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Post by drbill on May 2, 2024 9:33:10 GMT -6
How many monitors do you actually use? Two - one for the Left, and one for the Right. JBL 708P's.
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Post by drbill on May 1, 2024 9:14:51 GMT -6
I had the old TDM version. I'll have to pull out some of the old iLoks and see if I can find it - $65 is definitely worth it. Dave Hill is very talented.
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Post by drbill on May 1, 2024 9:05:32 GMT -6
Interesting. Good stuff. I own THU, but it's been awhile since I used it. Will need to check this out.
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Post by drbill on Apr 29, 2024 10:15:01 GMT -6
My contemplation is that one pass through a transformer-less console might be a little vanilla compared to simply letting Scheps Bounce Factory run the stems through my Silver Bullet overnight? Don't know the Scheps Bounce Factory, but an extra run thru the Silver Bullet will net you quite a bit. It was designed to do exactly what you are describing and will sound subjectively better than the SSL;s (IMO). Good luck with your project.
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Post by drbill on Apr 29, 2024 10:09:39 GMT -6
Longtime Air user here. I would say that connectivity would/will be your major concern. As others have said, max out the RAM and Storage and you should be OK.
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Post by drbill on Apr 27, 2024 15:25:32 GMT -6
Real estate has always been the best way to make money in the studio business. It's why virtually none of the iconic studios exist anymore. They have a go at it, and then sell the property. As for AI, it will displace ALL of us in one way or another. It will not be a positive influence on the business overall even if one figures out a way to survive. The best days are behind us.... Bill stop it! You're all doom and gloom My take is way different and very optimistic compared to yours - by the time all the kids have developed zero skills because they've turned to a "robotic monkey at a typewriter" for their creative input, composing, lyrics, singing, arranging, beat making, playing, mixing, mastering it's a long list. Well, my unique and to date in demand skills as a professional musician of 42 years will be in far greater demand. I've made a living at being able to take my and other peoples music and giving it a unique twist and styling and making the unlikely outside-the-box ideas seem organic and natural. Once the lake is full of nothing but mediocre cookie cutter everything - I'll be left smiling and in even more demand. My wife just recently said to me - Mr Tenor you will have to delay your retirement - you're going to be needed and busier than ever! My wife is NEVER wrong How many associates do you have who are deep into AI as a professional - living through it's development for the last decade? Obviously (no disrespect intended) not your wife. I have brilliant tech friends who are terrified, and scrambling at warp speed to try to get out ahead of the onslaught. The very term "exponential" is going to get completely re-defined by the explosive "progress" that is being made. Almost weekly. Two years ago, I had the exact same opinion as yours. You're in the UK right? That might be part of the disconnect. It's impossible to really drill down and discuss this in the US without politics playing an intimate part of the discussion - and (IMO) faith based spirituality too. What does "trans-humanism" mean to you?? I'll just drop it at that and...out of respect to John, I won't go there. Suffice it to say, as concerned as I am about the music side of things, that is a tiny sliver of the perspective that is shifting radically due to AI. This whole discussion is growing and changing at an exponential pace that will leave us looking back at 2024 as the "quaint, good ol days". Look back at tech over the last 25 years. Incredible progress has been made - we send files, and videos instantly to the other side of the world. By 2030 the western world will be looking much much different as the exponential progress of machine learning will make 2000-2024 look like a few minutes in time by comparison. And, IMO, this "progress" will be decidedly not be an improvement for humanity - much less music. So, you may call yourself optimistic. I'll call you (again, no disrespect) a "head in the sand" kinda guy - not realizing what is actually on the horizon. I do appreciate your good naturedness though. Do you think that if AI can create a convincing Paul McCartney or Depeche Mode or JS Bach on steroids after a few short months of exponential machine learning that they cannot recreate "outside-the-box ideas that seem organic and natural" in a few years? If RGO is still around, feel free to bump this thread in 5+ years and we can re-assess. No doubt both of us will have a radically different perspective on the matter. Until then, I will have a sobering perspective with my eyes wide open, as I am responsible for a family and have viable concerns for my country and humanity overall.
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Post by drbill on Apr 26, 2024 16:38:38 GMT -6
The cool selling point was you could order API EQ’s to fit it. Ahhhh, I had forgotten that. Yes, that was a very cool upgrade option!!!!!!!
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Post by drbill on Apr 26, 2024 14:31:55 GMT -6
Useable, but I wouldn't define it as a "touch of personality" EQ.
