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Post by Guitar on Nov 18, 2022 20:29:27 GMT -6
"more expensive Supreme". Diana? Chris That was Dirty ! Dirty Diana ... the song almost writes itself
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Post by Guitar on Nov 16, 2022 9:56:29 GMT -6
I'm still buying things like yoga mats, pour over coffee gear, and so on. But my Katana and Crush 20 are coming today. Here's my code for NI Massive synthesizer for free if anyone doesn't have it, whoever grabs it first happy halloween!
I already own Massive and Massive X
14053-77348-71083-59019-05145
enter in Native Access software to register
-munky
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Post by Guitar on Nov 11, 2022 10:35:03 GMT -6
I got a, uhm, Katana 50 combo coming and a Classic Lead 80 celestion speaker to stick in there. This will make a pair of K50 amps for my mid sized "stereo rig," which is nearly complete. The last nitpicky detail is to get a stereo CE-1/CE-2 WAZA to replace my mono output self-made CE-2 clone. Stereo chorus!!!! Of chourus, why wouldn't you?
I've got micro, mid, and massive stereo rigs at this point. Quite obviously the micro and mid ones will be more usable in most locations and sit you ashuns.
monkey ding dong reporting for dooty
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Post by Guitar on Oct 2, 2022 10:00:19 GMT -6
shirts, buddhism books, sleeping bag, camp stove, shoes, propane, lots of things like this, oh and I fixed a few pedals I now get to keep, DL4 MKI and Visual Sound H20
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Post by Guitar on Aug 8, 2022 7:14:05 GMT -6
Drops of Jupiter in your hair, eeeyaaayayyaaaa
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Post by Guitar on Aug 7, 2022 8:04:33 GMT -6
Nowadays I hate selling stuff. And I now hate to buy used stuff on eBay/Reverb. Everything has gotten so expensive (perhaps because of fees) that many sellers think that their used gear should cost MORE than retail price. I don't understand Reverb anymore. I'll rather buy it new, cheaper, and with a warranty. Case in point: I was looking to buy a FMR RNC and I was able to find it new, with no taxes, from Front End Audio for $185. eBay/Reverb sellers wanted $220+ for their used units. Does anybody know what's going on?
Does anybody know what's going on? Answer, no, not really. But there's a lot of people who will try to tell you what it is.
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Post by Guitar on Aug 7, 2022 7:40:58 GMT -6
For anyone "wondering," .....
A princeton has a lower power tube dissipation, and a smallish output transformer.
A Deluxe has higher power tube dissipation, and, a larger output transformer.
This is a significant difference. What's called the "power amp section."
Similar to "reasons" why a Bandmaster is different to a Bassman, and so on. Bla bla bla, but I think it's good to know, if you're a connoisseur of amps.
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Post by Guitar on Aug 7, 2022 7:37:45 GMT -6
What sort of fuckery makes me really, really want to buy a Deluxe Reverb when I already have a Princeton Reverb and a Vibro Champ? There is no real musical purpose for this lust is there?
Bigger, bigger, bigger. I'm personally most 'tracted to the Twin, Super Reverb type of amps, bassman combos, and so on, the "big ones." that's "my sound."
Deluxe is smallbig. Getting there. Princeton and champs are just small.
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Post by Guitar on Jul 31, 2022 12:04:36 GMT -6
If anyone wants some plugins, $50 you have to spend, $100 cart total, so half price whatever, Plugin Alliance, there's a bunch of other brands in there now too, Rule Tec, Acon, whatever
Here's a $50 voucher
2022-07-508ZBEJW
I'm less and less in the plugin game, and forum game, but use it if you like.
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Post by Guitar on Jul 27, 2022 12:50:37 GMT -6
I got a Source Audio True Spring. It's a stereo reverb and a stereo pan/tremolo. Incredible! Kind of functions as a clean boost too. Took me months to "find" this before pulling the trigger. Flint? nope. Wampler whateverlidoo? Nope. and so on, on down the list. This one does all the things. Verry innerspring!
It's a damn good pedal. If it makes anyone feel more interested, Josh from JHS in one of his youtube "shows" said this is "the best spring reverb pedal."
And then he played a real spring tank in the video, but whatever, that's not totally practical.
And I love the fact that it's programmable and has stereo tremolo all in one pedal. About $200 bucks, maybe more if you purchase at full sticker price.
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Post by Guitar on Jul 27, 2022 12:13:21 GMT -6
Just got two Louder Than Liftoff Hitmaker 4000 . I might get another pair at some point, I wouldd like to use both the FAT and RICH settings in a row.
Well I expect twice as many hits, or hits twice as fast from you from here on x-D
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Post by Guitar on Jul 26, 2022 11:07:43 GMT -6
I got a Source Audio True Spring. It's a stereo reverb and a stereo pan/tremolo. Incredible! Kind of functions as a clean boost too. Took me months to "find" this before pulling the trigger. Flint? nope. Wampler whateverlidoo? Nope. and so on, on down the list. This one does all the things.
