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  1. slidey

    something funny

    a friend of mine recently passed away (god rest his soul) at the royal age of 81, he was a whacky character & used to programme his BBC1 computer with strings of words etc etc, & use it to write random poetry...................check this Bird Finger Song - by Derek Mosedale Earths jumping tax...
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    Revox B77

    I'm gonna be getting one serviced & I can't fuckin' wait I've been wanting to master, track up etc etc utilising an analog machine for ages & it looks like it's going to happen YES AYE!!!!!!!!! :)
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    writing on drums........

    well do you???? I get different ideas/inspirations pending on what instrument I play some of my whackiest musical ideas are spawned whilst beating seven bells out of my drum set I also get some good ideas whilst playing piano..............I have to work damn hard on keys as I'm not a keys...
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    mic'ing the low end of a bassy voice

    well yeah like I said the low end of a bassy voice using a neumann KMS105 infront of my ol' man's gob with an SE electronics reflexion filter. With his back to a double mattress I used a 2nd mic namely an AKG solidtube pointing at his chest.........& the result of the ST is like turning up the...
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    Control 24 mix console..........

    anybody use them????? I was just wondering about the line sub mixer I've wired it up a few times & stopped using it because it was just to damn noisy, It's only a stereo out & I figured it would be handy for running my outboard into (which it is, just to noisy) I've had 3 or is it 4 control...
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    I've got a harmonica player coming in..............

    a couple of days.........................again looking for a bit of direction on mics & potential placing the player will be using a Hohner bullet or is it a shure...............not sure it's a bullet either way, I don't want to be stuck with the "bullet sound" so take a gander & see what y'all...
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    I've got a sax player coming in............

    Tomorrow....................... So out of the mics I list here maybe some experienced players, engineers could direct me a bit ;) OK for close to the sax I'm think dynamic...... Senny MD43, 431mkII EV PL80,88,95 Beyer M201 Shure SM57,58 AKG D112 I also have (with thoughts of close micing)...
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    ACH....HELP..............I've split my splash

    yeah well actually it's more of a crack......just where the bell starts it's about 1cm & you can hardly see it......................but I can hear it I've attempted to fix cymbals in the past BUT I was interested to see what you guys have experienced & done about it fortunately it's a cheapy...
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    Beat Boxers.............

    Hey ho 1st post in this particular forum I plan to record ( at some point in my busy recording life) a fusion/funk album as my next solo venture right here's my proposition to any beat boxing dudes I want to use a beat boxing loop along with real drums. I have no clue what the piece will be...
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    Glyn Johns micing technique

    I just tried to search it out &..........................bloody hell I've not got a spare year can somebody tell me what this config whatever it might be is (in 60 seconds........)
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    Vortexian tube amplifier

    Any of you fine threadsters ever used one of these??? it's a big grey box that was built in the 60s to militery specs & it produces 50watts of unbelievable tone It has 4 inputs~~2 guitar ins, mic in & a gram. in (gramaphone :p ) treble & bass control & by fuck they're good for tone shifting...
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    spank my slapback

    yeah I'm recording an elvis style number just now & I just have to tell you all what I've used because it fuckin' well rocks My variaxe set to bridge PU of a tele, going thru pod XT live for a bit of EQ & touch of compression then into a british built tube amp called vortexian (built like a...
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    my ol' man fixed a unidyme III shure mic and.............

    It has a weird distortion coming from it....................it's not overdriving.......it sounds like a piece of metal rattling off of another piece of metal?????wierd........admittedly it's on a conga so the diaphragm could be getting overloaded, I'm still experimenting with it It sounded...
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    hearing your mixes through a PA

    I've just heard 3 of my latest mixes through my PA system & have to say that I'm blown away People around the globe (me included) reference on different systems big,small,good & bad. In my opinion the final test comes when it's cranked up through a PA & the top end doesn't cut your head off &...
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    How Much Is It Worth

    OK I've got a pre international 16"xVery deep floor tom & it's black My mate wants to buy it & I want to sell it but I don't know what it's worth?? can anyone help I don't want to sell it for 2pence when it's worth a trillion????????????????? you know what I mean
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    Calling all keyboard players

    Howdy threadsters I have a home studio setup & I record myself (surprise surprise)...........amongst others Basically I'm looking for players that will take an mp3 & send it back to me with a midi file or 10 pending on what the track is all about I can record some keyboard parts myself, but...
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    Decca mic tree

    I heard about this strange kind of tree that grew microphones the other day that grows in the magical valleys & fields of Deccaland..................put the pipe down!!! OK the question is. What is this mic tree all about?? I think it's used to record orchestras but I don't know it sounds like...
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    my A strings quieter than the rest???

    Yo peeps I've got a Takamine Gseries EG335 12 string acoustic & notice today that the A strings where quiter than the rest???? If the pickup was slightly out of place, surely all of the strings wouldn't coming through right?? I'm a bit confused as to why it would be at a different volume, I'm...
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    Fostex microphone

    I've got a fostex mic that's in bits, as far as I'm aware it all works but it seems real hard to get back together It's a big square topped thing with a rectangular front & I remember it sounding awesome on some things (I was considerably younger then) Unfortunately I don't know what the model...
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    guitar FX--without any processors

    OK threadsters I'm on the run down to 30 & the more I look around it seems like people are getting, "do everything at once" boxes before they get an instrument to learn on I'm just wondering what sort of things you guys & gals do to achieve some organic FX (as it where) I recently ran my...
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