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Post by jeremygillespie on Mar 1, 2021 14:29:02 GMT -6
Good talent, good songs, and an appropriate producer that is able to transform shit into sherbert.
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Post by jeremygillespie on Feb 28, 2021 19:45:43 GMT -6
I did a Female vocal tracking session at a buddies studio yesterday. Had my Tg mic and he had a Soyuz FET. That Soyuz absolutely destroyed the tg on her voice - no contest.
...really want one now.
(Still love my tg, just not on female vocals or acoustic gtr)
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Post by jeremygillespie on Feb 27, 2021 21:14:08 GMT -6
Never had a White Russian until tonight.
Wow that’s pretty good!
I Stumbled upon 4 bottles of Blantons the other day at $48 a bottle. Grabbed two of them. Man that’s good stuff! I’ve not had it in quite a while.
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Post by jeremygillespie on Feb 25, 2021 17:31:01 GMT -6
I’ve gotta be one of the biggest left leaning snowflakes here, I’ve never had a problem with anybody.
Left, right, good people are good people and assholes are just that.
It’s a shame that portion of life gets in the way of certain folks being civil towards one another.
Hey John I guess If you’re gonna be a fascist you’ll have the sweetest voice out of all of them in history right?!
😁
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Post by jeremygillespie on Feb 23, 2021 17:04:02 GMT -6
I really dig my Orban 111b, but wouldn’t mind a more “hifi” spring unit to add the my outboard verbs that doesn’t cost as much as the Benson.
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Post by jeremygillespie on Feb 23, 2021 6:24:23 GMT -6
Reading the description of the artists it was used with - that’s gotta be Dae Bennet - Tony’s son.
He ran Bennet studios which was a pretty beautiful studio in Englewood NJ that closed back in 2010 or 2011.
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Post by jeremygillespie on Feb 22, 2021 20:14:19 GMT -6
For the guys that have used an original 175b or 176 have you also had a chance to use the Retro 176? I just know the UA plug ins sound nothing like the Retro but admittedly that isn't a fair fight. Considering how much I love the Retro 176 it's surprising that the 175b/176 fell so flat with some users here. I assumed they would be more similar. Phil must have really done some magic on the retro! Retro is way more usable on different sources and can be dialed in for many a situation. The 175b just can’t. It is what it is, and for me it was nothing more than a mush box. Mind you, I also think the Manly VariMû is a mush box (the one I fiddled with anyway). So, take my opinion with a grain of salt. Everything is so subjective and we all hear things differently and get results from what we hear in our brains our own way. |
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Post by jeremygillespie on Feb 22, 2021 18:44:19 GMT -6
Hey svart, are you listening with your new setup to stuff you did with your old setup?
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Post by jeremygillespie on Feb 21, 2021 8:34:26 GMT -6
The RAM is killer. I love the stepped knob. Not only for LR matching, but for remembering exactly where you set it. It is bigger than it looks though. Only gripe that some people have is that the knob is rather loud when it clicks. Hey the mains volume on the 80 series neve consoles clicked pretty loud too and I’ve never heard anybody complain about that! |
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Post by jeremygillespie on Feb 20, 2021 11:29:44 GMT -6
I’d like to throw the Ba-6a into the ring for an Audioscape work up though! Probably my favorite comp of all time.
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Post by jeremygillespie on Feb 19, 2021 22:34:45 GMT -6
I gotta say, I’ve used real deal 175’s and they are definitely A one trick pony.
And man I don’t like that pony one bit!
I think the myth of that particular piece is greater than the actual piece.
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Post by jeremygillespie on Feb 19, 2021 16:50:29 GMT -6
Hey if it sounds good it’s good right?
