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Post by jeremygillespie on Apr 22, 2024 18:24:41 GMT -6
I've got Primacoustic Recoil stabilizers on the cinderblock stack. Same here. When they had the demo at AES the year they were released I couldn’t order a pair fast enough. I went as far as to crawl behind the rack because I though they had something electronically On for the A/B test.
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Post by jeremygillespie on Apr 17, 2024 0:00:25 GMT -6
Supposedly, VK has them in stock...(probably not here in Nashville). I really, really want to hear them, but I'm dubious as to whether these would be any sort of "improvement" over the One 18s...I mean, there's a reason these are $999 per speaker - they're built to a price point. That being said, ya never know till you try. eric as our resident recovering gear pimp, how did you respond to returns? I really try hard to make sure I'm not going to return something if I want to establish a relationship with a sales person. But I think I returned my last big purchase there - hey - it was a legitimate reason. And this guy took over for another guy, so I don't have anything more than an email relationship with him. I'll email him with a question about a product and he always sends me a quote - that I didn't specifically ask for - but IDK, I'm just being paranoid. I'd LOVE to try these out, but I'm 50/50 on whether I'll keep them or not (they'd have to beat out the Amphions). I guess I should ask: is that exactly what the return policy was made for, or am I a dick for ordering in a 50/50 chance I'll keep? They have them in Nashville. I checked them out last week. What were your thoughts?
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Post by jeremygillespie on Apr 15, 2024 17:56:52 GMT -6
Yeah I don’t know…
I played a show last night at Brighton Music Hall in Boston. Bout 250 teens and college age kids singing every word of every song that has been released. Tons of fun, restored my faith in the younger generation. Group that opened for us were 3 super polite and hungry kids from Berk with amazing voices, 3 part harms, really cool songs, electric guitar player was super tasteful, balanced themselves really well.
I have a a generally good outlook for those who are making art. The cookie cutter stuff will be easily replaced by AI. The things that grab the listener and give them the feels will continue to evoke passion.
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Post by jeremygillespie on Apr 12, 2024 9:03:09 GMT -6
I’d love a 1u rack with 4 of the channel Comps off an ssl9000.
Those things slap hard.
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Post by jeremygillespie on Apr 12, 2024 8:33:38 GMT -6
FF eq UAD 1176 UAD LA-2A Little Plate H-Delay I probably use H-delay on every mix. Doesn’t get a lot of love, but it’s a great plugin. It’s easy to use and every studio seems to have it, so I always have it on my tracking sessions set up with a 1/4 and 1/8th delay to use for a little sauce when artists want it. Also throw it on before my Little Plate which every studio also seems to have so I can get a predelay going. Then while continuing to track and work on things I just massage the settings to do what I want, then when mixing I never seem to get away from it because the sound is basically baked in at that point. Unless I’m going for a special effect I don’t really need many other delay plugs for the straight forward things. Really under rated plug IMO
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Post by jeremygillespie on Apr 12, 2024 8:11:21 GMT -6
FF eq UAD 1176 UAD LA-2A Little Plate H-Delay
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Post by jeremygillespie on Apr 7, 2024 0:33:53 GMT -6
I live close to where it went off, maybe 25 mins away or so. I’m on the road with the band currently and wasn’t home but the wife called me immediate really scared. I had some friends send some videos from cams they had inside and outside their houses and it was no joke. The noise was pretty intense as was the shaking…
I’m honestly kinda bummed I missed that experience.
Also just had my house sheet rocked and a bunch of tile work done and I’m gonna be really annoyed if I’ve got cracks anywhere.
It’s pretty funny - half my friends were like woah that was awesome! And the other half were terrified.
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Post by jeremygillespie on Mar 29, 2024 6:48:56 GMT -6
When I have that problem I usually prop a mirror up on my desk and look at myself and say “you are the problem you moron” and then I go have a coffee and come back and sometimes I suck a little bit less. But only sometimes. 😂
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Post by jeremygillespie on Mar 29, 2024 6:46:04 GMT -6
If the airlines have figured out how to text me when my baggage is on the plane, off the plane, in the baggage area at the airport, I feel like anybody can. I mean, I hate airlines, but they got that one thing right.
I’d imagine it might take a little time to get situated, but somebody needs to come up with an app for repair people to use that creates a label, and allows it to get scanned at every step of the process with a comment and or pictures uploaded for the customer to see and follow along so they aren’t left in the dark.
I got a dirt cheap M160 on reverb years ago fully knowing it would come DOA. It in fact was broke as a joke and I had to send it back to Beyer to get it re-ribboned. That took like 5 or 6 months and I almost just figured it got lost on its way there. One day it just shows up on my doorstep like magic. This is how they do business?!?!
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Post by jeremygillespie on Mar 24, 2024 21:34:23 GMT -6
M269
Pretty much the perfect microphone.
