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Just think though, you'll never be hungry ! Ironically, they recorded their first album in a studio that had egg cartons on the walls ! This is from Godard's movie, "One plus One." It's terrible. The only good bits {they're actually great} are the bits where the Stones are recording "Sympathy...

But these are English ads on English {or at least British} TV, are they not ? Terrestrial TV here died long ago. The advent of Sky and then YouTube was its death knell. That whole "multicultural families" bit actually goes back to 2012 and the Olympic opening ceremony that Danny Boyle did. I...

I never even think about phase if I do a DI/mic mashup. I think purely in terms of the sound. I've often done a mic'd amp/DI/Line out thingy on the bass, combining all three onto one track. I play about with the EQ and volume on each track but the eventual bass has always been a winner. I...

I'd hire Mick Jagger. I hear he's in town and looking to work again.

I would have thought that this solves all "loud track" issues.

I'm just the bass player so everything has resonance for me.

I've got absolutely nothing of any value to add to this thread, other than to say that I too love this song, have done so since my 17th birthday back in 1980 and I've listened to it hundreds of times over these last 44 years and it always reminds me of Nigeria, where I was when I first heard it...

In England, we say "Hoity Toity." I think it's a good idea in principle. It wouldn't appeal to me personally and it probably won't appeal to many users of this board because most of us are home recorders with our own home studios in one guise or another. But not everyone wants a home studio...

It depends but more often than not, I'll crunch the two vocals into one. So it could be that they'll be at equal volume, or one barely heard.

No offence, but I entirely disagree with that. Ever since I've been on HR, you've easily had one of the best voices here, both lead, backing and harmony. A much better and more palatable voice than many singers that have made singles and albums over the last 70 years. I actually find that it...

I did so with a G string for the bass back in 1996. When I tuned it back, it broke !

This is something I've tried and tried since 1992, with virtually zero success ~ until last week. Whereas all my female friends that sing seem to have always achieved it pretty effortlessly. I recently read Geddy Lee's autobiography {a great read, by the way} and in it, he made the point that...

I use whatever string make I happen to see at the time I need them. I buy in bulk so they last me a long time. I never change the strings unless they break and I can't repair them {usually the break will be at the bottom} and I've always mixed gauges. Makes no difference to my ears. I've used...

Oi, it's only jazz and progressive rock albums that have 4 tracks. Where's the rest mate ? This has been interesting so far.

I never intend to use it, but the only reason on earth I would even consider using melodyne or autotune is because of the sensible approach and good explanations that Jimmy has given in defending its use over the last decade.

I've never rated my voice when it's double-tracked. My friends, mainly female, that I've double-tracked over the years have all sounded great when DT'd. But last week, the strangest thing happened. I was doing a vocal and I thought that a few lines might sound OK DT'd. The piece I was DT-ing...

Last week, I was recording a bongo part on this song that is pretty loud and electric and some days later, when I was listening to the bongos in isolation, I was surprised to hear my breathing in parts. The mic {an AKG C1000 through an ART II pre-amp} was about 18-24 inches away from the bongos...

I use any of the mics I have, whether it be an SM58, an EM700, an AKG C1000, or a Rode NT2000 or one of my drum mics. I put the mic in different places, sometimes to the side, sometimes right in front, sometimes close up, sometimes 2 or 3 feet away. I always get a usable sound.

NS10 sounds like a London postcode ! Or as you guys on the other side say, zipcode.

Agreed, but it is a matter of how that free speech is relayed. If Doc said, "I think these products are shit and should be blacklisted and this is why...." that would be very different to stating that they are crap and to be blacklisted. It's a subtle distinction until one looks closely and...