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Post by geoff738 on Sept 27, 2016 11:12:36 GMT -6
Just wanna say responses like Jerome's are why I love this place.
It obviously took some thought and time, and I truly appreciate it.
And the Serpents drill mentioned are also high on my list of wants. Good stuff!
Carry on.
Cheers, Geoff
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Post by geoff738 on Sept 26, 2016 20:22:05 GMT -6
Despite my avatar pic of John's former Sta, all my comps are Vca or Fet.
Thinking my next comp should therefore be something different, either vari-mu or opto. Especially with Warm and Stam entering the picture with affordable la2a clones.
wondering if it's possible to describe the similarities and differences between these topologies, and what applications you prefer them for.
Thanks, Geoff
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Post by geoff738 on Sept 26, 2016 20:07:36 GMT -6
Most of the time I keep mine flat.
How do you like to set the switches?
cheers, Geoff
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Post by geoff738 on Sept 25, 2016 22:07:53 GMT -6
Didn't end up getting the Daking. Didn't come with a power supply. So, bump?
Although Zenpro has some Daking stuff on special. Hmm.
Cheers, Geoff
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Post by geoff738 on Sept 22, 2016 7:30:40 GMT -6
Thanks everyone... Short reply and if you have bought a cd and haven't heard from me... Don't panic I am in hospital. My back has gone out and I have been here since Monday and will be here for a while yet. As soon asi am back home I will take care of them. Cheers Wiz Best wishes for a speedy recovery! Cheers, Geoff
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Post by geoff738 on Sept 19, 2016 15:41:40 GMT -6
I don't own it, yet, but every report is that the RX is head and shoulders over the Waves Z Noise and X Noise. Oh, it certainly is. Can you get by with the least expensive version of isotope? Looks like it has a de-hum option. Cheers, Geoff
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Post by geoff738 on Sept 17, 2016 22:55:55 GMT -6
Aren't you supposed to be out drinking with cowboy, Jerome, Range?. Cheers, Geoff
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Post by geoff738 on Sept 17, 2016 22:54:26 GMT -6
Hey, whatever works. Im a fan of letting the bass have that territory and cutting ruthlessly on guitars in the lower range. But it it still doesn't really deal with 60 cycle hum all that well. It's still there at 120 and 240, etc. Cheers, Geoff
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Post by geoff738 on Sept 17, 2016 21:00:35 GMT -6
Never with the digital filters. Good idea, but IME terrible results. I've even tried to clean up some tracks that were done, um elsewhere, with Izotope RX's offline noise reduction and filtering….it's ALL bad. At the end of the day, the noisiest guitar tracks I think I've ever been sent were not noisy enough to be an issue in a mix--I top and tail them (effectively manual gating) so when they're not playing they're silent, and the change is graceful and musical enough that it doesn't sound weird like a logical gate would…. I would've thought a plug dealing with this would be a no-brainer. Kinda amazed there doesn't seem to be a cheap, effective digital filter/ plugin. Cheers, Geoff
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Post by geoff738 on Sept 17, 2016 20:56:56 GMT -6
Are we talking guitar, or other gear? Like pop said, shielding is a big help on the guitar itself. I do the cavity and the back of the pickguard. Also make sure your bridge ground is good. The bridge ground can be a pain sometimes. I was thinking guitars, but it's all good. Cheers, Geoff
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Post by geoff738 on Sept 17, 2016 13:11:15 GMT -6
Obviously you start at the source. I'm not a huge fan of most of the noiseless pickups - although there a few I haven't heard yet - and I am a fan of single coils and P90s.
So, hum. I'm used to it being a single coil guy for the most part. But I know it drives some folks absolutely nuts.
Other than steep cuts around 60 Hz and its multiples, what are you doing to reduce it. Are there good plugs that address this specifically?
