TERRIBLE sounding files...

JohnDavisNYC · Post by **JohnDavisNYC** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 8:12 pm

wow... i just got some stuff to mix... and it is terrible. i am listening on some sony headphones plugged into our mbox mini that we reluctantly bought for painful transfers such as this one... my god, some horrible sounds get put into $15000 PTHD rigs.

some talentless dude in texas did an absolutely terrible job on this.

terrible. everything sounds like it was recorded in a foam box with an mxl 990...

my poor wife has to listen to me curse with headphones on because of this assclown in texas who ruined a few perfectly good songs.

at least the songs are good and the singer has a great voice, so the only thing that i have to wrestle into submission are the terribly recorded drums and guitars. like early 90's ADAT demo studio bad...

party time.

so lets all talk about getting horrible tracks to mix!

john

Ryan Ferris · Post by **Ryan Ferris** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 8:38 pm

Care to post a sample?

JohnDavisNYC · Post by **JohnDavisNYC** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 8:47 pm

i will.

but first i have to find out the name of the engineer, so i can include his name.

john

Jeff White · Post by **Jeff White** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 9:20 pm

Holy shit, John, that sucks. Please include his name.

RefD · Post by **RefD** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 9:30 pm

ipressrecord wrote:Holy shit, John, that sucks. Please include his name.

just say "Texas", that should be enough.

*lives there*

seeabove · Post by **seeabove** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 10:40 pm

Is it Tad Donley?

RefD · Post by **RefD** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 11:47 pm

RefD wrote:
ipressrecord wrote:Holy shit, John, that sucks. Please include his name.
just say "Texas", that should be enough.

*lives there*

btw, i wasn't serious cos there's plenty of good engineers/recordists here.

but it seems fashionable to bash anything having to do with Texas so i was taking the piss with regards to the ppl who do that.

as for anyone who uses the phrase "flyover states" in earnest, i think i would just piss on them.

*needs a nap apparently*

rwc · Post by **rwc** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 12:27 am

I am interesting in hearing these recordings.

Mane1234 · Post by **Mane1234** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 4:27 am

I'm pretty talentless and I use foam boxes to record in a lot...Is it me?

JohnDavisNYC · Post by **JohnDavisNYC** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 5:23 am

maybe it is tad donelly...

oh no, it can't be... it was tracked on an HD2 rig... i don't think a mutt lange like tad donelly uses pros tool.

well, today i have to start trying to save this record. what is really terrible about it, is not that it is technically wrong, just sounds so bad and aesthetically wrong...
i will try to find some good examples and post them...

the best part is the songs where he sample replaced the toms, and then ERASED THE MIC TRACKS... party time.

and there are no room mics.

none.

but there is a hihat mic. YAY.

john

fossiltooth · Post by **fossiltooth** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 5:41 am

Ha!

So John, are you wishing you came from a ITB-DAW-Fix-It-In-The-Mix background for the first time in your life?

This is clearly a PT-head trying to get revenge for the recent comments you made in the mixing ITB thread.

Now you get to experience how the other half lives.

Enjoy automating the crap out of things and over-massaging sounds to try vainly to make up for the awful tracking!

Oh.

Oh, the Irony.

Good luck!

;ivlunsdystf · Post by **;ivlunsdystf** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 5:56 am

seeabove wrote:Is it Tad Donley?

I really like the hair-helmet in those pics at that link.

JohnDavisNYC · Post by **JohnDavisNYC** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 5:57 am

you want to come by and hear it some time justin?

i think i'm going to have to set up our '65 ludwig kit, make some samples of it with room mics, and then trigger some stuff... and then chamber it all, too to get some vibe happening.

then a lot of judicious use of transformers, inductors, and tubes....

i felt like a traitor last night, sitting in my wife's office with the studio's new mbox mini plugged into our imac trying to sort through the crap and see what was actually going on and getting it all consolidated so i can drop it in logic today and get to work...

john

MoreSpaceEcho · Post by **MoreSpaceEcho** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 6:04 am

i hope you're charging by the hour.

JohnDavisNYC · Post by **JohnDavisNYC** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 6:05 am

the label that is the client fully understands that this is a salvage mission, so it is all good. i've got 2 days budgeted just for editing, sound 'helping', and overdubs on 6 songs.

john

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