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Post by cowboycoalminer on Feb 15, 2016 14:35:09 GMT -6
I will never understand that no matter how tight I get the top section of a mic stand, it will mysteriously loosen in just a few days and I will have to tighten it again. Doesn't matter if I use channel locks on it, the damn thing will again loosen. What is your studio mystery???
BTW, this drives me nuts more than whom or what build Stonehenge.
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Post by donr on Feb 15, 2016 14:57:09 GMT -6
You're talking about the last telescoping section of the mic stand, or where the mic attaches to the stand? I don't have problems with Atlas or Ultimate stands. Sometimes a boom will droop. I use a short boom live, to put the mic over my floorboard, from various sound companies, and they often sway during the show like a NYC construction crane.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2016 15:32:27 GMT -6
The biggest mystery in music for me is plectrons that disappear. I always had this theory, that there is a secret sanctuary, where all the plecs are living in freedom and happiness, together with single socks.
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Post by tonycamphd on Feb 15, 2016 15:43:24 GMT -6
The vanishing/reappearing PT mix file, saved, closed, lost, can't find for a day, give up, magically reappears after much stress and a new mix started, has happened at least 4 times in a decade, gotta love computers.
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Post by Ward on Feb 15, 2016 18:53:07 GMT -6
The biggest mystery in music for me is plectrons that disappear. I always had this theory, that there is a secret sanctuary, where all the plecs are living in freedom and happiness, together with single socks. I know plectrum is British for pick, but what's a plectron?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2016 20:22:14 GMT -6
Plectrum is latin for pick, plectron is the original greek word. Both is used here...
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Post by levon on Feb 16, 2016 1:47:06 GMT -6
Plectrum is latin for pick, plectron is the original greek word. Both is used here... You mean the Romans and ancient Greek played Les Pauls? Wow.
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Post by rocinante on Feb 16, 2016 1:57:01 GMT -6
That drum sample/groove/fill i had heard and liked and thought I knew where it was located only to find nothing after hours of searching. If this only happened a few times it wouldn't be worth mentioning. It honestly happens often enough I take to writing down every sample I think I might like /need later.
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Post by kcatthedog on Feb 16, 2016 2:44:58 GMT -6
The biggest mystery in music for me is plectrons that disappear. I always had this theory, that there is a secret sanctuary, where all the plecs are living in freedom and happiness, together with single socks. I know plectrum is British for pick, but what's a plectron? It'son the particle table of elements:denotes units of stringed music at least in theory ! I have files that dissappear in protools 12 sessions?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2016 5:29:13 GMT -6
Plectrum is latin for pick, plectron is the original greek word. Both is used here... You mean the Romans and ancient Greek played Les Pauls? Wow. They rocked the monochord!
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Post by Ward on Feb 16, 2016 6:40:36 GMT -6
Plectrum is latin for pick, plectron is the original greek word. Both is used here... You mean the Romans and ancient Greek played Les Pauls? Wow. I am of the expressed opinion that well-versed gentlemen wish to express their erudition by utilizing more contextually precise words to display their resplendent vocabulary. In other words: He talks all fancy!
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Post by Ward on Feb 16, 2016 10:53:04 GMT -6
Ok here's one... how come the microphone cable fails when an important client is in? It worked fine when you checked everything. It worked fine on set-up. Then the client is there and it's like a bowl of rice crispies.
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Post by WKG on Feb 16, 2016 11:44:48 GMT -6
What I would like to know is why, no matter how many times I double check the clip thread direction, when I hang a mic off a boom at an angle it always seems to get reversed and ends up swinging loose.
This really, really bothers me.
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Post by WKG on Feb 16, 2016 11:51:02 GMT -6
Plectrum is latin for pick, plectron is the original greek word. Both is used here...
Excellent!
I shall now henceforth use plectrons in my efforts to produce musical tones. I am thinking it should help to raise my level of sophistication...
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Post by jimwilliams on Feb 16, 2016 12:11:24 GMT -6
I will never understand that no matter how tight I get the top section of a mic stand, it will mysteriously loosen in just a few days and I will have to tighten it again. Doesn't matter if I use channel locks on it, the damn thing will again loosen. What is your studio mystery??? BTW, this drives me nuts more than whom or what build Stonehenge. It's called "Adele Syndrome". It happenes to the best, sometimes in seconds rather than days. Go out and eat an In-And-Out Burger, the official cure.
