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Post by jeromemason on Jul 2, 2015 3:10:16 GMT -6
A lot do put samples underneath to help out. Most of the time on the tail end of session's you will have hits. Usually you'll get about 3 different ascending hits per piece, a couple of different crashes and if it's in the song a 4-8 bar bell struck ride. What I like to do is use those to make my "helpers." I'll load in a kick sample that I know is exactly what I want it to sound like and I'll eq the helper sample in the session to fall in line with that true and tried sample. Then I'll go through each track and replace any mis hits or ones I don't like with an unprocessed helper (this can also be crashes and the bell ride as well.)
Then, I'll eq the source track to be as best I can make it, load up Trigger and put in the processed helper and start blending until I get a nice realistic and solid sound. After that I'll compress to taste and she's done. Now, if you don't get those sample hits at the end of a session (which if you're the tracking engineer this is always something you should most definitely burn into your memory and do every single song) then you would do what I said earlier, match the decay of the sample and source, and also the tuning. If you want it dry use an SSL type gate set to fast, but raise the range a little so there's still some bleed and movement in there, that'll make it sound more natural.
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Post by jeromemason on Jul 2, 2015 1:50:38 GMT -6
Yippieeeeeee Finally it's being created and by non other than Onlymee, and to those that don't know who that is, let me just tell you that this guys designs are top notch, extremely true to the circuits more so than any I've ever heard. I built is U76 based of the RevA blues stripe 1176 and it was almost near identical in how it sounded to an original revA, even the harmonic distortions were the same. He's just started this, and it was a feeler, but is now putting this project together to start offering. I'm as giddy as a little freaking school girl. This will be amazing, and in a 500 style wow. I will rack mine however, I am only going with the PCB's, I don't have room for anymore 500 stuff. I don't know when he's going to start selling the stuff, but I pray to God it's soon, I'm in desperate need of a GML eq and David's recreation will sound spot on. Here's the GDIY thread. groupdiy.com/index.php?topic=59638.0
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Post by jeromemason on Jul 1, 2015 21:42:45 GMT -6
I sure hope they start making a good living off royalties..... if we go to a flat rate system it's not good for anyone but the labels. It would ensure the songwriters way of life, but take away the chance of a single going viral and the songwriter paying off their mortgage and taking a 3 month holiday in the Turks. It also makes it harder for indie artist to get good quality songs and then we risk losing talent. This whole issue of the royalties is such a bigger issue than John Q Public understands. They love music, but they don't understand what is going to happen if they don't start paying for music again. If they could really understand how a free music system would effect the future of music, I can't imagine they would embrace it as they do.
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Post by jeromemason on Jul 1, 2015 20:45:39 GMT -6
Are we talking about full replacement or supplementing??? I supplement, if it's tracked really well then of course there's no need to replace it. But, I will say that someone sits there and eq's the shit out of a kick or snare and mangles it to death trying to make it something it's not then you supplement. Tune the sample to whatever the source is, adjust the decay to match the source and then pump that into your ambience send. The goal is to make it natural, ambience helps with that.
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Post by jeromemason on Jul 1, 2015 19:39:36 GMT -6
Majestic, perfect word man. Listening to the foreground it's heartwarming, but listening to the background it's beyond brilliance.
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Post by jeromemason on Jul 1, 2015 19:36:50 GMT -6
The Nashville Gear Trader on Facebook has some insane deals all the time. You have to request to join, I'm not sure if they limit it to your location or not though. Do you have a link? I'm not finding it for some reason. www.facebook.com/groups/Nashville.Music.Gear.Trader/
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Post by jeromemason on Jul 1, 2015 16:47:14 GMT -6
The Nashville Gear Trader on Facebook has some insane deals all the time. You have to request to join, I'm not sure if they limit it to your location or not though.
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Post by jeromemason on Jul 1, 2015 16:45:35 GMT -6
Well, you know it's a damn shame they are withholding that. I mean other DAWs don't. They are missing here. I mean the folks that use HD are always going to use HD, we are talking about another 16 outputs, for most major studios using HD it still wouldn't allow them into the Native system, but would allow folks like me to utilize Native to my full potential. Right now I'm having to sacrifice a few outputs because of the 32 limit..... it's just crazy they limit it to 32, it doesn't allow the outputting to things like other reference monitoring and such. Maybe in the future they will expand it for us Native users, until then I'll just work with what I've got.
