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If you don't need to hold down a groove, do you need to hire a professional? - he owns the local drum shop and has access to a big variety of instruments - sells his own brand of custom-built snare drums - has much better control of dynamics than I do - I can concentrate on the technical/sound desi...

I'm thinking about hiring a pro drummer I know, to record a bunch of one-shot drum samples for personal use in my mixes. Like it or not, sample augmentation (or outright replacement) has become a standard tool in modern music production, clients aren't as reluctant about is they used to be, and some...

Unless you're extremely experienced (or jaded), you could try and see it as an opportunity to try new technical approaches, without the pressure to justify the time to paying clients. But that's an idealistic proposition, as I know from experience. When I get really serious about one of my own creat...

Just curious if anyone has ever looked into the phenomenon and if there is any info about it out there... Not worried about the implications for "correct" micing, just the physics involved. When close-micing a guitar or bass speaker with a dynamic mic, it occured to me that the magnetic activity bet...

Shocking, unexpected news!
I can't think of anyone from whom I've picked up so little about gear yet so much about the craft, than Steve Albini.

Here it's a toss-up between
- Brainworx Amek 9099, where I find the EQ's Auto Listen feature an absolute time-saver.
- SSL´s own CS2...easy to use, sounds like you expect it to, AAND you can do that compressor thing (which the Amek can't)

Very happy tracking with a bunch of 500 format Great Rivers into RND551 EQs, here.
The GR's Loading switch plus four high-quality transformers in that combo definitely take you to a very familiar sonic place.
I haven't had a chance to hear it next to a real-deal 1073, but I don't really miss that.

What part of the new process do you have a hard time adapting to, what is it you're missing from your former way of doing things?

Y'know, next to the thread titles?
White, yellow, turning, static...
So far I know: a little red dot on the left means that I've posted in that thread.
Also: what are the red pages that appear on some threads next to the reel?
Hope this is the right place to ask, thanks.

T-rex wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 03, 2024 6:37 pm

(...) they have a free Snare Buzz plugin. It’s legit snare buzz that you can tweak and mix in with any track.

The Reaper gate lets you mix in some noise. (beats me why they didn't also include a tuneable sine generator )

I'm only in the early stages of discovery of this, at least on the software side of things. (Running preamps hot is practically my recording S.O.P.) I've dabbled with Saturn2, but tended to get overwhelmed by the options...I need to put some more time into this. My most used plugins currently are th...

Lately I've been favoring a single LDC (currently either a MG UM70 or Brauner Phanthera), above the snare, as the only OH. BUT...I augment it with a stereo x/y setup, about knee-high, in line with the snare and kick, and at the same distance from the snare as the top mic. These 3 mics alone will giv...

https://youtu.be/t99QQIXez4M?feature=shared

https://youtu.be/kDrfHj3j398?feature=shared

https://youtu.be/S__L_OQe6NE?feature=shared

https://youtu.be/UBrdkw6RACU?feature=shared

Probably showing my age, but whatthe...