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Post by stormymondays on Jan 9, 2020 15:33:06 GMT -6
There’s this misconception that room modes can be “excited” and that volume plays a part. It doesn’t. Room acoustics are linear and any cancellation will occur at every listening level.
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Post by stormymondays on Jan 8, 2020 16:49:39 GMT -6
That’s cute but I’d defer to Mr. Blumlein as to what stereo is, given that he invented and patented it
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Post by stormymondays on Jan 8, 2020 1:03:31 GMT -6
Alright but get in touch with support first. They are pretty quick lately, I’ve gotten responses in less than one day.
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Post by stormymondays on Jan 7, 2020 8:22:16 GMT -6
You are not going to solve the problem by pulling it down UNLESS that's what Distrokid support advises you to do. It will get reuploaded under the same artist, 100% guaranteed.
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Post by stormymondays on Jan 6, 2020 3:33:15 GMT -6
I forget specifics, but a client had another stupid tale of woe regarding a streaming distributor not taking a DDP file. Would only take uploaded WAV, so no metadata embed. Wish I could remember who...... I’m not aware of any service that takes DDP files. WAV is what they ask for.
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Post by stormymondays on Jan 6, 2020 3:32:09 GMT -6
again, working with a proper mastering engineer and getting ISRC codes and a DDP made will solve all of the issues you guys are talking about. You can't just bounce a wav file and upload that and expect it to just work. Not really. Digital distribution services generate their own ISRC codes, it’s impossible to distribute without them. So yes, wav files just work. Also, there are no “artist” ISRC codes. They are strictly per single song recording. If you provide your own ISRC codes it’s just an extra piece of information to enter, no practical advantage at all. It’s up to Spotify, Apple and the rest to file the songs under the correct artist if there are multiple coincident names.
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Post by stormymondays on Jan 6, 2020 3:26:24 GMT -6
Actually now that I stop and think, I haven’t really studied what panning laws do when collapsing to mono, so I don’t even know why I mentioned it, sorry! If there’s a panning law at work (almost always), stuff on the sides is already louder than the center. Summing to mono just sums. I’d venture that 3 guitars (panned L, C and R) shouldn’t change volumes when summed to mono. It would be easiest just to run a test session with one or two instruments and hesr what happens
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Post by stormymondays on Jan 5, 2020 14:12:09 GMT -6
I don’t know how you guys work or what kind of mixes you do, it might depend on instrument choice (virtual stuff?) or musical style but my mixes fold to mono perfectly. Of course they are obeying the panning laws, but no nasty surprises, ever.
When you talk about “sides collapsing” it sounds like the mix has purely out of phase side information? That would be extremely weird.
When you sum L and R to mono you get exactly that: the sum of both channels. Only stuff that’s badly out of phase would cancel.
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Post by stormymondays on Jan 5, 2020 12:43:36 GMT -6
The Drawmer MC2.1 is fantastic. There’s a reason these things are expensive-ish. Also, top customer service from them! I really love mine. The main volume assembly has gone bad twice now though. I need to get a 3rd one somehow to keep it going. The good news is the part is $20 and it's effortless to replace, only minimal hand tools required, no soldering. I got a replacement for free from Drawmer. They even shipped it for free from the UK to Spain.
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Post by stormymondays on Jan 5, 2020 11:31:02 GMT -6
The Drawmer MC2.1 is fantastic. There’s a reason these things are expensive-ish. Also, top customer service from them!
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Post by stormymondays on Jan 5, 2020 10:28:50 GMT -6
You guys aren't helping. What's the difference between Console1 versions 1 & 2 ? None except a few labels and the country of manufacture. 100% identical functions. I wouldn’t dream of mixing without it.
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Post by stormymondays on Jan 5, 2020 10:26:58 GMT -6
Gibson ES335 ... I also got a pair of u67 reissues. It is true what they say about 67's on guitar amps. Wow. How far from the amp? Mine didn’t knock me out. It’s gotten very hard to beat the Stager SR-2N for that application.
