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Post by kilroyrock on May 19, 2016 5:40:20 GMT -6
My vp28's came in the mail yesterday baby! Between those two (plus 4 op amps, why do I keep doing this to myself) and this colour palette MKII - I've got a week+ of evenings filled. So it'll be a month or two of 1 evening a week!
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Post by kilroyrock on May 19, 2016 5:32:58 GMT -6
It's interesting, because when Graham Cochrane did something like this, where he had people submit a song in January, and he'd pick the best song, he was honest about it and said "whoa, I wasn't expecting so many submissions. My B," and then picked randomly out of the selections and chose one. It was a bit disheartening, but I can understand how the size of these things can get out of hand immediately. They're claiming that they're going to listen to every submission...
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Post by kilroyrock on May 18, 2016 12:46:32 GMT -6
I think I killed mine on the mastering channel. it's what I get for not giving it the time it deserves. yours sounds good. I am glad you allowed the ghost notes to stay on the track. it really keeps the snare churning, which is what he's trying to do.
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Post by kilroyrock on May 18, 2016 12:04:19 GMT -6
Pro tools? elastic audio has fixed many a wandering drummer. if they're really bad, i'll have him play until his timing gets nuts, have him pick up halfway through and go again. extra beat or two wander is okay with me, we can find out why, usually it evens out. I then start with putting 1 of every 4 snares on the mark and see where they line up between phrases. usually it's okay.
OR you can tab to transient and manually do it. Doesn't take forever, maybe half an ELO lp to do a kick or snare for a song.
beat detective isn't bad, I just found other ways to do it that let me see what's going on, instead of trusting things to be right, and then going back to adjust over and over. it's how you say.. YMMV
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Post by kilroyrock on May 18, 2016 5:44:51 GMT -6
Did anyone else notice when Neil Young won the Microclock from BLA last year? The city/state matched up to Neil Young's ranch, wasn't just in name...heh.
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Post by kilroyrock on May 18, 2016 5:42:00 GMT -6
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Post by kilroyrock on May 17, 2016 6:40:18 GMT -6
Gorgeous. Are those custom cheeks on your artist mix? Or can you enlighten me on your source of rack mounting hardware for an artist mix? (pretty please)
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Post by kilroyrock on May 16, 2016 12:38:51 GMT -6
Just put in my purchase of 2 vp28's and 4 gar2520's... The agonizing wait has begun!
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Post by kilroyrock on May 16, 2016 12:37:10 GMT -6
If you ask me, it sounds like Schmalzy is the exact kind of guy that would truly appreciate winning a solid piece of kit, so kudos!
I remember the first time I bought a used VLA with its wandering stereo image.. and then 2 months later when I sold it in a safeway parking lot...
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Post by kilroyrock on May 16, 2016 8:07:13 GMT -6
@johnkenn BTW I did enter it and the counter always says your entry = 0??? I just noticed it still said 0 for me too, was this fixed or did I just not win? or did I never enter then?
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Post by kilroyrock on May 16, 2016 6:47:00 GMT -6
with that said I am interested in your bundle as well
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Post by kilroyrock on May 16, 2016 6:46:11 GMT -6
I think this is one of those things that is intentionally so difficult that people don't sell their licenses. It'd be nice if for their ridiculous ilok fees, they'd include a central account transfer of all associated plugins, or at least an email with new information sent out to each vendor.
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Post by kilroyrock on May 15, 2016 21:01:34 GMT -6
Man, when the capi guy himself chimes in, Id be a fool to steer myself from his vision. I already have a gar2520 I can swap. Might as well help pay back that move to Nashville a bit more!
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May 13, 2016 5:47:17 GMT -6
Post by kilroyrock on May 13, 2016 5:47:17 GMT -6
I have a single hex core, if I had another 500-700 I'd dual hex core in a second. When I open up the system load in PT, it looks like my old HD2 rig with all of those processors! ha
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Post by kilroyrock on May 13, 2016 5:41:08 GMT -6
Yes, it is one of the arguments... but not the one I'm presenting. From my point of view and experience, nothing gives you the same finished vocal sound as printing a vocal with the right microphone properly gain staged preamp, then backed off a little to account for the boost from an LA2a which is just slightly brushing the vocal, adding 'the gloss' and then an 1176 blue stripe for peak handling. It's just a thing of beauty when it's done right. Sidenote 1: lots of LA2a's are tweaked so that they don't provide a boost Sidenote 2: lots of LA2a's are modded to accept either a +4 or (switchable) +10 dBU input load to prevent overloading. You also don't have to send anything back out after the fact, add an extra trip of ad/da (if you're on a daw, but who isn't these days?), you look cool to your clients when you tell them their vocal chain, going in, is the cost of a midsized sedan...
