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Post by jtc111 on Jan 7, 2018 14:49:30 GMT -6
When I bought my Flea, all my mic stands started looking dangerous. I picked up the Atlas MS25 and the Ultimate Support MC-125 and I've been very happy with both. The bases are very heavy and there's little chance my dogs (or my cleaning lady who can be a bit heavy-handed) or anyone else are going to knock my mic over.
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Post by jtc111 on Jan 7, 2018 14:25:30 GMT -6
Looking for suggestions for a really quiet guitar player. I mean really quiet. The Gefell M295 was made specifically for close mic-ing. That might be what you're looking for.
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Post by jtc111 on Jan 6, 2018 10:42:20 GMT -6
What Vincent left out of his description is the word "magical." I have a Blue Kiwi and a Demeter VTMP-2c that sound really great together. The first time I heard myself on that pairing I was pretty sure I'd found a great combination for my voice. The Flea 47 blew it out of the water. The bottom is full without being boomy and the top is just pure silk with no harshness at all. I think there's also a little bit of presence in the lower mids which is complimentary to my voice. Vocals on the Flea had a multi-dimensional quality that the other mics couldn't replicate. When I brought the 47 over to Vincent's place for his shootouts, I took a few shots in front of the collection he was comparing and I couldn't stand to hear myself on the other mics. The Flea was simply miles ahead of the others ...magical.
Unfortunately for Vincent, the difference the mic made on his voice was equally dramatic and that first shootout wound up costing him $4k because he was pretty zeroed in on the Flea 49 for himself after that. When he was able to demo the 49, the differences between that and the other mics in his locker was easy to hear. We compared his vocal tracks in various styles and the 49 is really the right mic for him. At one point he sent me a blind listening test to see if it was all ears or some bias towards the Flea in play, but the results were same. I know he credits some folks here for pointing him towards the 49 and away from the 67. That was absolutely the right call.
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Post by jtc111 on Oct 29, 2017 17:48:09 GMT -6
Klanghelm makes some nice plugins and their customer service is excellent. I wrote to them a few weeks back and Tony got back to me within 30 minutes.
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Post by jtc111 on Oct 26, 2017 21:17:12 GMT -6
If it were me, I'd leave the floor as is and buy some cheap area rugs to throw around the room.
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Post by jtc111 on Oct 25, 2017 19:44:58 GMT -6
They'll have to pry my Flea 47 from my cold dead hands ...and then they'd better pray I don't come back as a zombie.
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Post by jtc111 on Oct 12, 2017 6:52:39 GMT -6
I use an OWC Thunderbay with my imac. it's thunderbolt 2 and holds four 3.5" drives. I think they have an SSD version. not sure if it's Thunderbolt 3 tho. I looked at those but I think all the OWC stuff is TB2. I contacted Akitio support and from what they told me it sounds like I got a defective unit. I sent it back and a replacement is on the way. Maybe I'll have better luck with that one. There don't seem to be any better alternatives out there.
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Post by jtc111 on Oct 10, 2017 9:34:42 GMT -6
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Post by jtc111 on Oct 10, 2017 9:11:19 GMT -6
I'm looking for a dependable piece of Thunderbolt 3 hardware to connect additional ssd drives to my new iMac (10.12.6). I bought an Akitio Thunder 3 Quad Mini but I think it may be defective or the computer isn't seeing it for some reason.
Anyway... something that would house 4 ssd drives would work for me.
Anyone using anything that works well?
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Post by jtc111 on Sept 24, 2017 20:43:54 GMT -6
Does a new iMac count? I ordered a 27" Retina 5K with a 4.2 quad processor and 32gb of 2400MHz DDR4 ram. I'm going to hook up an Akitio Thunder3 Quad Mini which will hold 4 ssd drives. I'm also going to pickup a Thunderbolt option card for my Apollo firewire and I'm going to sell my UAD pcie cards and pick up a Thunderbolt Octo Satellite. Anyway, the new iMac should be here on October 8th. I also have a new guitar being built by Adam Buchwald of Circle Strings up in Burlington, Vermont. It's a Bastogne Walnut/Sinker Redwood 00. I'm guessing that will be ready sometime in November. Here's a picture of the top and back...
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Post by jtc111 on Sept 24, 2017 20:31:07 GMT -6
Sold a pair of FMR RNCs on ebay this week. Shipping them out tomorrow. They've been sitting here unused for years.
