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by ThePaloverdeBeetle
Sun Feb 13, 2011 7:26 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Final Mixes for Mastering: err on bass heavy or bass light?
Replies: 15
Views: 6125

If the bass guitar is too boomy or low endy, I don't like to have to take low end out the entire mix to compensate. The other thing is, if you intend to make the mastering engineer peak limit the heck out of the material to make it "as loud as album X" or whatever. Low end heavy mixes often suffer w...
by ThePaloverdeBeetle
Thu Nov 25, 2010 7:14 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Replacement OpAmps for Allen & Heath GL Series console
Replies: 30
Views: 10956

Ahh, again forgive me, My attention span is sometimes a little short, mostly due to lots of work and family life. I'm assuming then that A&H is still making consoles without surface mount components, good to know. I have modded an older A&H console that is full of tlo72s to good effect. Though peopl...
by ThePaloverdeBeetle
Thu Nov 25, 2010 6:49 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: new tape sat plug in - anyone tried it yet?
Replies: 6
Views: 2956

For some reason, no matter what I try, I keep going back to Magneto.
by ThePaloverdeBeetle
Wed Nov 24, 2010 8:35 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Replacement OpAmps for Allen & Heath GL Series console
Replies: 30
Views: 10956

Whoops, sorry. I guess it's more of a concern with your typical chock full of TLo72s board of this vintage.
by ThePaloverdeBeetle
Tue Nov 23, 2010 2:41 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Replacement OpAmps for Allen & Heath GL Series console
Replies: 30
Views: 10956

Haven't done anything like this for awhile but one thing to be aware of is that the replacement op amps may draw more current than the stock ones in the board. Not a big deal for one opamp but cumulatively it may cause you problems down the line ie: a whole bunch of replacement opamps may draw more ...
by ThePaloverdeBeetle
Mon Oct 25, 2010 3:41 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: DIY cassette duplication.. Muffled copies? Help!
Replies: 11
Views: 9991

Performing an azimuth alignment on a machine like that with no playback head would be pretty close to impossible. You'd have to make recording of high freq tones (at around -20db). Play it back on a known good cassette deck, check the azimuth and then estimate the azimuth adjustment on the record ma...
by ThePaloverdeBeetle
Tue Oct 12, 2010 4:23 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: DIY cassette duplication.. Muffled copies? Help!
Replies: 11
Views: 9991

Here's a link to the technical documentation on the Tascam. http://www.tascam.com/content/downloads/products/330/T-3000_TECHDOC.pdf Freq response rated +-3db from 50hz to 10khz. That basically means its going to fall off after 10k. It was meant for voice duplication basically not music. You're never...
by ThePaloverdeBeetle
Sat Oct 09, 2010 7:17 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Iphone dock connector to XLR?
Replies: 15
Views: 8970

The sound quality of the apple dock is quite disappointing. Google it and you'll see that there is another DAC inside of it. Get the pocket dock instead. Plain vanilla line out from the connector like it ought to be. Now if somehow you could get a digital out and use a nicer DAC....
by ThePaloverdeBeetle
Mon Sep 27, 2010 3:16 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Info On Fostex E-16 16-Channel 1/2" Recorder?
Replies: 13
Views: 7680

More or less "sanding it down" (but in a much more precise way) to improve tape to head contact. You can't keep on doing it, there won't be any head left. A good tech should be able to tell you if it's possible or not on your head.
by ThePaloverdeBeetle
Mon Jul 12, 2010 10:42 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Testing out the new iRig on Guitar, Bass, and Analog Synth
Replies: 2
Views: 1389

Looks kind of fun but, gotta say that considering that the audio signal of the guitar is going into the mic input of the Iphone, the sound quality of the audio signal going in pretty much has got to bite. There would be no way to improve on that unless the special multipin connector could somehow be...
by ThePaloverdeBeetle
Mon May 31, 2010 10:21 am
Forum: Listen to Music
Topic: cassette duplication
Replies: 7
Views: 3165

"A lot of the Google search results regarding this topic are useless. Loads of places still have the duplicators, but don't have the materials. I tried to get a quote for cassette duplication from my rep at Rainbo and was ignored." Yeah, that kind of makes sense. I'm a former veteran of the salt min...
by ThePaloverdeBeetle
Mon May 31, 2010 10:07 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Modular synths for pads and leads
Replies: 23
Views: 8432

The ininite complexity of modular synths is always fascinating but the task of doing polyphony is complicated, recreating your patch times the # of voices, or creating a different patch for each voice ? For something like creating a pad you might look up after a half an hour and try to remember what...
by ThePaloverdeBeetle
Fri May 28, 2010 11:08 pm
Forum: Listen to Music
Topic: cassette duplication
Replies: 7
Views: 3165

A simple Google search yields results. Looks like Rainbo still does it:

http://www.rainborecords.com/cass.htm

Only place that came up I ever heard of.
by ThePaloverdeBeetle
Thu May 06, 2010 8:37 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: DIY Modular Synth
Replies: 5
Views: 3367

The ASM synth I built many years ago is the best sounding synth I own. It's all on one PC board though so no separate modules. Kudos to Gene Stopp for his design.
by ThePaloverdeBeetle
Sun Apr 18, 2010 8:03 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: So many wall warts, running out of space!
Replies: 14
Views: 5933

On a simpler note, you can buy short little extension cords from some hardware stores, only a few inches in length. Leaves you with a wall wart midden on the floor but still a decent solution.