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Post by tonycamphd on May 13, 2016 6:35:38 GMT -6
uh, 1987 when Appetite for Destruction came out was the greatest year in rock!
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Post by tonycamphd on May 13, 2016 6:31:09 GMT -6
1991? The year that killed rock'n'roll. IMHO... "Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, STP, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Janes Addiction, Rage Against The Machine, Ministry, Metallica, Smashing Pumpkins, EMF, ..." This bands did more damage to rock by tearing down its relentless pursuit of betterment than anything else. The drive to improve to a backseat to style and being cool and hating yourself and becoming a whiny little bitch. But opinions vary and that's just mine. Jackyl came out in 91. That's a good thing. IMHO Bwahahahahaha!!!!!
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Post by tonycamphd on May 12, 2016 14:57:15 GMT -6
haha, I remember when my nephews and nieces were all doing that cup thing, pretty high budget production, pretty razor sharp sibilance. Pretty face too. Jesse's girl? 8) Not sure about the sex proof 80's jeans in the timberlake vid, those bring back memories of the you're never getting laid 80's!!
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Post by tonycamphd on May 12, 2016 14:33:29 GMT -6
Who's Anna Kendrick? haha, I remember when my nephews and nieces were all doing that cup thing, pretty high budget production, pretty razor sharp sibilance.
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Post by tonycamphd on May 12, 2016 7:07:31 GMT -6
Who's Anna Kendrick?
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Post by tonycamphd on May 11, 2016 10:20:05 GMT -6
you know when you bounce down a mp3 from your session and you don't include any information about yourself in the metadata? and the resulting file is just pure audio data with no means of identifying who owns it (other than shazam)? If you buy music on iTunes nowadays, you might have noticed that they stopped distributing m4p's and went back to m4a's, which can be opened on any computer. they removed the DRM protection because everyone complained about not being able to play the music they bought on their android/Windows device or burn it to a mp3(data) CD to play it on their car stereo that doesn't have an AUX or USB input. too bad, i tunes needs to post... "hey cheap fuck, for 99 cents, you can only play this on 1 device!", a fucking candybar that you shit out the next day is $2! A song that you listen to over and over for a life time is 99 cents? whaaaaaaaaa?
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Post by tonycamphd on May 11, 2016 10:09:04 GMT -6
I'm also going to finish up a few things that are troubling me, i'm having absolute fits with Brad Mcgowens MK47, i finally broke down and ordered another PS tranny, i've had his mic embarrassingly/ ross martin levels of too long, he's been totally cool with me about it, sorry B... 8(
When thats off my plate, i will do some pretty crazy stuff with the pair of MKU47s that i have, it will be really great to have one of them as the mic in kit form, to be used as a baseline comparison against the series of mods i will try on the second mic, i will even use the same capsule and tubes in each mic, it should prove pretty interesting!
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Post by tonycamphd on May 11, 2016 9:57:59 GMT -6
It's not blacknwhite, I don't generally comment on shootouts because A. there usually done poorly imo, and B. I like to get things in my own hands to make judgements on them, with my OWN base as a benchmark reference. Joly has samples #1, #2, #3 side by side, I hate the fact that he imbedded them with casio techno pop, compression and reverb, as a distraction from pure mic tone, but there it is..., plus, like i said(and ward missed), I have a GT2B (the joly 47 body by a different name), with an actual legitimate circuit clone U47 (MK#47) in it, with a spec BV8 tranny, and blueline M7 cap in it, again, from personal experience, it doesn't sound like a U47, it just doesn't, but it sounds good, and for sure much better than that congested Joly sample #3, even against his own sample #2, which does have characteristics of the 47, AFAIK Joly puts in his chinese MJ47 capsule, and pulls out an inner layer of headbasket, then swaps some electronics... maybe, from direct experience, it ain't gonna get you a U47, and neither will anyone else, I could give a ratz ass what anyone does to it, you cannot to turn a GT2B bodied mic into a U47 for any amount of $, let alone $300! seriously, it's a pipe dream, dudes need to stop talking, and start listening, i have a host of real and clone U47's at my disposal, anyone who wants to come over to put their Joly 47 to the test against these is totally welcome to do so, infact PLEASE DO! I love doing that kinda sheet! BTW, i'm sure Shann would attest to the fact that he can only do so much to a sub par design..., the CV-4 does indeed take a huge jump in Quality when he's done with it, but that is also a $1,400 mic, not a $200 GT2B. Just semantics here, but, isn't the MK47 actually different from a real U47? Doesn't this kit use 2 tubes to emulate the real deal? The samples that I've heard are really nice, but to call it "an actual legitimate circuit clone U47" seems like a stretch. All this said, I haven't listened to the Joly samples, but highly doubt that this $300 mic or whatever will be close to the real deal in your own space, side to side. I rest my case, the "circuit" is 100% identical, but I probably should have said "as close as it gets", the diffs are, the MK#47 has a 4 chamber BV8 tranny, and parallel tubes, the MK U47 has an 8 chamber BV8 tranny, and parallel 408A tubes, the original has 8 chamber tranny and a VF14, the circuit is literally identical, it's just that the original parts are dear at best, or not available at all. That said, i've swapped/tested many parts alternatives, not always, but sometimes you can hear as little as a single different resistor in change in a simple circuit such as a microphone, Jim Williams with tell you that since he designs most capacitors out of his audio paths, that the resistors make the sound, and they do NOT all sound the same, this has been proven true through my own experiences.