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Post by jeremygillespie on Feb 18, 2021 14:14:46 GMT -6
Code around here is now to have hose bibs that extend into the house by about 16 inches or so. When you turn the water off at the hose bib, it’s actually turning it off inside the house, so you ever have to worry about it freezing or draining lines. Pretty cool. It’s interesting to see how different codes are around the country. We have to do all sorts of hurricane proof strapping here for new construction that basically ties all the sills to the frame and sheathing, then up to the roof and the ridge. If done properly nobody is losing a roof, or anything for that matter. I’ve done my fair share of renovations of really old houses back in the day, and I gotta admit when people say “they don’t build em like they used to!” It’s a good thing! Modern building techniques are far superior, the only thing they had better back then was the wood. Today’s lumber is absolute junk. I flipped houses for awhile, doing almost all the work solo. I know a lot of guys I’m the trades. I can’t count the number of times I’ve heard passionate whining (sometimes coming out of my own mouth!) about having to do this or that to comply with code only to, a few years later, be bitten in the ass by the fact that I didn’t do that exact thing on my own house. Case in point: I’m about to tear my basement ceiling open because I stuck a mechanical vent on my shower drain and didn’t leave it accessible (like I’d have had to do if I had pulled a permit) and now it’s failing and I need to replace it. Sometimes it just makes sense to throw a studer valve on there instead of tearing out walls to put in a proper vent. But yeah it can bite you in the ass down the road for sure. Reno is pretty frustrating in old houses or when you don’t want to get into tearing out more than is needed. The wife and I purchased a house a few months ago and I’m allowed as a homeowner to file for permits and do all construction, plumbing, electrical etc myself without a license. After drawing up plans and submitting them it took nearly 3 months to get approval. ...and they wonder why home Reno guys just don’t even bother. So many hoops to jump through... |
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Post by jeremygillespie on Feb 18, 2021 13:52:13 GMT -6
A lot of Texas has gas heat which is fine. But takes electricity to run the furnace. Doesn’t do squat when the power is out. Everyone else has electric resistance heaters which are fine most of the time, it doesn’t get very cold here. Also works less well without power. Our homes are not built for cold, we have exterior pipes and fixtures for water. And no basements. Water heaters are often in the unconditioned attic, as is most of the water pipes. Which aren’t well insulated, because it’s normally not a problem. A lot of older homes are pier and beam, so there’s a crawl space under the house. Basically no insulation at all under that often. Just not built for cold weather. Yeah, I've found over the years that a lot of people from other parts of the country assume that we have basements down here. They're actually almost non-existent here in Texas. When I visit friends in other parts of the country, where there are basements, it makes me jealous. I think they are superior to slab on grade houses like the one I own here in Texas. Outdoor faucets bursting in freezing temps? Nope. Just go down in the basement and turn the water off to those outdoor faucets. Code around here is now to have hose bibs that extend into the house by about 16 inches or so. When you turn the water off at the hose bib, it’s actually turning it off inside the house, so you ever have to worry about it freezing or draining lines. Pretty cool. It’s interesting to see how different codes are around the country. We have to do all sorts of hurricane proof strapping here for new construction that basically ties all the sills to the frame and sheathing, then up to the roof and the ridge. If done properly nobody is losing a roof, or anything for that matter. I’ve done my fair share of renovations of really old houses back in the day, and I gotta admit when people say “they don’t build em like they used to!” It’s a good thing! Modern building techniques are far superior, the only thing they had better back then was the wood. Today’s lumber is absolute junk. |
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Post by jeremygillespie on Feb 17, 2021 19:12:30 GMT -6
I was absolutely floored when I went down a Ry Cooder rabbit hole a few years ago and snatched up a bunch of his early records on eBay that were really clean.
The difference in sound between the record and the cd was astounding. I guess I was hearing the songs for the first time as they were intended.
The soundstage abs fidelity were out of this world. These are all the old school thinner pressings.
Same thing with some early Randy Newman records.
It’s a deep hole you’re gonna fall into haha. I’ve managed to just use the decent turntable I have plugged into some 70’s McIntosh gear with broken face glass that I picked up for stupid cheap that still sounds great!
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Post by jeremygillespie on Feb 14, 2021 13:03:19 GMT -6
Probably moving to Grace’s hometown - or close to it.
