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Hey all! Trying to source a versatile midi keyboard with usable Wurly/Rhodes/B3/synth sounds. I'll be running that through amps/preamps/processing to get suitable dirt/vibe. Zombies/Stranglers/Sonics/Stranglers/60's. I'll also be using it with my DAW and soft synths,etc. I'm primarily a guitarist/ba...

A.David.MacKinnon wrote: ↑

Tue Dec 08, 2020 8:00 pm

New furnace is in. It's so quiet! Before moving the studio to the garage I spent a few years working out of the basement (next to the old clunker). Should have replaced it back then. I wouldn't have had to shut the heat off every time I wanted to do some work.

Right On! Good to hear!

Is this or the lpr35 appropriate for my Fostex A8?

Does a furnace count? If so....... A new furnace!!!! Came home to a cold house. Apparently vintage is not a word that carries good connotations when you're talking HVAC. Get the furnace. As a Minnesotan- Get the furnace. Mic's will become more affordable as things get colder. I say this because I h...

A.David.MacKinnon wrote: ↑

Wed Dec 02, 2020 7:24 pm

Does a furnace count? If so....... A new furnace!!!!

Came home to a cold house. Apparently vintage is not a word that carries good connotations when you're talking HVAC.

Get the furnace. As a Minnesotan- Get the furnace. Mic's will become more affordable as things get colder.

Ampeg V4/chopped down vt-22,used as a bass amp for now. GREAT STONES/FACES BALLZ OUT TONE. Ampeg gemini 1x12,best trem and reverb ever. Vox Ac30cch/bluebacks. 80's Marshall jcm800 1x12 50 watt combo original tubes Silvertone 1483 (Thanks,Andy!) cabinets: 1x12" vintage 30 celestion-tilted baffle-look...

Radio Shack Pzm's have finally come down on Ebay. They cost $43 in 1982,now they're cheaper than that. Solder on a 9V connector,you're golden,and you can tape them on any surface.
Picked up AudioThing Springs. Hell Yess!

Nice!

Lookin for a GT Brick. Or something close. No money for a Neve,Could maybe do a Langevin or Hamptone. Sorry I ever sold my Altec 1567's. Anyways,Just tracking live in a room,saving up for a 47 clone.

or just reamp through an Ampeg Gemini with the reverb turned up.

I have a small room (14'x17',12 ' ceiling),so when im tracking acoustic,I use an sdc and a ribbon as close together as possible,halfway between 12th fret and soundhole. Then i gauge the tempo of the song,as well as the prominence/role of the acoustic in the song. This helps decide how "honest" it's ...

digitaldrummer wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 06, 2020 2:53 pm

and se, there's my problem right there.... I just keep buying more mics.

Yep! Shure 589's are rocking my vocal/guitar/ acoustic world. 635a's (2 more),rat shack pzm's (6 now),another Beyer M88,another Heil pr40,Peluso/Advanced Audio 47 next. Need 2 more AKG 452 eb's.

Looked at your picture again,and I guess I would ask -what vibe are you looking for? Kick is deep,toms are shallow. You'll get a lot of attack,and not a lot of THUD/BODY -except on kick. Depends on what tone you're looking for. Fast Attacky? Motown? 70's Carol King/Pillowy? Get some Radio Shack PZM'...

Or-Tape a PZM on the wall behind drummer at ear height,and space 2 omnis on the floor in a triangle as far apart as you can. What's the ceiling height like? Will other people be playing at the same time?

I'd close the curtains,put the gobos on the walls behind. Put an X/Y pair,or a stereo mic (Cascade x-15,Shure VP-88,anything) above and just behind drummers head,pointed across top of drummers head at an angle pointed down,so at backside it gets the kit,and what the drummers hearing,and towards fron...