Cheers, Geoff
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Post by geoff738 on Sept 16, 2016 22:25:03 GMT -6
Vocal wise, it's the V72 . . . and why I don't currently own one is just as stunned as why John doesn't own a Sta-Level. I DO own a Sta-Level... It looks a lot like the one in my avatar. But different. Cheers, Geoff
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Post by geoff738 on Sept 16, 2016 22:20:58 GMT -6
Have a good time gents.
Pics are mandatory.
Cheers, Geoff
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Post by geoff738 on Sept 16, 2016 22:14:54 GMT -6
#1 Thing I have learned about hybrid , Don't use plugins because it sounds like some analog piece, use it because you like what it brings on its own! If you have one compressor don't be afraid to print wet tracks. Compressors are the one area where I have some variety in hardware and stuff that is quality. Warm76, Cranesong, Daking, Overstayer, Avalon737. But, other than the Overstayer (and I have an RNC), they're all mono. And the Overstayer tends to be permanently on the 2 buss. I suppose at the end of the day I'm mostly asking about getting the most out of my compressors. I can wrap my head around maybe setting up an eq or filters on a stereo buss by setting the buss to mono, tweaking to taste, then running each side through the hardware and printing. As long as those are time aligned, I think it would be ok. I'm just not sure that approach works well for compression. Or maybe I'm way off base. Cheers, Geoff
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Post by geoff738 on Sept 16, 2016 15:39:55 GMT -6
Should line up. I'm in Logic, and I don't trust the delay compensation. Maybe just me being paranoid. Wouldn't be the first time. And, totally agreed that it is worth going through hardware and printing it if you have it. I guess I'm hoping for some technique where I could print the left side of a stereo buss through a hardware chain, then go back and do the right side and have them aligned and not wonky. Im not sure why it wouldn't work but something is telling me it won't. Is the mid-side processing mentioned up thread what I'm looking for? Cheers, Geoff Geoff, if you ever want to chat about this, as I use logic and do this every day.. I am more than happy to give you a call ... cheers Wiz Wiz, Could you maybe give a quick overview of your approach? Are you monitoring your stereo buss in mono before you set up your hardware chain? That sorta stuff. Cheers, Geoff
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Post by geoff738 on Sept 16, 2016 14:53:14 GMT -6
Or maybe I should just buy the Daking.
Cheers, Geoff
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Post by geoff738 on Sept 16, 2016 14:51:52 GMT -6
If you're working in Pro Tools, no need for clicks or other methods - just initiate "delay compensation" - it should all line up perfectly. I put all my mix gear on a "mix i/o" setup and load it into PT when I'm mixing. All my hardware is either normaled or patched into the hardware AD/DA in my patch bay. Instantiating hardware is as simple as instantiating a plugin - and is the same process. If you want to PRINT it to free up the piece of hardware, just buss the track with a hardware insert on it to a new track and "record". Simple, elegant and it yields a huge difference in sonics over plugins. Should line up. I'm in Logic, and I don't trust the delay compensation. Maybe just me being paranoid. Wouldn't be the first time. And, totally agreed that it is worth going through hardware and printing it if you have it. I guess I'm hoping for some technique where I could print the left side of a stereo buss through a hardware chain, then go back and do the right side and have them aligned and not wonky. Im not sure why it wouldn't work but something is telling me it won't. Is the mid-side processing mentioned up thread what I'm looking for? Cheers, Geoff
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Post by geoff738 on Sept 16, 2016 14:25:14 GMT -6
Printing the HW track. Wiz had mentioned some little trick to keeping everything lined up. I believe he put a tick, or something with a hard transient on every track, that he could use to line things up. Wiz? Cheers, Geoff Hey Geoff yes, I have a single sample "tick". I will upload it, people can download it,.. then you just copy that to the track(s) you are reamping... at the start or end of the track, and when you reamp, you can drag the recorded track(s) back to sample alignment. cheers Wiz Single Sample TickThanks Wiz! Cheers, Geoff
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Post by geoff738 on Sept 16, 2016 14:24:06 GMT -6
Anybody here have one or used one?
