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Finished this little ep up recently. For budget reasons, I mixed it myself, but thankfully Scott Craggs was there for his usual stellar job mastering.

https://montanabookclub.bandcamp.com/album/fairhope-2

Not dirt cheap, but the Fairfield Circuitry Randy’s Revenge ring mod pedal has the best trem I’ve ever heard, hands down.

About a week out from finally testing negative here, too, and my ears / sinuses are all kinds of messy. It’s pollen season where I live, so I think it’s hitting me harder this year as it’s immediately following the Covid fun I just went through. And Covid knocked me OUT for days.

Looking for something more Neve-ish - Avedis MA5, ideally, but open to offers!

I donate to the Bob Moog Foundation, and recently learned about Emily Lazar’s new-ish endeavor, We Are Moving the Needle.

Sweet! Hope that did it. Nice and cheap fix.

Not sure if this is helpful, but I had a Gefell m70 capsule do the same. I stored it with a bunch of silica gel packs and after a few days, it helped. Sometimes a bit of moisture can mess with things.

digitaldrummer wrote: ↑

Wed Nov 23, 2022 6:49 am

The 3500 is similar to the Beyerdynamic M201

Haven’t used the Revox, but if I had to pick one mic for everything, it’d be a 201. I have a pair and could probably use another pair.

When her vocal comes in toward the end of Nothing but Heart, it’s such a powerful, beautiful moment that gives me goosebumps, every single time.

I love the sound of a well-tuned non-ported bass drum. There’s something about the way the note kind of swells that’s just perfect to me. Think John Convertino. That said, in my limited and humble experience, it’s easier to make a ported drum sound non-ported than vice versa, given dampening, tuning...

sure you can roll off treble but you can't kill that sustain unless you/bassist has very good string muting technique, or you palm mute. the whole thing with flats is that lack of sustain. This is it. I know I play very differently with flats than rounds. I can get away with holding notes a touch l...

YHF is such a cool blending of Jay Bennett and Jim O’Rourke, not to mention a great band and inspired songs. I’m just getting into this release, and agreed, it’s a high lesson in production and making great (and bold) choices. I remember at the time of its release being bummed that it wasn’t Summert...

Giving yourself mic options for the mix is smart. If the room sound isn’t that great, I’d get those mics in fairly close and judiciously high-pass as much as you need to. I prefer woody over sparkly with mando, so I might situate the mics a bit higher than the strings and point down toward them if y...

That’s a pretty great bass tone. I love a Precision with flatwounds, and on mine I recently moved the pickup deeper into the body, which helped reduce some of the really low lows and get it more into that thumpy, woody range.
So…with what others have said, the right setup on your bass can help, too.

Maybe a little mid-side to pull the snare down a bit but keep the cymbals where you like them?