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Post by drbill on Apr 26, 2024 14:29:08 GMT -6
I'm SOOOOooooo sorry, and I must apologize. I'm not sure where my smiley went. It was all meant in jest - as an effort to help mcirish with his request to dissuade him from purchasing what is no doubt an expensive expenditure. Again, apologies for anyone who went scrambling looking for "deals". <<peace>>>
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Post by drbill on Apr 26, 2024 9:25:45 GMT -6
Talk you out of it??
Don't do it. They are going on 50% off sale soon. For real.
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Post by drbill on Apr 26, 2024 9:18:16 GMT -6
I wrongly presumed that this would never actually happen to you!!
I mean, he's only got 120 channels of outboard Actually, more than 120, but some is not normalled into the system. . 120 is the AD/DA. One can never have too much hardware.
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Post by drbill on Apr 25, 2024 22:15:34 GMT -6
Oktava 219's are a "Dr. Bill" fave. But usually are a bit more $$. Chris I've been using CAD m179s on toms for like a decade. They're really good in that application. These are my 2 favorite mics for toms. Normally, I'll head towards the 219's first, as - like many Oktava's - they have a reedy, woody tone. Works for toms for me. If I want something more modern sounding, I'll head towards the m179's though. Either will work for me though.
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Post by drbill on Apr 25, 2024 17:33:40 GMT -6
I like this plug. It's one of the first calls when I run out of hardware.
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Post by drbill on Apr 25, 2024 17:01:19 GMT -6
Who are we trusting to manage things carefully? Hopefully some people much better than we have in our current world governments...hah If you don't mind, I'm not going to hold my breath, OK? The feds can't seem to figure out the simplest of things - and AI? Pffft. It will take them a century to figure out the basics, and by then who knows where we are....
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Post by drbill on Apr 25, 2024 9:12:01 GMT -6
Quite daunting to consider the big picture, things definitely have to be managed carefully. Who are we trusting to manage things carefully?
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Post by drbill on Apr 24, 2024 20:59:59 GMT -6
Made me think I'd have another 4-5 years to decide whether to bother doing anything with audio. But who knows when AI will be able to apply classic production styles to something someone recorded. There's certainly a lot to think about. Current thoughts from the coders are that we essentially have 6 years +/- until life as we know it is completely turned upside down. This is not just music, but society in general. Seems a bit quick, but the last 6 months of song AI has progressed exponentially, no matter what the naysayers may say. Buckle up.
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Post by drbill on Apr 24, 2024 20:50:14 GMT -6
Real estate has always been the best way to make money in the studio business. It's why virtually none of the iconic studios exist anymore. They have a go at it, and then sell the property.
As for AI, it will displace ALL of us in one way or another. It will not be a positive influence on the business overall even if one figures out a way to survive. The best days are behind us....
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Post by drbill on Apr 22, 2024 19:11:51 GMT -6
I got Vibraslapped in the face, on my last trip onstage. Ended up with a case of serious Percussion*. The arriving EMT's treated the Perps instead. With free shots! I tell ya. No respect. Chris *Shakers/Maracas/Rain Stick/You name it. Did you mic this with an RE20 or an M88 ? SM7B!!!
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Post by drbill on Apr 21, 2024 14:41:24 GMT -6
Other than DrBill. (I keed you bp) A couple of the Local Pro Musicians... Want me to start playing Percussion onstage. OK, I'm out. But just one thought first,,,,,,,, Learn to count to 4 first.
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Post by drbill on Apr 20, 2024 21:46:10 GMT -6
PS - for me, tape is a METHODOLOGY more than the sum of it's sonic characteristics. It's a workflow that I truly miss. Tracking wise that is with multitrack tape. Brings an entirely different musicianship to the table, and a workflow to the studio that I often miss. You can do it with a DAW, but no one (including me) ever does. But 2" tape forces you into the box. And the box is cool. Sometimes...... Have fun fooling around and experimenting with your deck. I think you may get a different perspective once you get your alignment tape and get things squared away. Cheers. bp
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Post by drbill on Apr 20, 2024 21:38:11 GMT -6
I have a thought. Probably not popular with you though.... . A tape machine was (is?) a recording device, not an EQ. LOL. I always set it up to be as transparent, and as linear as possible. But hey, that's just me. You do you, and have fun with it!!! <thumbsup> I’m trying to match what the Otari is doing with the Studer plugin so I’ve got a digital comparison at some point. Weren’t you gushing over the new LTL Tape extension in the silver bullet? As much as you’re giving me a hard time in here, I know you’re a fan of tape color at heart 😝 (I’m joking with you). Yeah, but EQ (for me at least) has nothing to do with it - the tape sound. It has more to do with the solidity of the bottom, the smoothing of the top. Both factors of tape, but more akin to compression than EQ. As for gushing....I've been fine without tape for well over a decade now. I do like it though if done right with the right machine (for me, not Otari or Studer or Tascam - but instead Ampex and MCI - but that's my preference, not heald by everyone obviously), but tape is not a make or break for me. Over the years I've learned how to work without it and pretty much get to the same place. The Tape79 is cool though, and I have to say, it's really worked out well (as in making things easy) on a few tunes for me. Still need more time with it.
