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I LOVE BASS PEDALS!! organs rule! (just got a old hammond M2 and the bass pedals are so growly on it). BUT when recording i find that certain notes are really resonant and really stick out - you can see it really obviously on the wav files and i can draw in automation to even it out BUT that is real...

seems like a lot of people who want claan and noisy vocal sounds have 2 mics setup maybe 8 inches apart.

hypercardoid and dynamic mics can be really useful for this too. i did some stuff recently with a 441 on the acoustic - unbelieveably tiny amount of vocal in it. sm7 on voice - again - very little acoustic in it. a LDC seems to pick up EVERYTHING - if you want to use em - don't expect isolation - ju...

441 - for EVERYTHING/

lots of things you can try depending on the context/style 1. smaller guitar amps can be wicked for bass and although not a subby and deep they can be much clearer and focussed. my fender blues jr and super reverb work well for this. 2. try a large diaphragm condenser 5 ft back aimed center of cab. 3...

this IS NOT a home recording. i don't know how you could have thought that from these beautiful orchestral recordings. i think it sounds amazing and i WISH i could get sounds like that at home! they have a almost albini like realism and purity to my ears. sounds like tape and vintage tube mics to me...

those sam philips records were also masterfully mixed by tchad blake...

it's really popular to hate the D112 - BUT as stated above - some engineers just know how to make it work. who am i to argue with tchad blake?

would love to hear about working with gillian welch - his minimalist mic techniques. his crazy guitar tones. vintage gear freak? how he captures/inspires great performances? (apparently he judges good takes while on the phone - ie: if it catches his ear then the band is really "onto" something)

my vote for PC. quad core with XP. zoom..... i just don't get why macs are so much more expensive. they are not rock solid either - my bro has a new macbook pro - 2 internal HD failures in less than 12 months!! ipods are made to be thrown out and replaced every 2 years. this is not a company i want ...

@?,*???&? wrote: I mean, this record can't possibly take until after the release date!

famous last words...

i think setting a day rate DOESN'T have to mean a open ended length. i charge by the day but when it's at my space it's based on 8 hours. if i am working at a bigger studio then it's usually based on 12 hours. how is that different from hourly you ask? i don't book sessions shorter than a day anymor...

wow. wow.

hey guys - thanks again for more good thoughts. that Ahmed Ertegun is fantastic. basically i think i was just at the point of losing objectivity and needed a few days away from it. it probably doesn't suck but i tend to get to a point where everything sounds bad after than many hours in a windowless...

some good thoughts here guys - much appreciated. it's just really hard work . to create a soundscape that you can really enter into and believe. making space. i just spent about 65 hours mixing an album this week and today i think it all sounds about half as good as it should. blech. then i put on "...