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Post by donr on Jul 3, 2017 16:38:43 GMT -6
What impressed me most about Billy Decker is how freakin' fast he is. He's demo'ing techniques at supersonic speed. Me, I'm agonizing over every control move. Was this on another vid of him you watched or the 40 min vid posted before? It was the Producer's Room video posted here. If there's more, I'm down with watching. Cat's a wiz. Minimal plugs too. Just the basics. His website is cool too. Great looking studio. And his mixes pop. Vocals 'way out front, and band rocking. Loud in a way that doesn't sound like it came from brick wall limiting the 2 mix.
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Post by donr on Jul 3, 2017 7:49:56 GMT -6
Hi Billy. Ditto on the Producer's Room video, great! You give hope to guys who are primarily ITB.
Like ChaseUTB, I notice your channel faders are lighting red quite a bit, where do you wind up level-wise on the 2mix? I suspect your sub groups are about as loud as you want them before the 2mix. Do you do any 2mix processing?
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Post by donr on Jul 1, 2017 20:39:30 GMT -6
What impressed me most about Billy Decker is how freakin' fast he is. He's demo'ing techniques at supersonic speed. Me, I'm agonizing over every control move.
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Post by donr on Jun 30, 2017 4:50:44 GMT -6
Listened on apple phone headphones in the Glasgow airport. A sounds like too much bass, I'm thinking JK went overboard with that UAD Eden plug. : )
B sounded more homogenized and sounded better balanced on the crappy headphones.
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Post by donr on Jun 28, 2017 7:26:29 GMT -6
Launch the activity monitor in the utilities folder, look at CPU usage and find out what's making the fan come on. That's likely your problem, it's not normal what's happening to your setup.
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Post by donr on Jun 26, 2017 11:37:27 GMT -6
Another is, if a gap in the front teeth is accentuating it then small bit of discreetly placed chewing gum to plug the gap, could work. ..and if they're singing flat, have them stand on their tippy toes. Just kidding. But seriously - I never thought of that. Fixing the problem by physically altering the instrument is a real interesting and valid concept for vocals. I'll be tempted to try it on my own vocal at some point. NY jingle producer David Lucas (the real "more cowbell" guy,) would advise us to "think sharp" to correct singing flat in the studio. It works, just being conscious corrects the problem. Also, he taught us to use only one headphone, the other ear listening to the room.
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Post by donr on Jun 25, 2017 18:36:48 GMT -6
Only did a quick listen on MacBookPro speakers, but my impression is the Aria master is already steamrolling the subtlety of your song and mix, bringing up elements that were quieter at the expense of the dramatic space and depth of your 2 mix.
Not an improvement to my ear. No need to make it louder than it was.
I'm thinking if you want a track to end up really loud, you have to plan for it all along the process. If you wait until crushing the 2 mix master, you're gonna be disappointed with the result.
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Post by donr on Jun 21, 2017 18:11:49 GMT -6
John, what near fields have you found workable?
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Post by donr on Jun 21, 2017 17:13:29 GMT -6
This is a GREAT thread. Thanks, Jesse! Georgia Why - John Mayer, Starting Something - Michael Jackson Last Plane Out - Toy Matinee Cream - Prince Milk Cow Blues - Eric Clapton Not modern, but once I have listened to these five, I know where I am. The list of references from other RGO members is priceless. Thanks to you all for contributing! The Toy Matinee record is one of the best sounding pop records ever made, IMO. Killer drum sound and amazing bass playing (Guy Pratt,) in addition to all its other attributes.
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Post by donr on Jun 21, 2017 17:07:56 GMT -6
Thanks for the tip. Got the Slate VMR SSL eq, but not this channel. For the price, wtf.
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Post by donr on Jun 20, 2017 17:34:08 GMT -6
For $29, I bought this without listening to it. I've been imagining some kind of circular doppler panning that the Waves Doppler plug doesn't pull off. Maybe this one is closer.
Like Noah, I've been auto-panning delay effects for a long time, since DP has had an Auto-Pan plug. Which is many years now.
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Post by donr on Jun 9, 2017 19:40:58 GMT -6
Digging that tune, Peter. You're really hitting your stride as self produced artist.
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Post by donr on Jun 7, 2017 20:16:08 GMT -6
I liked most of the remixes. Nice to hear the bottom free from disk mastering considerations. The bass sounds great. Hearing details formerly obscured. The vocal textures are exposed.
One tune I didn't like the mix on was "Good Morning." The Sounds Inc horns are subdued, and they were my favorite part of the original mix of the tune.
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Post by donr on Jun 4, 2017 18:08:58 GMT -6
>How do the prime acoustic pads helped?
I've had the Primeacoustic pads for a while after hearing an a/b demo of monitors on them at NAMM. They clean up the image and tighten the bass compared to not using them.
Those Rockville stands are a great value but they're not so sturdy that they can't be augmented. The speaker platform is just a steel stamping with rubber so damping it with something else makes sense. I've got a Focal CMS65 and JBL 305 on each stand at the moment, on top of the Primacousitic pad. I strapped the speakers together with gaffer tape to make sure they don't fall off, they're right on the edge of the pads. I use them switched with a Coleman Audio line switcher and a Monoprice 10" sub. The stands don't rattle, even at full volume.
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Post by donr on Jun 4, 2017 17:01:13 GMT -6
Chase, I have the same stands. They don't rattle, but I have Primacoustic pads between the speakers and the stands. Are all the bolts tight on stands?
