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by Magnetic Services
Mon Mar 07, 2022 11:22 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: My old MOTU is on its last legs -- strong opinions on interfaces welcome
Replies: 16
Views: 3564

Re: My old MOTU is on its last legs -- strong opinions on interfaces welcome

I've been using MOTU for years and currently have an 828es. I love it! The older units used to have some stability issues but this thing and the rest of the AVB line have been rock-solid for me. Might sell soon to upgrade; DM me if you're interested. You could probably still use the 8pre as an expan...
by Magnetic Services
Mon Dec 27, 2021 3:02 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Latest gear you've acquired.....
Replies: 5251
Views: 2050669

Re: Latest gear you've acquired.....

I've had a number of studios in the last 20 years that weren't "perfect" and as much as I wanted this one to be "perfect", reality finally hit me that it's just not going to happen. I was at the same place when I built my latest garage space. At certain point I had to ask myself if I wanted to be s...
by Magnetic Services
Wed Dec 15, 2021 12:25 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Ghostbusting in a Mackie 8 bus
Replies: 18
Views: 21752

Re: Ghostbusting in a Mackie 8 bus

Simply disconnecting, cleaning and reseating the ribbon cables might be an easy fix!
by Magnetic Services
Mon Dec 06, 2021 11:06 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Latest Gear You've Un-Acquired....
Replies: 146
Views: 136169

Re: Latest Gear You've Un-Acquired....

Just listed my Ashbory bass with a bunch of accessories on Reverb. I bought it sort of as a "treat yourself" thing, and because I had a song I wanted that sound for, but haven't picked it up in ages. Hoping someone will be psyched to get the whole package with a case, strap, new good strings, and ev...
by Magnetic Services
Mon Nov 22, 2021 10:26 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: So, uh, what's the vocal mic?
Replies: 10
Views: 13136

Re: So, uh, what's the vocal mic?

"condenser microphone with a high-quality sound, which is rare in the world"
-????

"made by a Swedish person who has no connection with academic research."
-Weird flex, but OK
by Magnetic Services
Thu Oct 28, 2021 10:06 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Trust digitally-controlled preamps or not?
Replies: 4
Views: 5021

Re: Trust digitally-controlled preamps or not?

In theory, they'd be more reliable than hardware-controlled preamps, right? The actual preamp circuit is still analog, but there's no potentiometer to get dirty and scratchy.

Or are you talking about long-term support for firmware and drivers?
by Magnetic Services
Fri Oct 01, 2021 2:49 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Mastering recommendations?
Replies: 12
Views: 11592

Re: Mastering recommendations?

Justin at Mystery Room does great work and has a handy project calculator for your budget: https://www.mysteryroommastering.com/calculator/
by Magnetic Services
Mon Sep 20, 2021 9:19 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: recommend replacement software for CD ARCHITECT
Replies: 10
Views: 4725

Re: recommend replacement software for CD ARCHITECT

Nick Sevilla wrote:
Sat Sep 18, 2021 4:51 am
Try this one:

https://www.steinberg.net/wavelab/
:arrow:
joninc wrote:
Fri Sep 17, 2021 1:10 pm
I don't I want to spend the big $ for Wavelab as mastering is really only a small part of my work (mostly production/mixing)
by Magnetic Services
Fri Sep 17, 2021 2:17 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: recommend replacement software for CD ARCHITECT
Replies: 10
Views: 4725

Re: recommend replacement software for CD ARCHITECT

If you literally just need to see the waveforms, any DAW will do. If you want more detailed info like LUFS and peak levels, Orban Loudness Meter is a good free app for that: https://www.orban.com/meter If you want spectrogram view and much more, iZotope RX has a cheap basic version and you can find ...
by Magnetic Services
Tue Sep 14, 2021 12:41 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Latest gear you've acquired.....
Replies: 5251
Views: 2050669

Re: Latest gear you've acquired.....

Here's the 50's Hofner Classical post repairs. It had been strung with steel strings, left for a long, long, long time and developed all the issues you can imagine going along with that. The top an bridge were miraculously ok but the neck joint was loose and the action was super high. It had also h...
by Magnetic Services
Thu Sep 09, 2021 2:44 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: How much do you "fix" without telling your client?
Replies: 47
Views: 42690

Re: How much do you "fix" without telling your client?

I used to do basically what you just described all the time. The important part is to get a good take and a few backup takes, then fixing small things as needed is easy. As you listen back with the band/artist to pick the good takes, make notes of things you can easily fix (they might be surprised t...
by Magnetic Services
Thu Sep 02, 2021 12:05 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Let's talk your favourite manual fades
Replies: 17
Views: 6190

Re: Let's talk your favourite manual fades

Funny, I almost never do manual fades but I do spend a lot of time finding the perfect fade-out curves in Reaper or Nuendo. Sometime's I'll even draw automation for a custom fade, but I never perform it manually.
by Magnetic Services
Tue Aug 24, 2021 10:33 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Modding noisy monitors
Replies: 8
Views: 4109

Re: Modding noisy monitors

Thanks for the replies everyone. I'm fairly certain it's the class D amps - the noise starts when the speakers are turned on and doesn't change no matter what they're connected to, gain level doesn't change anything, etc. From searching online it sounds like a known issue, and since I have 5 of thes...
by Magnetic Services
Fri Aug 20, 2021 11:36 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Modding noisy monitors
Replies: 8
Views: 4109

Modding noisy monitors

I recently got some JBL LSR306P MkII monitors for a really good price. They sound fantastic and just as good or better than my old M-Audio 8-inch monitors they replaced. Overall amazing speakers for the price. The only drawback is that they're pretty noisy. There's a constant hiss no matter what the...
by Magnetic Services
Thu Aug 05, 2021 9:56 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Tannoy Service and Spare Parts?
Replies: 4
Views: 2887

Re: Tannoy Service and Spare Parts?

Full Compass seems to be good with parts and repair.

...but more importantly, they're not Sweetwater or Music Tribe :D