I've got a bunch of fun hardware synths. I'm finding VST synths to be more fun. I set aside two hours per day, each and every day this week to get a handle on Native Instruments Absynth 5. Stephen Ambrose, I can't remember which book it was, mentioned that one of Hitler's flaws in terms of the military machine was he'd assign two different groups the same task. (He believed in competition....rather strange for a guy who hated capitalism.) Anyway, when two competing isolated groups were doing ...
Edit: Well this is cute. My video isn't showing up. Hmmm. I started a thread where I discussed this concept http://forum.recordingreview.com/f8/...limiter-46447/ , but what I’m up to is so foreign that I’m not even sure I get it. I went ahead and made this video to explain myself a little more clearly. -- I do feel that I’m on to something and a certain segment of my clients would dig this kind of sound. (I’m also ...
Updated 06-16-2012 at 09:57 PM by brandondrury
I want to point out that in my situation I have a pretty "mature" collection of gear and plugins. This is an issue of having more than enough food in the fridge and then still deciding to go out to eat. I don't NEED any new toys. UAD released it's new and improved 1176s http://www.uaudio.com/store/compress...ollection.html. I had no intention of even trying them but I succumb to the temptation. They are better. How much? Well, I can tell you for ...
I wrote this last July and never posted it. This weekend was the annual 48 Hour Film festival. The idea is you have 48 hours to make a movie 7 minutes or less starting from scratch. You don't know the genre, required props, or required character names beforehand. At 7:00pm on a Friday night there is a huge rush to toss together a story, locations, cast, etc. I brought out my sorta-portable recording rig (which isn't) and setup in a spare bedroom (probably ...
I've decided that I'm gonna wait on the Super Studio. I started with nothing and still have most of it left. My current “house” would not meet HUDs standards (American free housing for the poor). However, my gear racks would almost satisfy Mutt Lange. Well, maybe not. You get the point. I get the feeling from a housing standpoint, that my situation isn't much different than some of the rougher portions of Poland...or Detroit. I've invested my cash in my craft and not luxuries ...
Paul999 sent me this via PM and I figured I'd answer in public. You've said several times that you really like the true system pre's and that they are very clean. I've always thought you were crazy for this because I was underwhelmed when I tried the solo. You've also said that you bought the focusrite 428 because it is so clean and does nothing. *sidebar. I always thought the 428 was quite colored especially in the high end so now I really think your crazy(thats okay I know I'm crazy). ...
I was having problems getting my reamped tracks to sound as good as the real thing. I was beginning to wonder if reamping was fundamentally flawed until Rockerdude made this awesome post. We had a diffusor discussion that really took off. Venuestudio tells us the best way to clean scratchy pots DanTheMan tells us an AWESOME trick on sub positioning he learned from Mr. Pape from Gik. Quote of the month from Danny Danzi in regard to ...
Updated 12-06-2011 at 03:14 PM by brandondrury
Hey dudes/chicks, Today is the last day to enter the ADK Microphones Metal Mayhem contest. http://forum.recordingreview.com/f137/ Grand Prize: ADK TC-47Au tube condenser Second Prize: ADK S-51 Mk 5.2 (See my review...http://forum.recordingreview.com/con...ne-review-147/) Third Prize: ADK S-7B Get on it! Brandon
The correct spelling is probably bumpin' or bumpN or something like that. I'm white. I look white. I dance white. I'm calling it bumpING. Once upon a time I was into to the rather progressive stuff and rarely listened to a song that was shorter than 8 minutes. I took the cerebral side to the music I made and recorded very seriously and avoided anything that wasn't up to “my standards”. I went through the same thing with movies. If the movie was something the “popcorn crowd” ...
I remember on a Pensado's Place ITL where Dylan Dresdow (Black Eyed Peas, Usher, etc) stated in a Batter's Box that he doesn't like any plugins when it comes to 2-bus compression, but he mentioned he liked XXXXXX (STC-8?) hardware. For the past few months I've been forcing myself to mix with plugins for 2-bus compression. I've mostly been using the UAD SSL Buss Compressor for this. My general feeling was it wasn't doing anything. Don't get me wrong, it's doing something, but ...
I get quite a few emails every day that talk about building a new computer for home recording and choosing Windows XP as the operating system. XP has been stable for a long time, maybe too long. I switched to Windows 7 in December of 2010. It took me about two days to get used to what was new and what was different. After that, I've never looked back. I've found Windows 7 to be CPU efficient, reliable, and easy to work with. The search function is dramatically ...
Why I'm Sticking To The Studio 1. I seemed to have smashed in the part of my brain that accurately estimates the amount of time it takes to pack up for a gig elsewhere. 2. I seemed to have double smashed in the part of my brain that can accurately estimate the amount of time it takes to set back up 3. I always seem to forget just how smashed up GEAR gets on the road. 4. When I'm engineering, I can't hear a damn thing. 5. ...
Skip to 45:06. If you are in a hurry, skip to 46:40. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGwaHBH4_Oo This is the mindset of A-list engineers doing music that people still, mostly, buy. While you may prefer the sonic aesthetic of 1970s levels, I think it would be wise to consider this approach. It's the mindset I've adapted. To those who are having trouble making their music sound good AND loud, I'd do more ...
Updated 07-19-2011 at 01:51 PM by brandondrury
First off, this isn't an emotional rant. I'm not mad. This is more of a State Of The Recording Union 2011 kind of discussion. My system is pretty much perfectly optimized as far as I know. I have ZERO unneeded software installed. I'm not even sure if I ever got around to installing cd burning software. The OS couldn't be much cleaner. I do have internet now but rarely go outside of Youtube and sites to update my plugins or download manuals. My network is setup so I can send ...
After fHumble fHingaz posted his blind test and watching this AWESOME video by Ethan Winer I'm all excited about kicking off the Audio Skeptics Society. Yes, the acronym is ASS. That's no accident. You can find out more about the Audio Skeptics Society. You must post 3 blind tests to be in the club. You'll get a merit badge and I'm thinking about printing up some t-shirts for it. Here's a prototype: What do you think? ...
Blog Categories
Recent Visitors
Go to Profile
Mark as Read