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by CraigS63
Tue Nov 14, 2023 4:08 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Some space saver stuff for the studio
Replies: 21
Views: 31447

Re: Some space saver stuff for the studio

Great looking studio, and great ideas.
Life goal: get enough D'Addario points to get that stool.
by CraigS63
Sat Nov 11, 2023 10:30 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Latest gear you've acquired.....
Replies: 5265
Views: 2101987

Re: Latest gear you've acquired.....

Pawnshop score: mini USB keyboard - Akai LPK25. Mini sized keys with springy action. Suitable for couch noodling (sits over MBP keyboard without touching its QWERTY keys). Also shown - Slipdrive pocket with Crucial SSD 4TB. mini kb.jpg When I first saw this photo it looked like a merged keyboard an...
by CraigS63
Sat Nov 11, 2023 7:25 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Latest gear you've acquired.....
Replies: 5265
Views: 2101987

Re: Latest gear you've acquired.....

Pawnshop score: mini USB keyboard - Akai LPK25. Mini sized keys with springy action. Suitable for couch noodling (sits over MBP keyboard without touching its QWERTY keys). Also shown - Slipdrive pocket with Crucial SSD 4TB.
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by CraigS63
Sat Nov 11, 2023 7:02 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Actually useful Amazon junk?
Replies: 19
Views: 24755

Re: Actually useful Amazon junk?

I recently got a "Slipdrive" adhesive/elastic pocket to hold an SSD drive (Crucial X10 4TB), since it's a little cheaper than buying a Macbook with a big SSD drive. It keeps the external drive handy (the pocket glues to the laptop lid), and the cable fits in it, if I want to disconnect. Now I can do...
by CraigS63
Sun Sep 10, 2023 12:46 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Latest gear you've acquired.....
Replies: 5265
Views: 2101987

Re: Latest gear you've acquired.....

Not sure it counts as gear if it's software, a synth plugin called "Polymode" (a Moog Polymoog simulator). So I can play along to Gary Numan's "Pleasure Principle" album using the "Vox Humana" preset he used all over the place on that one. I've spent $29 on stupider things. https://cherryaudio.com/p...
by CraigS63
Wed Sep 06, 2023 6:02 pm
Forum: People/Places/Things
Topic: RIP Gary Wright
Replies: 3
Views: 12241

Re: RIP Gary Wright

Nice article on "Dream Weaver" - I wonder what that opening chord is. Probably every note on the scale.

https://www.mixonline.com/recording/cla ... el%20deck.
by CraigS63
Wed Aug 02, 2023 8:19 pm
Forum: Tape Op Magazine
Topic: #155 - TV On The Radio
Replies: 1
Views: 1607

#155 - TV On The Radio

I love the drawing on the page where the interview starts - little diagrams of his gear (Tunde Adebimpe drew it, I assume)?


What's on the lower left near the rhythm box and Zoom?
by CraigS63
Wed Jul 19, 2023 6:32 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Latest gear you've acquired.....
Replies: 5265
Views: 2101987

Re: Latest gear you've acquired.....

An iPad 2 - my Dad is finally cleaning out his office. Anybody got a line on a good 30-pin to MIDI interface? I have that model, and a newer one. I wonder if one of these will suit your needs? https://www.alesis.com/products/legacy/io-dock-ii My older one has iStrobosoft installed, it makes a nice ...
by CraigS63
Wed Jul 05, 2023 6:28 pm
Forum: People/Places/Things
Topic: Book: "The Birth Of Loud"
Replies: 2
Views: 2381

Book: "The Birth Of Loud"

Just finished this book (a friend borrowed from the library - I need to do that more). Featuring a few well known characters - Leo Fender, Les Paul, Paul Bigsby, etc. My take is that Les Paul was not the ideal husband, and Leo was somewhere on the spectrum (I also didn't know about his eye and ear i...
by CraigS63
Wed Jul 05, 2023 6:17 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Embedding RIFF tag info in wav files / Sirius XM upload guidelines?
Replies: 11
Views: 5526

Re: Embedding RIFF tag info in wav files / Sirius XM upload guidelines?

My experience with XM has been weird. I have been engineering a client's XM show for over 12 years now. It used to be fun, lighthearted etc. Then the suits came in with : 1. You cannot EVER speak over music, not even a bed. 2. The music HAS TO BE FULLY CLEAR OF ANY VOICEOVER. I've heard a lot of su...
by CraigS63
Mon Jun 19, 2023 8:01 pm
Forum: People/Places/Things
Topic: InMusic takes Moog. Resistance is futile...
Replies: 3
Views: 3162

Re: InMusic takes Moog. Resistance is futile...

I guess this still beats a ~ 35 year period where they weren't doing anything with the brand.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moog_synthesizer
by CraigS63
Sun May 28, 2023 6:02 am
Forum: Listen to Music
Topic: Rubin & McCartney ... & Internet = Amazing
Replies: 1
Views: 2213

Re: Rubin & McCartney ... & Internet = Amazing

And the ending...
by CraigS63
Sat May 27, 2023 3:04 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Latest gear you've acquired.....
Replies: 5265
Views: 2101987

Re: Latest gear you've acquired.....

Spark "Go" 5w amp. Not that I needed another battery powered amp, but maybe it does something my Roland MicroCube, Vox DA-5, other mini Vox, mini Marshall, Danelectro Honeytone, Danelectro amp-in-a-bag, and Smokey don't. Maybe I'll run its line out/headphone into a big amp, and see what's what. IMG_...
by CraigS63
Sun May 21, 2023 7:02 am
Forum: Tape Op Message Board (TOMB)
Topic: Recover/Change Password Isn't Working
Replies: 7
Views: 2551

Re: Recover/Change Password Isn't Working

I've gotten Tape Op email as recently as May 18th of this year.
by CraigS63
Thu Apr 20, 2023 5:19 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Cell phone play
Replies: 4
Views: 1468

Re: Cell phone play

Have you tried the trick of holding the phone speaker against the pickup of your bass or guitar?