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Post by jeremygillespie on Mar 24, 2024 21:26:50 GMT -6
If you’ve ever taken your thumb and softly “thumped” a string close to the bridge on a bass guitar while gently muting, and compared it to using your finger In a more standard position near the pickups, you’ll immediately hear the low end difference. Same thing with gently popping a bass drum and pulling the beater off the head vs hitting it hard and burrying the beater. The low end information is not only substantially different, but the entire tone changes in an incredible way.
I think you need to just have the ability to read between the lines with T-bone. Dude has probably been a part of more of my favorite records than anybody else in the industry. I enjoy the cryptic speak, he’s got a great interview on the Marc Maron podcast. Check it out for sure.
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Post by jeremygillespie on Mar 22, 2024 11:43:08 GMT -6
So you're saying that the much more expensive speakers sound a lot like your much less expensive speakers and that the extra cost really wasn't worth it? Fascinating.. Sounds like something I would say. (I'm messing with you, don't get mad) In the old days there were 2 basic justifications for $20K monitors. 1. If you could work faster 2. They impressed clients and got you bookings. Ironically when it came to clients all you had to do was mount a PA speaker with 2 15’s a big horn and a pretty cabinet. And then turn it up while they stand in the back of the room!
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Post by jeremygillespie on Mar 6, 2024 22:33:16 GMT -6
Rough day. Had a few pours of Eagle Rare 10 year. That stuff is crazy smooth.
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Post by jeremygillespie on Mar 6, 2024 22:22:56 GMT -6
eBay has an avid I/o 16x16 for like $600 Found an HDX card on Reverb for $1700 Pt ultimate for a year is $600 Just need to figure out a chassis for the HDX card but that’s just below $3k for all of that. I mean… not that bad for a system that will do everything you want and keep you in PT land. Frustrations gone. I’m not saying 3k is nothing, because it’s not. But I’d totally take that system over the flavor of the month/year compressor, personally. Couple of questions on this, Jeremy (and/or seawell or others): 1. Jeremy, you said PT Ultimate for a year is $600. What about these so-called "perpetual licenses," or whatever they're called? Is that what $600 gets you? Or is that $600 a yearly amount you have to ante up? Or is it an "updates included for a year" kind of situation? 2. The Avid I/O 16x16 you mentioned: is that an HD192? Or something else? Does it also work with CoreAudio on a Mac (as in, other applications like other DAWs, editors, NLEs, etc.)? I'm guessing there are AES digital connections if you want to use other converters? 3. And the big question for me with all of the above: how long are these Avid hardware devices and DSP cards supported with new drivers and such? How often is PT actually updated? I usually run my studio machine at about one year / one OS behind whatever OS Apple is currently pushing. My understanding is that a lot of PT guys don't update their systems that often, which I understand - if that's all you're doing with your system, no need to keep updating it if it works. But I update at that pace because of other software I need to use, especially video editing software, where major updates are coming fast and furious with increasing AI tools for masking and stuff. I'm sure I have other questions, but those are 3 big ones that have hung me up on PT for several years now. I know they probably sound like really basic questions, but I don't think most PT guys I've talked to appreciate how foreign the PT world is to literally everyone else using a different DAW. Literally all of those other DAWs are more similar to each other than any of them are to PT (with the possible exception of Luna now). And seriously, thanks to all you PT guys in this thread helping clear up some of the confusion! The $600 is the yearly fee to use the license. You’ve gotta anti up that amount every year to use the software and to get updates. The perpetual license costs more but it’s yours forever. I think you get a year of support but after that you’re on your own. Use it until your computer doesn’t support it anymore. The HD I/O is the one newer generation of the 192 box. You can configure them with analog or digital cards 8 channels at a time for inputs and outputs. All the boxes have AES and word clock in and out. They sound good. They’ve also been discontinued so the only way to get them is picking them up used. You can get them for a crazy good price. Can I hear a difference between the avid box and a Lavry Gold? Yeah of course. Would it stop anybody from making killer records? No. Can’t speak to the core audio driver thing. I straight up don’t even know what any of that stuff means if you can believe it. Hope that clears up a few things for you!
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Post by jeremygillespie on Mar 6, 2024 22:13:58 GMT -6
I’m pretty sure a Carbon would work fine for me. Here’s a question, though…I think someone said yes earlier, but just wanted to confirm. Does anything with digilink like the Aurora or Burl B16 et al - would they all work with pro tools ultimate and do the correct delay comp for hardware? Or is that only with Carbon or an hdx card? I thought the Digilink protocol was how you hooked up your converters to the HDX card? So with Aurora or Burl with Digilink you wouldn't need an Avid box, you'd just go from Aurora/Burl straight to the HDX card? But maybe I'm totally mixed up... That’s correct
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Post by jeremygillespie on Mar 6, 2024 22:13:11 GMT -6
I originally had the 192's, they weren't great. Personally I'd start with Omni and work up chronologically from there on.. I’m pretty sure a Carbon would work fine for me. Here’s a question, though…I think someone said yes earlier, but just wanted to confirm. Does anything with digilink like the Aurora or Burl B16 et al - would they all work with pro tools ultimate and do the correct delay comp for hardware? Or is that only with Carbon or an hdx card? I personally know the Burl and the Apogee work just like an avid box. Plug it in and the PT I/o things it’s an avid box. Can’t speak to the other companies as I’ve not used them.
