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Post by jeremygillespie on Jun 13, 2021 12:52:57 GMT -6
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Post by jeremygillespie on Jun 10, 2021 20:12:17 GMT -6
Some of those rooms look so comfy and others are so cold I wouldn’t be able to work in them. Pretty cool to see the diversity of what people want!
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Post by jeremygillespie on Jun 7, 2021 21:02:51 GMT -6
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Post by jeremygillespie on Jun 4, 2021 18:19:46 GMT -6
I'd go line out to the Coleman.
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Post by jeremygillespie on Jun 3, 2021 20:30:45 GMT -6
Dan (obviously) has some extremely strong opinions on plugins (which is totally fine of course) but I don't tend to agree with a lot of them. I like TDR Nova for dynamic EQ, quite a bit. It's good. And I think TDR is a cool, small operation. But I don't think Limiter 6 or Kotelnikov or Molot sound super great. Certainly useable stuff, and I like supporting small devs, but all the hyperbole about "absolutely unmatched" and "destroys everything else" and what-have-you....ehhh, not to my ear they don't, at all. Plugin Doctor (apparently) tells a different story but that's not where the rubber meets the road for making records. Same with most of the Klanghelm stuff (another company I patronize and think is cool). And as for "broken", "icepicks", and all that stuff...sorry, but that's a daily eye-roll for me. As always, this stuff is subjective and just because someone has a great quantity of frequently stated opinions doesn't make them any more qualitatively valid. And as far as top-shelf ITB mixers "not knowing how to use plugins"...uh, LOL. That's ridiculous. And Dan, I mean this as no slight to you. You just proclaim a lot of stuff so sometimes it's good to contextualize it with some other views. I think it really all comes down to what music you’re working on. I honestly have no idea of what Dan is talking about half the time, because most of the songs I’m dealing with maybe have like 20 Tom hits total - at the MOST. Or a single kick each bar. Maybe 2. And my kick is mostly thump and not TIK. That makes all the difference in our opinions on how specific tools will live up to their reputations. You could talk about aliasing and side chains and whatever else for hours on end and Tchad Blake would take that time and give you a killer mix with whatever plugs he felt got him where he needed to be. Again, not saying he’s wrong. I just have no basis for knowing because I don’t work on the specific genre of music he does, and most of the points he’s making matter none to ALOT of music that is out there. |
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Post by jeremygillespie on Jun 1, 2021 20:44:13 GMT -6
I’ve seen Ryan Freeland also set up a pair of M49’s in a V shape at 45 degree angles with the point aimed at about the singers neck. Bottom mic points down at the acoustic and the vocal mic points up towards the mouth. Works out well but you’ve really got to have your guitar playing and singing on the same page.
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Post by jeremygillespie on May 28, 2021 15:29:23 GMT -6
Well.... Working on a mix today and the song just stopped playing back. After a few minutes, I'm finding that the Oxford Drum Gate uses 10-15% of the total CPU per instance. Waaaaay too high for a gate. It works really great but the coubhit makes it impossible to use on each of the drums. I'm pretty disappointed in this. It seemed really great. I've got a pretty fast computer. Bummer Back to manually editing tom hits or use a low CPU gate like TrackGate by DMG. Can’t you just process or commit the track? |
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Post by jeremygillespie on May 21, 2021 19:17:18 GMT -6
Wife and I got our second Pfizer shot last week. I had a sore arm for a day and was feeling a little foggy at work but was fine. Wife had a 102 fever for 3 days and was miserable.
Strange how it affects people differently.
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Post by jeremygillespie on May 21, 2021 19:12:01 GMT -6
I think my pair of Fatheads with Lunhd trannies are some of the best drum mics I’ve used. Blum pair out front, kick drum, Mono OH, you name it they excel on drums.
Strangely I hate them on guitar amps. Honestly I don’t like them on anything else other than drums.
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Post by jeremygillespie on May 19, 2021 21:30:23 GMT -6
I think they were Norelco and Echolette or something like that.
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Post by jeremygillespie on May 18, 2021 18:15:55 GMT -6
Plate o' shrimp: this is all coinciding with the recent turn in which several clients have sent their 320kbps approval mp3's on to mastering, and I've had to intercept with the 88K2/24..... When they do that, is because they don’t “know better” or are trying to pull a fast one and not pay? I’ve had both happen... very frustrating on both accounts. |
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LA-610 MK2
May 18, 2021 18:04:24 GMT -6
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Post by jeremygillespie on May 18, 2021 18:04:24 GMT -6
The LA610-MK2 got used once in our studio when I first got involved. Looks good, sounds like wool dipped in mud. (I suspect the ‘compound’ probably is mud) Compressor is grabby and ‘flubbery’. Is “flubbery” even a word? It is now! Agreed. The one with the 1176 built in is equally as.... wooly? |
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Post by jeremygillespie on May 15, 2021 16:43:22 GMT -6
I put $400 across etherium, litecoin, bitcoin, and a few others like 4 years ago. I didn’t know anything about it and honestly still don’t. But it’s made it’s way to about $1,600. I honestly forgot about it and I’m glad I did so as to keep me from pulling out when it crashed.
I’m not a gambler, that $400 was some extra I had laying around. I just put a little bit more towards a few that made sense to me that are hovering around $1.60 right now. If they hit... cool. If not, no big deal.
Etherium is going really strong right now, I would maybe wait until it drops below $3k to buy into that one. But it’s been steadily rising for quite some time now it may not go that low again.
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Post by jeremygillespie on May 8, 2021 12:47:39 GMT -6
The B3 / Leslie combo VI’s just don’t do it for me. I can hear it a mile away. Same with Pianos if it’s a wide open piano / vocal tune.