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Post by stormymondays on Jan 3, 2020 3:10:02 GMT -6
Distrokid is the best option no matter how bad it can be sometimes. Cd Baby support recently took ONE MONTH to reply to a simple problem about music on their own site.
I suggest you play “by the rules” so their tools work for you. Set up a Twitter account and link it from your website. Take it from there and untangle the mess.
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Post by stormymondays on Jan 2, 2020 9:55:02 GMT -6
Stereo recording is by itself dogma: it’s a technical definition, not subject to interpretation. Stereo recording is whatever has been defined as stereo recording. And it's defined as two signals. Using 3 membranes to capture a signal, such as in M/S makes it not stereo, as I argued in my prior post. I know you are just having fun yanking our collective chain However I think this paragraph taken from the AES website is interesting: 1931 Alan Blumlein, working for Electrical and Musical Industries (EMI) in London, in effect patents stereo. His seminal patent discusses the theory of stereo, both describing and picturing in the course of its 70-odd individual claims a coincident crossed-eights miking arrangement and a "45-45" cutting system for stereo disks.
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Post by stormymondays on Jan 2, 2020 9:49:24 GMT -6
I did buy the one from Blue Microphones that looks like the Abbey Road on a gooseneck. It’s my current favorite over the Rycote and Hakan.
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Post by stormymondays on Jan 2, 2020 9:43:56 GMT -6
Stereo recording is by itself dogma: it’s a technical definition, not subject to interpretation. Stereo recording is whatever has been defined as stereo recording.
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Post by stormymondays on Jan 2, 2020 9:36:50 GMT -6
The discussion about which stereo technique we like best, or which is easier to execute technically is very interesting. However, let me quote the original post: Is the M/S recording Technique truly stereo.... or, more of a psycho pseudo affect? The reply is not subject to discussion. MS is a stereo technique, invented by the inventor of stereo techniques himself, that yields stereo recordings that are also totally mono compatible. It’s not a trick or a psycho acoustic phenomenon that simulates stereo. It IS stereo. Personally, it sounds better to me with an Omni M, as originally developed.
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Post by stormymondays on Jan 1, 2020 13:12:24 GMT -6
Vanguard V-44. Big weakness for stereo mics here. It lives above my drum kit. Sounds great all around!
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Post by stormymondays on Jan 1, 2020 9:35:47 GMT -6
It won’t be an impulse buy, but I have located a very nicely priced AEA R44ce...
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Post by stormymondays on Jan 1, 2020 9:34:39 GMT -6
I think Puremix is pretty good. I did get some kind of deal price, not sure what’s the current cost. I think there’s a trial? Ryan Hewitt was fantastic, Al Schmitt too. There’s still plenty I want to watch, but I have very little time to watch videos though
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Post by stormymondays on Jan 1, 2020 4:43:55 GMT -6
Those look like great products. I’m kinda pissed off that Warm is going to bring SSL compression to the “uneducated masses” I guess it won’t be a “secret weapon” anymore...
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Post by stormymondays on Dec 30, 2019 15:45:58 GMT -6
The channel count is lower than what's asked, but I would most definitely get a Tree Audio tube console: www.treeaudio.com
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Post by stormymondays on Dec 29, 2019 11:15:53 GMT -6
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Post by stormymondays on Dec 28, 2019 13:41:20 GMT -6
I mix with a calibrated monitor level. Easy and it just works. Look up a Sound on Sound article on it, it’s pretty good.
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Post by stormymondays on Dec 28, 2019 7:52:30 GMT -6
I always mic my Leslie in M-S from the front louvres. Oktava Mk 012 Omni for the Mid and either a Royer 101 or an Avantone CK14 ribbon for the sides. I watch out for wind and I put a pop filter for safety. It sounds stellar.
I also add a Beyerdynamic M88 or ATM25 for the rotor. Even on the high registers it really adds something, usually noticeable when you mute the mic.
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