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by junkyardtodd
Wed Dec 07, 2005 5:41 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: favorite fuzz pedal.
Replies: 43
Views: 14429

http://www.atticmf.com/manager/uf-1.gif really? what do you like about it? what have you used it on? sound samples? i've looked at this a few times, cause it has lots o' knobs, and it's cheap. It just sounds different from other fuzzes. It's smooth, can be rather cold, and the color and resonance k...
by junkyardtodd
Tue Dec 06, 2005 5:23 pm
Forum: Listen to Music
Topic: Neutral Milk Hotels Demos
Replies: 3
Views: 3113

Go to Continuum Books web site, and check out their book on "Aeroplane" in their 33 1/3 series. Completely fascinating, not so much on the recording technic, but plenty of recording philosophy. A must get!
by junkyardtodd
Sat Dec 03, 2005 3:54 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Isolation Headphones
Replies: 2
Views: 2769

I have been thinking about this too......I was just going to try using excessive anounts of silicon goo.

Pls post again if this works!
by junkyardtodd
Sun Nov 27, 2005 7:37 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Reverb : General practices?
Replies: 45
Views: 18682

I am a huge believer in a global reverb, typically a small room type, HPF'd and LPF'd and just barely there (5%) on bass for some "liveness", and generally more on the drum submix, and rhythm (guitars, pads, keys, etc.) submix, and again just a touch on the lead vocal. Backing vocal submix and lead...
by junkyardtodd
Sat Nov 26, 2005 12:26 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Outdated Techniques
Replies: 96
Views: 37172

To address your other point, I don't think something's success is necessarily indicative of its value, artistically, musically, or otherwise. Look to the $100 million piece-of-crap films, completely lacking in any quality screenwriting, filmmaking, acting, or anything. Look at those movies making $...
by junkyardtodd
Sat Nov 26, 2005 6:26 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Outdated Techniques
Replies: 96
Views: 37172

Okay, okay, but really what is wrong with multi-platinum pop? I am certainly not going to listen to Britney, or Ashlee, or any of them. But if a song creates an emotional response in 4 million teenagers, it must be, in some way, musically, or artistically valid. And if it takes Auto-tune, and a $300...
by junkyardtodd
Fri Nov 25, 2005 4:24 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: What is wrong with my gear?
Replies: 32
Views: 10367

Beard of Bees, thank you so much! Yean, I started off rotating between the Meek, the ART, and the Yamaha internal pre's, but gradually got sucked into using the Meek more, because it just sounded so good in my headphones, especially when tracking vox and acoustic gtr. In your opinion, I would be bet...
by junkyardtodd
Fri Nov 25, 2005 11:29 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: What is wrong with my gear?
Replies: 32
Views: 10367

Re: What is wrong with my gear?

..third, the more expensive gear tends to hog up less bandwidth which makes mixing much simpler..it just falls into place with minimal effort..cheap stuff sounds thicker and using that on 16 tracks its hard to get things to sit right because it doesnt allow room for many tracks to do so.. Wow!, ok t...
by junkyardtodd
Thu Nov 24, 2005 7:13 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: What is wrong with my gear?
Replies: 32
Views: 10367

Let me rephrase it then. What specific anomolies (holy crap, where's my spell-check) should I be watching out for when I use this gear? All the help you guys have given has been awesome, but I was really asking a much simpler, less philosophical question. :wink:
by junkyardtodd
Thu Nov 24, 2005 7:08 am
Forum: Tape Op Message Board (TOMB)
Topic: Happy Thanksgiving Everybody!!
Replies: 2
Views: 3529

Happy Thanksgiving Everybody!!

Ya know, I have a pretty sweet life, with a lot of great things which I am thankful for. And one of them truly is this board, and Tape Op as a whole.

Thank you!
by junkyardtodd
Wed Nov 23, 2005 6:11 pm
Forum: Listen to Music
Topic: Foolproof way to check your mixes
Replies: 17
Views: 9853

My take on this is to give a copy of it to someone else, and then I listen to it again, and imagine that I am actually that someone else listening to it, instead of myself.
This sounds stranger when I see it in print, but it really does work for me.
by junkyardtodd
Wed Nov 23, 2005 6:06 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: What is wrong with my gear?
Replies: 32
Views: 10367

Damn, I wish I could figure out how to use the "quote" function on this. Anyways, yeah I am totally into the artistic side of things, ie: the mic is a paintbrush etc... and as far as that goes, I am very satisfied with what I have done with this gear. If I suddenly inherited a U87 and a Neve, I woul...
by junkyardtodd
Wed Nov 23, 2005 5:49 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: What happened to "getting it right the first time"
Replies: 63
Views: 26843

frank black to 2 track

a bunch of frank black's solo stuff is live to 2 track, and it's really good. come to think of it, my old bands first widely distributed demo was all live to 2 track. the guy (dave knight) who recorded it thought it was a big deal, and we all agreed, but nobody outside the band seemed to care. Hmmmm...
by junkyardtodd
Tue Nov 22, 2005 2:58 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: What is wrong with my gear?
Replies: 32
Views: 10367

What is wrong with my gear?

Okay, this is not meant to stir up more pro versus hobbyist anxiety. It is a sincere attempt to educate myself. Okay? My best sounding signal path for lead vox is my Rode NT1, through a Joe Meek VC3 into my Yamaha 2816. I know many of you are groaning, and saying things like, "that Rode sucks" or "I...
by junkyardtodd
Mon Nov 21, 2005 3:32 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: What happened to "getting it right the first time"
Replies: 63
Views: 26843

musicians point of view...

I have been playing guitar and bass for like, a million years, and I will typically play the parts that wind up making the song hundreds of times before I am ready to record, so I am really pretty well prepared. Still, many times while recording basic bass or rythm parts, where I am going top to bot...