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Post by jtc111 on Sept 12, 2017 18:10:59 GMT -6
I'm very curious about whether they've improved the humanize control.
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Post by jtc111 on Sept 2, 2017 19:23:17 GMT -6
Once you're at a budget level that's over $3,000, it doesn't pay to not look at the more expensive mics. You guys seemed determined to get Vincent killed.
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Post by jtc111 on Aug 29, 2017 11:59:48 GMT -6
For $500, that's very tempting but I'm not sure I want to be the guy that finds out what the bugs are on this new product.
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Post by jtc111 on Aug 28, 2017 21:31:36 GMT -6
Sony C-800G? Are you trying to get him murdered???
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Post by jtc111 on Aug 28, 2017 14:41:46 GMT -6
You know what I like. I didn't want to spoil your reveal so I kept my mouth shut. Jim called out the FLEA 49 in every comparison I did. lol. I know what we both like. ;-)
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Post by jtc111 on Aug 28, 2017 12:22:05 GMT -6
You know what I like. I didn't want to spoil your reveal so I kept my mouth shut.
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Post by jtc111 on Aug 24, 2017 8:41:26 GMT -6
I thought this would be a funner (more fun?) wait than its been.. looking forward to hearing these, only 4 MONTHS to go! I'm in that rowboat right along side of you. We're essentially Gendry (not everyone is going to get that reference).
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Post by jtc111 on Aug 19, 2017 15:40:58 GMT -6
I owned a B25 for about 10 years before I gave it to my nephew as a gift. I never really loved that guitar. The neck was way too chunky and it had that funky adjustable bridge which, imo, was a tone suck. I've always felt the other Gibsons you named sounded kind of chunky. I know many are big fans, I never was. I think the 00-18 has the nicest tone of all the ones you listed. I've played a few over the years and they've never disappointed my ears. What's your price range and what are your goals tonally? Perhaps I can offer some alternatives. I loved my Epiphone Cortez which was pretty much a B-25 but it had a super thin neck, like an electric. One of those with a fixed bridge added would be great for my personal taste for just sitting on the couch and a nice option for recording. I love playing Tim O'Briens old 00-18 when he brings it to the studio...unfortunately his Martin signature model has a V neck which I hate. I think I may have a sense of the tone you're looking for. A guitar that might work for you is the Martin Custom 0-15 or 00-15 or perhaps one of the others in their all-mahogany 15 series. The price for those is usually somewhere around $1500-$1700 new. The mahogany top cuts down on the brightness and based on what you've told me so far it looks like that's the kind of tone you prefer.
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Post by jtc111 on Aug 18, 2017 15:27:06 GMT -6
etc111, Vincent R. just mentioned to me that he tried the Flea 47 a few days ago, and it bettered everything in his already very impressive mic locker. The Flea 47 is just about everything I could have wanted in a vocal mic for myself. I'm a baritone and the low end on the mic really suits me and I'm getting plenty of silky goodness up top. I've had a home studio for about 15 years and I've tried a lot of mics in that time, starting, like most of us do, with the less expensive stuff and walking my way up the ladder. I think my first mic was an AT3035 but I've also tried various MXL mics, the AKG Solidtube, and a few others. For a while I was really liking my Blue Kiwi through my Demeter pre. It's a really nice combination but the Flea has some kind of crazy Harry Potter magic going on inside of it. I've only used it through my Hendy so far. I'll be trying out other combinations and see where it leads me. I've got a bunch of good options. I agree with Vincent that the 49 suits his tenor voice better. If he made an album with the 47, it would sound wonderful but he doesn't benefit as much from the big bottom as I do. The 49 becomes really special on his voice when he gets loud and really starts to project. The mic makes it sound like he's in an opera hall, not his basement. It gives him enough bottom without overpowering the track and the high frequencies are really nice on his voice. He was really hoping the Flea 49 wouldn't be the one. He sent me a blind test to see if it was just Flea hype or if it really was the right mic for him. On the raw vocal tracks I didn't hear as much distinction as I thought I would but it was still easy to pick out the Flea. But with orchestration playing, the Flea sat in the mix so much better and had a depth of sound, an almost 3D effect, that the others couldn't match. The other mics sounded good and folk could do nice work with them. Their price-point makes them real bargains. The Flea is just on a different level sonically ...and financially. We spent a good part of that get together talking about how to come up with the sizable pile of money he'll need. I suggested he take out a Craigslist ad and sell himself to old men for $50 a pop. He wants to consider other options. Poor Vin had to send the mic back. Now he's moping around the house singing "She's Gone."
