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by Dakota
Fri Sep 28, 2012 5:13 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: "Pretty Distortion" Art TPSII Vince Naeve Mod Rev7
Replies: 19
Views: 18203

chure! I posted this on gearslutz almost exactly a year ago - my opinions are the same a year later - I don't use it all the time, but it's nice on some vocals, some acoustic guitar and definitely on electric guitar and bass. http://www.gearslutz.com/board/low-end-theory/569035-art-pro-channel-user...
by Dakota
Fri Sep 28, 2012 4:15 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: mastering question: outputting various files/formats
Replies: 18
Views: 6024

joninc wrote:thanks dakota!! exactly the type of help i need!
You are very welcome, joninc!
Nick Sevilla wrote:But, none of this matters unless you have a barcode
!!! Zing !!! (That gave quite a laugh and smile, but I just can't bring myself to use smileys on this board...)
by Dakota
Fri Sep 28, 2012 3:53 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: "Pretty Distortion" Art TPSII Vince Naeve Mod Rev7
Replies: 19
Views: 18203

So a couple of months in, are you still using it? What situations is it best suited for? Have you used it for vocals and if so, how does it handle fast transients? Is it clean enough to record a professional vocal track? I started a bunch of years ago with the ART MP and this looks like two of them...
by Dakota
Thu Sep 27, 2012 9:36 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: What 4 track reel to reel is this?
Replies: 3
Views: 1751

Those mixers are Teac/Tascam widgets from that era, I've seen them occasionally but rarely. I think one is an EQ, the other a mixer.
by Dakota
Sat Sep 22, 2012 2:57 pm
Forum: Listen to Music
Topic: DarkFolk PopGoth Noir * The Bewitched - Without a Net
Replies: 3
Views: 1522

& FYI, y'all - this is "name your price" to download, so you're welcome to download in full res and then decide what or if you want to pay, between nothing and a suggested $10.

I think it's really cool the band are doing this model. They call it "guilt free" downloading.
by Dakota
Sat Sep 22, 2012 2:08 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Acceptable Margin of Error on Vocal Pitch
Replies: 39
Views: 14278

Ubertar, do you know my friend Daniel Anthony Stearns? A rare genius microtonal composer. I used to produce him a fair amount. He's a treasure. I do. We were messaging back and forth a bit on the ning xenharmonic board, or whatever it was called, until it shut down, and then lost touch. We released...
by Dakota
Sat Sep 22, 2012 1:28 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Pro Tools Dynamics III Comp on mix buss?
Replies: 6
Views: 2430

I used Dyn3 on drum and guitar busses (submasters), but never on the main mix bus. It has those nice features that you mention (e.g., sometimes I wanted to duck a wall of guitars under something), it just doesn't sound quite good enough, IMHO, to be all over the mix. +1 agreed. Dyn3 is a good plug ...
by Dakota
Sat Sep 22, 2012 1:01 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Mixing help, (or) throw me a fricken bone
Replies: 55
Views: 17471

lee wrote:Has anyone ever noticed, not only the fine wisdom of audio experience in the Tomb, but the excellent grammar? Is there some parallel that I'm unaware of?
Absolutely! The high quality of communication and personalities on this board are way way above the internet average. Gratitude!
by Dakota
Sat Sep 22, 2012 12:47 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: mastering question: outputting various files/formats
Replies: 18
Views: 6024

Re: mastering question: outputting various files/formats

Hi, For online sales of the product (iTunes, bandcamp), you need only give them a DATA disc. Do not concern yourself with the "running order", as they will have to do that themselves when they upload the songs to each service. Cheers yes, BUT the files still have to have the proper amount of spacin...
by Dakota
Fri Sep 14, 2012 1:28 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Acceptable Margin of Error on Vocal Pitch
Replies: 39
Views: 14278

Facetiousness aside, it's really difficult to get someone to sing better than they can. A kind-of-funny and informative thing I read about Daniel Lanois once, about him singing on tour and being frustrated he was always kind of flat, not being primarily a singer - so he had his monitor/headphone mi...
by Dakota
Fri Sep 14, 2012 12:31 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Acceptable Margin of Error on Vocal Pitch
Replies: 39
Views: 14278

Re: Acceptable Margin of Error on Vocal Pitch

I've noticed watching the tuner that up to 10 or 15 cents sharp can sound pretty okay if there aren't two voices working together. For some reason anything near 10 cents flat is more troubling to the ear, than sharp. Yes! (Back to the OP's original question). Studies (and experience) have shown tha...
by Dakota
Fri Sep 14, 2012 11:50 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Mixing help, (or) throw me a fricken bone
Replies: 55
Views: 17471

I'm loving this thread - lots of food for thought and great and varied perspectives from all concerned! - A side thought this brings up, how people are really crazy nowadays for saturator plugins, tape sims, decapitator, etc. - back in the tape and transformer days, every track had varying degrees o...
by Dakota
Fri Sep 14, 2012 11:12 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Mixing help, (or) throw me a fricken bone
Replies: 55
Views: 17471

Why would you want the spectrum to look "even"??? Are you recording pink noise? Ha! Indeed. What I meant by "even" as a spectral *reference* is related to pink distribution (-3db per octave slope) but is darker, around -4.5db per octave slope. (But that doesn't apply in the lows, under 200 or so it...
by Dakota
Thu Sep 13, 2012 5:00 pm
Forum: Listen to Music
Topic: DarkFolk PopGoth Noir * The Bewitched - Without a Net
Replies: 3
Views: 1522

DarkFolk PopGoth Noir * The Bewitched - Without a Net

If you are into Texture... http://thebewitched.bandcamp.com/album/without-a-net Mimi and Eric are completely delightful people and wonderful to work with. They composed and performed and tracked everything themselves in St. Paul, sent me the tracks and I took it from there (in Boston). Very hybrid a...
by Dakota
Thu Sep 13, 2012 4:35 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Fun with the Side Chain on Compressor
Replies: 10
Views: 6008

I always side-chain vocal reverbs. It brings joy to my heart. Please explain your technique. *waits with baited breath* Jeff -Setup a reverb send/aux/whatever-you-wanna-call-it -route vocal to it -insert compressor -feed dry vocal into the sidechain I tend to use 'big' reverbs (like 'hall') and dra...