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Post by svart on Feb 16, 2016 12:28:09 GMT -6
Other than random feedback through my audio streams for no reason whatsoever, or the random stream timeout, I don't think I have many strange mysteries in the studio.
I know where the picks go.. Into pockets..
I've never really had any trouble with mic stands either.
I've had the occasional cable failure, but usually from pulling on the cable too many times rather than on the connector like I should..
I did have one problem where I had no output from a mic right when a drum session started.. I replaced the cable, nothing. I used a different mic.. Nothing. I patched in a different preamp.. Nothing. I used a completely different snake connection and finally got it working with the original mic/cable/preamp.
After the session I put everything back through the original snake channel and it worked fine. Perhaps a tarnished connection or something, but you'd think the changing cables would make it work even partially.
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Post by rocinante on Feb 16, 2016 17:59:42 GMT -6
Lol. All things involving phase.
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Post by swurveman on Feb 17, 2016 8:27:28 GMT -6
I would solve a lot of my "mysteries" if I just returned items to designated places instead of dropping them wherever... So, I get on my hands and knees looking for capo's, pics, tuners, power supplies, glasses etc. etc. Of the more esoteric mysteries are DAW sessions that won't open for days, leading to calls to tech support, and then for no discernible reason the session starts up right away. Those are particularly maddening.
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Post by cowboycoalminer on Feb 17, 2016 17:29:30 GMT -6
I will never understand that no matter how tight I get the top section of a mic stand, it will mysteriously loosen in just a few days and I will have to tighten it again. Doesn't matter if I use channel locks on it, the damn thing will again loosen. What is your studio mystery??? BTW, this drives me nuts more than whom or what build Stonehenge. It's called "Adele Syndrome". It happenes to the best, sometimes in seconds rather than days. Go out and eat an In-And-Out Burger, the official cure. Da hell??? Wha you been smokin??
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Post by indiehouse on Feb 17, 2016 18:21:36 GMT -6
It's called "Adele Syndrome". It happenes to the best, sometimes in seconds rather than days. Go out and eat an In-And-Out Burger, the official cure. Da hell??? Wha you been smokin?? He's talking about the piano mic that fell on the strings during Adeles Grammy performance. Sounded awful, but Adele was all like "meh, shit happens. I'm going to In-and-Out Burger."
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Post by cowboycoalminer on Feb 17, 2016 18:27:27 GMT -6
Da hell??? Wha you been smokin?? He's talking about the piano mic that fell on the strings during Adeles Grammy performance. Sounded awful, but Adele was all like "meh, shit happens. I'm going to In-and-Out Burger." Ahh. What have IIIIIIIIII been smoking'??
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Post by cowboycoalminer on Feb 17, 2016 18:28:44 GMT -6
I didn't watch the Grammys. Working on one of my own while it was on. I did however Tvo it so I could fast forward to Stapleton.
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Post by yotonic on Feb 17, 2016 21:06:15 GMT -6
That Grammy show was a mess. The piano player should have stopped and pulled that mic out, or played with his left hand and grabbed the mic. It threw everything off pitch and made an insane off time percussive noise, I'm amazed she stayed on key. It was torture.
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Post by Ward on Feb 17, 2016 21:13:21 GMT -6
I didn't watch the Grammys. Working on one of my own while it was on. I did however Tvo it so I could fast forward to Stapleton. It wasn't required viewing and most actual musicians wouldn't watch it as it contained little to no actual music.
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Post by Martin John Butler on Feb 17, 2016 21:25:17 GMT -6
Don't you guys know the "plectrons" go where all picks go, to hang with the socks that went missing. Mystery #1: Why, after months of solid service, does my preamp breakdown the very day I get $5,500 worth of world class microphones to try for a week. Mystery #2: Why is the scratch vocal you didn't give a damn about, so you barely checked any levels, warmed up tubes, compressors, gain stage, etc. 50% of the time the keeper? Mystery #3 Why, when I go back to a mix to tweak a little, do I almost automatically hit save, before remembering I needed to save it as an alternate, because I might decide I like the mix the way it was, and as you all know, you can never get it back. Herbie, you need this: www.triad-orbit.com and your case is closed. More mysteries to come, I'm sure.
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