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another vote here - my main amp is an (admittedly) hot-rodded mig 50, with master volume added, different psu, transformer, tubes (teslas), etc. But it is AWESOME. It has been wonderfully reliable, and played through a 2 x 12 celestion cab, breaks up just right. The "toobyest" sounding amp in the ar...

thanks for the help - Looking last night, i realized that the drop ceiling has tons of space above it, and the room the units are in is pretty big. Unless I put some serious thought into the space above the drop ceiling, it is kind secondary to worry about the door too much because the space above t...

Thanks for the replies. Yeah, I've done plenty of sweat-or-freeze while tracking scenarios, might be the way to go short-term. Since I'll be here for a while, I'd love to get a semi-permanent solution going. Plus, I'm excited about dedicated space that I won't have to break down/set-up a lot. You ra...

So, the wife and I are closing on a house with a bunch of finished and semi-finished rooms in the basement. There is a room that is about 12x14, concrete floors, dry wall over concrete on all walls, drop ceiling. It has been designated as "my room". It is raw enough that I can do a lot with it, and ...

Honestly, there's one overlooked concept here - if you consider yourself an engineer, you pretty much have to know how to, or how not to use compression to good effect. Most of my time in studios (big and small) is admittedly on the "tracking room" side of the glass. On some of the projects, compres...

I haven't noticed anybody throwing out gear trade as an entry in to getting paid. It isn't cash, but if the project could use a certain mic, etc. it isn't a bad way to get them to understand that your time is worth something, and they are also getting to use the item on their project. The first reco...

This brings up a question that I've been pondering... I usually keep a single speaker running in mono that I can reference at any time. Is there any advantage or disadvantage to having a PAIR of speakers running your mono sum to reference? Kinda wierd, maybe dumb - just something I was thinking abou...

Love mine, too. Snare, Bass, loud guitars. Sounded smooth on a slightly overdriven lap steel. What about the other pieces in the series? The de-esser?

All points taken. Yeah, if he's paying you, he shouldn't be calling the studio. I can absolutely see that if he's talking to you about the project all-in, it could be seen as an insult for him to question your methods (so rant away!). I'm a graphic designer by trade, been doing it for a while (long ...

I can't believe I'm gonna throw myself on the sword here, but as someone who's a musician first, recordist second, I think the guy (however misinformed he may be) has every right to ask questions when he's gonna throw down the money. Did he ask you to engineer AND mix, or just engineer? If the guy w...

So, for my lil' home setup I have a blue and white G3 with an mbox for the computer end of things. I'd love to be able to mix "out of the box" but with 2 outputs, I'm pretty short on options. What can I add? Will a Digi 01 work in tandem with the mbox for more outs? Should I just ditch the mbox and ...

I run PT LE on a MUCH slower computer and although I don't use many plug-ins, I'm able to work off of 16-20 tracks at 24/48. The mini is about 3 times faster than my machine. The downsides are really that I'm sure you can't add pci cards, the ram issue mentioned previously (although a gig of ram is ...

i disagree regarding the handling of the Hendrix legacy. Do you not remember the string of shitty releases of the late seventies/early eighties (cry of love, crash landing, voodoo soup, etc.) The family established Dagger Records, a GREAT official bootleg resource, put out the box set (which is like...

yeah, i've got an old 4-track song that for bass, i just ran my guitar through a pitch-shifter. Best terrible bass sound ever. The other favorite of the early days was the human beat-box drums. I spent long hours scewing with mouth sounds an eq to try and make a drum kit. Not to mention the fact tha...