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Hey! I've got a couple of things listed in my local classifieds but I thought I'd throw them up on here as well. They are all items that I no longer need so I'm definitely open to lower offers. I live in Winnipeg, MB, Canada but I'm willing to ship anywhere (at your expense) after payment goes throu...

The last two posts are both completely brilliant. Thumbs up!

Hey Bro. I just wanted to tell you, in case no one else has, that parallel compression is kind of a slut. Been around a lot. Ask anyone here, especially Joel. Yeah, Joel and parallel compression go WAY back. If you want to marry, fine, but I'm just saying is all. You mean she says those things to a...

I'll believe it when I hear it. I'm actually willing to try though...

Yeah, a central station or something along those lines is definitely on the to-buy list!

Maybe this may be the trick to the overly metalzoned gitters i'm having to mix, well, they're definitely "compressed" already being turned into a toneless mess of distortion, "girth" they can use. Oh God! I played around with a metalzone pedal for about five minutes once. It was the worst five minu...

Yesterday was the first day in a while that I didn't do any real audio work. I absolutely bombed a Greek & Roman Society test at university because rather than study the night before, I stayed up late listening to Damaged and talking to my buddy about how much Black Flag rules. That and reading stuf...

Thanks for clarifying the power-cutting issue, dudes! I'm using a live sound console which doesn't have a separate output/level control for monitors, so it's pretty annoying having to crawl behind the desk to turn off the monitors if I just wanna check my mix with headphones every now and then. Othe...

well I think most studios have there Monitors on some kinda power on/off sequence. Making the power switch always in the 'on' state. I set up a simple on/off switch for my "Central Sation" and my Event's I can't even remember what the back of my speakers look like, it's been so long. So ya, even a ...

Can someone explain what makes parallel compression special? Why couldn't one achieve the same results with a single track and the right compression settings? Is it because you process the two tracks differently in other ways, too? The appeal is that it's a little more transparent. By blending a co...

Yep, awesome. I'll even run the whole mix through a compressor that is just smashed and blend it under. That's basically been my approach to "mastering" lately, mixed in with some fairly aggressive tape simulation. I also tend to feed a reverb unit off the aux of the original stereo track (with a h...

....looking at pretty girls? Does that count as a hobby? Otherwise I'd rather just record or play guitar.

Shitty deal, dude!!!!! When you get insurance, make sure it actually covers basement flooding! I just moved out of a rental house that flooded every time it rained, and we realized after the fact that our insurance didn't cover it (thankfully we got all our gear out before anything got damaged)! Act...

I recently started re-reading Bob Katz's excellent Mastering Audio book, which gave me the idea to play around with parallel compression. Holy crap, I am a changed man! I've used it on lead vocals on my last two sessions and noticed a huge improvement in how my vocals are sitting in the final mix. I...

Oops! Re-reading your post I realized I didn't really answer your questions at all! Sorry dude! As for the 3rd question though: I think this kind of depends on what kind of tape machine you're using. They all require the same basic maintenance (cleaning the heads, etc) but some are more prone to pro...