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Post by jeremygillespie on Nov 9, 2019 9:24:35 GMT -6
Ever try M88’s?
160’s are pretty cool too and work great on guitar amps.
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Post by jeremygillespie on Nov 9, 2019 9:23:18 GMT -6
How about this? The second option down might be something of interest to you. www.1on1mixing.comI swept floors and got food for people for 6 months before I was even allowed in a studio to observe and help out. Luckily for me I was 23 so I was able to kee a full time job and work at the studio at night and somehow survived on 3 hours sleep. Wouldn’t recommend. |
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Tom Mics
Nov 9, 2019 8:50:57 GMT -6
via mobile
Post by jeremygillespie on Nov 9, 2019 8:50:57 GMT -6
What kind of music, kit, heads, room, and drummer?
I usually make my decision after hearing the instrument in the room.
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Post by jeremygillespie on Nov 6, 2019 6:54:48 GMT -6
I guess it helps to describe what we mean by an OH mic. Working as an assistant in a big studio for many years with lots of different engineers, it’s pretty clear that there are many definitions.
XY over the kit
Spaced Pair
Mics just over the cymbals
Super high pair of mics
Glyn Johns
Etc
For me, I’ve never gotten on with SDC in any of those positions except maybe on the hat if the genre calls for it. I don’t generally mic the ride cymbal except if it’s a very particular jazz player that needs to pull a certain frequency out.
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Post by jeremygillespie on Nov 2, 2019 19:21:38 GMT -6
Hey Geof, ya I have a Myusaddress too and mostly import stuff myself which on more expensive stuff does save but takes 3-4 hours of time driving ,border paperwork. I am trying to minimize trips to US as the Border people are just getting wierd giving Canadians lifetime bans essentially arbitrarily: sad and wierd time’s between old friends unfortunately. Man, that’s a bummer and sad to hear. |
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Post by jeremygillespie on Oct 30, 2019 6:02:53 GMT -6
Studio is killer - but I really like that green chair in the corner.
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Post by jeremygillespie on Oct 30, 2019 5:09:14 GMT -6
Damn, Odyssey Sound has one for 79k with only 50hours on it. That's a great price. Doesn't that tell you something? Somebody got in over their head or got a console as a vanity piece and decided to unload it? The AWS is a great console. |
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Post by jeremygillespie on Oct 27, 2019 20:08:27 GMT -6
If you lived in Australia I have 4 sets of MDR-7506’s that are all blown and you could have the ear pads. I replaced them with Beyer DT-770 PRO’s. Far better headphones IMO. More comfortable, not as overbearingly bright, better low end and able to handle high SPL (especially heavy bass) without breaking up and failing. Impressive. IME, I've never been able to get them loud enough to blow up. Too painful....  When I was an intern I was the only one capable of soldering... I think I’d swap out at least 4 blown drivers in those sony’s Every week. I don’t know if it was drummers with loud click tracks or heavy guitars going but those drivers blew super easy. The old school fostex lasted way longer. Still sounded awful though. |
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Post by jeremygillespie on Oct 27, 2019 13:08:33 GMT -6
I’d love to hear the difference between the United and the Heiserman FET. Especially since Heiserman is making their capsules.
The zip tie in the video holding the transformer makes me cringe though.
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Post by jeremygillespie on Oct 26, 2019 15:10:46 GMT -6
I hear the piano in those recordings and go. ...ugh
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Post by jeremygillespie on Oct 26, 2019 6:29:29 GMT -6
To my ear ECs production stile is exactly what his arrangements need, and I doubt that polishing it to death is what it needs... EC knows the ones who take care for his asthetic it works and he sold millions of records. I'll take Lizzo over Clapton's soul sucking music 10 times out of 10. 😂😂 I like both! I think it just comes down to personal / production style. I generally don’t dig super slick records, but love Steely Dan. I’m usually in the minority on this one... but I wish all those blue note records were recorded by somebody other than Rudy Van Gelder. Man those records have some of the best music ever, but they sound HORRIBLE to me. If you’ve actually seen classical music in the proper settings, the dynamic range is giant, and pretty inspiring. I enjoy that it is represented like that in a well made recording. 🤷🏻♂️ And no I don’t really have a point, just rambling over my cup of coffee this morning. |
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Post by jeremygillespie on Oct 25, 2019 14:17:21 GMT -6
For singing? Meh...
For use on a kick drum or gtr amp mic when recording a live band to cut back on some bleed - works pretty well.
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Post by jeremygillespie on Oct 21, 2019 19:43:47 GMT -6
M269
1081
67
V76
Do I get comp too?
RCA BA-6A
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Post by jeremygillespie on Oct 19, 2019 8:26:49 GMT -6
Just figure out what gauges are on your bass now and buy a set that matches up the closest. They will feel a slight bit stiffer than the rounds. I think I use a .45 - .105 set of Deep Talking Bass.
If you want something that has a looser feel try out the Thomastik strings. They are sort of crazy expensive though.
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Post by jeremygillespie on Oct 18, 2019 22:14:25 GMT -6
Just ordered some flat wounds. And breaking out the kitchen sponge. Which ones? Jamerson LaBellas? |
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Post by jeremygillespie on Oct 18, 2019 21:43:22 GMT -6
I always thought the Daking was supposed to be the Trident “sound”.
