Sidestepping the whole nightmare external clocking vortex (to keep it brief, yes I have heard digi converters sound markedly better when clocked externally but this is a known design flaw, in general t...
- Wed Jun 09, 2021 6:53 am
- Forum: Creative Recording
- Topic: Is it safe to set a tape echo on its side?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3355
Re: Is it safe to set a tape echo on its side?
This will be utterly unhelpful I'm afraid, but nonetheless: I was tracking a record several years ago where one of the guitarists had an Echoplex as part of his pedal rig that was more or less always on. The join on the loop was a bit funny, and would make a little sound every time it passed over th...
- Fri May 28, 2021 2:04 am
- Forum: People/Places/Things
- Topic: Lost in Translation
- Replies: 3
- Views: 8080
Re: Lost in Translation
Keep your gallbladder machine away from my LP records!!!
- Thu May 27, 2021 6:05 pm
- Forum: Creative Recording
- Topic: Anybody wishing they had a project.
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3218
Re: Anybody wishing they had a project.
Pure magic. I shared a studio with one of these in Chicago many years ago - I will have one again someday. Totally unique sound, all its own thing... a deep, nuanced instrument. And preparing it John Cage style yields some truly incredible results. Electric gamelan. Wonderful stuff. Hope someone can...
- Thu May 27, 2021 5:51 pm
- Forum: Creative Recording
- Topic: policies on vax or non-vax
- Replies: 28
- Views: 7042
Re: policies on vax or non-vax
Scodiddly - totally - that really sucks. I have some friends in similarly compromised positions. It's horrible. Maybe I didn't put a fine enough point on it - my view is that this kind of social imperative is not a joke. To me it has nothing to do with government or politics; it's a simple, dignifie...