Cheap chinese microphones vindicated

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noisedude said:
Why would anyone disagree with it? You're looking for something that isn't there, dude.
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That was lite hearted pluckery. I didn't mean anything by that.
 
This is a funny thread to everyone who knows the B1 sounds like shit. If you love the mic, please, keep posting. I'm going to the kitchen for some potato chips. Brb.
 
lexdrummer said:
That was lite hearted pluckery. I didn't mean anything by that.
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Today I found out I definitely have to move out of my house and there is definitely nowhere I can move to ... having pissed off the major local letting agent by trying to move me and my four male friends into a 'family' house without them realising. My bad mood is not caused by microphone. :)
 
noisedude said:
Today I found out I definitely have to move out of my house and there is definitely nowhere I can move to ... having pissed off the major local letting agent by trying to move me and my four male friends into a 'family' house without them realising. My bad mood is not caused by microphone. :)
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dude that is hard luck man. sorry to hear it.
 
damn noisy, you're definitely having a day.

Ehh, these things usually work themselves out...
besides, what's the worst that can happen?


besides becoming a street-person :D
 
noisedude said:
Dude, maybe you don't realise you're a bit of a special case. Most people here could NEVER make music as good as yours, regardless of equipment. That doesn't mean that if you had better mics it wouldn't sound better - it just means that you're doing something special with what you have.

Plus, for the most part, you are exploiting the limits of home recording and going for a quite compact, quirky and intelligent sound. People who are trying to sound like the huge bands like Rage, U2 or anyone else who has a 'big' sound are struggling to do so and resort to better gear to try and get there.
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Great point noiseman. For dense or "big" soundmixes there is not substitue for good mic's, pres and converters. Not to mention a good variety thereof for the most part. Helping the tool closet give individualized clarity taylored exactly to the specific source is just plain art, skill and money combined.
 
I just really dig what cat eggs/ sky daddy / golden wizard does. It's a very distinctive sound and it comes from knowing your limits and working within them. When he does go for a fully orchestrated tune (Good Life Blues), it's still got that quirky edge to it, because you know the drums were programmed and the guitar parts are always really clever.
 
cellardweller said:
damn noisy, you're definitely having a day.

Ehh, these things usually work themselves out...
besides, what's the worst that can happen?


besides becoming a street-person :D
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Cheers Ryan ... in all seriousness I'm thinking about upping sticks to another country in 12 months' time to do some teacher training in a change of scene. This old town, as they say, is getting me down.
 
noisedude said:
Cheers Ryan ... in all seriousness I'm thinking about upping sticks to another country in 12 months' time to do some teacher training in a change of scene. This old town, as they say, is getting me down.
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The spirit of adventure is a wonderful thing...keep the faith noisedude.
 
cat-eggs said:
the sm57 sounds fine to me. i like it better than crappier ldc's i've heard.

whenever i heard mp3s off this web page, the sm57 usually asserted people as modest homerecorders who're getting the job done, while these crappy ldcs assert people as home recorders who are trying to sound great and not getting the job done
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You surely know it CAT. I downloaded all your stuff. I feel like I ripped it off it's so good. Tell the "offensive" team they need an SM57POWER T-shirt...
 
noisedude said:
Cheers Ryan ... in all seriousness I'm thinking about upping sticks to another country in 12 months' time to do some teacher training in a change of scene. This old town, as they say, is getting me down.
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Perhaps I'll be seein' ya in the United States of Amerika :rolleyes: :D











Please know that yes, I am joking... of course...
 
lexdrummer said:
I believe you have a point, but the other is about expression and creativity. One artist that does this quite well (if within your taste) is an artist whom has 5 CDs after multiple sold out pressings of five hundred on LP, all recorded with odd mics, usually an SM57. All of this done on a tascam 4track. He took California to a new age of psychedelic circle and now travels the world on the dragcity label. This artist is renouned for his "soul" on record, and has clipped multiple record label deals out of an sm57 and a tascam 4track. Let me know if you want his name. Better yet, see if anyone out there knows who I'm talking about. Quiz time. His name is everywhere on the net.
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That's totally besides the point. I blieve there are artists that can make a create recording with a handheld 4-track - I've been part of such sessions

