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As a compressor freak, it seems a must have. After 5 years I am still learning new ways to use my RNC. I hope FMR make an E.Q. one day. Damn there goes my new years resolution to refrain from new gear purchases.
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Just got a twin this weekend (1970).
I tried my Fulltone OCD and a Boss Distortion OD (forgot the model) but both worked well. The important thing was to keep the Drive turned down a lot on the pedal. like around 2 O'clock, to keep the tone in control.
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losthighway wrote:The viachicago forum is alive and well. .

Oops I meant to say the Viachicago tracker. (maybe thats also still around.) I will have to get into the forums again. cannot wait for some new material from them.

My questions for Jeff (1)what do you do to stimulate creativity in your song-writing? (any tips that help with writer's block for you specifically) (2)how are lyrics done in relation to a given song? (written first or last) (3)is a melody generally the first thing that is made or a chord structure? ...

Have both and generally prefer the GR for vocals and better all-round pre. It has a nice extra aux. line level out for monitoring a split signal too.

What? I was saving my issue for a snowy day and keeping my fingers crossed for this interview and the Tony Doogan one.... hope I get at least one Christmas present this weekend....

Be sure to find Rocker Guitars on Howard and 10th in SOMA area

I was also just in SF. Lots of rain. As it turns out the topic should read something like when music recording sessions turn bad.... A couple of friends hijacked the singer to play dungeons and dragons for the last 3 days straight. Making a grand total of finished songs zero. Todays I am back to fam...

Anyone else doing a session this week? Got the players (singer just trained in and another guy is a fellow TOer), instruments, amps and space ready to roll. Got some drinks to celebrate Obama. Anything I am missing here? I will be playing on all the tracks and recording to Logic ITB. Doing an alt. r...

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is Joe on Tapeop? What are the chances that Joe has a basement home-recording studio?

thinner cymbals will pretty much ALWAYS be more prone to cracks than a thicker counterpoint. Sabians are well made in general (though I much prefer Zildjian and Istanbul for what I play). It is more than likely technique and if the drummer is that heavy handed I would steer them towards the heavier ...

I know one could theoretically print or bounce down to a stereo track and then mess around with the pitch but I want a real time control to change it on the fly. Obviously the processing power is unlikely to keep up here. just a wish.

I would like it to do a global pitch adjustment like in tape based systems. So I can record some crazy harmonies etc.. Thats the best advantage of tape to this day. I DO not like that there are so many many options for editing that just gets confusing and distracts you from the song.

In Mpls. at least I always thought it was strange that drummers tended to be more into recording than others. I certainly enjoy playing the drums the best, but its hard with neighbors and small children sleeping to practice and improve. (never liked the electronic drum pads).

The only Olympics that Jimmy needs is Olympic Studios.