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Post by Guitar on Jul 24, 2022 9:53:20 GMT -6
Been watching this Soundwide cabal develop between iZotope (the poor capitalization company), Native Instruments (the poor spelling company) and Plugin Alliance. The PA loyalty voucher spend thresholds went up but I decided to use my $50 June voucher on bx_masterdesk True Peak ($10), TOMO LISA ($16) and the Soundwide Intro Bundle ($25), which included the bx_subsynth, bx_stereomaker, bx_digital V3 and bx_console N AAX DSP plugins, as well as bx_delay 2500, Guitar Rig 6 LE, Massive, Vocal Synth 2, Trash 2, Nimbus, R4 and the Elements bundles. I was mainly after the PA AAX DSP stuff so hadn't even registered the NI and iZotope products, but when I got around to registering Vocal Synth 2 yesterday, iZotope sent me a voucher to pick two more PA plug-ins from a selection, so I went with the bx_panEQ and bx_refinement AAX DSP plugs. Then PA sent a welcome back e-mail to a second account I don't make purchases from for $25 off a $29 minimum spend, which turns out to work for anybody: WELCOME-BACK-25-OFF I grabbed ADPTR SCULPT ($6) with it, enjoy!
Don't hate the player, hate the game. Haha. Nice play.
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Post by Guitar on Jul 24, 2022 7:24:51 GMT -6
That Scheps thing is pretty cool indeed. Never heard of the BSS one either, wow!
I got the, eh, Lindell "DBX 900 series" de esser from plugin alliance and used it once or twice I think.
In my opinion it's better than the hardware. I had two of those 500 series de-essers and I couldn't get them to behave for the life of me, terrible. Cool "box tone" though. Maybe the old ones are better. Don't care enough to care.
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Post by Guitar on Jul 23, 2022 21:27:39 GMT -6
I guess I could have told that story better. Here's the post I made on the "other forum" for some more context: I just did a downtown theater gig, indoors, no audience. I used KSM137 OH, "Narrow ORTF" (not a real position, it's mine). Crimson yellow SM57 on snare, EV CO4 on hi toms and M88TG on floor tom. N/D868 "in the kick hole." Center room between Steinway, drums, and bassist (trio) was a WA47JR in omni in the "sweet spot." Self made Wolfbox on bass DI. Self-cut-ribboned Apex 205 pair pointing at the piano soundboard, peeking in just above the outer black edge of wood/body. Closely spaced pair. Spaced pair MK 012 OKTABA on the hammers, in real close. Gotta stick your head in there. Self-made omnidirectional "measurement microphone" tiny guy out in the audience connected to a MixPre6. Sitting on a chair arm. Just running. Two computers, four hard drives, free DAW (Reaper,) two theater staff, three very consternated musicians trying to work together for the first time under all these bright lights, microphones, and so on. One lead singer filming the whole thing, no shoes. Three music teachers / "real players," and two "technically adept rock stars" working together in the big empty hall, two theater aficionados making sure nothing catches on fire, handing people things, pointing things out, unlocking doors and etc. Pretty interesting stuff. Probably my most "intense" gig to date. Started at 10PM the night before, built the mock-up system in a garage, slept four hours, load 1/3 tonne or more of gear into a vehicle, commute, work for 6, commute, sleep for real, and then the long tail of additional required labor and "tech support." Pay will be minimal, don't really care. What's a couple hundred bucks between friends. And making new ones along the way! :-D "Sounds" really good, by the way. I guess I shouldn't be surprised, but it's always nice to hear that sound.
addendum -- the most interesting stuff is the "birds ear view." Totally observing the situation as it happens, in it, and afterwards in the audio files. "How things really work," based on sound only. Utterly fascinating and its the stuff of podcast and phone conversation, not forum posting. I can only just type about it here. The tone in peoples' voices, the timing of food, breaks, etc. Jokes, insults, etc. Who's confident, who's not. How they get loud, how they pull back, who catches what mistakes, what sounds good to one person, two people, etc, the psychology of it all, the personalities, and so on.