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Post by kilroyrock on May 12, 2016 8:47:24 GMT -6
I got my processor, motherboard,ram,videocard,firewirecard,thunderbolt card all for about 800. Most of that was the processor and motherboard - 500 or so. That same processor now is definitely cheaper though. With all pc technologies and how fast they increase in speeds, you'll be paying more for a limited use motherboard than if you'd just front that 275 for the pci-e motu and got a better motherboard. What's nice with mine, is if I really DID want to go mac (god forbid), the x99 boards are known to make great hackintosh's
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Post by kilroyrock on May 12, 2016 7:40:55 GMT -6
I got my 510 rack last night. This thing is HEAVY - shipping weight was 18 lbs. 1/4" metal enclosure? big heavy rack ears.. even if I have to replace the guts of the power supply, because that's all this is, the rack itself is gorgeous. Just sold a moog slim phatty for some capi pre money
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Post by kilroyrock on May 12, 2016 6:32:32 GMT -6
I got an I7 5820k with 6 cores (12 threads, so it performs like 12 cores), 16 gigs on a gigabyte X99 motherboard. I also got the thunderbolt 2 addon card, so I can do thunderbolt windows interfaces like the MOTU line and hopefully focusrite's claret series one day (I use the saffire 56 now). I upgraded due to a flood, but I would have issues prior to that using a ton of eleven rack plugs in a session, I'd be getting spikes. I don't get any of that any longer, and it's awesome. I think if you're spending 500-1000 on a new computer, spending 270 on the pci-e card that can handle 4 interfaces is good. It's gonna be hard to find a motherboard that even still does pci-x or even regular pci cables. I had to get a new pcie firewire card that supported pci 2.0, as modern motherboards won't even support pci 1.0 protocols. You may be SOL with the pci-x card. I also wouldn't count on every motherboard fitting a branded dell case, they tend to build that so that the heat sinks and power supplies maximize space saving. Also, modern computers tend to run hotter, so you want more fan space. microcenter and newegg can get you a decent case for 50-60 bucks. I came from a core2quad, btw, to compare to my I7 5820k. It runs REALLY solid. Never any issues, other than trying to use old pci 1.x protocols I also have an 8 io MOTU 1224 if you do want to expand with that new card... real cheap...
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Post by kilroyrock on May 10, 2016 10:30:14 GMT -6
wow, cool, man. thanks alot. I could not see the brush. it did occur to me that maybe he was playing with one. but then I thought, no, because he has a stick in his right hand. but I see now, that there is no reason why you can't play with a stick in your right hand and a brush in your left. very cool. thanks again. I have an e drumset. (which I super love and highly recommend getting.) one of the reasons I would like to get an acoustic drum set, is so that I can play brushes on it. While I play an okay backbeat, it saddens me that I have never had the opportunity to play drums in a band, where you get to really own the backbone to every song. I love jumping up on jam nights, blaring through some simple songs like "man in the box" or really sitting back and 1-2ing through "for whom the bell tolls".
Acoustic drums. They resonate. You feel it when you play. That's something I've never gotten out of an E set (I have one too). Smashed knuckles and all..
The bass player in the video - at the end of the track - he has such a familiar face and action; the " be still and don't do a thing until somebody else says something first, cause that take was awesome.."
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Post by kilroyrock on May 10, 2016 8:01:41 GMT -6
"What a shame too!! That's DANNY BARCELONA. That cat could SWING, man!" interested to note that he's drawing a circle on his snare with his left hand (I'm new to drumming......I have a LOT to learn). He's manually creating some tape hiss with the drum brush. That's what they did before the hybrid mixing method and waves introducing the 60hz/50hz noise switch. To impart that vintage analog mojo.
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Post by kilroyrock on May 9, 2016 11:12:36 GMT -6
I mean.. I SAW a drummer.. I guess they Newsted'd him right on out of there?
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Post by kilroyrock on May 9, 2016 8:40:34 GMT -6
Many of those Meanwell switching supplies are fine off the shelf, delivering lower THD than a more expensive linear. Which of the boxes have meanwell switching supplies?
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Post by kilroyrock on May 9, 2016 8:24:01 GMT -6
I'm guessing my A designs 500HR 2 space is also a switching, so it'll be the same as I already have? I'll check my RND 511 between the two and see if there's a difference on the slots.
I've also had no issues with the A designs, I got the rack and a 511 together for 600 bucks a while back, which got me into the game of spending even more of the money I don't have..
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Post by kilroyrock on May 9, 2016 6:25:01 GMT -6
It seems from going to the links, the biggest issue with cheaper racks is shielding not being added around the power supply, which may produce hum with higher voltages running through the units (cranked mic pre's)?
The plus for the CAPI rack is the 24v rails for don classics and other 51x modules, the dual use power supply as well?
How many 24v modules are there other than the Neve clones?
so for S's and G's, we're looking at 20 bucks more to shield that power supply from the modules, much like how many of us have probably shielded the inside of a Stratocaster from those nasty single coil hums.
I'd say for my next rack I may get a 24v capi rack - or maybe somebody could figure out a mod/kit to make a 16v rack a 24v rack, and then you've got the best of both worlds?
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Post by kilroyrock on May 9, 2016 5:36:58 GMT -6
My 399.99 lindell 510 ships today... Now I'm scared...
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