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Post by iamasound on Aug 25, 2016 9:22:04 GMT -6
Thanks for the replies. I haven't been able to work now for quite a time niw due my coxyx injury so couldn't justify spending too much cash even though I would of course like to have a great amp at my disposal once again (played through a Mesa Mark IV for years). I got a fantastic deal on a used Vox AC15C1 for 300 bucks so I jumped on it. I think it needs a little help in the pre side if things and will swap out the V1 and V2 for starters. I guess I will stay away from JJ tubes and perhaps spend a little bit more for perhaps something quieter. Any tips for a tube noob?
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Post by iamasound on Aug 13, 2016 11:05:51 GMT -6
A long time ago I recorded my old friend Richard Hardy (played sax and some flute for Joni Mitchel) playing Tenor Sax with an original Rode Classic thru an old Joe Meek VC1 about 8 feet out in cardiod and angled down from 7 feet up 30° off axis. He said it was the best sound he ever got.
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Post by iamasound on Jul 28, 2016 5:26:29 GMT -6
Hey now @johnkenn, something new came down the pike the other day that I think is utterly fantastic because it is so well thought out and can do so many wonderful things in so many wonderful ways, that is, if you would like to create killer kick drums. It is call Punchbox and it is developed by D16 Audio Group. It is coded for AAX for Mac as well as for Windows so it should have you covered. I auditioned it and it is just killer. It is sample based as well as generating tones that can be combined. It is drag and drop and you can even export your created wave file. There are loads of presets to get you started and to muse your creaticity. It has all bases covered in my book. If Bazzism is cool then this is absolute zero at -273.15° Celsius. Here is a link to a video that shows what this machine is made of. Edit: You can use it to process snares, toms or any other sound that suits your fancy. Puchbox by D16
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Post by iamasound on Jul 28, 2016 0:29:02 GMT -6
I tried to snag it last night, but to no avail. Their server might have been overwhelmed because I kept getting a message that there was a problem with my order, blablabla. I will try again today.
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Post by iamasound on Jul 27, 2016 18:19:35 GMT -6
Thanks for the link, Chasmanian, this is one that I had not seen. It sounds awesome and wonderfully reactive to picking. One can find that sweetspot and dance on the line tween clean and bizzz. Seems to take to peddles well even though it hasn't an effects loop. The less expensive and mass produced offerings have nothing on this, not even close. I had a Mesa Mark IV years ago that I could find some great tones for whatever I needed at low volume. My only concern with the Swart is that there is no master volume. I had the 4x12 cab for the Mesa in a soundproof room with the head next to me in the control room in a previous incarnation, so the speakers could move some air if I thought I needed it. This time around my strait is a good deal of quietude. Maybe one of those BadCat Unleash attenuater units would be in order. My understanding is that it doesn't stress out the tubes and decrease their life expectancy as does the run of the mill variety. Tone is not effected either. I wonder!
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Post by iamasound on Jul 27, 2016 7:54:01 GMT -6
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Post by iamasound on Jul 26, 2016 4:01:36 GMT -6
Have a Snappy Mirthday...and thanks for all the time consuming work that makes this joint the best of the very best of it's kind.
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Post by iamasound on Jul 21, 2016 9:22:56 GMT -6
Fantastic. She is every bit as beautiful as the the super sweet love that she will be getting from her new family. Cheers to the coming years, and may they be filled with sloppy doggy kisses and happy doggy days.
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Post by iamasound on Jul 20, 2016 0:04:57 GMT -6
The absolute easiest guitar for me to record is a little 50 year old Framus parlor guitar that was given to me when I first got to Switzerland 12 years ago by my ex sister-in-law wanting to clear out her basement storage. Any mic anywhere, it makes no difference. It has a long old crack on the top, despirately needs new machines, but when it decides to stay in tune it delivers a quaint old blue sound like in the days of yore. It has a flat radius fretboard which used to rip the skin from under my fingernails, but since I have been able to up my daily playing time this no longer thankfully happens, my fingertips are back to ninja deadliness and nothing can damage or irritate them...they are once again indestructable, immortal.
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Post by iamasound on Jul 18, 2016 6:13:30 GMT -6
A little bit ago I adopted a very nice and cherry Ibanez j540 with the spruce top and sweetly tigered maple sides and back. My daughter commented upon hearing it for the first time that she thought it a very loud guitar, and I guess that it is compared to my D15 hog and Roy Noble ceder/rosewood. The three cover lots of ground and compliment each other well in a mix. When using one mic the Noble likes the Gefell umt70s, the Martin a AT4041 and the new Ibanez a Gefell m930. For a dynamic on some things where there is a sparse mix and I wish a guitar to take on a supporting roll and not stand out, the RE-20 is something that I reach for.