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Post by tonycamphd on May 11, 2016 9:48:23 GMT -6
no offense drbill , but listen to Joly's own files, compare #2(a U48) against, #3(his mic), are you going to tell me #3 sounds anything like the U48? Perhaps Joly should have posted YOUR samples for his pitch? Actually, if you have those samples, please post them, i'd love to hear them! serious! I'd also add that, i'm not tearing anyone down, i'm keeping it real, I build and compare many mics on my own, we have mutual friends that do the same, they and I scrutinize the shit out of everything to the point of a possibly unhealthy obsession haha, I have a stable of self built and tweaked diy, and original mics here, or at my disposal, I will put any of them side by side with any clones claiming equivalence to anything, anytime, i LOVE that shit! if they stand up? then so be it, i'd be thrilled, and i'd buy them in a hot minute. Concerning Joly, all i have is his own (IMO) weak samples to feed my lying ears, which i trust implicitly, when they tell me that something is special, I perk up, but until then, i consider the hyperbole a bit over the top.
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Post by tonycamphd on May 11, 2016 9:28:39 GMT -6
I'm never likely going to be in a great room again. my room/s is/are getting dangerously close to done, i think it's going to sound killer, a noise floor about 24db ambient?(cricket dependant) you are welcome to come out to SoCal anytime and do some recording/mixing Jamie, you too Jess 8) I just got the JK MKU47 back from Shann with a 3 micron K47 capsule, as opposed to the 6 micron original, i haven't had a chance to listen to it yet, I will tonight and give my initial thoughts...
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Post by tonycamphd on May 11, 2016 9:08:06 GMT -6
you know what would be badass, is an ISRC counter in devices, you get 5 free listens, then your rig shuts it down, and you have to buy it, ISRC codes do NOT get removed as far as I understand, alas, i'm probably wrong...
you can only assign an ipod to certain devices... right? the tech is out there if the will is...
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Post by tonycamphd on May 11, 2016 9:03:29 GMT -6
It's a matter of law enforcement, ISRC codes exist, so does "shazaam", it identifies music, so those types of code/algo's could protect creators if laws were enforced, and meant to be followed by the monied, it seems the American dream is just that anymore, a dream, because you have to be fucking asleep to believe it! Having opportunity fosters hope, taking away opportunity kills hope, a hopeless population gives rise to demagoguery, and can turn dangerous real quick, just sayin..... Part of the problem is it is not realistic nor practical for govement to enforce all the laws it creates. We are left with the courts and class action as the only venue to right the wrong. Class action would mean a law firm would profit and those wronged would receive checks worth less than the paper they were printed on. The irony is if we were still in the age of the label owns our soul they would be fighting for every red cent. interesting, I hear ya but, if i don't pay my electric bill, my lights magically shut off, if I don't pay my phone bill, my phone magically shuts off, if i don't pay my car payment, it magically disappears while i'm in the store, if i don't pay for a piece of music, a simple algorithm shuts it down..., oh wait... whaaaaaaaa? I say it's a matter of monied will.