However, this is a forum where we discuss the relative merits of gear and how to get the best sound we can get. Why is that soooo hard to comprehend?????
 
fraserhutch said:
That's totally besides the point. I blieve there are artists that can make a create recording with a handheld 4-track - I've been part of such sessions

However, this is a forum where we discuss the relative merits of gear and how to get the best sound we can get. Why is that soooo hard to comprehend?????
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I think you are taking some of this out of context. That was merely a display of hope for the little guy who has limited equipment and limited means to acquire more. It was inspiration from the fortitude of those who never gave up, and offered what they had and could do at the time to measured success. As well as, getting the best possible sound from what you have may be the key to your tone, which in effect is the "relative merits of YOUR gear" possibly containing that "best sound you can get".
 
fraserhutch said:
That's totally besides the point. I blieve there are artists that can make a create recording with a handheld 4-track - I've been part of such sessions

However, this is a forum where we discuss the relative merits of gear and how to get the best sound we can get. Why is that soooo hard to comprehend?????
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Isn't part of the art getting the best sound you can with the gear you've got? We're not just about telling people which gear to go out and buy! There's technique involved here! That's a great deal about what this forum is about! If I buy a u47 and am getting poor results, is this forum only here to tell me what else to get?

And who are you to tell us what we should talk about?!
 
nice take phil. It took alot for me not to use the exclamation point. Glad someone had the balls. Thank you. I mean it.
 
PhilGood said:
Isn't part of the art getting the best sound you can with the gear you've got? We're not just about telling people which gear to go out and buy! There's technique involved here! That's a great deal about what this forum is about! If I buy a u47 and am getting poor results, is this forum only here to tell me what else to get?
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Absolutely! What I'm saying is that the technique is a part of it, a large part, but not all.

A large part of what we do around here is discuss the relative merits of gear.

And who are you to tell us what we should talk about?!
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Where did I tell anyone what they cannot talk about? I am ONLY stating that it is equally valid to sdiscuss the merits of gear.

Kapeesh?
 
fraserhutch said:
Absolutely! What I'm saying is that the technique is a part of it, a large part, but not all.

A large part of what we do around here is discuss the relative merits of gear.


Where did I tell anyone what they cannot talk about? I am ONLY stating that it is equally valid to sdiscuss the merits of gear.

Kapeesh?
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Dude. I already took a red star from all this tension. Lets not bicker and argue over...who killed who. This is supposed to be a happy occassion.....through the tragic death of this posting, I don't think I have so much as lost a thred, as gained some insight...

Bring out your dead! ...on to the next
 
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fraserhutch said:
Where did I tell anyone what they cannot talk about? I am ONLY stating that it is equally valid to sdiscuss the merits of gear.

Kapeesh?
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You did. By the statement:

fraserhutch said:
Why is that soooo hard to comprehend?????
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You implied that someone doesn't understand what to ask or post, like they didn't get it. Its a pretty condescending statement, isn't it?
 
PhilGood said:
You did. By the statement:



You implied that someone doesn't understand what to ask or post, like they didn't get it. Its a pretty condescending statement, isn't it?
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I think he's run away.......KEEP RUNNING!
 
Has anyone found the Monty Python's -holy grail- hacking the slightest bit funny?

Doesn't matter...I'll keep going anyway.

"BE QUIET! I ORDER YOU TO BE QUIET!" -fraserhutch
"Order eah?! Who does he think he is?" - old woman
"I am your king." -fraserhutch
"We don't have a KING!" - old woman
"I am Frasherhutch, King of all subjects" - fraserhutch
"Well how'd you become King then?" -oldwoman
"The lady of the microphone, sent forth her hand from the water and.."-fraserhutch

In pines lexdrummer- "Listen, strange women, lying in ponds, distributing microphones is no basis for a system of goverment. Supreme executive power comes from a mandate from the masses, not from some farsical, aquadic ceremony. Say I went round, saying i was emperor, just cause some moisten Uli lobbed a B1 at me. They'd lock me away!"
 
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