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Post by iamasound on Jul 12, 2016 15:08:28 GMT -6
I absolutely loved the TV show and watched every episode when it first aired. I had every album and could sing along with every song. I was totally jealous of my cousin having every Monkees collection card and her not even letting me touch them. I loved their GTO and pushed my father to buy one also, which he did, but it was a 1968 version. Man was I bummed out. Mickey blew my 7 year old mind because he played drums at the same time he sang. I thought that he had the best voice. Zilch was the absolutely coolest song in the universe.
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Post by iamasound on Jul 12, 2016 14:08:59 GMT -6
Puppy come home.
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Post by iamasound on Jul 2, 2016 20:08:58 GMT -6
I remember watching the video UAD put together, which was well done and great fun. I din't get it then either, the guy kept going further and further into some really crappy sounds and was getting more and more excited the shittier the sound got. That was an actor I guess.... That...that was...just plain bizarre.
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Post by iamasound on Jun 17, 2016 2:42:39 GMT -6
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Post by iamasound on Jun 14, 2016 5:45:26 GMT -6
Spring, summer, fall or winter, the M7 does well in all seasons. Sir, if you were a songwriter you might have offered; Come summer, spring, winter or fall, my old M7 it does it all.
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Post by iamasound on Jun 11, 2016 15:55:09 GMT -6
I was looking forward to catch up with Leon Redbone but was way off the mark. Since it is not a complete loss...
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Post by iamasound on Jun 11, 2016 12:57:15 GMT -6
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Post by iamasound on Jun 11, 2016 1:08:32 GMT -6
I have listened to Long Road Back a number of times now. A great song, a fantastic guitar and vocal sound. I could only suggest doing what you need do to have the Soyuz mics and whatever pre that you used during the creation of this song and be forever blissful, creative and prosperous in the inspiration that this sweet package obviously offers to you. Honor the muse, drag her not by her offered and willing hand this way and that lest she be scorned and withdraws. A sense of completion is a very comfortable nest to sleep in at night.
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Post by iamasound on Jun 8, 2016 0:44:57 GMT -6
To each guitar, to each it's own. My Roy Noble lives with D'Addario Phosphor Bronze Lights, the Martin D 15M wears Martin medium M-150's and the elder 1980 Ibanez J-540 ST that I reserve for alternate tunings jangles away with those Elixir Phos. Bronze mediums as they seem to last a bit longer through the rigors of those different tunings as time goes by and bye. When I first got the D 15M I put on light strings and reeked in horror at my folly. What I loved about the guitar disappeared down a dark and fathomless hole of nightmare dreams and broken promises. I have since learned my lesson well. I tread lightly with the dearest, sweet Noble after my brother in law's wonderful black lab tossed it for some unknown doggie reason with his nose off of the guitar stand where it was resting, landed face down and badly compound cracking the neck where it meets the headstock. The world lost all light and joy at that moment, literally, it was as if the night descended and the sun disappeared. The world literally went dark, so was what I witnessed at that moment in relation to my inner turmoil and dispair. She (aptly named Taja, and so named by the Queen of the Hippies, Felicia Rose, as she felt that the guitar has a tone as beautiful and rapturous as the Taj Mahal). Since her surgical repair she only wears the least taught strings but still captivates me when I take her out and savor her delights. Please don't even bother asking me if you can play her.
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Post by iamasound on May 31, 2016 6:44:05 GMT -6
The raw natural beauty if the locations shot for this video are all for nought, trumped, overtaken and highjacked by the jagged unnatural ugliness of these vocals. My ears are worse for the wear from this most un H.O.L.Y of wares. An ice pick plunged will come to no good unless it is aimed at some ice, this resonance as a whole sets me to panic.
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Post by iamasound on May 31, 2016 2:46:01 GMT -6
I think I need to spend some quality time with an M7 rather than just hearing it on other people's mixes. The question is will it cause me to want to sell my 480L or will I want both? If you even had to ask the question, the answer is...shall we say....
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Post by iamasound on May 26, 2016 8:11:52 GMT -6
Yes, no on the cotton swabs as they always leave nasty remains behind to dampen a future perfectly wonderful day.
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Post by iamasound on May 26, 2016 2:00:20 GMT -6
Pocket change and cheaper by the dozen. My name is Elmer J. Fudd and I own a mansion and a yacht.
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Post by iamasound on May 25, 2016 13:01:34 GMT -6
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Post by iamasound on May 15, 2016 2:27:30 GMT -6
I will guess Room 2 is the hardware as it seemed a bit wider and detailed. My ears are not golden by any stretch of the imagination, but I think I got it right.
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