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  1. Blue Bear Sound

    Studio Etiquette - DOs/DONTs

    1) Never fart in the control room.(Do it in the machine room, then get the assistant to "change reels".) 2) When visiting a session you are not working on say only 2 things "sounds great' & "anybody want a beer?" 3) never say: "Is this a demo?" or "is that through the small speakers?' stick...
  2. Blue Bear Sound

    URGENT... need Producing/Developing Advice!

    OK... so a couple of weeks back a father hired my studio to produce a vocal demo for his 15 year old daughter... no problem, the session went well and the daughter is actually quite talented. They would like to pursue their daughters musical interests further and they asked me for some advice...
  3. Blue Bear Sound

    Randall Isolation guitar cab.....

    ...I just picked one of these up (with the Celestion cone) Absolutely phenomenal!!! I had my amp cranked to rehearsal level and the sound was... well, not a whisper, but hardly distracting - you could easily watch TV nearby without difficulty hearing the TV's sound......... Amazing.... For...
  4. Blue Bear Sound

    Need Spectrum Analyzer recommendation...

    Hey all... Any recommendations for a pro hardware spectrum analyzer? (don't even mention s/w, I don't use a computer at all in the studio!) ;) Thanks, Bruce
  5. Blue Bear Sound

    AKG 451s...............

    So what is the current going equivalent for the AKG 451? I used a pair (rented) a few weeks back and wouldn't mind scoring their equivalent........ unless someone has a pair in good condition for sale! Bruce
  6. Blue Bear Sound

    BIG F*CKING YIKES!!!!!!!!!!!! Real-life Lessons...........

    Remember that 9 Drums Tracks in 2 Days thread??? Well, I'm dumping the tracks down to work tapes......there are 4 altogether and I've gotten thru the first 3 tapes... all tracks are passing the "day after" test and they rock, big time.... I pull out the 4th tape, and notice something hanging...
  7. Blue Bear Sound

    More of Harvey's WOW (Words of Wisdom)

    Words To Live By In The Studio At Indian Trail Recording Studio, there is a sign on the wall in very large letters so everybody can read it easily. There are only 14 sentences on the sign, but each sentence is designed to make people stop and think. That's the purpose...
  8. Blue Bear Sound

    Mixing Tips from Harvey Gerst and the ubiquitous Mixerman (R.A.P. regulars)

    Some good stuff here: AND MORE --
  9. Blue Bear Sound

    9 Drum Tracks in Two Days... remote drum recording...

    I just finshed an entire weekend of remote recording of drum tracks... thought I'd post a summary for any who are interested.......... Gear Plan Since my studio is not mobile in any way, I decided to rent all the gear and make my life easier.... the mics used were 2 AKG 451s on overheads, an...
  10. Blue Bear Sound

    Need Urgent Help from anyone familiar with Roland V-Drums

    I want to rescue some questionably-recorded acoustic drum tracks. One way of doing this is to use the tracks to re-trigger the V-Drums mechanically via small speakers (a technique I've used successfully in the past) and record the V-Drum outputs instead, but I could save a few steps if the...
  11. Blue Bear Sound

    Everyone here needs to do 2 things...

    1 - click on the Amazon.com search link from *this* BBS 2 - When you're there, you absolutely *MUST* buy a copy of Howard Massey's new book "Behind the Glass." You want a great summary of pro techniques from a variety of sources, that's the book you need. You want some insight into studio...
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