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Post by levon on Jul 20, 2015 23:39:29 GMT -6
apparently incompatible with yosemite 10.10, man this digital shit does everything it can to keep you from being creative sometimes! Yeah, that's why I'm still on 10.6.8 and Logic 9. Everything works as it should. BTW, apart from the B4, that's been discontinued by NI, I'm not too crazy about their piano/organ stuff.
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Post by levon on Jul 20, 2015 1:27:03 GMT -6
I like my tuna alive and swimming in the ocean.
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Post by levon on Jul 14, 2015 7:59:04 GMT -6
OK, here ya go.. Been a little busy at the helm lately eh John ? ;-) I gotta be the voice of dissent here today, I think this sucks. It's patronizing, and preaches to the choir. Musically, it's like a candy bar. Don't get me wrong, I tought his Cop Car was really good, so I can roll that way sometimes. Also, Urban has real chops, so I respect him, but I think he can do much better than this formulaic innocuos saccharine. Afraid I'm with Martin on this one. What a stupid string of lyrical cliches. A crossfire hurricane is a lyrically far superior picture than a prom queen in a Chevy. Especially since that picture was not stolen from somebody else's song. Another boulevard of broken dreams, really? Apart from the fact that the genre is not my thing anyway, I had expected a more mature offering from Mr. Urban. Looks like he's desperately buddying up the the bro-country folks to sell records? Try on some James Taylor for class.
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Post by levon on Jul 10, 2015 1:47:37 GMT -6
One of the really fantastic things about Melodyne is that you can preserve the pitch glide into the note. So even if you have to tune something drastically, you won't get the AT (TPain, Billy Joel) effect and it will still feel natural. It can produce some harsh artifacts if you do any pitch/time edits on non-pitch related material (breaths, S's, T's) but the work around for that is to just to do your edits normally and then go back and reset the editing parameters on all of the offending sections as a last step. I can go into more detail on that if anyone is having that issue I had to repair a guitar note that bent up but ended a bit flat. I just pushed it to the right note and the bend/glide from the previous note was still there, it just ended at the right note. It sounded as if I could actually play guitar
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Post by levon on Jul 8, 2015 13:10:31 GMT -6
I must be the last holdout who only uses manual tuning instead of auto-tuning. But levon 's assertion about being able to tune one out of tune guitar string is EXTREMELY compelling! It's amazing how Melodyne analyzes chords and you can go into each separate tone. You could change a major chord to a minor chord, and noone would notice. You can also stretch individual notes or shorten them. It's not only a crutch for tuning bad singers (like myself8-)) it's also a great creative tool. BTW, I wouldn't call Melodyne an auto-tune tool, you have to work the material manually, it doesn't do it automatically...
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Post by levon on Jul 7, 2015 23:22:30 GMT -6
I have used Melodyne for years without a single crash. Works great, easy to use and does exactly what I want. I could even retune an out-of-tune guitar string that no one noticed during recording. I'm glad I didn't waste my time testing other programs out.
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Post by levon on Jul 2, 2015 23:10:05 GMT -6
If that 2A is really the size of an LA-3A, I wonder about the tubes...
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Post by levon on Jul 1, 2015 23:23:54 GMT -6
Also CML in Germany. Anybody knows more sources in Europe? I hate to deal with shipping costs, import taxes and VAT when buying from the US.
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Post by levon on Jul 1, 2015 23:22:54 GMT -6
Miloco has some great stuff. Not cheap though.
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Post by levon on Jul 1, 2015 23:19:01 GMT -6
Johnkenn So how does a songwriter nowadays make a living? He gets a day job.
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Post by levon on Jul 1, 2015 23:16:24 GMT -6
OK... whilst we're here,. let's play "Name the microphones!" Electro-Voice PL20... they must have had about 20 of those. U87s, 2 on cymbals, SM2 on room. C451s or 452s on all drums at one point. EV RE55. Big use of the one Neumann U47FET. Anyone spot anything else? Yeah, 47FET on acoustic guitar. Screw those KM84s.
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Post by levon on Jul 1, 2015 23:15:10 GMT -6
Rick has a great sense of humor Indeed. Check out his Face To Face Interview series with Brian May, Tony Iommi and Jon Lord. Brilliant.
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Post by levon on Jul 1, 2015 3:15:46 GMT -6
Three hours of blissful memories, thanks guys...
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Post by levon on Jun 30, 2015 23:41:55 GMT -6
Great footage, thanks John. Pity about the picture quality but those were the days.
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Post by levon on Jun 30, 2015 23:38:55 GMT -6
Yep. Great shot. Funny how trivial history is made...
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Post by levon on Jun 30, 2015 23:30:33 GMT -6
This might be a dumb question, but would would I want to use this when I can plug a guitar/bass into the Hi-Z input of any preamp, my TG2 or BAE 1028, for example? Haven't looked at the circuit of the boxes you listed but often the Hi-Z / DI input on a preamp is more about feature than sound! A good DI will let you get a great sound out of any of your preamps. Thanks Eric, that makes sense.
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Post by levon on Jun 30, 2015 7:20:30 GMT -6
This might be a dumb question, but would would I want to use this when I can plug a guitar/bass into the Hi-Z input of any preamp, my TG2 or BAE 1028, for example?
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Post by levon on Jun 30, 2015 3:59:10 GMT -6
You got us
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Post by levon on Jun 30, 2015 1:11:35 GMT -6
Get an industrial ionizer. Ionizer, that got me interested. What does it do exactly? How does it prevent dust? I've only heard of that in connection with health and allergy issues...
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Post by levon on Jun 29, 2015 6:05:24 GMT -6
Incredible lyrics and I say that as a lyricist.
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Post by levon on Jun 29, 2015 5:37:06 GMT -6
James, will that album of yours be ready before or after your move?? I liked what I heard some time ago and would love to get me a copy...
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Post by levon on Jun 29, 2015 5:33:33 GMT -6
Attempted to claim my artist account, still waiting on that and will be definitely doing the trial. I'm an Rdio user currently. Not really sure how this model is sustainable but I also find it annoying having to buy storage for files so I prefer streaming and hate all physical formats with a seething passion from both an artist and fan standpoint. Funny, I hate all digital and download/streaming formats with a seething passion. Never have and never will use it.
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Post by levon on Jun 28, 2015 23:32:46 GMT -6
Oh shit! Thanks for the wonderful music. I've been a YES fan since 1971 and he was there all along.
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Post by levon on Jun 25, 2015 2:21:21 GMT -6
Hell yeah! Let life treat you good. Happy B'day!!
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Post by levon on Jun 24, 2015 23:00:21 GMT -6
Wow, well done. I love James Taylor. Didn't know his new album was out already, so I just ordered the special edition with the DVD. Great man!
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