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Post by jeromemason on Jul 1, 2015 14:56:56 GMT -6
Ha yes it was you, I do remember now. Honestly up until I'd heard this I was a little unsure to place Hans there, but now I'm fully behind it, he's on the level of Mozart in the modern era.
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Post by jeromemason on Jul 1, 2015 14:55:24 GMT -6
I just wish they would increase the physical I/O count. 32 just isn't enough, but to go to HD is unrealistic for me, I have no need for it other than having a few extra I/O. If they'd go to like 48 that would really help some of use that use 32 I/O for consoles/mixers and the ability to have a few other I/O for aggregate device purposes. I can't upgrade from 11 until they do that. I paid full cost for my PT, I'd be willing to get into the subscription thing if they would just expand that I/O.
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Post by jeromemason on Jul 1, 2015 13:13:54 GMT -6
Yeah, well they have Apple watches that cost $20k, I"d consider that too cool for school. But, with their computers and phones theres actual quality in those products. I mean they came up with the concept of putting all their devices in rigid aluminum, and I know it's saved my ass countless times when I would drop my macbook or iPhone. One thing, Apple has always been a music company, they are heavily involved with a lot of the music industry, if they were to short anyone it would ruin them, and quickly. You saw what happened with Taylor and how fast they completely re-wrote the start-up of Apple Music. They will pay what they say they will pay and I can't see them using any sleezy loopholes to fuck over people either. The leadership at Apple seems to be staying true, Jobs was honestly an ambassador for the music business, he made us all a lot of money with the iPod and iTunes when pirating started, he found a way to make it so people would still want to pay for music. This is really similar, if you look at how they've set this up, people are going to want to keep those subscriptions after the trial, once the connect and community become a part of people's lives they'll never want to give that up. For $15.99 6 people in a family can have this, and for $9.99 single folks can, of course they'll keep paying and it'll become the "too cool for school" fad that people want to be a part of, a new culture, a new idea for those that don't place value on music. I think Apple thought, "if we can't get them to value music, we'll create a community they will value." This is brilliant, and there's no way Spotify will keep up with this either, they are a drop in the bucket compared to Apple's number of members. I could really see a very large majority of Apples members joining this, if not damn near all. Streaming has become the way people really want their music delivered. The beauty of Apple Music is they are creating a culture around the streaming, almost like the same culture that sat in front of the record player reading the record jacket while they listened to the tunes. Now people can start listening to an album and dive into the a community about it, allowing them to connect (good name apple) with music again. Clearly you guys have to see Apple cares about the music industry, just look at how this thing is set up, you can see they are trying to fix this.
I'm an optimist, everytime something like this comes along I want to speak positive about it and I want it to help change the way this crazy ass business has become. I want those days of budgets that actually allowed creativity and people like me to make a nice living doing this, and don't say those days are gone, because if the money comes back those days are not gone.
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Post by jeromemason on Jul 1, 2015 3:10:55 GMT -6
I'm not sure how exactly "new" this movie is, I think it's a year old or so, but today, when I had my shiny new Apple streaming going I was listening to my Zimmer playlist, and this score comes up and I'm absolutely floored. I always thought that Zimmer would never top the Batman scores, some of the stuff in there is just incredible. But, then he does this. Hans is a modern day Mozart, I remember someone making that comparison on here a while back and I was kind of like "no, close but no." Well, listening to this I'm starting to believe Hans is just getting really started. In this piece, Hans takes a little different approach to what he's most known for in using odd and creative unnatural sounds, this is more in Renaissance, but with a modern melody, which is really beautiful. This reminds me of the Opera style pieces from Mozart because of the movements. Hans creates several movements here, although, in the old days it was much more structured like our modern song structure today, but, Hans really pulls you in on this one. You're not sure what's coming next, but everything is absolutely perfect because I don't think he could had grabbed my soul and emotions anymore than he did with this. Listening to the arrangement, Hans does something similar that Mozart would do, the Violins are smooth and carry melody, but seem to quickly change to an arpeggiation when the melody is handed off to the cello's and basses. Then the Viola's and Violins again take the melody and the opposite happens, the lower octave instruments take the arpeggiation in a beautiful arrangement. Some credit HAS to go to Allen Meyerson here as well, this could be some of Allen's best recordings and mixing. I can hear every single instrument, the ambience is perfect, there is no cloud, no mud, it's crystal clear, warm and bold all at the same time. You can hear that Allen has really sculpted and carved room for everything in this mix, it's probably the best I've ever heard in an orchestral recording. He captures the and sculpts so well, you can hear perfectly each stringed instrument's grit from the resin, that gripping almost saturating sound that these instruments do when you're 10' away from them. I just had to post this, I'm a massive classical buff, I draw so much inspiration from it, and it also is the one musical genre that really brings me peace and fulfillment. A bit deep, yea, but it's the truth. Anyway, have a listen, it's incredible. The particular one I am speaking of and love the most is "light as a feather." The part I'm most enamored with is around 1:30. itun.es/us/4qDxV?i=794678385~Jerome
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Post by jeromemason on Jul 1, 2015 2:50:51 GMT -6
Geeze, I still can't get over how good the streaming sounds. If you ever just listen to the sides of something played from Spotify, Pandora, etc. You can hear that digital fuzz that's hidden or covered up by the audio, with this, it doesn't have that, it's really similar to a CD. I'm incredibly impressed.
