i just had a very strong reality thingamajig

[sheppard]

after giving toki's little bros thing a listen i am completely fucking envious of that sound.i have decided that one good mic and one good mic pre is more important than any other piece of gear you
can have.
starting now i am saving some $$$$$$$$.once i get my neve and my neumann,i am gonna donate this avlex to slackmaster,cause it is about the same size as a dildo,but i am pretty sure that a dildo produces a much better sound!

 

[muttley]

More than any of us needs to know!!


da MUTT

 

[chessrock]

I still wonder when people are going to understand.

A Neve and a good mic ain't what's going to get you that sound. After you shell out all that money, I'm afraid you're going to have yet another, even harsher reality shock thingamabob.

 

[sheppard]

I still wonder when people are going to understand.

A Neve and a good mic ain't what's going to get you that sound. After you shell out all that money, I'm afraid you're going to have yet another, even harsher reality shock thingamabob.

i understand what you are saying,but i dont agree.good equipment is a big part of what it takes to make great recordings.i dont by any means consider my self a sound engineer,just a guy that has been spending all of his free time trying to learn some basics.
my goal is to learn as much as possible over the next 5 to 7 years
at which point i will retire from my job and do it for a living.(btw
thats not the only thing i will depending on for my living.)
would you walk past a neumann,a neve,and a vintage martin to
use an avlex,a presonus blue tube, and an applause?i doubt it.
i may be a rooky now,but in five to seven years i wont be,so when that time gets here,i would rather have one good mic and one good pre,as opposed to a half dozen cheaper versions of each that dont sound worth a shit!

 

[Blue Bear Sound]

i understand what you are saying,but i dont agree.good equipment is a big part of what it takes to make great recordings.

I disagree completely.... engineering ears and recording skills are far more important.

A seasoned engineer with a PortaStudio and an SM57 will turn out a much more professional-sounding result than a novice with a Neve console and a roomful of high-end mics.

 

[Blue Bear Sound]

British beer and Cosmopolitans (vodka/cran/triple sec) work for me!

 

[dafduc]

Brucie, you live in beer HEAVEN and you're craving Brit beer?

Daf (after enough beers, everything sounds good to me...)

 

[sheppard]

You might wanna spend some time learning about room treatments.

Because THAT is the next stumbling block after getting a good mic and a good pre.

my studio should be completed this month.i have spent the last year bugging all of the pros about just that.i feel confident that my rooms will be great for my needs.

 

[sheppard]

I disagree completely.... engineering ears and recording skills are far more important.

A seasoned engineer with a PortaStudio and an SM57 will turn out a much more professional-sounding result than a novice with a Neve console and a roomful of high-end mics.

the point is is that i wont always be a novice.there will come a time (hopefully)when my ears will be able to hear the difference
between low end gear and hi end gear.i already can hear many
more things than i could a year ago,mainly due to good monitors
and the advice of others about what to listen for.
i dont think for a minute that owning top notch gear is going
to make me a great engineer.there will come a time when i reach the status of "good engineer".when that time comes it will be
better to have a box full of craftsman tools as opposed to some dollar store garbage.
sheppard

 

[acorec]

I disagree completely.... engineering ears and recording skills are far more important.

A seasoned engineer with a PortaStudio and an SM57 will turn out a much more professional-sounding result than a novice with a Neve console and a roomful of high-end mics.

A funny story, in the 80s, my band had a portastudio and SM57s. They used an engineer that did one aerosmith album and I think a Cars album(?) Anyway, they recorded in my band's basement and did some songs. I recorded my songs in my homestudio. I had a 16 track board, a Fostex 16 track deck, Senn MD421, AKG 414 mics. Well, their songs sounded pretty damn good. When they were done patting themselves on the back, they listened to my songs. I blew their songs away so bad. We all eventually ended up recording at my house. The pro engineer insisted on it. I was not a pro at the time (or now). Sadly, the engineer that I am talking about passed away and I cannot remember his name at all. He was a good engineer and a great guy. But, with bad equipment, a home recordist could blow away a pro.
I will say that one of the guys that played guitar on their tape was Denny Laine of Wings. So, there was all kinds of talent there, but no equipment.