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Post by tonycamphd on May 11, 2016 8:56:45 GMT -6
really? what's nutz is that guys say joker mics that don't sound at all like U47's, "sound like U47's", listen to the damn samples before you go calling me nutz dude, I'm sorry you need the the hand holding of an identical chain and takes to derive character out of a mic, but I don't. Hey Tony, you are the guy that always chooses to not comment on shootouts because you weren't in the room and you can't tell anything from a shootout without being there right? It's not blacknwhite, I don't generally comment on shootouts because A. there usually done poorly imo, and B. I like to get things in my own hands to make judgements on them, with my OWN base as a benchmark reference. Joly has samples #1, #2, #3 side by side, I hate the fact that he imbedded them with casio techno pop, compression and reverb, as a distraction from pure mic tone, but there it is..., plus, like i said(and ward missed), I have a GT2B (the joly 47 body by a different name), with an actual legitimate circuit clone U47 (MK#47) in it, with a spec BV8 tranny, and blueline M7 cap in it, again, from personal experience, it doesn't sound like a U47, it just doesn't, but it sounds good, and for sure much better than that congested Joly sample #3, even against his own sample #2, which does have characteristics of the 47, AFAIK Joly puts in his chinese MJ47 capsule, and pulls out an inner layer of headbasket, then swaps some electronics... maybe, from direct experience, it ain't gonna get you a U47, and neither will anyone else, I could give a ratz ass what anyone does to it, you cannot to turn a GT2B bodied mic into a U47 for any amount of $, let alone $300! seriously, it's a pipe dream, dudes need to stop talking, and start listening, i have a host of real and clone U47's at my disposal, anyone who wants to come over to put their Joly 47 to the test against these is totally welcome to do so, infact PLEASE DO! I love doing that kinda sheet! BTW, i'm sure Shann would attest to the fact that he can only do so much to a sub par design..., the CV-4 does indeed take a huge jump in Quality when he's done with it, but that is also a $1,400 mic, not a $200 GT2B.
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Post by tonycamphd on May 11, 2016 7:50:16 GMT -6
that's just nuts tony, you want us to listen to different takes in different rooms of different musicians different preamps, daws etc and draw some type of comparison. really? just compare his own compressed and verbed (talk about nutz) samples #2 to #3, before you go calling me nutz, I also don't need an identical chain to derive some basic characteristics out of a mic, truth is all 3 of those samples are weak to my ears, that is my larger point, i was just throwing a mic in front of a guitar in my samples, with nothing but a preamp in front of it, shows how woefully inadequate his examples truly are, a 47 substitute? really? if i was selling mods as a U47 equiv, i'd have posted some accurate stunners up there...
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Post by tonycamphd on May 10, 2016 23:18:19 GMT -6
in a great room, with some depth creating distance from the mic, 1 micron is badass.
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Post by tonycamphd on May 10, 2016 23:14:47 GMT -6
It's a matter of law enforcement, ISRC codes exist, so does "shazaam", it identifies music, so those types of code/algo's could protect creators if laws were enforced, and meant to be followed by the monied, it seems the American dream is just that anymore, a dream, because you have to be fucking asleep to believe it! Having opportunity fosters hope, taking away opportunity kills hope, a hopeless population gives rise to demagoguery, and can turn dangerous real quick, just sayin.....
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Post by tonycamphd on May 10, 2016 22:34:39 GMT -6
I'm not sure throwing good money after bad? If it's a clam, Shan can on polish a turd so much, pics and a sound file please 8) Tony, you've met Shannon right? Dude would rip out the guts, test every part, replicate or procure original new old stock parts of everything from germaniums to resisters to paper in oil caps to VF14Ms he has hidden somewhere to recreating capsules and buffing out every dent on that turd until it was turd-no-more. If there's ANY one who can resurrect a microphone, it is St. Shannon. He, the 13th apostle of our Lord. I talked to Shan tonight, he's my pal, and he's great, but there is nothing he or anyone can do to that mic to get it to sound like a real U47, I have a GT2B body that has an actual U47 (MK47)circuit in it, and it still isn't quite there, it's hard enough to get a spitting image clone to jive like a real U47, let alone a GT2B with a chinese k47 capsule swap and the inner headbasket mesh removed, in fact, the removal of the inner mesh takes it farther away tonally considering a U47 has 3 layers of mesh. Take a listen to file 3, and then compare it to the first file I posted above, it's not even approaching the vicinity to my ears. www.oktavamodshop.com/product_info.php?cPath=1_46&products_id=147btw, the U48 in his samples sounds like a U47, much better than his mod, but still not as nice as the sample above to my ears, ymmv
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Post by tonycamphd on May 10, 2016 15:13:33 GMT -6
I was SERIOUSLY thinking of sending this out to Shannon... I am just not happy with this mic I'm not sure throwing good money after bad? If it's a clam, Shan can on polish a turd so much, pics and a sound file please 8)
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Post by tonycamphd on May 10, 2016 15:11:42 GMT -6
it shouldn't be noisy, make sure if you exercise anything in there, you unplug it, tube power kills! What kind of mic is this? can you take a picture of the guts and post? maybe a sound file?