I bought one back in the day when it was flavour of the month over on the purple site. Maybe even pre-dates the purple site.
Anyhow, it never really flattered my voice, and now that I'm really just recording myself, wondering what to do with it. Sell? Upgrade? If I wanted something "better" what kind of price range are we talking?
My only other good ldc's are an AT 4033, which was my first real condenser, and I know it's more of a mid-sized but I still like it sometimes on acoustic, for example. And the Joly modded Oktava that dr bill likened to a 67.
If I do sell, any idea what these go for? Mine will be minty fresh with the crappy mount that came along with it.
Cheers, Geoff
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Post by geoff738 on Sept 16, 2016 13:28:14 GMT -6
Most folks with limited hardware use it during tracking only and stay ITB once everything is tracked. You start to hear color from these pieces of hardware when you use them on EVERY channel, not just one or two channels. That's why those old studios had 8+ of everything, which is pretty unfeasible now. I have about 4 complete channels of Pre-EQ-Comp-Fader that I can use before going into the box, and 2 bus compressors. I barely use anything but the preamps now. I like to track through as many things that have transformers as possible, even if they're not doing any processing. Most of my stuff is towards the neutral side of things so I'm not adding much colour, but it does seem to help. But I still want a hybrid situation come mix time. I have some (good) hardware. Might as well make use of it. Cheers, Geoff
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Post by geoff738 on Sept 16, 2016 13:24:22 GMT -6
My wa76 is Line I/o 5 in my Apollo, which is insert 7 in PT for me which is renamed WA76. I will process the loop and fly it to the rest of the parts of the arrangement using the guide track or by knowing the arrangement. I do this by printing the HW effect; recording it onto the new playlist on the track or to a new track. Printing the HW track. Wiz had mentioned some little trick to keeping everything lined up. I believe he put a tick, or something with a hard transient on every track, that he could use to line things up. Wiz? Cheers, Geoff
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Post by geoff738 on Sept 15, 2016 22:24:04 GMT -6
Here's a short article about five amps including the Quilter. I have not tried any of them though. link
Cheers, Geoff
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Post by geoff738 on Sept 15, 2016 22:11:46 GMT -6
I'm pondering picking up another Daking compressor so that I have one quality stereo pair of comps for mix purposes. Not sure why these seem to fly under the radar, but that's another topic for another day.
But I'm thinking, do I really need a stereo pair? Are there workarounds to get the most out of my hardware, particularly on stereo stuff.
How do you go about keeping everything aligned? I do not trust the ping function.
If you plan on using an 1176 (or substitute the hardware of your choice) on a bunch of tracks come mix down, but only have one, how do you go about it? What sources do you tend to start with? Do you use an 1176 plugin as a placeholder before you run it through the hardware if the hardware is otherwise occupied? What if you don't have an itb emulation of the hardware?
Looking forward to hearing about how you go about this.
Cheers, Geoff
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Post by geoff738 on Sept 6, 2016 16:50:54 GMT -6
Badda boom! I think it is basically a very simple 5watt amp that is then fed through a class D amp acting like a master volume to bring it up to 100 watts output. Don't quote me on that though. cheers, Geoff
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Post by geoff738 on Sept 6, 2016 14:03:54 GMT -6
Gonna post a link to the Fryette power station so you can have a look at how it works/ what it does. It is not an Attenuator in the conventional sense, although it is purported to do that very well. In fact, Fryette calls it an integrated reactive amplifier rather than an Attenuator. Linky
I believe it is pretty similar to BadCat's Unleash, but the Fryette is tube whereas the Unleash is ss. Will be interesting to see if the units built in to Bad Cat amps use the same tech. I will also add that there are quite a number of reviews on the web claiming the Fryette to be the best gear purchase they have ever made. Grains of salt notwithstanding, I have not seen or heard one in the flesh and am very curious to see whether it lives up to the hype. Cheers, Geoff
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