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Post by jeromemason on Jun 30, 2015 21:34:03 GMT -6
Really excited about it, I think this is going to do some good for the music industry I really do. I don't see people trying this and then going back Spotify. There's just too many features and it sounds a hell of a lot better. As long as they hold true on the pay out they have promised I will be Using this from now on.
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Post by jeromemason on Jun 30, 2015 21:08:11 GMT -6
This kicks Spotify's ass. The quality of streaming is exponentially better, and all my music from everywhere is in one place. There's no way people are going back to Pandora or Spotify now that this is out there l. The connect feature, all of it, just killer!
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Post by jeromemason on Jun 30, 2015 8:26:44 GMT -6
I hope, Pandora and Spotify are the 3rd and 4th most grossed apps respectively.
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Post by jeromemason on Jun 30, 2015 8:07:24 GMT -6
It's Tuesday....!i'm still trying to find out how to join this thing and use it, anyone figure this out?
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Post by jeromemason on Jun 28, 2015 19:54:35 GMT -6
I will for sure. If they dick around though with the royalty payouts I'll be done.
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Post by jeromemason on Jun 28, 2015 0:22:39 GMT -6
I think you're safe homie, hidden text or not I still didn't understand what the hell you said. LOL
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Post by jeromemason on Jun 27, 2015 15:02:36 GMT -6
I think a gofundme would be a damn good idea. Everyone is tired of the smaller business's in the country getting strong armed, if that could be made the argument in a fundraising campaign, people that don't even know what a pre amp is would start to donate. If Jeff can fight them with money it could have reverse effects, it really could. A lot of the counter claims everyone is talking about could be filed against them, it could be the death of that company all together if they are put on a level playing field. When corporations sue each other, it's usually pretty clear cut, and one of the sides has to know absolutely for sure their suit/charges is winnable. Then it becomes who has the best lawyer.
You get a good civil attorney that specializes in patents to pro bono this and API would be running for the hills. There is absolutely no telling what skeletons they have hiding in their closet's over there, you get a good enough team going and that suit is dropped fast.
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Post by jeromemason on Jun 27, 2015 14:48:54 GMT -6
IMHO I think this all stems from the Heider. The knob is the only straw to grasp to get it into court where they can make those arguments. If you read line 21. it's CLEARlY apparent that the Heider is what is setting them off. Possibly they left it alone while it was kits and such, but when a production unit was made that has been seen in pictures from Blackbird and such, now you've got an idea as to why they feel threatened. It's ridiculous, but they may feel that Jeff's business (and rightfully so) could eventually overtake them on a mass scale.
It sounds incredibly better than what they produce, it's made in the USA and people prefer it over their products. As long as it was DIY kits it was mostly limited to technically skilled people. They probably thought to themselves most would elect their fully built product than having to go through the trouble of either building, or finding a builder, and then they knew people would question the quality control even then. Now that there is a production unit it poses a threat in their minds and the knob thing is just a way to get it into court. That's just my opinion in a business mindset. I used to stock trade a lot, when you research a company you think of investing in you look at their competition and market share. API had the market share of that style of circuit in a production sense that could be delivered to sales companies, so they could care less if someone was doing DIY kits. If I had been looking into investing in them I would had looked at that, and saw it posed no threat to their future. Now the game is a little different because you have a company that is making a better product than they are and has the ability to mass produce it, that would make me question their relevance, future growth and future earnings.