Eq’s are pretty darned close imo. The only reason I’d want more hardware eq’s is so I can take care of it on the way itb instead of afterwards.
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Post by jeremygillespie on May 7, 2021 11:39:30 GMT -6
I go out from my summing box, into the vp-28’s, then into the bus comp, stereo eq If need be, then back itb.
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Post by jeremygillespie on Apr 22, 2021 16:23:56 GMT -6
If you got some guitar amps, try reamping some of your tracks through them. You can get some cool “lofi” tones out of what you’ve already recorded well.
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Post by jeremygillespie on Apr 19, 2021 11:41:44 GMT -6
Kim Rosen at Knack Mastering. She’s the best.
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Post by jeremygillespie on Apr 15, 2021 17:28:53 GMT -6
John, I don’t think your volume pot has anything to do with your mixes. They sound great as is. Thanks...yeah not sure how we got on the volume pot discussion. I’ve never really understood the multiple monitor thing. So, people switch over to monitor A to adjust the midrange and then back to monitor B for the rest of the mix? It just seems somewhat counterintuitive to me. Another kind of “inside baseball” question: let’s say your room is perfect and it’s not affecting your mix. Then you have a set of Mon A that are a little toppy and not big on the bottom. Ok, you learn them and adjust. Then you have Mon B and they’re big on the bottom, little push in midrange, etc. but you learn that too. Wouldn’t and shouldn’t you come out with the same mix? I use my 10’s for setting vocal levels and listening when I’m editing. Nothing quite helps me get vocal rides like they do. Footprints for all the delicate stuff and bottom etc. But, I guess it’s all what you’re used to using. |
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Post by jeremygillespie on Apr 14, 2021 21:27:28 GMT -6
Wife and I got our First Pfizer shots yesterday. Mild arm tenderness, no biggie.
Open to all adults in NJ right now. Which is pretty cool. No problem getting an appointment - which is slightly worrisome imo.
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Post by jeremygillespie on Apr 12, 2021 18:15:25 GMT -6
A really great sounding Martin is relatively easy to come by. Not so with Gibsons I’m my experience. If you’ve found a really great Gibson that inspires you to play, sell the Martin. There are lots of them out there and if (when) you get the itch to have another, it’ll be waiting for you and your wallet.
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Post by jeremygillespie on Apr 10, 2021 17:40:26 GMT -6
John, I don’t think your volume pot has anything to do with your mixes. They sound great as is.
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Post by jeremygillespie on Apr 8, 2021 19:05:21 GMT -6
I like to check every new cable or piece of gear I get to make sure the polarity is all pin 2 hot. Just takes the guessing out of the equation later on down the line.
If I’m in a room I haven’t used before, I’ll get there early so I have time to beep all the cables I plan on using, and also to check all the outboard so I don’t have to deal with any surprises.
Outboard is pretty easy to check If you’re in a room with a console. Patch out of the console’s signal generator, and go into a mult. Then out of the mult one goes right into channel line input fader at 0. The other out of the mult goes into a piece of outboard and then back onto another channel on the desk. Bring up the fader on the outboard channel. If the tones add, you’re good. If they subtract, either the outboard is pin 3 hot, or the studio wiring is messed up. You’d be surprised at how many studios have things wired up incorrectly.
I usually put a piece of desk tape on any incorrectly wired outboard and use the polarity flip patch points in the bay to correct it on the way in.
If you are using something like an old RCA ribbon or the like that is wired pin 3 hot, it’s easy to make up some little jumper xlr cables that are a polarity flip if there isn’t one available in the patch bay.
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Post by jeremygillespie on Apr 5, 2021 17:22:09 GMT -6
I’d sneak your way in with something that goes a little easier on the smoke/peat. If you’re not used to it and have been drinking bourbon, it can be an “assault” on the senses. That’s how it was for me anyway. A reasonably priced bottle of Glenlivet will get you there. If you want to spend a bit less go with a blend like Johnny Walker or Chivas. Something like the Laphroaig 10year will make you think you just licked the inside of a chimney. Not my thing for sure. One thing is for sure - it’s not as cheap as bourbon, even though the bourbon prices have risen significantly the past 6 years or so. Glenlivet is not an Islay, it's a Speyside, therefore it's not NEARLY as smokey and peaty as any Islay. Might be better for someone just getting into Scotch.
Islay are the most extreme of the seven (I think) classifications pf Scotch. Each of the official regions has their own officially recognized variety and each region has its own particular sort of flavor.
Johnny Walker and Chivas are both blended scotches and therefore mostly for amateurs and dilletantes.
I never said anything to the contrary of what you’re stating. Aside from blends being for a certain type of person other than somebody that might just like it because... well just because they like it. That’s allowed. It’s a nice easy way to dip your foot in the pool and has nothing to do with being an amateur 🙄 |
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Post by jeremygillespie on Apr 4, 2021 8:08:56 GMT -6
I’d sneak your way in with something that goes a little easier on the smoke/peat. If you’re not used to it and have been drinking bourbon, it can be an “assault” on the senses. That’s how it was for me anyway.
A reasonably priced bottle of Glenlivet will get you there. If you want to spend a bit less go with a blend like Johnny Walker or Chivas.
Something like the Laphroaig 10year will make you think you just licked the inside of a chimney. Not my thing for sure.
One thing is for sure - it’s not as cheap as bourbon, even though the bourbon prices have risen significantly the past 6 years or so.
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Post by jeremygillespie on Apr 3, 2021 6:33:40 GMT -6
$10k cartridge?
Are you crazy? I don’t know any audiophile that would use anything under a $20k cartridge!
😂
I was listening to a podcast the other day with a well known audiophile talking about how great his $330,000 speakers sounded...
Wow.
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