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by Jay Reynolds
Thu Aug 12, 2010 7:40 am
Forum: Tape Op Message Board (TOMB)
Topic: Thanks Hillary!
Replies: 8
Views: 6192

Thanks Hillary!

For making the TOMBey goodness happen, even when teh Googles isn't being helpful.
by Jay Reynolds
Sun Jul 25, 2010 10:30 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Need Help Mixing Trumpet
Replies: 7
Views: 3069

Does he have section and solo parts? If so, and if they were all recorded to the same track, you may want to try to split them up and treat them as different instruments. Listen to Miles Davis's Porgy and Bess . Miles and Johnny Coles operate in very different spaces. The horn section is a little bi...
by Jay Reynolds
Sun Jul 25, 2010 12:11 am
Forum: Listen to Music
Topic: Portico Quartet
Replies: 0
Views: 1059

Portico Quartet

I just found out about these guys. Freaking awesome. Here's a taste:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FX_exXQ3 ... re=related
by Jay Reynolds
Tue Jul 20, 2010 9:52 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: FM broadcast qulaity in KHZ and converting it to KBPS
Replies: 2
Views: 1552

FM broadcast qulaity in KHZ and converting it to KBPS

Is there a basis for expressing FM broadcast in KHZ in terms of quality? I've seen someone state that FM is 22.1khz and any searches I've tried keep leading me to various stations' websites (fm plus acronym-with-the-letter-k). And is the formula for expressing an audio file's/stream's resolution in ...
by Jay Reynolds
Tue Jul 20, 2010 9:37 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Feedback prevention trick:Myth or Fact (live sound question)
Replies: 53
Views: 16240

Scodiddly wrote: Trust your ears, not something you read on the Internet.
Scodiddly wrote:Microphones are not intelligent lifeforms
Two...two...TWO sig-worthy posts in one thread. You, sir, are an artist :D
by Jay Reynolds
Tue Jul 20, 2010 9:25 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Recording rules
Replies: 88
Views: 22492

noeqplease wrote:
werd clock wrote:
noeqplease wrote:"A recording is forever"
*Sung with Shirley Bassey-esque delivery*
And a slight James Bond-ish sly look...
That's it! Go with a tux and affect a Connery-esque brogue whenever you're working. Clients will think it's freaking awesome!
by Jay Reynolds
Tue Jul 20, 2010 9:40 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Recording rules
Replies: 88
Views: 22492

noeqplease wrote:"A recording is forever"
*Sung with Shirley Bassey-esque delivery*
by Jay Reynolds
Tue Jul 13, 2010 8:10 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Why track vocals with compressor into a 24 bit system?
Replies: 123
Views: 30924

Trodden wins. Please lock this thread now.
by Jay Reynolds
Fri Jul 09, 2010 1:32 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: The end of Garageband.com
Replies: 47
Views: 13248

Re: The end of Garageband.com

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/magazine/10552437.stm hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha This is your comeback? Even if I were single (which I haven't been in over a decade), this would be some weak shit, Geoff. Way to pour gasoline on your own flaming fail. In short, you've made my ...
by Jay Reynolds
Thu Jul 08, 2010 4:19 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Commonly found used gear you should never buy new.
Replies: 46
Views: 12252

Sm 57/58.
by Jay Reynolds
Thu Jul 08, 2010 4:13 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Why track vocals with compressor into a 24 bit system?
Replies: 123
Views: 30924

13. Anything you accomplish with compression in the tracking stage, can be more effectively and safely accomplished in the mixing stage. So, why chance it? Answer: 'cause I'm not a chicken-shit and my ears work. it still doesn't make the statement untrue. and does your ears work just as well after ...
by Jay Reynolds
Thu Jul 08, 2010 1:48 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Why track vocals with compressor into a 24 bit system?
Replies: 123
Views: 30924

thethingwiththestuff wrote: you might get noise if you use pieces of shit like samson? no argument there...
I was thinking about this too. How many people are using cheap comps after good mics and pres and ahead of a good tape machines/adc?

If someone has a cheap, all-prosumer signal chain, why worry about it?
by Jay Reynolds
Thu Jul 08, 2010 1:43 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Why track vocals with compressor into a 24 bit system?
Replies: 123
Views: 30924

casey campbell wrote:
13. Anything you accomplish with compression in the tracking stage, can be more effectively and safely accomplished in the mixing stage. So, why chance it?
Answer: 'cause I'm not a chicken-shit and my ears work.
by Jay Reynolds
Thu Jul 08, 2010 12:06 pm
Forum: People/Places/Things
Topic: Daniel Lanois in Intensive Care
Replies: 7
Views: 3683

MoreSpaceEcho wrote:
tonewoods wrote:Oh man....

Get well, Mr. Lanois...
+1

Brian Blade's Fellowship changed my life as far as understanding modern jazz recording.