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by junkyardtodd
Wed Jan 04, 2006 2:26 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Hi Pass Filter settings?
Replies: 15
Views: 5717

dwlb wrote:are you HPF'ing the whole mix or individual tracks? It sounds frighteningly like you want to HPF the whole mix.
Well, yes. What would be the dif between HPF the whole mix, vs just the kick and bass?

Color me baffled......



and yes, I am just trying to remove "sub-junk".
by junkyardtodd
Wed Jan 04, 2006 3:17 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Hi Pass Filter settings?
Replies: 15
Views: 5717

Hi Pass Filter settings?

Can anyone recommend a good, safe point to set my HPF for underground pop type stuff, with no electronic drums/keys etc...? I am monitoring on Tannoy Proto-J's, and I can't really hear a differance if I set it below 120 Hz, but I don't want to be shooting myself in the foot. On the other hand, I don...
by junkyardtodd
Sat Dec 31, 2005 6:53 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Why do pop musicians lose inspiration with the years?
Replies: 46
Views: 17092

everyone switched from psychedelic drugs to coke Might have something to do with. But since I was born in '73 I always use that as the year things went to shit and blame it on my birth. Bitter irony, I come into the world, music goes to shit. Okay, there has been a billion great records since 1974....
by junkyardtodd
Sat Dec 31, 2005 6:36 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Whats happening to my Voice?
Replies: 11
Views: 5070

Hey, if you can get good, usable tracks on your first or second take then you are way ahead of the game. If you are like me, your best takes are still not all that great. These are the things that have helped me: Practice singing the song, without music. Break it down into pieces, and sing the inter...
by junkyardtodd
Sun Dec 25, 2005 9:24 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: best album on worst piece of equipment..
Replies: 93
Views: 32482

Ya know, everyone always says the song is the most important thing, (and I agree). And if there is one great Tape Op Ethic, it is "using your Ears, to make the most of the gear which you actually have to work with. So you think that there would be a lot more stuff on this list. But in the end, if yo...
by junkyardtodd
Wed Dec 21, 2005 6:54 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: what happened to that "recording the beatles" book
Replies: 59
Views: 15915

Well yeah, but doen't reading about this stuff make you WANT to go write and record? Maybe try a differant mic placement, or buy a Fairchild Limiter?
by junkyardtodd
Wed Dec 21, 2005 6:50 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: when guitarist cant play to metronome for scratch track
Replies: 53
Views: 13305

dokushoka wrote:
lee wrote:

Oh man. Reading back my post, I now realize how bad that sounds. :?
Bad is the new good. Didn't anyone tell you?
by junkyardtodd
Mon Dec 19, 2005 6:46 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: I am in the middle of reading "Behind the Glass" a
Replies: 14
Views: 6171

bannerj wrote:Are you saying that you are more pleased with the way everything was initially tracked?
Yeah, it seemed like it sounded a lot better than I thought it did. Maybe less slick and "pro" but with more character and texture.
by junkyardtodd
Sun Dec 18, 2005 2:38 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: I am in the middle of reading "Behind the Glass" a
Replies: 14
Views: 6171

Of course the smart people on this board are saying "duh!" right now, I was aiming this post at the other home recordists (I cannot bring myself to say "hobbyist") out there. :oops:
by junkyardtodd
Sun Dec 18, 2005 2:36 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: I am in the middle of reading "Behind the Glass" a
Replies: 14
Views: 6171

I am in the middle of reading "Behind the Glass" a

got the wild urge to go back into the attic, and try remixing my latest album, using some of the knowledge I have stolen, um, I mean gleaned from these great engineers. Wow! The first thing I did was turn off the compressors, and EQ. (I use the Yamaha AW2816, which has a discrete dynamic & EQ for ea...
by junkyardtodd
Mon Dec 12, 2005 6:01 pm
Forum: Listen to Music
Topic: Sonic Youth at Sear Sound
Replies: 4
Views: 3363

I thnk they have been there quite a bit.
Anybody got the new "Goo Deluxe"? Disc 2 is all the 8 track demo's, which are supposed to be pretty great. I will be opening it on Christmas morning!
by junkyardtodd
Sun Dec 11, 2005 7:05 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: To Master, or not to Master re: real indie radio
Replies: 38
Views: 12760

I am currently reading "behind the glass". A lot of the old school english guys were of the mindset that when the tapes left their studio they were completely finished, and wanted the mastering engineer to only do a "flat transfer", with no EQ. One thing you have without any sort of mastering, thoug...
by junkyardtodd
Sun Dec 11, 2005 6:54 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: please help me
Replies: 15
Views: 4660

Dude, I think you are too cool for Cheyenne. Maybe you should take yr cash and move to someplace with a music scene. Denver and SLC probably have kick ass punk clubs, and a lot of musicians to pool yr talent with.
by junkyardtodd
Thu Dec 08, 2005 4:55 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Would like to know about the Stones' use of cassette tape.
Replies: 18
Views: 9451

That weird, built in mic compression? I love that sound. If you look on ebay you can get cheap Electret Condensors (powered by a single AA battery) that have that kind of sound, and not have to figure out how to line out of the cheapo tape recorder.

Dang, I love that sound!
by junkyardtodd
Thu Dec 08, 2005 4:49 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: please help me
Replies: 15
Views: 4660

Wow, that sounds like a lot of fun! What do you mean, "you already have background recorded? Are you like a one man band kinda deal? I would definately think you should drop these prerecorded backgrounds in as soon as you can, at the pro studio, because trying to match stuff up later will probably n...

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