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by kdarr
Tue Jan 06, 2009 1:36 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: ORTF Overhead sound clip!
Replies: 37
Views: 11968

tdbajus wrote:Is there an ORTH primer out there?
Yes, aside from the search engine here, there's tons of info out there. Cheggitout:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ORTF_stereo_technique

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by kdarr
Sat Dec 27, 2008 2:56 pm
Forum: Tape Op Magazine
Topic: Wikipedia and Album Information
Replies: 20
Views: 8613

Probably not so much a policy as the fact that most people probably don't care, and therefore don't bother to look it up or post it on the Wiki page. I personally would love to see more complete production information on Wiki album pages. The beauty of open media is that any of us can go ahead and p...
by kdarr
Wed Dec 17, 2008 5:51 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: NAUSEA or HEADACHES when mixing?
Replies: 37
Views: 10246

Working in front of a computer for hours and hours is pretty much horrible for you. Every large tech company has a whole department dedicated to ergonomics to keep people from getting repetitive stress injuries or headaches and other illnesses. Find a way to work without fucking up your posture, no ...
by kdarr
Fri Dec 05, 2008 6:54 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Reamp Guitar Example - Steve Vai song on YouTube
Replies: 28
Views: 7252

I was quite the guitar-jizz fan when I was a teenager too. Never could play that fast though. FWIW, the tone sounds spot-on like the original. I don't mean to sound like a hater, this was obviously a huge labor of love, but it's kind of like... why? It's an exact copy of the original, except that th...
by kdarr
Fri Dec 05, 2008 3:27 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: The Reactible Synth? (video link inside)
Replies: 5
Views: 2059

yup, that thing's pretty cool, saw it a couple years ago in a tech blog.

it was developed by a spanish university.

we live in the FUTURE!

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by kdarr
Thu Dec 04, 2008 9:56 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Neumann: The Only Choice For Hitler
Replies: 17
Views: 6176

I'm looking to get that Hitler vocal sound for a track I'm working on... does anyone know what rest of the signal chain was at the Nuremberg rallies?

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just kidding.
by kdarr
Mon Dec 01, 2008 11:22 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Pedals that're good but not really pricey
Replies: 76
Views: 25503

+1 on the Voodoo Labs - An excellent product line, all of them, and pretty reasonably priced compared to some of the other fancy-pants stuff. A quick tip about the Micro Vibe - it sounds better with a battery than it does with a power supply - the modulation cycle becomes more elliptical and "flops...
by kdarr
Mon Dec 01, 2008 6:13 pm
Forum: Listen to Music
Topic: R&B and "R&B"
Replies: 20
Views: 5145

I'm surprised no one mentioned Prince. He was a HUGE transitional figure from 70's funk to 80's drum machine & synth-powered R&B.

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by kdarr
Mon Dec 01, 2008 5:58 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Guitar Solos
Replies: 58
Views: 13058

It's kinda funny how guitar players who play lots of notes get bagged on so hard, but nobody ever called John Coltrane or Michael Brecker a "wanker." Then again, to retort my own observation, Coltrane and Becker never got caught doing shit like this: http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/kdarr/Ste...
by kdarr
Mon Dec 01, 2008 5:22 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: has anyone made a microphone from an old vintage telephone?
Replies: 10
Views: 3392

There was a guy on the board called "Beingbing" that was selling a carbon telephone mic for a while. He was advertising them pretty hard for a while in the forums, to the point that he got busted by the moderators. Nonetheless, it looked like kind of a neat product. You can probably find his old pos...
by kdarr
Mon Dec 01, 2008 4:52 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Pedals that're good but not really pricey
Replies: 76
Views: 25503

Voodoo Labs makes awesome sounding and affordable pedals. I own the Microvibe and Sparkle Drive. Both sound sick. The Sparkle Drive is basically a tube screamer circuit, with the addition of a wet/dry knob. Very versitile. Great for keyboards, guitar, bass.....I've even put vocals through it (wet/d...
by kdarr
Mon Dec 01, 2008 12:43 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Guitar Solos
Replies: 58
Views: 13058

Melodic solos are generally my preference, but shredding can be totally applicable for certain kinds of textures. It's kinda funny how guitar players who play lots of notes get bagged on so hard, but nobody ever called John Coltrane or Michael Brecker a "wanker." I mean, I love Gilmore, but I love B...
by kdarr
Wed Nov 26, 2008 2:55 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: mpd32 vs. padkontrol vs. trigger finger
Replies: 2
Views: 1726

Re: mpd32 vs. padkontrol vs. trigger finger

so i just bought a mpd32. a lot of people on the internet were saying that maybe the padkontrol was better cause of more sensitive pads. I ended up buying this at GC figuring i could return it if it was problematic. More like planning to return it. So far my mpd pads seem super sensitive, I'm not s...
by kdarr
Wed Nov 26, 2008 2:47 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Blasts of static on Digi 002
Replies: 17
Views: 6521

I remember that the original run of 002's had bad power harnesses. The times I saw it happen, the unit would power up, but the 1394 indicator wouldn't light and PTLE wouldn't "see" the interface. There were actually two runs of bad harnesses... if you got an early 002 and then did the first fix, it...
by kdarr
Wed Nov 26, 2008 2:30 am
Forum: Listen to Music
Topic: Autotune - ing the stars
Replies: 98
Views: 32588

At this point, production techniques in pop music are just fashion trends... you gotta have the newest Nikes or the newest smartphone, or a shit-ton of robot voice on your track if you want to seem cool. or gated canyon reverb on the snare drum...wait what? Exactly, or a freaking Linndrum for that ...