There's no question they've known of CAPI for a long time. Every corporation has shills that are in forums and social media, that's the way of business today. They have to know about every little thing, they also have to have folks that seem to have no connection advocate for them. That was the whole problem of GS, the ones allowed to sensor were the ones most benefited by it, but with constant deniability. It would be hard to submit your own messages from Larry, but, if Jeff's side could find a way to summon the records of his private messages it's possible they could use it against him, but the privacy laws are insane, and also you're dealing with a web forum, just doesn't hold much weight in a court. If it were emails that could be matched with his own, then that's a different story, they do hold weight in court.
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Post by jeromemason on Jun 27, 2015 13:19:35 GMT -6
If Larry was smart (which hes not) he'd hire Jeff and have him run a Vintage Api line of gear . Thats what smart business men do , they see talent , potential and then hire them up no matter who they are . The main thing we need to do is get the word out everywhere that API is suing Jeff and boycott buying any API gear . Well, if you go back and look into some history, corporations have done exactly what you're suggesting, but, they can't allow loose ends so what they do is they strong arm the talents "own thing" and force him out of business. Then, because of the legal cost and because they know this person is in a time of desperation they offer employment with a smiling face. It's wrong, it takes down the entrepreneurs in this country but it happens everyday and that's where the ole line of "business is business" comes into play. My only thought is Jeff does have one product that is mass assembled and labeled with the CAPI name, the Heider. Now that circuit isn't anything as to what API has, but it does have that name on it. If they are going after him because of copyright issues the whole "DIY" sort of gets tossed out right here. That is something that is not a kit, and not DIY. What's happened here is that Jeff has gained so much ground and has become a preference over API that it's throwing their bottom line even further down the drain, it's horrible already, has been for a long time now. At some point or another, or it could be the main thought, your idea is being discussed at a board meeting. A forecast was made on the viability of the companies future, it was not good and then they see Jeff absolutely killing it over here. Then someone says, "we've got money, let's put him into the ground, then we'll create a classic division of our own and hire him to design the products, or we'll just rip him off because his company no longer exists." At that point in the settlement offer don't be surprised if they're bold enough to make a provision that Jeff become an employee of that division to offset the settlement cost. I'm not saying they'll win anything, likely it would come down to a settlement and some rebranding if a judge sided in their favor and if it was allowed to proceed to trial, at that point, settling is your only option. They got this in a Maryland court, the jurors wouldn't be favorable to Jeff, they see "C API." I really hope this gets worked out, I could only imagine Jeff's future and the products he's got in his mind, he's truly one of the old school designers who get's it right all the time.
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Post by jeromemason on Jun 24, 2015 23:56:39 GMT -6
Have a good one brother!
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Post by jeromemason on Jun 24, 2015 0:45:02 GMT -6
Why can't UAD give things like this away? Why can't this be a pedal UAD gives for free from Brainworx that works as an insert in the Console??? God Bless the companies who help folks out. Brainworx seems to be one doing a lot of giving back to it's customers more than any. And, they are great quality plugs. Remember the days when Waves was pretty much all we had? Well at least where I hung my hat it was, Waves was THE boutique plugin Dev 10 years ago. I love the plugin environment we have today. I'm thinking about building a few of my own here soon, of course RGO members exclusivity, no one else in the world could have them EDIT: And Soundtoyz to
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Post by jeromemason on Jun 21, 2015 1:47:52 GMT -6
Hitting a tape machine in the sweet spot still to this day is probably the best way of doing this IMO. Not on the outputs, but when you're tracking. You can dial your tones in right there, before you ever hit record and that really shaves the transients in the most pure and sonically pleasing way to my ears. Drums, guitars, vocals etc. they just sound so much better when that needle on the machine is swinging between 0db and around +2db. Just wide open. You take a 251, good 2" tape machine and an La2a and you've got a vocal that just sounds like it's on it's own island, just amazing. I sure miss having that.
My BLA PM8's have trannies on every input, and I've gain staged my rig so that when my meters are reading -8dbfs in the DAW i'm saturating them just right. It's somewhat similar, but nothing like really hitting that tape. I'm close to finishing my PRR-176, it has edcor steel trannies all the way around with a fully discrete path thanks to some 1731's. That will get hardwired into my buss and most likely I won't be doing hardly if any compression with it, just using it as a big ass tone box. I figure the PM8>VP28>176 will be a very wide open and large sound. I'm all giddy about it, and I'm really close to finishing the 176, just a few more components and it'll be ready.
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