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Post by levon on Sept 9, 2015 1:03:15 GMT -6
Stellar rm7 stereo ribbon, great for room mic. $175.00, exactly the same as the x15 for a lot less. Interesting, but the Stellar website seems to have disappeared. Are they still in business? The Cascade X-15 looks a lot like stereo Royer clone, has anyone tried it?
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Bass
Sept 8, 2015 23:40:26 GMT -6
Post by levon on Sept 8, 2015 23:40:26 GMT -6
It's more simple here as I own great sounding instruments and/or record them owned by others. Since the late 1980's I've used mostly the same stuff. Usually it's a Aphex 651 Expressor used. It controls the worst players well. It works like there's a little man inside running a fader that's smarter and faster than I am. The fact that I never hear it working is a plus for me, YMMV. That's interesting, Jim, is that the Easyrider Mode you're talking about?
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Post by levon on Sept 7, 2015 23:09:51 GMT -6
Brilliant, never saw this. Dare I say it's actually ten times better than the original? Post #600! That's way more than I ever posted on the dark site.
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AD DC
Sept 4, 2015 6:49:38 GMT -6
Post by levon on Sept 4, 2015 6:49:38 GMT -6
Check out some YouTube vids, they're pretty good...
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AD DC
Sept 4, 2015 1:57:36 GMT -6
Post by levon on Sept 4, 2015 1:57:36 GMT -6
Did you also hear the support act Vintage Trouble? Now here's something to listen to...
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Post by levon on Sept 4, 2015 0:59:03 GMT -6
Good move John. I love that people here discuss stuff in a civilized and brotherly manner. People here help each other out, meet for a beer or two and play on each others' tracks. That's the spirit of RGO! There have been a few instances where 'asshole-ism', or maybe just plain old frustration, reared it's ugly head, but this place deserves better. If you need that, feel free to play at GS. For RGO, everyone, please keep this place enjoyable.
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Post by levon on Sept 2, 2015 23:37:28 GMT -6
They still run ads in Tape Op and other mags for V5 and it's still not available. Lame.
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Post by levon on Sept 2, 2015 5:17:54 GMT -6
Great read!
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Post by levon on Sept 2, 2015 0:22:08 GMT -6
I see no file to download, only a white line. But I can fully picture you with a propeller hat on, lol
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Post by levon on Aug 27, 2015 2:05:48 GMT -6
I bought this a while ago and was blown away by the difference it made in my Beyer DT880 Pro. I reference a lot with it, but I haven't done any mixing. The DT880 has quite a lot of high end boost and low end cut that I wasn't aware of, I feel that bass decisions are a lot easier with this. For guitars and drums, it means that I have to actually boost the top more than I would do without it, but I have yet to check on other systems how it translates. Not sure if the top will be too pronounced. Anyway, this is quite interesting and useful for me.
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Post by levon on Aug 27, 2015 1:41:00 GMT -6
Ah well, that explains a lot...
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Post by levon on Aug 27, 2015 1:38:44 GMT -6
Yeah sure, most Swedes have. I would have if I wasn't bold headed. I know these guys a bit, especially Henrik and Aron. 10 yrs ago they attended a class/course in Music production that I run every spring at the Royal College of Music here in Stockholm. Can't say I learned these guys much, except trying to give all the support and encourage possible. As you may have noticed, wether or not you like the style, Henrik has pretty much no limits. He was a monster already back then. Practiced all the time, mostly night time, which showed on my classes Top notch sight reader too. Aron was good but not as consistent as he is today. Practiced a lot to get there. I met him from time to time on a couple of school projects. A couple of years later I heard him in the studio and noticed his playing had gained wheight and consistency. I remember commenting on that and how impressed I was by his progress and his groove. He said he was happy I noticed and also mentioned this new project and the vids they just had put on YouTube... I met them recently and they still have their feet on the ground. Very nice and out of this world talented guys. Really happy things are going well for them. This band is an eye-opener for sure.. Their musicianship is almost eclipsed by their arrangements with all that over-the-top harmonic density and motion. It's fabulous that they're out there playing, but of course their music is much too sophisticated for popular mass appeal. Not that they care one wit, ..or should. Their covers are unbelievable.. Great tune and great playing. Nice to see that some young guns still have the chops. Am I the only one who hears a lot of Stevie Wonder in those vocals?
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Post by levon on Aug 26, 2015 7:56:38 GMT -6
This can't be physical record sales, the figures seem very wrong to me. It says somewhere that The Beatles sold over 600 million records. This page claims more than 2 billion. The same website has a ranking that looks quite different. No clue what the true figures are, but those initial ones seem way too low.
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Post by levon on Aug 22, 2015 3:00:15 GMT -6
Older version sounds better to me. More depth and separation, seems more dynamic and interesting. not on my rig, exactly opposite... hmmm Same here. The new version is much punchier, I noticed it immediately in the bass and kick. Also the snare sounds more punchy. The older one sounds, I don't know, flabby in comparison.