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Post by jtc111 on Aug 18, 2017 11:31:28 GMT -6
Lovely simply lovely but do your self a favor Quit messing with the Generic Chinese Bays, buy a nice used ADC/ Switchceaft/ Moss & Mitchell or Audio Assesories bay ! Used TT bays are a bargain real connectors designed for being plugged- unplugged unlike the jacks in those cheap Chinese bays ! I have an old wood framed telco bay from the 20's that passes signal better than any Chinese bay ! When I move in 18 months or so, and I set up a proper studio desk, I'll be making that adjustment.
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Post by jtc111 on Aug 18, 2017 9:29:34 GMT -6
Welcome to the forum jtc111, that's a sweet rack you have there! Which 47 is that one? Thanks! That's a Flea 47. In the rack, top to bottom excluding the power conditioners, is: Hendy DaVinci Demeter VTMP 2c Hardy M1 UA Apollo firewire quad JDK Comp-R22 I also have a pair of Neumann KH120 monitors and an M-Audio Hammer88 midi-controller. The Flea is my main vocal mic but I have some other decent mics hanging around: Gefell M295 pair Lauten Audio Atlantis Blue Kiwi Blue Woodpecker AKG C414 B-XL II AKG C451B Earthworks SR30 It's a pretty sweet project studio but my room is too small and, even though it's treated with bass traps and clouds, recording is still tricky business. I'm looking forward to retiring at the end of next June and relocating to an area where I can triple my house size and have a proper sized room for recording.
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Post by jtc111 on Aug 18, 2017 5:51:43 GMT -6
I've looked over some of the videos and online literature. Has anyone seen anything about enhanced humanization? I didn''t see anything about it and that would be my biggest reason to upgrade. Short of that, I don't think I'll be in any hurry.
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Post by jtc111 on Aug 18, 2017 0:05:36 GMT -6
I'm passively looking for an acoustic guitar. I own a bunch of electric but no acoustics (besides the $100 Seagull high strung at the studio) I'd really like to find a 00-18, but they are a bit pricey. Might settle for an Epiphone Cortez or Gibson B-25 if I can find a reasonable one. An old J-45 or J-50 would of course be great too I owned a B25 for about 10 years before I gave it to my nephew as a gift. I never really loved that guitar. The neck was way too chunky and it had that funky adjustable bridge which, imo, was a tone suck. I've always felt the other Gibsons you named sounded kind of chunky. I know many are big fans, I never was. I think the 00-18 has the nicest tone of all the ones you listed. I've played a few over the years and they've never disappointed my ears. What's your price range and what are your goals tonally? Perhaps I can offer some alternatives.
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Post by jtc111 on Aug 17, 2017 21:09:01 GMT -6
Up until a couple of days ago I had a Neutrik NYS-SPP-L patchbay which served me pretty well for about 8 years. Last week, I got a horrible squeal on one of my Hendy channels and it turned out to be the patchbay channel. I don't know what went wrong, but something obviously did. I ordered a Behringer Ultrapatch Pro PX3000 to replace it and all is well. No great loss as I never really liked that patchbay. There's too much movement when you plug and unplug cables. However, the Neutrik had once last job to do that I hadn't counted upon... Having recently bought the M-Audio Hammer 88 midi controller, I really had no use for my Yamaha Motif 8 so I sold it to a friend. He came over to pick it up about an hour after I had swapped out the patchbays. We were unhooking the cables and found that one of the audio cables had gotten lodged under the base molding. The wall must have settled a little (old house) and we could yank the damn cable out from under the molding. A crowbar would have solved the problem but I don't have one. I did have a pair of heavy pliers handy but they were too thick to get under the molding. I'm looking around but I'm not finding anything that would fit in the space. Then I spy the Neutrik. The rack fin was thin enough to get under there. I hand my buddy the Neutrik and the pliers and tell him to use the pliers as a fulcrum. I pull on the cable, he puts the Neutrik to work, and the cable comes free. The fin is bent to hell but I'm sure the trash pickup guys won't mind. RIP Neutrik NYS-SPP-L. You were kinda sucky but you did me a solid at the end. If you can pull your eyes away from sexy stuff, the new patchbay is down near the bottom of the picture.
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