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by wiggins
Fri Mar 31, 2006 10:45 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: There are no more bad local recordings...
Replies: 39
Views: 10697

While the noise has gone down, and the treble has gone up, lots of elements are lost. Dynamics, spatial reference, and clear/solid bass response are still major issues with many recordings done ad-hoc, and it shows... Word... double-word on the dynamics and spatial reference losses. Oh, you know, t...
by wiggins
Fri Mar 31, 2006 5:29 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: There are no more bad local recordings...
Replies: 39
Views: 10697

Tatertot wrote:(...with j-cards).
forgive me... what are these "jay" "cards" you speak of?
by wiggins
Thu Mar 30, 2006 12:30 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Rock albums tracked live (in the same room)?
Replies: 51
Views: 15366

Re: Rock albums tracked live (in the same room)?

I'm sitting here listening to Don Caballero's American Don. It sounds pretty live in some ways, but other aspects of it sound like there was significant isolation involved (iso booths?). There are some pretty awesome sounds in this record though. The challenge of tracking music this loud all in the...
by wiggins
Thu Mar 30, 2006 10:46 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: There are no more bad local recordings...
Replies: 39
Views: 10697

I know what you mean - I feel "behind the times" because I make local recordings on a 1/4" 8-track - and they sound like it. I just happen to like the sound of local bands that have "good crappy recordings"... ...does that make any sense? a "good crappy recording" to me is something that may not be ...
by wiggins
Thu Mar 23, 2006 9:25 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: What to do with an ADAT?
Replies: 42
Views: 10322

I've heard of using them for a nice, clean delay for pushing room mics back etc. Haven't really tried it yet. I use mine for already stated purposes - bouncing from my 388 to 3 or 4 tracks instead of only 2, "field" recordings, and (literally) doorstop. My lx20's were simply too unreliable to use - ...
by wiggins
Thu Mar 23, 2006 6:44 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Checking the mix outside the studio.
Replies: 20
Views: 6184

I called a mix "done" the other night without listening, and I have a baaad feeling its going to sound like crap. But - it was 2:30 in the morning and I had work at 7am the next day, so... This is <i>essential</i> especially to people like me that work in shitty rooms with shitty b-ringer monitors. ...
by wiggins
Thu Mar 23, 2006 6:31 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: March Sticky..Everything is a fader!
Replies: 6
Views: 3024

"the drums are perceived as louder because the sustain of the drums is now louder in reference to the transients" Just wanted to say thank you for putting that in such simple terms. I often find myself frustrated saying "like...uhh...its...uh..." and making vague hand gestures when I'm trying to exp...
by wiggins
Wed Mar 22, 2006 11:04 am
Forum: Listen to Music
Topic: Tim Berne's Bloodcount
Replies: 2
Views: 1455

Tim Berne's Bloodcount

Please tell me someone else on here digs this shit. I LOVE the "Unwound" box - the recording sounds so unique for a jazz record - especially _We're Only In It For The Food_. As far as I know, they only used a pair of mics, and David Torn mastered it. Anybody [yous NY guys] know anything else? -Wiggi...
by wiggins
Wed Jan 18, 2006 10:58 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: recording a pop punk band.
Replies: 5
Views: 2942

The trick with that genre is getting eveything to be louder then everything else. Or at least letting every instrument think that it's the loudest thing in the mix. Exxxxxxactly! Or you could take the more novel approach... Let the band sound like the band. Warts & all. After all it's their record....
by wiggins
Wed Jan 18, 2006 9:05 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Top 3 Recording Book Suggestions ?
Replies: 22
Views: 9489

I've been saving up for a copy of the "Audio Cyclopedia" - Lemme find a link.... I also second "Modern Recording Techniques" by Huber, the "Master Handbook of Acoustics" by Everest, the Tape Op book, and Electronic Projects for Musicians by Craig Anderton. Links: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/024...
by wiggins
Wed Jan 18, 2006 8:53 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: recording a pop punk band.
Replies: 5
Views: 2942

I (have to) record "pop punk" bands with moderate frequency. The kid that owns the studio with me plays in one. I've heard some great drum sounds on records like that that don't sound over-compressed or dry. Try to find a used copy of this record: No Knife - Riot for Romance http://image.allmusic.co...
by wiggins
Tue Jan 17, 2006 7:54 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Deerhoof. Holy Shit! Anyone know about how it was recorded?
Replies: 68
Views: 17919

Re: w

Coco wrote:
You need to listen to Polvo.
Word.
by wiggins
Tue Jan 17, 2006 7:21 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Ribbon Mic Techiques
Replies: 29
Views: 8965

I know this is "Tape Op" and everything that costs less than a cup of coffee is supposed to be mounted on the East wall of the studio and prayed to 5 times a day... but [/b]... I was talking to a friend last night who tried one of the RSM's. He didn't know what they were using for a ribbon material...
by wiggins
Mon Jan 16, 2006 1:14 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Deerhoof. Holy Shit! Anyone know about how it was recorded?
Replies: 68
Views: 17919

I've come to the conclusion that if you play for someone the first 30 seconds of "Frownland" by Cap't Beefheart and they dont make a mad dash to the record player to break it over their knee, then they get it. If they do, and you're out $25 for a new copy of Trout Mask, then don't bother showing the...
by wiggins
Sun Jan 15, 2006 10:44 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: What instrument do you always make sound good? ...or bad
Replies: 24
Views: 9307

Saxophones can be kind of tricky as well - often comes out brighter than the players prefer. (At least the saxophonists I've worked with - I suppose if you like the Sanborn tone, than bright is what you want.) I recorded a jazz band for the first time last week (drums/bari. sax/bass clar.) and the ...