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Robotspeak on Haight is a motu dealer, and they're great guys.

Is anyone else having trouble running Logic 7.1? Particularly in 24/96 mode? We can't seem to get through a day without having things lock up or just crap out. We're doing post stuff primarily, so there is imported video running, but this machine (dual 2.5 G5 8g RAM) shouldn't have any trouble. And ...

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Tatertot wrote:
Zen Arcade? Really?

Yeah, but I think I read Bob's guitar was direct or something ..?

I've heard he ran a splitter right after his MXR dist+ and ran one into the board, and one into his amp.

There's a fellow (or maybe former) TapeOp'er who has a one room setup that I've always loved.

http://www.chromasound.net/

It looks like he's blocked off the "control room" a bit more recently, but it's still all one space, and gorgeous.

OK. I'm using OSX and running Logic 7.1, first off. I'm trying to add a PCI interface (lynx aurora) to our studio's existing firewire (MOTU 24 i/0) setup. There doesn't appear to by any way to set this up in Logic, so I'm guessing there's some way to "cascade" the interfaces in the AudioMIDI setup? ...

We just got the Aurora 16, it's amazing. I've been A/B ing it with our MOTU interfaces, and I'm blown away every time.

That's great and all, but when you have paying clients who say "make it sound like a nickleback record" it's nice to be able to do what they're asking for. If I had my way, I'd only record bands that had the same musical aesthetic as I do (not to mention huge budgets and minimal sales goals). Then w...

I think they're about as good a live bass as you could ask for, but I've never been a fan of recording them.
Definitely a distinctive sound.

Usually just a nurse (nurse practitioner, maybe) can do that. They generally just squirt some warn water into your ear from a syringe, and the goop just falls out. It's pretty amazing, and quite refreshing.

We use JBL 4310s, which were available in the 1960s. They're big, darker than our nearfields, and my favorite speakers to use. At the moment we're powering them with a Zvex impamp, but we're looking for something a little beefier since we do a lot of electronic music, and it has a tendency to break ...

The Fuzz Factory and Fuzz Probe are both great, as well as the Metasonix Butt Probe. It's not really a fuzz, but it sure as hell isn't a regular overdrive, either. It's a sound-fucker-upper, and it's great.

I have a B-16, myself. It's not a "good" sounding machine, it's very colored and compressed, somewhat narrow bandwidth. But I like the sound of it. Rock bands tend to sound great on it, IMO.

I've been getting to the "off-brand" cymbals latelt. Meinl, Bosphorus, Istanbul, etc... Cheaper than the big 3, and quality is easily as good. But I still love Ks and K Customs. Look around in pawn shops and used store for oddball stuff, too. I bought a crappy old Camber 22" ride that I use as a cra...

We generally just let them know it's available. Let them play around on the stuff before the session, on the little "tour" we do and during production meetings (if there are any). A lot of times, they'll be excited to play with new toys and ask to use them. I certainly never push anyone to use somet...

It's been several years of trial and error. Until recently, I never got paid more than a case of beer for my services, so I had the freedom to goof around and stick weird mics in weird places and try weird setups. Most of the time, that just taught me that the old standbys are there for a reason, bu...