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Post by jeremygillespie on Mar 6, 2024 22:11:38 GMT -6
eBay has an avid I/o 16x16 for like $600 Found an HDX card on Reverb for $1700 Pt ultimate for a year is $600 Just need to figure out a chassis for the HDX card but that’s just below $3k for all of that. I mean… not that bad for a system that will do everything you want and keep you in PT land. Frustrations gone. I’m not saying 3k is nothing, because it’s not. But I’d totally take that system over the flavor of the month/year compressor, personally. But aren’t those avid converters supposed to be bad? I don’t honestly get into the cork sniffing converter thing. There isn’t anything wrong with the newest Hd I/o 16 x 16 box. You’d have no problem making things sound great with it.
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Post by jeremygillespie on Mar 6, 2024 20:08:15 GMT -6
eBay has an avid I/o 16x16 for like $600
Found an HDX card on Reverb for $1700
Pt ultimate for a year is $600
Just need to figure out a chassis for the HDX card but that’s just below $3k for all of that.
I mean… not that bad for a system that will do everything you want and keep you in PT land. Frustrations gone.
I’m not saying 3k is nothing, because it’s not. But I’d totally take that system over the flavor of the month/year compressor, personally.
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Post by jeremygillespie on Mar 5, 2024 17:00:57 GMT -6
First three or four albums are just them as a duo.
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Post by jeremygillespie on Mar 4, 2024 18:27:49 GMT -6
Snag a used HD I/o 16x16 analog box, hdx card, and the software and you’re good to go. No problems with hardware inserts anymore, it just works. No “console” routing etc. That’s what I would do, and am going to do.
Go in or out AES if you want a better A/D or D/A for monitor or printing.
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Post by jeremygillespie on Mar 3, 2024 16:05:57 GMT -6
Picked up an Ampeg 2x12 cab to use on some upcoming road gigs. Sounds great with my SVT-7 pro amp, just had our first rehearsal getting amped up!
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Post by jeremygillespie on Feb 29, 2024 6:26:46 GMT -6
For what it’s worth, to the folks saying they are made for hip hop and dance music or whatever… meh not really. Ryan Freeland uses them and makes some of the most beautiful acoustic records I’ve ever heard.
Also, I got my footprint 01’s when they came out and I have yet to blow up one of their plate amps (whatever that is) or blow my ear drums out with the beaming junk tweeters 😁
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Post by jeremygillespie on Feb 16, 2024 13:04:40 GMT -6
I’ve been using Martin or D Addario Nickel Bronze strings. My acoustic was sounding overly bright and Nickel Bronze strings really changed the sound in a positive direction Same! I used to love the Martin acoustic strings with the gold colored plain b and e strings . . . but they've changed them now. Same! I used those strings for over 10 years and was super annoyed when they changed the b and e. I don’t like the new ones nearly as much.
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Post by jeremygillespie on Feb 13, 2024 11:33:22 GMT -6
I’m going on the road in the spring and need a bass cab. I’ve somehow made it this far in life as a professional musician only owning a pair of 8x10 ampeg cabs. Why do I have two of them? I got the pair of them free with a drum kit I purchased. A sort of “get these things out of here and they are yours” sort of deal. Nobody wants them for any reasonable Money so I’m just holding onto them. I might just build a 2x10 cab and pull a pair of speakers from one of them to use… Your back must be in way better shape than mine! I can't even imagine moving around an all tube SVT and the 8x10 cabinet. Man, those were heavy. Makes carrying a Leslie seem almost doable... I turned them on once to see what it would be like playing through a pair of them. That was cool. Haven’t touched em since and I certainly wouldn’t lug one around for gigs unless I was paying a guy with a 20 year old back to do it.
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Post by jeremygillespie on Feb 13, 2024 8:40:48 GMT -6
I’m going on the road in the spring and need a bass cab. I’ve somehow made it this far in life as a professional musician only owning a pair of 8x10 ampeg cabs. Why do I have two of them? I got the pair of them free with a drum kit I purchased. A sort of “get these things out of here and they are yours” sort of deal.
Nobody wants them for any reasonable Money so I’m just holding onto them. I might just build a 2x10 cab and pull a pair of speakers from one of them to use…
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