here's a real u47 and a diy, the diy is much quieter and sounds better overall imo diy 47 https%3A//soundcloud.com/tonycamp/neumannu47jkmku47 Neumann 47 https%3A//soundcloud.com/tonycamp/neumannu47jkmku47-2
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Post by tonycamphd on May 10, 2016 14:57:59 GMT -6
yes right, but the fundamental of a 26" kick drum is never going to be anywhere near that, filtering off any lower that than just below the fundamental is detrimental to a mix, due to low freq hash left below the fundamental, and above the filter cutoff point, it will have your speakers working in futility compromising everything else they're attempting to represent, having a filter centered around 20hz will lower your upper freq cutoff(generally), which will make it less useful for HP everything else, which is the primary reason it makes no sense to me, consider everything below the cutoff point is rolled by whatever the filter order is, per octave anyway. The linked video has no audible info below 30hz in the mix, and that's on a high rez file I have here, the kick drum in this mix is uuuge!! I might add that Dave Moulton knows a whole bunch of stuff, I have some of his books, but his example of "ducking" bass and kick in that link is an incorrect representation of how to do it effectively.
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Post by tonycamphd on May 9, 2016 19:09:24 GMT -6
Damn, and I just built 16 sweepable HPFs and put em in my console... 8) Cheers Wiz sssshhhhhhh! don't let everyone know the secret to good mixing!
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Post by tonycamphd on May 9, 2016 19:07:09 GMT -6
looking for a kick filter.
something I can dial down to 15-20hz and get more headroom into my mixes. the capi missing link looks to be the solution. wondering if there are any eq's out there that fit the bill.
Consider the physical dimensions. Kick drums should not produce a fundamental at or below 20hz. If you have modulation down there, it is not music. It is mechanical vibration or wind. The better solution is shock mount or mic placement and/or wind screen. HPF should be avoided where ever possible to avoid smeary phase shifts. A 20hz filter will misalign signals up to 200hz; yuck-a-fy-ing the meat of your kick, de-punch-a-fire. Tech talk white paper vocabulary. no offense, but you are seriously out of your mind! haha, filters are THEE SHIT mon! I use them on every single channel, and the "smear" the good ones create, if used effectively, is a pure music maker. I agree that a filter down at 20hz is a waste of time, nothing that won't be filtered off with a higher center freq, having that low of a center could be useful..., maybe...., just maybe to movie surround mixing for explosions and such?
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Post by tonycamphd on May 9, 2016 14:04:36 GMT -6
what a crock, ISRC codes are imbedded into tracks these days, if it's not supposed to be up, it should be taken down pronto, any 12 year old can write code/algorithm to detect unauthorized content and shut it down, in fact, what about this? evolver.fm/appdb/app/shazam/ amongst many others! Youtube is FOS.
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Post by tonycamphd on May 9, 2016 9:23:16 GMT -6
Many of those Meanwell switching supplies are fine off the shelf, delivering lower THD than a more expensive linear. I'm pretty sure Dan Deurloo sells some switching supplies, but he put together significant filtering arrays to clean them up to reach high Q, there are a host of different things that happen in those chattery supplies, mostly way over my head, here's a link to a "series for geeks" of the issues a guy had with high frequency stuff, not exactly an apples to apples, but it shows problems inherent to switching supply's, interesting none the less...., i'm mostly ignorant to the nutz and boltz assembly of these designs, but I wonder if the lindell is 1/2 wave rectified or full? My memory of high grade audio is tied to seeing full wave rectified linear PSU's, my memory of low grade audio is usually coupled to seeing a switching supply, YMMV
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Post by tonycamphd on May 9, 2016 6:48:27 GMT -6
You have to run audio through the units for a long number of hours before they are properly broken in, and yes they will change!
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