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Post by donr on May 30, 2017 21:03:26 GMT -6
Does anyone here regularly use convolution IR's of real spaces? Or Bricasti for that matter? I like Ocean Way for UAD, and I've spent a little time with Wave's IR's, but being able to transport my now relatively-neutral sounding acoustic recordings into a variety of convincing virtual spaces would be something I'd like to be able to do as part of the sonic palette. Have you tried Eventide Tverb? Love the room in that. It can be way more subtle. I have Tverb and like it, but I haven't gotten it to sound like a small space. Or maybe I'm just fooled by the GUI?
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Post by donr on May 30, 2017 20:25:21 GMT -6
Slightly OT, but I like Ocean Way for the mic emulations as much as the space. Usually, I can get whatever I record to sound a bit sweeter using Ocean Way's mics.
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Post by donr on May 30, 2017 20:24:03 GMT -6
Does anyone here regularly use convolution IR's of real spaces? Or Bricasti for that matter? I like Ocean Way for UAD, and I've spent a little time with Wave's IR's, but being able to transport my now relatively-neutral sounding acoustic recordings into a variety of convincing virtual spaces would be something I'd like to be able to do as part of the sonic palette.
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Post by donr on May 29, 2017 21:45:10 GMT -6
After reading this thread so far, I'm sensing that "whatever works" is the philosophical answer - the possibilities are as numerous as there are musical genres - but of course technically speaking, experience suggests that there are tried and true approaches that narrow options. I'm finishing up on a song right now where the drummer played remotely and sent the raw tracks to me. I decided to use the over-hat and over-crash stereo pair to dictate where things sit. They were recorded from the drummer's perspective, which I prefer (just as I prefer the pianists perspective with stereo images). As I started panning the individual racks where I heard them in the stereo image, I found that it was too wide, especially the low tom. My options were to narrow the pair OR keep the pair wide and 'force' the individual tom track more toward the center than where I heard it in the stereo image. I think the latter worked nicely - the image stayed wide, but the components don't seem too spread out. Here's the track.. https%3A//soundcloud.com/m57/touchdown-into-greyIt seems I'm increasingly hesitant to post my music here because I know there will be a number of pros that will inevitably cringe at some of its inadequacies on the production side of things. It's kind of ironic, because I think my mixes are getting better. Go figure. Certainly any and all crits and suggestions are welcome. Mark, maybe your recording production isn't 100% as slick as a top flight commercial studio. But your music, including your song writing, performance and production style, demonstrates a sincerity, competence, sophistication and ambition that's absent from most commerical music I hear. You should be justifiably proud of what you're doing, it's really good. That song is pretty stunning.
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Post by donr on May 29, 2017 8:41:36 GMT -6
Nice song Martin. I liked the less loud version the best of three I listened to. That would be the Soothe Aria 2 with the smaller waveforms than the others. But nothing sounds glaringly unpleasant to me. The unusual phrasing of the verse (where the vocal preceeds the downbeat) to me works better when there's less compression on the track than more. Again, really nice song and track.
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Post by donr on May 24, 2017 21:18:19 GMT -6
I might have said this before, but I saw a video once where a gal was singing into the back of a Shure 55sw.
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Post by donr on May 23, 2017 21:03:23 GMT -6
Kemper has USB-A on the back for OS and profile storage and USB-B for syncing with computer for librarian duties and firmware updates.
The profile files for each instance are only 4k of data. Parameters essentially. There's no samples of any kind. You'd just copy the profiles from the amps at your place, and post them here or from Google. Maybe John would let you post on the board. The files are minuscule.
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Post by donr on May 21, 2017 19:42:54 GMT -6
Slighty OT, has anyone done the Black Lion upgrade for UAD interfaces? I'm thinking of upgrading my Sliver Apollo Twin's analog just to use the pre's with Unison software and the Townsend Sphere software, and to get spdif out (instead of in.) I've got a T-bolt Octo for general UAD processing. I did the full bla mod to my sf apollo a few year's ago, definitely made it more linear, but long story short I preferred the BF sound to both the stock sf and bla sf. personally I would sell your sf twin and get the quad bf Bare in mind, when I sold my sf bla modded apollo 8, I didn't get offered 1 cent for my roughy $1,000 cdn full cost for the bla mod Perhaps I am misunderstanding your post but what prevents you from using the sphere with your current twin ? Nothing really. Of course I'm anticipating how to use the Sphere. I can use any two channel mic pre. I could use the Apollo Unison to audition mic models and pickup patterns, but I plan on using whatever pre's are suited to the task. The Sphere mic models can be changed after the recording. I don't need to monitor with the final sound. I figured the BL upgrade cost wouldn't be recoverable. Your advice is good. I was wondering if the analog upgrades made a significant difference. The Twin is a great design for desktop recording.
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Post by donr on May 21, 2017 18:35:40 GMT -6
I've considered the new Twin, but I'd just like to use Unison pre's with the Townsend Sphere that's coming or as an alternative to MH's clean pre's and character DSP. I've got enough Sharc chips for the UAD plugs I use. Ten in all. So an upgrade to the analog path is tempting.
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Post by donr on May 21, 2017 13:02:13 GMT -6
Thanks MJH. I'm particularly interested in what the mod does to the analog inputs on the Twin.
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