What things have you learned recently?

??????? · Post by **???????** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 9:46 am

I sometimes really like what happens when I time-align the bass DI track with the bass amp track. If you're going for "diffuse and puffy" then it might not be what you want, but if you're going for articulate, defined and strong then it works nicely!

wedge · Post by **wedge** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 11:57 am

SoftSupply wrote:2. Never get rid of gear. Ever.

RefD · Post by **RefD** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 8:54 pm

wedge wrote:
SoftSupply wrote:2. Never get rid of gear. Ever.

oh fuck, seller's remorse...

don't get me started cos i may climb into a warm bath and open a vein!

*thinks of long lost tweed Harvard and blackface Princeton whilst eying a bottle of Hydrocodone*

DinosaurSR · Post by **DinosaurSR** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 4:22 pm

Stupid and basic, but completely essential: STOP reaching for the fader as a first resort.

??????? · Post by **???????** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 6:33 am

DinosaurSR wrote:Stupid and basic, but completely essential: STOP reaching for the fader as a first resort.

That's funny because that's totally the opposite lesson that I had to learn.

Which is:

"always reach for the fader as a first resort. Don't EQ or compress unless you have to."

Who was it that said "90% of mixing is getting the faders in the right place?"

JGriffin · Post by **JGriffin** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 9:34 pm

the bass rolloff switch on a U87 is set really high.

RefD · Post by **RefD** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 10:43 pm

getting bitten by an old 300 watt power supply kinda hurts.

JGriffin · Post by **JGriffin** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 10:56 pm

How's that organ treatin' ya?

RefD · Post by **RefD** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 12:21 am

dwlb wrote:How's that organ treatin' ya?

that's an awfully personal question!

oh, the Wurli?

it's inside a building now instead of on the back porch of said building.

sorting out how we're gonna move it 25 miles to this shop where it will either undergo major surgery over the next few months or be parted out for projects and Wurli 4400-series organ spares.

how DOES one move a 450 pound musical instrument made of wood and glass and metal and rubber?

piano mover?

Sikorsky Sky Crane?

CurtZHP · Post by **CurtZHP** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 9:33 am

RefD wrote:how DOES one move a 450 pound musical instrument made of wood and glass and metal and rubber?

piano mover?

Sikorsky Sky Crane?

The Force.

fossiltooth · Post by **fossiltooth** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 9:37 am

I can't pull together an amazing live mix in a venue I've never been to with a 10 minutes for soundcheck. I think I'll try to avoid getting called in to do FOH for an opening act in the future.

Trick Fall · Post by **Trick Fall** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 10:46 pm

mrclean wrote:I don't really need more gear, I really need more time.

This is totally my mantra.

fossiltooth · Post by **fossiltooth** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 12:24 pm

brad347 wrote:
DinosaurSR wrote:Stupid and basic, but completely essential: STOP reaching for the fader as a first resort.

That's funny because that's totally the opposite lesson that I had to learn.

Which is:

"always reach for the fader as a first resort. Don't EQ or compress unless you have to."

Who was it that said "90% of mixing is getting the faders in the right place?"

AGREED.

This is something I constantly have to remind myself when mouse mixing.

TheForgotten · Post by **TheForgotten** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 12:58 pm

Coutesy of my friendly neighborhood TapeOp-ers:
Source w/ good transients + compressor w/ slow attack = very good*

*Assuming the source needs compression.

JGriffin · Post by **JGriffin** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 1:00 pm

TheForgotten wrote:Coutesy of my friendly neighborhood TapeOp-ers:
Source w/ good transients + compressor w/ slow attack = very good*

*Assuming the source needs compression.

so, this doesn't apply to bass, then.

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