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by A.David.MacKinnon
Sat Mar 09, 2024 6:18 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Mic pre in pedal form?
Replies: 14
Views: 792

Re: Mic pre in pedal form?

Thanks all! I had briefly debated trying to rig something with an altec 1588 octal mic preamp can. It seems like a lot of work though. I am running a jam man at the end of my chain. Thanks for reminding me that it has mic in! I would like to have access to all the pedals before it with a mic though....
by A.David.MacKinnon
Fri Mar 08, 2024 6:56 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Mic pre in pedal form?
Replies: 14
Views: 792

Mic pre in pedal form?

I've started performing live drone and loop based ambient music. I'm playing guitar through a bunch of pedals and loopers (including a uher report L running tape loops) and want to add the option using my voice in the same chain. I'm trying to track down a mic pre in a pedal format that will run off...
by A.David.MacKinnon
Wed Jan 24, 2024 4:02 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: How to structure a multi-part session
Replies: 10
Views: 1289

Re: How to structure a multi-part session

If you have the option to leave things set up then doing full songs from start to finish is a great way to work but setting up and tearing down each session is a real time suck.
If "someone else's space" means your paying a day rate or rental then it's also going to eat up budget.
by A.David.MacKinnon
Sat Jan 20, 2024 4:12 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: What preamps are y'all liking these days?
Replies: 38
Views: 3895

Re: What preamps are y'all liking these days?

McCurdy ever time. Ward Beck is a close second.
by A.David.MacKinnon
Wed Jan 10, 2024 6:27 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: MD-421 clip lock
Replies: 13
Views: 23413

Re: MD-421 clip lock

yeah, I'm afraid my cheap "universal wireless mic clip" does the job and is not $50. https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/MY110--on-stage-stands-my110-unbreakable-dynamic-wireless-mic-clip Whomever I bought a couple ATM-25s from decided to remove the assembly that attaches to the mic stand, so I...
by A.David.MacKinnon
Mon Dec 18, 2023 8:36 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: rotating speaker alternative
Replies: 27
Views: 120632

Re: rotating speaker alternative

Found an image of the Mark II version: Califone-stereo.jpg Awesome!!! It's not hard to find single rotor leslie baffles pulled from old home organs. They're basically a styrofoam version of your Mark 2 turntable leslie. I had one for a while and it did an ok job. There's no horn but you get some of...
by A.David.MacKinnon
Mon Nov 27, 2023 7:14 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: For themaya's is recording sessions straight thru,
Replies: 12
Views: 9679

Re: For themaya's is recording sessions straight thru,

I did this for bed tracking on my bands last record. Because I was engineering and playing I just let the computer roll once we were set up. I kept a copy of the main session master as is. Then when it was time to work on each song I made a session for each tune and imported all the takes of said tu...
by A.David.MacKinnon
Sat Nov 25, 2023 6:33 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Latest gear you've acquired.....
Replies: 5251
Views: 2049495

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

My friends and I play a rag-tag live show every year or so... and we got tired of ganging-together 2 small mixers with a powered pa-head/mixer, so I went ahead and bought a used Mackie Onyx 1640 mixer... and damn! this is maybe the quietest mixer I've ever used. And the flexibility of the aux routi...
by A.David.MacKinnon
Fri Nov 10, 2023 3:49 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: SDCs for Choir & Orchestra & Audience recordings (sennheiser 80xx)
Replies: 7
Views: 5555

Re: SDCs for Choir & Orchestra & Audience recordings (sennheiser 80xx)

I can't speak to those specific mics but my experience recording audiences (usually for comedy but music too) is that a tight pattern gives me the best results. Hypercardiod is great, shotgun mics are even better. I put them on either side of the stage, behind the mains, ponting across the audience ...
by A.David.MacKinnon
Mon Nov 06, 2023 8:46 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Actually useful Amazon junk?
Replies: 19
Views: 21153

Re: Actually useful Amazon junk?

Amazon is fun for cheapo pedals. Some are actually decent some aren't.
This one is great - https://www.amazon.ca/AZOR-Vintage-Guit ... 6KQFG?th=1
by A.David.MacKinnon
Thu Oct 26, 2023 4:58 pm
Forum: Listen to Music
Topic: A Soundtrack - Cassette 8 Tracking - 488 and 238.
Replies: 2
Views: 2774

Re: A Soundtrack - Cassette 8 Tracking - 488 and 238.

I don't find them very different at all. That said, I was bypassing as much of the onboard mixer electronics as possible on the 488. The 238 takes all that stuff out of the equation right off the bat so the workflow is much easier. I don't think the tape section itself sounds any different
by A.David.MacKinnon
Thu Oct 26, 2023 9:57 am
Forum: Listen to Music
Topic: A Soundtrack - Cassette 8 Tracking - 488 and 238.
Replies: 2
Views: 2774

A Soundtrack - Cassette 8 Tracking - 488 and 238.

I've talked on and off about this for a few years now. My band (FemBots) have been writing and recording music for a CBC short TV series called Farm Crime for about 5 years now. The third season is about to launch and to commemorate it we've put together a soundtrack album featuring some of our favo...
by A.David.MacKinnon
Sun Sep 17, 2023 5:06 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Electro-Voice 641- got one? What do you think of it?
Replies: 8
Views: 4485

Re: Electro-Voice 641- got one? What do you think of it?

Is it a hi or low z model? Or switchable? That may determine how much use it gets. That said, I've rarely met as old eve mic that I didn't like for something. I had an earlier EV omni mic of a similar style (can't remember bteh model for the life of me) and liked it quite a bit as an overhead. It on...
by A.David.MacKinnon
Mon Aug 07, 2023 3:46 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Latest gear you've acquired.....
Replies: 5251
Views: 2049495

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

winky dinglehoffer wrote:
Mon Aug 07, 2023 1:44 pm
A.David.MacKinnon wrote:
Mon Aug 07, 2023 12:17 pm
3/4 size classical terz guitar. Tunes G-G.

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Those purple stairs would go nicely with my purple bass!
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