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1. the tendency to make every single sound IN YOUR FUCKIN FACE!!

2. 'mandatory' click tracks

3. 'pumping' on everything, though this ties into number 1 so i guess i'll say..

mesa boogie triple rectifiers

any death metal/black metal with that triggered 'bass drum' sound. oh my god.. it makes me reach for the advil bottle; which when shaken, doesn't sound too far off!

Vartan K. wrote:i record alot of noise guys.
if your recording digital dont clip. even people into noise dont like that sound.

the one and only merzbow cd i have clips the entire time. it's goddamn painful, but i guess that's the point, heh

14 mics for the drums alone. heh, i find it funny he uses about $9k worth of mics on the toms alone + god knows how much those lomos/altecs or whatever he uses on snares cost when 90% of the sound probably comes from the room and overheads anyway. oh well, it's a great sound.. think i'll go throw o...

i've never used a SLAM, but the 8900 was used on my last 'important' recording and it's absolutely amazing in a 'compress the hell out of it without sounding like it' way; specifically, for bass.

i wish i could afford one.

anyone here the Coalesce led zeppelin cover album? (for obvious reasons) that album has a killer ambient drum sound.. a little quiet in the bass though

i think as far as sound quality, the debate IS over. either format done justice sounds pretty invisible.

but as far as archiving, i think the debate will and needs to be around for years to come.

I haven't contacted mastermind, but when I looked at the website the only rate I could find was like $200/hr. Is that common for mastering, it seemed very high to me? guys like that will always cut you a break if you tell them your situaion (small run, self-financed, etc.). plus mastering doesn't t...

be ready to get about 20 emails..

Another fun trick is how when you record a live instrument, it asks what it is, and then applies effects that will make that instrument sound nice. But there's nothing to stop you from lying to GB and telling it you want "crunchy drums" when you're recording direct guitar, or "diva vocals" for that...

Having read this thread I still haven't got a clue what DP sound like. I've seen the name around a lot, and - cos I'm always in the market for some new US indie thing or other - I need to have some idea where they're coming from. Help! Imagine a poppier Brainiac, with hints of 70's singer/songwrite...

hey, I'm moving to New Brunswick in November and besides my gf, I won't know anyone there :( . I'm passively trying to put together a band when I get there and am looking for a keyboardist (to mostly play a bass and sound effects role) and a drummer. I'm a guitarist/singer who's been writing some so...

both 'Is Terrified' (my favorite) and 'Emergency and I' are great records. Chad Clark did a great job mixing too. i don't know what else to say, good, good band

the 'manual' was a very basic, 3 or 4 sheet printout that basically told you what the knobs do.. no schematics or anything. that's why i didn't bother saving it (i didn't plan on selling it 2 months later either.. heh)

i'm guessing doppler radars use this effect to somehow track tornados? by pitch? that's pretty crazy. heh, this is stuff i probably should have learned long ago..

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