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Oh, gawsh shed... Soooo many. It depends on if you really mean sound, or performance, specific or irrespective of genre, etc., etc. I could fill up 20 posts. I'd bet Tony would say something similar. I will say two that are killer for both sound and performance (but very different) are Tony Williams...

I had the Seeburg app. I had to ditch it due to iPhone overcrowding, but worth looking for if you're a sucker for environmental kitsch.

GJ

Prices for pre-owned Oktava-Mod and MJE mikes are about to go through the roof.

GJ

Has anybody else received the e-mail?

GJ

"No Big Deal (Everybody uses computers now, and Band-in-a-Box is still a good program)"

b/w

"The Overlords are Here (and we made them)"

GJ

My former studio associate went to Tape camp and loved it. I have not been to Tape Camp (it's on "the list" of to-do's), but I have been to three of Welcome to 1979's Engineer & Producer Recording Summits. WELL worth the price of admission and travel. I have no doubt Tape Camp is the same, only bett...

I don't know if you'd consider it Soul or not, but it certainly has its connections... I picked-up a copy of Marley's "Natty Dread" on CD; hadn't heard it in awhile. Both that album's version of "No Woman, No Cry," and "So Jah Seh" use a Lowrey, Wurlitzer, or Mini-Pops type unit as part of the rhyth...

Yeah Mark, I don't know how much you'll find from that era. 60's I'd think almost nothing. You mentioned Sly & the Family Stone ("Family Affair"); I think I heard that Roxy Music's "Dance Away" uses a Korg Mini Pops. I don't know what all else you'll find... If you haven't already, you might search ...

I'm not sure of the specific "pre 808" timeline, but Jazz-wise, the Marcus Miller-produced Miles Davis material often used earlier drum machines (along the lines of a Yamaha RX7, maybe?). Cyndi Lauper/Michael Jackson covers and such...

GJ

Hey shed!

You started this thread SIX YEARS AGO!

Crazy, man, crazy...

GJ

i had a friend that went to the wesleyn music school where braxton teaches. he said the dude was super out there. he came into class one day and said he's discovered a new artist that he thought could be a major force...............Bob Dylan. no joke. best story he told me was AB wrote this super h...

>>>>I've pretty much abandoned the top/bottom snare approach (always felt like it took a lot of work to sound "right") and started just miking snares on the side.<<<< THIS ^^^^ (IMHO). >>>>>This discussion never gets old, does it?<<<<< GJ Its part of the fun of this gig. No doubt! Especially for dr...

>>>>I've pretty much abandoned the top/bottom snare approach (always felt like it took a lot of work to sound "right") and started just miking snares on the side.<<<<

THIS ^^^^ (IMHO).

>>>>>This discussion never gets old, does it?<<<<<

GJ

Wow. I think that's it. Great synopsis.

So, nothing I've ever done makes any sense.

GJ

I ordered the "new" ("lost tapes") Coltrane album, "Both Directions at Once," two or three weeks ago when I heard it was coming out. I picked it up yesterday, and I'm on my third listen through of the double record set (a "deluxe" package with alternate takes is available). This is a spectacular rec...