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Bummer! R.I.P.

I've been in Seattle since the mid 1990s and still love living here. There's been a lot of growth here of late - which makes it more expensive to live. However, there's a lot of cool things to do here, whether it's cultural events or getting out in the great outdoors. Portland is a great place too -...

+1 on the Symetrix CL150. (I have 2 of them and love what they do to my P-Bass and Kick.



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Symetrix CL150. They're cheap (were made in Seattle) and they sound great on cheap dynamic mics.

Thanks to the both of you. It confirms what I'm experiencing. I like the features in X1, and some of the plug-ins, particularly the multichannel compressor, are terriffic. But it looks like I'll be adding a new DAW. I am a long time user of Sonar and the stability has not been an issue for me. One ...

Wondering what folks' favorites are out there. Wouldn't mind something with fx,as well,just not something with 20 pages of submenu would be nice. Need a few flavors of overdrive to fuzz. I had a Chameleon about ten years ago,but dont know what's newish,and not too plasticcy. I like the older stuff ...

Yeah, so, um... I just bought a 24 channel console, a Ramsa WR-S4424. It's dead minty, as in "used sparingly for church services until they upgraded." And the price was very, very right. I was looking for something with mojo, maybe 8 channels.... aaaaaaand now I have a 24 channel-console. Hmm. Look...

I recently picked up a Symetrix CL-150. I love this compressor and it was made right here in Seattle.

Sounds like you have your work cut out for you. I always try to find something useable or salvageable that I build on. From a "psychological" standpoint, one way to motivate yourself is the actual challenge of being able to make something decent out of a mess. It's quite an accomplishment if you can...

Love Train: The Sound of Philadelphia.

Man, those old recordings sound great! I am especially loving the bass sound - clean and tight and fitting perfectly in the mix.

Another big +1!

I always loved the those records. It's great to hear about how they achieve that sound!

I think it's vital to have a web presence. While there are good sites to put your info, like Tumblir and Blogspot, I personally like having my own website and 100% control over the content I post. (especially not having ads and pop-ups.) Hosting sites are relatively cheap and free interfaces like Wo...

I think you are much better off with Wordpress and music hosting sites like Bandcamp and soundcloud. Wordpress is an excellent program with great (and free) themes and plug-ins that help give you the site that you want. You have a lot more control over your content and prospective listeners will not...

leigh wrote:I've been burning through Daniel Lanois' new(ish) book, "Soul Mining". Surprised not to see any chatter here about it. Anyone else cracked it yet?

I have a copy on hold from the public library. Hopefully, I will have it soon!

I am another happy Ramsa owner. I have a WRS4416 that I got for a great deal and I love the analog vibe I get with it.