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Post by jeremygillespie on Feb 14, 2021 9:39:45 GMT -6
I really like my dbox+
It gets extra points for being able to have control from their phone or iPad app. Makes it really nice to sit in the sweet spot and change monitors or volume without having to reach for anything.
Plus you get the summing. If you’re into that sort of thing.
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Post by jeremygillespie on Feb 10, 2021 8:02:00 GMT -6
I had nova before FF.
Fabfilter wins out now for the most part because it’s a quicker and easier interface to deal with.
I do still send my bass bus to an aux with Nova on it. The low end dynamic eq helps squeeze things into the low end nicely and FF doesn’t give quite the same effect.
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Post by jeremygillespie on Feb 8, 2021 11:46:19 GMT -6
So, what does this sound like?
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Post by jeremygillespie on Feb 6, 2021 22:18:47 GMT -6
That Vintage King video on the SSL controller was frustrating. A zoom call with no video from the SSL guy, just a static picture, so you can't see at all what he's talking about unless VK edits in a shot of the controller. I agree. I’ve met Fadie a number of times and he’s a seriously knowledgeable and good guy. But... I made it about 6 mins before snoozing off from that vid. Could have been done wayyyy better. |
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Post by jeremygillespie on Feb 5, 2021 11:06:48 GMT -6
Generally there are really only two kinds of people who send tracks for mastering... One camp is people who love the mixes as is and aren't looking for any changes. The other camp is people who are unhappy with the mixes and ARE looking for a change. I've talked to a few mastering cats about this and it can sometimes be incredibly difficult to tell who's looking for what. Started to realize this years ago when I sent an EP to Brad Blackwood and when it came back the artist said - Why did I spend all that money for mastering when it doesn't sound any different? Brad and I were like, well wasn't that the point? Turned out, after asking a zillion questions that no... he was unhappy with the mixes in the first place. Mixes which he attended by the way... Lol. I had a guy track a whole ep by himself. I did zero producing, just recorded what he wrote. We did two nights a week for like a month and a half. He rewrote a couple of the songs on the fly. He gave me very specific desires for every piece of the record. We mixed as we went. He paid as we went. In the end he said he was super super happy with how it turned out. He put it online and over the course of a month he got a couple dozen listens and was rather upset. He then said it was the mixing that ruined his songs and why nobody listened to them and when I asked him why on Earth would be say that after he was there at every session and we mixed things together as we went.. he said that he felt pushed into the mix decisions by me. I don't think I made a single suggestion, and every mix move was dictated by the client. All the producing and mixing and engineering in the word isn’t going to change anything if the songs don’t resonate with people. It’s crazy when people think that just because they spent money and time on a record that it deserves to get listens. Sometimes it just doesn’t. And that’s okay. If you’re doing it for art then that’s something you’ve got to come to terms with. Getting pissed at the engineer is just ....well it’s stupid. |
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Post by jeremygillespie on Feb 4, 2021 19:21:34 GMT -6
Dude take care of yourself - seriously.
And also seriously that post sounds like a country song so bust out a tele and get to twangin.
Only thing missing is the part about the ex-wives so throw that in there.
I’ll take 20% for the writing tips!
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Post by jeremygillespie on Feb 3, 2021 19:06:53 GMT -6
Just accidentally bought a Gibson Moderne. I'm an idiot, some times My condolences! |
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Post by jeremygillespie on Feb 3, 2021 16:53:25 GMT -6
This helps you none, but gosh as a player I’d have an awful tough time doing that. I’d just as soon find it easier to listen to the passage a few times and figure out the count myself and then lay down tracks than have to force my brain to stop thinking of a click track as “time”.
Or are you talking midi instruments?
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Post by jeremygillespie on Feb 3, 2021 14:16:44 GMT -6
Beats me, but if you have say an 1/8th delay, and you want the second one louder, just use another send to a 1/4 delay with the feedback on zero and adjust that volume to where you want it in the big picture.
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