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Post by levon on Aug 21, 2015 1:20:56 GMT -6
Good find TC. I love his style, what a voice.
I got a bit dsitracted by the added guitars, there's also a better isolated version of this:
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Post by levon on Aug 20, 2015 23:08:17 GMT -6
Jamie, sorry about your loss, I lost my oldest cat last Sunday and another one 4 weeks ago. I know how it feels. Hole in my soul, indeed. Still enjoy your music and love the Hammond track you did for me. Keep your head up.
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Post by levon on Aug 19, 2015 9:07:54 GMT -6
Nothing tops an Ampeg for bass. Congrats!
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Post by levon on Aug 19, 2015 6:49:26 GMT -6
I have a WA76, STA (drip, well.. I have TWO!!! 8P ) and a Drip LA2A.... I Sometimes chain them... Mostly 76/LA2A usually it goes like this for me.. though usually everything gets a quick run.. and a LOT of the time I am passing through a box for its colour.. and apart from the STA most things only do 2-3dB GR.. STA who knows? 8) Bass LA2A Acoustic 76 Kick 76 Snare 76 and just recently DBX 161 Lead Vox .. tracking STA mix down LA500 Elec Guitars mixdown LA500 76 Backing Vox all the compressors might get a run if I am stacking OOOHS Percussion... all the boxes get a run for the tone shaping. The thing for me is using HARDWARE... I mostly am using the box for its TONE first and thinking about COMPRESSION slightly behind that.. yes I am thinking about comp, but its more a holistic process of the whole picture... Say I have an acoustic guitar and I am searching for its tone.. I might try the 76,LA2A,STA, DBX,LA500 ... quickly... with the patch bay I can do that in a couple of minutes.. and A/B by just moving two patch leads, most of the time with one hand... I am also adjusting knobs on the comps with BOTH hands... I can't tell you how much BETTER the process is than dealing with plug ins... the physical nature is a far better interaction... The result is one of two things happens, inside a couple of minutes... 1. One of the boxes WINS outright, or a pair of them, and I am done and move on and I think no more about it. 2. NONE of them work and I leave it alone. Either way, I commit to the sound via revamping, and I am done... Say again, done. 8) My mix down in logic might have a couple of plugins, reverb and delay, and it might have one or two EQ plugs to clean something up.. thats generally it. My point. The boxes I have cost me really not very much.. I bought the STAs and the LA2A secondhand for not much more than a WA TEC each 8) and the WA76 is cheap, as is the LA500 and the DBX cost around the same as well. Invest in hardware if you at all think it will work for you in your situation... you (well I ) stopped buying every plug in that came out. cheers Wiz I no longer buy plugins, except for a verb I am eyeing thanks to Randge. You guys are keeping me broke. Just one more piece...and that's what I always tell myself, just one more piece...I want to stop wanting, it is a sickness... I hear you! I have a long list of all the 'Just-one-more' pieces I want...
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Post by levon on Aug 19, 2015 2:25:49 GMT -6
the nashville trip and this trip are so close together it's causing me pain, my whole family lives in the tristate area of NY, NJ, PA, AES allows me a good visit with them, and NV sounds too fun to miss, its the weeks in between that wreck me, i'm not sure what i'll do at this point? it depends on $ as usual. Go back home and play some drums, T!
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Post by levon on Aug 1, 2015 14:11:38 GMT -6
Lots of good tips here, guys, thanks a lot. That will help with my search.
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Post by levon on Aug 1, 2015 6:18:08 GMT -6
That's what I did in the past, go through a mic pre, but without a DI box, guitar straight into the HI-Z input of the pre. What I wanted to try now was bypass the pre to get an uncolored DI signal...
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Post by levon on Aug 1, 2015 4:52:02 GMT -6
Following up on the RNDI thread, I looked at a bunch of options for a useful DI box. I already use the Radial X-Amp for re-amping duty, so I looked at Radial options. I also have the Lehle Split II, which is also advertised as a passive DI box ,but plugging a guitar (Les Paul) or bass (Rickenbacker) into it and then going directly to my AD, I get a very low level. This made me think, do I need a passiv or an active DI for those kind of instruments? I asked a couple of guitarists/bassists I know, but they had no clue either. Any advice?
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Post by levon on Jul 23, 2015 23:42:03 GMT -6
I saw this thread after a beer last night, wow I'm mean! I should probably regret the above post, but I don't... It's kinda funny and mostly true... in a nasty dice clay sort of way ☝️ ? Nah, Tony, you did fine. Have another beer
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Post by levon on Jul 21, 2015 23:27:21 GMT -6
Happy B'day John, many happy returns. Treat yourself to something nice today.
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Post by levon on Jul 21, 2015 0:49:03 GMT -6
my buddy swears by the Logic X organ, once you dial in a few settings. Of course, he hasn't given me those settings yet... He's out on tour in europe, but when he gets back in a couple weeks, I'll pass them along. Yes, that's what I was also told by my buddy...
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