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by thethingwiththestuff
Fri Feb 11, 2011 1:43 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: vocal pedals for live use... where are they?
Replies: 16
Views: 7942

haha..... like i said, i dont care about reverb pedals, but the compression! ugh. people don't realize that you don't want to compress your vocal before the monitor send (in most small-mid sized clubs with no dedicated monitor guy). it's not about the FOH dude keeping control of the compression, it'...
by thethingwiththestuff
Fri Feb 11, 2011 1:13 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: vocal pedals for live use... where are they?
Replies: 16
Views: 7942

PLEASE please, please, please......PLEASE! Do not put your vocals through a compressor pedal from the stage. As a live sound guy... Please, don't. It's a horrible, horrible idea. I dont care what kind of reverb, delay, looper, flange, whatever time based effect you want to put on your voice, we'll m...
by thethingwiththestuff
Thu Feb 10, 2011 9:33 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: The morals of using drum samples
Replies: 122
Views: 33041

what does Morality have to do with recording? don't work on white power audiobooks.. everything else is probably fair game.
by thethingwiththestuff
Thu Feb 10, 2011 7:40 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: This is jsut sad; recording advice from a Mackie Manual
Replies: 7
Views: 3467

anything sounds stupid when taken out of context...
by thethingwiththestuff
Thu Jan 27, 2011 2:12 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Gaining FOH Clarity in Large Auditorium- Thoughts?
Replies: 8
Views: 2983

you will have 31 band graphics for each output, yes?
by thethingwiththestuff
Thu Jan 27, 2011 1:49 pm
Forum: Listen to Music
Topic: Arc in Round "Diagonal Fields" EP now streaming on
Replies: 0
Views: 741

Arc in Round "Diagonal Fields" EP now streaming on

hey folks, the band I drum in has released a debut 5 song EP available for streaming or purchase through Bandcamp, and iTunes. the band is producer Jeff Zeigler's project, and he recorded and mixed it all at his Uniform Studios here in Philly. RIYL My Bloody Valentine, Broadcast, Stereolab, Swirlies...
by thethingwiththestuff
Fri Jan 14, 2011 1:41 pm
Forum: People/Places/Things
Topic: Trish Keenan of Broadcast, RIP
Replies: 7
Views: 2687

they took a lot of inspiration from the BBC Radiophonic Workshop and the band United States of America. definitely hugely experimental, but their records always fused it into a tight pop structure, at first almost baroque and then more and more minimalist as time went on.
by thethingwiththestuff
Fri Jan 14, 2011 12:28 pm
Forum: People/Places/Things
Topic: Trish Keenan of Broadcast, RIP
Replies: 7
Views: 2687

Trish Keenan of Broadcast, RIP

i feel like it's not my place to post this, but i don't see a thread yet and this woman needs to be remembered, especially among TOMBers. Broadcast was one of the best bands of the past decade, and my personal favorite. their production and writing was always of the highest quality, and trish's voic...
by thethingwiththestuff
Wed Jan 12, 2011 9:33 am
Forum: Listen to Music
Topic: Our Debut Full Length: Horse Heaven (creepoid)
Replies: 2
Views: 1133

oh, nice. i'm mixing yall tomorrow night, now i'm prepared.

matt
by thethingwiththestuff
Thu Dec 23, 2010 2:43 pm
Forum: People/Places/Things
Topic: New record label starting up soon!
Replies: 17
Views: 5816

Hi,

have you or your wife run a music label before?

Night Court
by thethingwiththestuff
Sat Dec 18, 2010 1:46 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Looking for something to add some dirt to vocals
Replies: 33
Views: 11124

for me, in that situation, i'd have a clean/compressed track and a reamped track, and send each of them (or one or the other, or whatever works best..) to a delay set on an aux send, not as an insert. when reamping, use your output fader to keep the level to the amp low, and you'll be fine. if you w...
by thethingwiththestuff
Sat Dec 18, 2010 10:29 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Looking for something to add some dirt to vocals
Replies: 33
Views: 11124

sure, you're going to want to compress and/or limit it, and you can do so pretty aggressively, but for real "dirt" run a duplicate through a guitar amp and mix it in.
by thethingwiththestuff
Thu Dec 16, 2010 10:30 am
Forum: Listen to Music
Topic: Questions for any vintage vinyl experts around here
Replies: 14
Views: 6026

i bought and sold used vinyl for a while... if i didn't want to sell them myself, i would take a grand for 4 milk crates in a heartbeat.
by thethingwiththestuff
Thu Nov 25, 2010 7:21 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Drum Phase
Replies: 56
Views: 15192

you can listen in headphones as you move the mics around and the drummer plays. in some situations, you might actually want to listen for the MOST cancellation between the two sources, and then flip the polarity on one channel at the board.
by thethingwiththestuff
Wed Nov 24, 2010 5:15 pm
Forum: Listen to Music
Topic: What's your funeral song?
Replies: 37
Views: 16152

What's that song, "my maserati goes 185?" That one.