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- Mon Jan 02, 2023 12:30 pm
- Forum: Creative Recording
- Topic: FET FEVER
- Replies: 28
- Views: 33146
Re: FET FEVER
I recently demoed the 1973, great mic for the price. Loved the look, small form factor, etc. It had a silky, mid-range forward condenser vibe as opposed to sparkly, shimmery transient vibe. Didn't like it on kick, though, not enough snap. Not sure if that has something to do with the resonator desig...
- Wed Sep 28, 2022 12:52 pm
- Forum: Creative Recording
- Topic: Hot tips for recording a mandolin?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 8613
Re: Hot tips for recording a mandolin?
I personally could never work well with the whole capture the pristine transients thing. I'm always looking for ways to soften those, whether it's tubes, tape, compressors, transformers, whatever. If you have the budget, I find something like a Manley ELOP goes a long way while keeping things soundi...
- Wed Aug 24, 2022 8:01 pm
- Forum: Creative Recording
- Topic: Name 3 core mics
- Replies: 30
- Views: 9972
Re: Name 3 core mics
I just gave someone advice to avoid the cheap ribbons, so count me as a +1 there. Another mic to consider is the Telefunken m82. Can do the podcast thing pretty well and also has a couple of EQ switches to do the kick drum mic thing. Get two birds stoned at once or whatever.
- Mon Jul 18, 2022 10:39 am
- Forum: Creative Recording
- Topic: Mic Stand & Cable Organizer Wall
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2472
Re: Mic Stand & Cable Organizer Wall
You're living my dream. Love those clips.
- Tue Jul 05, 2022 12:21 pm
- Forum: Creative Recording
- Topic: how much snare do you want (or not want) in your overheads
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4671
Re: how much snare do you want (or not want) in your overheads
Usually when snare is too loud in the OH I'll compress them, effectively making the cymbals louder. If the snare is ice-picky or some other kind of awful in the overheads you can sidechain the OH to the close SN mic so you can mask the OH with the close mic only when the snare is hit. Sounds like th...
- Wed May 25, 2022 9:43 pm
- Forum: Creative Recording
- Topic: Hi/Low Pass with resonance
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3711
Re: Hi/Low Pass with resonance
I have the same sort of reaction to the Soundtoys thing. If I'm trying to do a hi/low pass thing I pretty much just want 2 knobs to turn.
- Wed May 25, 2022 1:58 pm
- Forum: Creative Recording
- Topic: Hi/Low Pass with resonance
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3711
- Wed May 25, 2022 12:33 pm
- Forum: Creative Recording
- Topic: Hi/Low Pass with resonance
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3711
Hi/Low Pass with resonance
Do people still use McDSP? Fabfilter Volcano 3 looks pretty good, anyone like? Soundtoys is great but so many things to click and adjust. What should I be looking at, good tapeop people?
- Fri Sep 03, 2021 9:36 pm
- Forum: Creative Recording
- Topic: Another dreaded clocking thread
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2758
Re: Another dreaded clocking thread
it's often only after many hours or even days of working with a certain configuration that its advantages and limitations start to become apparent Totally get it. This is especially true when stuff is in your monitoring chain. An easy way around in this particular case is run shit through the conve...
- Mon Jun 07, 2021 11:26 pm
- Forum: Creative Recording
- Topic: "harsh frequencies"
- Replies: 22
- Views: 8635
Re: "harsh frequencies"
I think of the boost and sweep thing as a good method to find something you ALREADY hear but might not have the numbers for. It fucking hurts though, so I’ve been preferring the cut and sweep method to find stuff. Also you can try turning it up until it hurts, then attach your brain to WHAT hurts an...
- Fri Apr 30, 2021 8:48 pm
- Forum: Creative Recording
- Topic: Isolating Vocals when Recording with DI Electric Guitar
- Replies: 36
- Views: 15138
Re: Isolating Vocals when Recording with DI Electric Guitar
I find that this is the type of problem exacerbated by consumer level stuff. I don't mean to be that guy, but a cheapish mic through a cheapish mic pre through a cheapish converter makes problems like this (brittle, attacky sounds) way worse. I'd personally be going after the mechanical fixes as opp...
- Thu Apr 08, 2021 5:14 pm
- Forum: Creative Recording
- Topic: harsh frequencies? rogue resonances?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 6300
Re: harsh frequencies? rogue resonances?
You can also use a compressor as an alternate way of "checking the room," so to speak. Set the comp to fairly high ratio, fast attack/release. Bring the threshold down until the compressor starts grabbing the loud notes. Check to see if the compressor behavior matches what you are hearing - if you h...
- Wed Apr 07, 2021 7:22 pm
- Forum: Creative Recording
- Topic: Mastering To Or For Different Players Yikes Earbuds?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 18906
Re: Mastering To Or For Different Players Yikes Earbuds?
If you're exporting a mix at 24 bit, or just rendering a file as 24 bit, technically you should dither this, as your DAW is working at 64 or 32 bit floating point internally. I'm curious about this. At some point I remember ProTools seemed to start doing internal dithering without really telling an...
- Thu Mar 18, 2021 4:18 pm
- Forum: Creative Recording
- Topic: Differences in monitoring: mix rooms vs mastering suites
- Replies: 44
- Views: 9968
Re: Differences in monitoring: mix rooms vs mastering suites
There's still time...
- Wed Mar 17, 2021 7:31 am
- Forum: Creative Recording
- Topic: Differences in monitoring: mix rooms vs mastering suites
- Replies: 44
- Views: 9968
Re: Differences in monitoring: mix rooms vs mastering suites
Why do people keep saying put the monitors up against the wall? This has always caused extreme bass buildup when I've been to fix people's home studios. Plus you'd need around 7 feet deep of 703 to choke down low end in a room. Please remember that. Resonant bass traps take up less space. I was alw...