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by Neal
Sat Oct 13, 2012 10:01 pm
Forum: Listen to Music
Topic: Egypt - Orb of the Wizardking
Replies: 4
Views: 1577

Here's the track that precedes "Orb..." on the record: http://soundcloud.com/alcohawk/02-02-th ... -is-silent
by Neal
Sun Sep 23, 2012 11:49 am
Forum: Tape Op Magazine
Topic: letter to Whitey Conwell re:Credit Problem End Rant
Replies: 3
Views: 2863

letter to Whitey Conwell re:Credit Problem End Rant

I read this letter from Whitey Conwell to Tape Op today on page 12 of #91 and it got me kind of hot. I've played in bands and recorded other bands so I like to think that I can see both sides of the story at least to a certain extent. Maybe I'm being a dick by putting this out in the public, but I k...
by Neal
Wed Sep 05, 2012 7:25 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Black keys recording
Replies: 6
Views: 2727

Cool article. It's nice to see a successful that actually lays down their tracks like a real band instead of fabricating a performance that never happened with ProTools. Comparing Brothers and El Camino to Revolver and Sgt. Pepper is a bit rich though. Their last two records just don't grab me as mu...
by Neal
Sun Sep 02, 2012 10:09 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Univibe pedal clone
Replies: 5
Views: 3411

Univibe pedal clone

In case y'all are int'rested... Built this with the Neovibe board available from General Guitar Gadgets. Spent more time tracking down all the other parts than I did actually building the thing. Still need some knobs. Not sure if I'm gonna paint it. It sounds pretty damn good. Still some tweaking to...
by Neal
Sun Sep 02, 2012 8:33 am
Forum: Listen to Music
Topic: Egypt - Orb of the Wizardking
Replies: 4
Views: 1577

Thanks man. Don't wanna toot my own horn too loudly but I think it's the best thing I've done so far.
by Neal
Fri Aug 31, 2012 7:10 pm
Forum: Listen to Music
Topic: Egypt - Orb of the Wizardking
Replies: 4
Views: 1577

Egypt - Orb of the Wizardking

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99EnvGbhQSI Finished this album months ago. Looks like it's gonna finally get released soon. Was just going to record them. I was super stoked cuz I was a big fan of their first record. I ended up playing guitar on it in addition to recording and mixing. I think this i...
by Neal
Tue May 01, 2012 10:13 pm
Forum: Listen to Music
Topic: The War On Drugs...On Letterman!
Replies: 3
Views: 1240

what's that green mic on the marshall cab at 2:14? Is that a C-12 VR?
by Neal
Sun Apr 15, 2012 9:30 am
Forum: Listen to Music
Topic: Best of 2011
Replies: 13
Views: 6220

Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats - Blood Lust
by Neal
Sun Apr 15, 2012 8:15 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Recommend me some tubes!
Replies: 25
Views: 9251

I don't know what kind of Marshall you're using or how you're using it (whether you crank the volume or the gain or both) but I do know it made a huge difference changing the power tubes in the Marshall I used to use. Just as much if not more so than just swapping preamp tubes. I was cranking the ma...
by Neal
Sat Apr 14, 2012 9:29 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Fave under-$500 vocal mic's
Replies: 42
Views: 21066

SM-7 :^: :^: :^:
by Neal
Tue Mar 06, 2012 10:12 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: G.A.S.-age; mic notes from a amatuer
Replies: 20
Views: 6244

The CAD M179 is a bad-ass mic for what it costs. I've used a pair on quite a few acoustic instruments, esp. piano. Wish I had a couple of them.
by Neal
Tue Mar 06, 2012 5:18 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Losing high end with ART VLA II
Replies: 4
Views: 1912

In both cases I had the mix pretty close and then threw the VLA on the master bus. I took it out of the chain a few times to A/B it and in the other studio we were shooting it out with the Manley Vari-mu just for fun. I didn't notice any loss of highs there, so either I wasn't listening close enough...
by Neal
Tue Mar 06, 2012 12:18 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Losing high end with ART VLA II
Replies: 4
Views: 1912

I know the VLA is definitely not bright, it's just that it sounds positively dull on my rig, while it sounded great (I thought) in another studio. I have other options for compression on this project. Just seems like a weird problem.
by Neal
Tue Mar 06, 2012 9:40 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Losing high end with ART VLA II
Replies: 4
Views: 1912

Losing high end with ART VLA II

Has anybody had a similar problem? When I use my VLA as an insert on the master bus in Cubase hooked up through my Firepod, it seems like I lose quite a bit of the high frequencies. I've used the same VLA in another studio with ProTools hooked up to an older 96I/O and it sounded awesome. Maybe my in...
by Neal
Wed Feb 29, 2012 7:44 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: recording acid mothers temple live - what to bring?
Replies: 12
Views: 5478

+1 on the split snake and earplugs. Phantom power should indeed only come from one end. Sounds like a very cool gig. Let us know how it goes. The live recordings I've done have mostly been a lot of fun, even with the occasional pain in the ass.