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Post by Guitar on Jul 23, 2022 16:56:31 GMT -6
Ok, been off the forum for a while but not for lack of acquiring stuff. Among other things which I will post later I also built a vocal pedal board for my new band. I'm excited about it because I just tried it out last night for our first show with a proper sound guy and stage and.... whoo boy, it was awesome! I was afraid the idea would kind of annoy sound people but this guy was super curious about the board and was basically like "we've got time, pull it out and let's see." In the end he felt like it made his job way easier, so that's good! Anyway... here's what I bought for it in order of signal chain. - EV RE420 to pair up with an EV RE510 I already had (two mics cuz I switch between guitar and piano/organ) - ART Dual Phantom - Radial Mix 2:1 (summed to one signal) - JHS Colour Box (wow, just wow) - FMR RNC (cheating, I already owned this...) - UAFX Golden Reverberator (also wow... tried a lot of reverb pedals on vocals and tried this one last cuz I was afraid I would be forced to buy it. And yep, blew away the competition for this use.) - Radial Key Largo (Keyboard mixer that also has FX send/return. I patch the UA through this. Overkill for this purpose but I also use it for other keyboard related things. Reason I'm putting my vocals through it is for the FX control and so the sound guy can have one easy knob to adjust the signal he's getting if needed.) So playing a mid-level venue (in terms of sound quality) last night with this chain felt like singing through some of the best live vocal mixes I've ever had. And I have a point of comparison cuz I've played this venue before. Getting a little grit from the JHS as well as a touch of HPF rolloff, then hitting the RNC hard, and with UA's reverb algorithms? It felt like sinking into a comfortable mattress at a 5 star hotel. That's the only way I can describe it. Reaching for difficult notes with a more studio like setup sort of felt like swimming in warm, shallow water. Like the mic/compressor was pushing back at me in a really pleasant way. Hard to describe. But it sounded great and felt great. I recommend this to anyone!
The sound guy at the theater told me to stand back away from the stage doors when I showed up yesterday AM. I said, uhhh, I'm the audio engineer, I'm recording. He said "Oh your table is over there!" and symbolically let me pass into the gig. Kind of a long story with ups and downs, good moments and bad ones.
We had enough time to shoot the shit about gear, approximately 2 minutes in fact, because the musicians were on expensive time just to be in the building at all.
In the end, lots got filmed and recorded, some of it was great, and nothing really happened. I might post some links later, might be months, but who knows. Got to use my modified drbill piano technique which was pretty cool. Two Oktaba MK 012 on Steinway grand hammers up close. Two Apex 205 ribbons spaced peeking in over the lid at the soundboard. Stuck my head in there, moved around. All mics modified by me, cut new ribbons, minor electronics upgrades, etc and so on.
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Post by Guitar on Jul 22, 2022 19:37:40 GMT -6
I got a new brain.
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Post by Guitar on Jul 9, 2022 15:39:35 GMT -6
I pulled a Lace Sensor Blue out of the closet and put it in my usa standard strat neck position, blocked the tremolo with a piece of alder I cut to size, finessed the nut, intonated, now I have this sort of monster godzilla shred strat guitar. This thing will not go out of tune, and sustains like mad. It looks cool and unique too, since I refinished it with a green stain and it has all black plastics. Photo of this monster godzilla shred strat guitar please!
Weird technical problems will be solved later in the week. In the mean time I have sort of "perfected" a strange, unidentifiable Jazzmaster style guitar, that feels woody, sounds woody, will not go out of tune, and can either roar or plink. It's bright white with a black pickguard and two covered humbuckers, black solid covers with no visible holes or polepieces of any kind. Pickup coil splits on both units. The word "gom" is written on the bulging end of the body, gom representing "true" meditation, or no-meditation.
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Post by Guitar on Jul 6, 2022 16:20:37 GMT -6
transmod is pretty simple
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Post by Guitar on Jul 6, 2022 9:17:28 GMT -6
The SPL Transient Designer plugins are "easy mode" for acoustic drum sound mixing, usually seem to work.
Some people talk about the Elysia Nvelope, it's the smart-man's next design of the same idea, you can get that from PA too, I haven't tried that one yet, but I'm curious about it.
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Post by Guitar on Jul 5, 2022 21:02:16 GMT -6
I want a Jazzmaster body, I want two Telcaster necks, I want a True Spring reverb/tremolo pedal, it continues. A Mark Bass Little Mark Tube head would be nice. How about an EVM12L speaker?
Wake me up when I'm dead.
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Post by Guitar on Jul 5, 2022 7:01:11 GMT -6
Yeah I always forget to use the separate plugins from elevate! That was probably a mistake since I could have used Punctuate recently, oh well next time!
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Post by Guitar on Jul 4, 2022 15:07:03 GMT -6
Neutron 3…just because I own it and it’s there, and I like the way the analyzer shows the transient info. I don’t use it enough to really need anything else.
I love Izotope for that. A lot of companies kind of have these portfolios of "Everything you need!!!" But then most of it is just terrible.
The really impressive thing of Izotope is they have "everything you need" and most of it actually sounds pretty damn good.
Yes you can exceed them in specialty cases, or whatever, but they're a great all-round company. For my money, probably exceeding Fab Filter. For my taste and dollars anyway.
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Post by Guitar on Jul 4, 2022 10:33:06 GMT -6
1176. Or Arouser. 1176 can add considerable transients if you quicken the attack a little and really nail the release down. Arouser has a transient adjustment that really pops. love those too. and those little DBX ones can also be good for this!
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Post by Guitar on Jul 4, 2022 7:23:05 GMT -6
Big vote for Newfangled Punctuate. Incredible multi-band transient shaper.
I use that one on mix bus all the time, since it's part of Elevate, fantastic!
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