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Post by drbill on Apr 20, 2024 17:19:47 GMT -6
Anyone have some thoughts or a better idea on setting up a plugin comparison where i can actually match settings and go through a basic calibration process inside another tape plugin? I have a thought. Probably not popular with you though.... . A tape machine was (is?) a recording device, not an EQ. LOL. I always set it up to be as transparent, and as linear as possible. But hey, that's just me. You do you, and have fun with it!!! <thumbsup>
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Post by drbill on Apr 20, 2024 9:00:51 GMT -6
Musical AI is in its infancy. What you will hear in a year - quality and creatively wise - will bear minimal resemblance to what you are hearing now. Dev's are racing to be "the first to market", and as such, are releasing programs that are just starting to learn. And learn they will. Eventually, they will mature and become forces to recon with. The vast majority of the huge catalog of musical releases in 2024 are easily traced to copying, trends, and what went before. Not exactly a hotbed spark of creativity. That is essentially not much different than what AI is attempting to do.
Choose 20 random people off the street and ask them to write a song. Then ask AI. Tell me that any of the 20 will do a better job. That's highly unlikely.
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Post by drbill on Apr 19, 2024 15:41:11 GMT -6
Haha!! Well done. Your "prompting" is originally you and I'd guess the song accurately (more or less) has the perspective you suggested it to have. . Scary indeed. I think we need to grab as much money right now while there is still a chance.
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Post by drbill on Apr 19, 2024 14:30:45 GMT -6
There's a huge difference is procuring music for underscore vs. source, but that's kind of a different conversation. The real edge of the sword is BUSINESS and TECH and how they are colliding with many aspects of society overall, and for our discussion here - how they have collided with music specifically. I'd like to add a few REAL WORLD issues that have heated up IMMENSLY in the last few years of writing for media to your steps..... Step 3A - Hey wouldn't it be even cheaper to just NOT pay someone who wrote ANY song to use their song? Answer - yes.Step 3B - Hey wouldn't it be even cheaper to just NOT pay someone who wrote ANY song to use their song, and take their publishing too so that we can MAKE money instead of spend money? Answer - YES!!!!Step 3C - Hey wouldn't it be even cheaper to just NOT pay someone who wrote ANY song to use their song, and take their publishing too - and in addition, demand 50% of the writers - so that we can MAKE EVEN MORE money instead of spend money? Answer - Oh, HELL YES!!!Step 3D - Hey wouldn't it be even cheaper and WAY BETTER to just NOT pay someone who wrote ANY song to use their song, and take their publishing too - and in addition, demand 50% of the writers - AND now, ultimately, demand master rights as well so that we can re-market that music elsewhere under our own name / company so that we can MAKE WAY MORE money instead of spend money for what stupid musicians will easily give us for nothing? Answer - Oh, HELL YES - WE'RE GENIUS'S!!!That's been the progression over the last 5 years, an in reality, there's only one more step possible - giving up all ownership - all writers, all publishers and all master rights in perpetuity before hitting up the ultimate wall - the AI thing. The main benefit of AI right now is that it's pretty much instant, whereas with lowly musicians, you have to wait for them to write and produce it, then you have to convince them that selling their soul just to get something placed is the ultimate goal of their career(s). Overall, we as musicians are the ultimate fools. And I guess we deserve what we get, cause we've (as a whole) never looked after business. And now, AI is just so much easier. And so pathetic. Almost as pathetic as those who think that AI will not seriously impede - if not decimate - the music business overall and their creative goals in specific. I thought I had a plan a few years ago to turn things around for me and facilitate a way to make some decent to excellent money. Its taken 4+ years to get it off the ground, and just before the final push, AI has reared it's ugly head in such a way that rather than finish off the push, I'm seriously thinking about just flushing the last 4 years of almost full time work. Seriously frustrating and ultimately depressing, but there's no use throwing good money after bad as they say.... I'd rather spend what time and money I have left to enjoy NOT working. Riding the motorcycles, exploring with the jeep, spending time with family and friends. I wish everyone the best, but at this point in the world clock, I can't see spending much time and effort in making music for money. It's got to be about enjoyment at this point. The days of making money off music are all but done for any but the top AAA layer of musicians. The middle class is collapsing. I need a bourbon Make it a double John.....
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