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In the metal world, so many people are using simulators now. Personally, I still find them sterile sounding, and I also find a lot of modern metal production sterile as fuck as well. I can't tell if that's just me being "stuck in my ways" and not being up with the modern sound, or not. I agree, the...

I went a little nuts, but also not that bad. ha. Have the DIY bug real bad so I got a Hairball Blue Stripe 1176 kit & 2 Hairball Bronze kits. Oxford Inflator, Kazrog True Iron and True Dynamics plugins. Also bought a rug for my temporary mix room in my apartment (80% off!). The studio I was working...

Do you enjoy the API Vision Channel Strip? I found myself using the waves API EQ's a lot, and didn't want to give WAVES money, so decided to go the UA route instead. It's good, but I often only use the EQ so when that's the case I just go to the stand-alone UAD plugs. The compressor is definitely c...

I also picked up a couple more UAD plugins (since this is one of the best times of the year to do so). I got the API Vision channel strip and the Culture Vulture (I fall for hardware emulations of hardware I would never buy in real life...). Do you enjoy the API Vision Channel Strip? I found myself...

I went a little nuts, but also not that bad. ha. Have the DIY bug real bad so I got a Hairball Blue Stripe 1176 kit & 2 Hairball Bronze kits. Oxford Inflator, Kazrog True Iron and True Dynamics plugins. Also bought a rug for my temporary mix room in my apartment (80% off!). The studio I was working ...

haha, yes, the real solution is "Redo that part, and take it easy for fuck's sake!" It also will take less time. But what do I know, I only play a surgeon on TeeVee... I had a kid in last night doing the "pop" with the snare. I asked him to be careful because that can be problematic. Much to my del...

This makes sense too, but I also feel like this isn't just a gain/volume issue. Even if you turn down the transient, it's still there and is more manageable, but it's still not going to sound soft. Just quieter. I know what you mean. It's called "bass playing technique." :lol: haha, yes, the real s...

If it's inside your DAW: just select the offending giant click, and GAIN it down a lot. I do. Takes a few seconds, and you don't have to fiddle for minutes with plugins. Just bring it down in level until it is no longer a concern. This makes sense too, but I also feel like this isn't just a gain/vo...

Probably a multi-stage process, but I would start with some sort of saturation plugin to clip the peaks (Fabfilter Saturn works best for me). Compressors never work. You could also try re-drawing the waveform. I've had occasional success with that. If you can find other instances of the offending no...

I mixed 2 acoustic and vocal songs yesterday and HEAT really does something nice. On the second I was thinking, "What isn't happening here?" and I turned HEAT on and it really came together. I like that you kinda forget it's there and then when you bypass it it's not that different, but the extra 1...

Heat is cool. I've been using it on every mix lately. Usually favor the "tape" side as well, pre-additional processing. I don't push it too hard. My favorite plugin for subtle (or not) transient shaping and soft clipping stuff is definitely Fab-Filter Saturn using the clean tape or saturation algori...

Anyone use those AML 1073s? Seems like no one ever has anything negative to say about them and judging by cursory research, the design seems very thoughtful and well executed.

Try to find a used Lawson FET47. Incredible mic. I haven't used the Neumann a ton of times, but the Lawson feels pretty much the same to me. So good on vocals, amps, etc. too. I want to believe that the Warm stuff is cool, but I tried one of their 1073 things once and holy shit did it suck. :lol: H...

Dwarfcraft Twin Stags.

Does every trem sound you could ever want, but goes way beyond that creatively. One of the coolest pedals ever, IMO. Can literally be an instrument itself.

A couple days to pay up is whatever. What you're describing is principle and any leniency reinforces a bullshit attitude that people can just be casual about paying for a services. Would they tell their fucking roofer or electrician "sorry bro, I'll pay ya when I can." Fuck no they wouldn't, but lot...