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MoreSpaceEcho
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by MoreSpaceEcho » Thu Jan 06, 2005 1:54 pm
sissy_hankshaw wrote:
Do you mean +6/185? Or do you mean you have a 250 nWb/m reference and you're going +6 over that? Cuz if that's the case, you're at +9, but usually it's notated as x/185 - 185 nWb/m = "0" being the "standard" established by Ampex back in the '50s. This is important to know, cuz if you're running a 5050 at +9, you're prob'ly right on the edge of clipping and may actually have better results with a lower operating level and hitting the tape a little harder (ie: more mic gain to push your tape meters into the red). Anyway, if you ARE at +6 with 456, you'll hit tape compression almost immediately over 0 VU (and definitely before that point with transients), if you are at +6 with GP9, you're likely not nearing tape compression at all.
hhhhmmm, now i'm confused, but i think you're right, it's gotta be +6@185. my friend aligned it for me with his mrl and apparently i wasn't paying close enough attention. oh, the shame. anyway, certainly i've had the meters pinned with the 456 and its sounded fine. when you say "on the verge of clipping" you mean the input electronics, correct? granted my ears are stone, but i've recorded enough stuff on this deck that i'd have heard them crapping out by now...
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by MoreSpaceEcho » Thu Jan 06, 2005 2:03 pm
soundguy wrote:ok well, just take a sm57 aim it at the top of the snare, plug it into an api amp, run that to an 1176, boost a little 3K on the console, buss that to your deck which you've aligned at +6/185 nWm with a 2.5dB overbias at 15IPS for Q 456.
shit. i don't like 57s on snare (really), i have neither an api amp or an 1176, and the console is a mackie, so nuff said there. there's no way i can properly record anything is there? i'm just gonna give up. first one to boston can have all my old reels of gp9.
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by corinpills » Thu Jan 06, 2005 2:05 pm
Where shall I meet you?
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MoreSpaceEcho
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by MoreSpaceEcho » Thu Jan 06, 2005 2:07 pm
Middle East Upstairs.
i'm the guy with the haircut.
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by soundguy » Thu Jan 06, 2005 2:12 pm
man, I saw monster magnet once downstairs at the middle east, it was right ater Ed joined the band, to this day that was one of the most insane nigths of my life. When the charles freezes you shouldnt try to walk across it.
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by cgarges » Thu Jan 06, 2005 2:12 pm
MoreSpaceEcho wrote:Middle East Upstairs.
i'm the guy with the haircut.
LMAO!
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by corinpills » Thu Jan 06, 2005 2:25 pm
MoreSpaceEcho wrote:Middle East Upstairs.
i'm the guy with the haircut.
You mean the guy with the bangs, but kind of spiky on top? And you have sideburns, too? I think I know who you are. I'll be there in 45 minutes to get the tape.
Actually, in all seriousness, I checked out some of your tunes ('cuz I like your handle) and that's cool stuff. She's a great singer and the production is very enticing.
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by MoreSpaceEcho » Thu Jan 06, 2005 2:35 pm
corinpills wrote:
You mean the guy with the bangs, but kind of spiky on top? And you have sideburns, too? I think I know who you are. I'll be there in 45 minutes to get the tape.
yeah man that's me. i'll be at the bar wearing a faded levis jacket and drinking a pbr.
Actually, in all seriousness, I checked out some of your tunes ('cuz I like your handle) and that's cool stuff. She's a great singer and the production is very enticing.
thank you. we're playing at tt's on the 29th and great scotts on the 4th. come say hi if you like. be happy to give you disc. (edit) ahem. a disc. i'd be happy to give you A disc.
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by nipsy » Thu Jan 06, 2005 2:37 pm
he's also sportin the chain wallet & 3" cuffs.....
doot, doot, doot......doot.....doot doot......
(sorry, cheap shot)
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by skinnyemo77 » Thu Jan 06, 2005 2:41 pm
All I'm saying is I'm gonna buy like four or five 1/4" reels for my Tandberg 2 Track, and just keep recording over stuff until the tape deteriorates. It'll be all hip and lo-fi once the tape gets to a certain wear point.
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by soundguy » Thu Jan 06, 2005 2:51 pm
MoreSpaceEcho wrote:tell us the charles river story please.
well, if you are young enough, dumb enough, fucked up enough, the charles is frozen enough and you are standing at the marriot you can take a shortcut back to boston...
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by trodden » Thu Jan 06, 2005 2:54 pm
nipsy wrote:he's also sportin the chain wallet & 3" cuffs.....
doot, doot, doot......doot.....doot doot......
(sorry, cheap shot)
dooood i wear the cuffs cause i ride a bicycle and i have the chain wallet so i won't lose it in my drunken state.
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