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Post by jeremygillespie on Oct 18, 2019 11:05:04 GMT -6
I wish you had tried the Six, I'd love to know what you think.. It’s an awesome all in one box. I messed with it for a bit. Small and powerful. Bus comp didn’t seem limiting (hah!) to me at all. I think they picked the best functional pieces of the comp and made it work. Did you get a chance to go back and mess about with it? |
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Post by jeremygillespie on Oct 18, 2019 9:41:28 GMT -6
So, after seeing it and messing with it a bit and some discussions with some engineer buddies - seems like you could use it as a decent mix console IF
-you’re old school and don’t do recalls (yeah right...)
- you have an extra 32 inputs to your DAW.
- Set the faders at unity with the faders bypass button
-Throw a Sigma or two into the center section and use delta control for automation.
-get your mix happening, then print all 32 faders back into pt on new channels.
- make future mix changes from those stems
- use each channel on a hardware insert.
None of these seem intuitive for me, and even in a conversation with Don W he admitted that it’s a “tracking console”.
I did get a chance to mess about with the SSL Fusion though. And now I want one. Son of a bitch!
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Post by jeremygillespie on Oct 17, 2019 11:22:57 GMT -6
Then you can't eq to tape though. What fun is that! A smart audio engineer will always find a way True... but still limiting. Throw an extra pair of faders on there, and give the option to put the eq in the channel path or the monitor path like ssl does and it makes it a much more functional console. |
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Post by jeremygillespie on Oct 17, 2019 7:05:06 GMT -6
I’m just shocked people are still making in-Line consoles. Seems like everyone thought that was a bad idea. Now it’s back to being a good idea. It’s still a good idea. My head hurts. I never understood why they stopped. With something like the 1608, if you’re tracking, you can’t bring your recorded tracks back onto faders and throw a mix together... just seems odd and makes it completely non-functional for me. At the very least they could throw some monitor section faders like they have on The Box on the right side of the console and give you some flexibility. |
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Post by jeremygillespie on Oct 17, 2019 6:40:35 GMT -6
I’ve worked on the J, K, AWS, and Duality consoles and think they are all fantastic, the J sonically wasn’t as good as the others but it was still a big boy console with amazing features.
I guess I just don’t get this one. The center section is cool, but having things like a signal gen that only works at 400hZ seems like a really odd choice to me - especially if you’re calibrating tape machines a lot.
If they wanted to go modular, they could do things like making the mic pres optional to save folks money if they don’t need them.
Now, if I’m mixing on an ssl, perhaps having the “0” option for the faders would make sense - but ONLY if they integrated some sort of delta control to automate, similar to what the sigma does, but have it controlled ITB and not in the console itself.
Same goes for the total recall. Why would I want to have 32 channels of eq and sends when I can’t jump around from session to session like so many mix engineers have to do these days? I feel like it would have been better served to maybe have digital controlled eq’s much like the Neve Genysis uses. Digital encoders on each channel that control the actual hardware eq, being able to buy banks of 8 at a time. Put the recall in a plugin and allow it to be saved in your session so when you open PT or Cubase or whatever, everything follows.
Then give 8 motorized faders in the center section that you can assign to individual channels or groups to have a little bit of tactile feel when you really want to ride a vocal in real time.
I get that to fully load up 32 channels with those features would be quite expensive, but if you could make it expandable it would make it a much more realistic purchase for smaller studios and the workflow would be fantastic. Moving faders are cool on every channel, but it’s a bit of a frivolous expense at this point in time.
At some point, The prices for a used AWS are going to drop low enough to make them a viable option for more people, and that’s still the best option IMO.
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Post by jeremygillespie on Oct 16, 2019 21:43:04 GMT -6
I’ll be around Thursday afternoon.
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Post by jeremygillespie on Oct 13, 2019 12:42:51 GMT -6
Bob did, And does whatever he wants without too much thought put into it I think. He gets away with it just fine IMO. Check out the film “No Direction Home” - worth the watch and the insight. Also - you might dig his Nashville Skyline record. The singing is more “standard”. Cool this answers a lot. He just don't cares? I wouldn’t say that he doesn’t care. He’s an artist staying true to his vision and did what he wanted to do. Some people don’t like it but that doesn’t make it good or bad. I personally like the way he presents his voice. The music wouldn’t be the same if it was sung in a different manner. |
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Post by jeremygillespie on Oct 13, 2019 7:18:17 GMT -6
Bob did, And does whatever he wants without too much thought put into it I think. He gets away with it just fine IMO.
Check out the film “No Direction Home” - worth the watch and the insight.
Also - you might dig his Nashville Skyline record. The singing is more “standard”.
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Post by jeremygillespie on Oct 3, 2019 16:25:37 GMT -6
So I just realized that the scroll ring is a bit jerky - maybe I’m just used to it.
I use it constantly, and holding shift while scrolling moves horizontal. Between that and highlighting an area and hitting option F to zoom to it, I get around a session pretty fast when I need to.
I think everybody has their tricks. Some of the older dudes (no offense to anybody) seem to like toggle to markers, sort of like using a tape machine with that ability. I guess it’s all what you’re used to and what makes sense to you.
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