My website........again......

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Yes Dawg, I agree. The title engineer is one I used to use very cheaply but after a few years of trying to engineer just my own studio I have realized that I am not and probably never will be an engineer. First off I know a good deal about audio electronics and accoustics but give me some parts and ask me to draw and build a specific curcuit (hopefully an ocsillator) and I'll do a hell of a lot of soldering and re soldering before anything starts to come together. By the time the dang thing works it will be more a stroke of luck than anything.

Plus I suck at math..bores me to death. I don't think anyone with math skills under trig should be claiming any kind of engineering title. Then there's physics, conceptually I got the major stuff but again ask me to work the formulas and I will go blank. Engineering a recording is not the same as being an engineer.

Zeke, definitions are very important. Without them a simple comment can become an insult and a title can become a curse.

..and man, get those guitars off the stinking floor!
 
..one more thing Zeke, what's a "full peice band"? I think you mean a five peice band or something like that.
 
frederic said:


The server I save audio, midi, and video to is an athlon 1800+ processor with 1gb of ram, running Redhat Linux 8.0 (purchased and registered), attached to a raid array that contains 14 Seagate ST373453 70gb 15K drives, for a total space of of almost a terabyte.
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$12000 worth of harddrives eh. I'd like to see a picture of that machine. Most I've installed were 6 15K seagates into my DB server at work. Where the hell is this monster server located?
 
frederic said:
posted by Blue Bear Sound: video editing packages I use... been a while since I used them though, so I'll have to look on the studio's comp to see the names....
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If you get a chance, I'd appreciate it. No rush at all.
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Here we go -- VideoStudio 5.0 and MediaStudio Video Editor. The VS is a quickie, throw it together tool, and the MediaStudio VE is fairly comprehensive.

Once I got the hang of the MediaStudio s/w, I got into it!
 
$12000 worth of harddrives eh. I'd like to see a picture of that machine. Most I've installed were 6 15K seagates into my DB server at work. Where the hell is this monster server located? [/B]
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My server(s) are located in the basement where all happy servers should be.

Here is what you are looking at...

Left rack:

1. HP Surestore 7215wr dual drive, 15 DLT tape library.
2. Compaq 4500R quad pentium 75mhz EISA server (raid 5, 5 18gig drives, compaq smart array I EISA raid controller, 256MB ram)
3. Networthy 10/100 switched backplane hub, with integrated 486 PC that doesn't want to boot anymore
Not Shown: Ortronics 48 port (8-pin UTP) Ortronics (or Krone, I forget) patch panel.

Right rack:

1. Athlon 1800+ 4U server (with monitor on top), 1gb ram, Raid controller connected to both arrays below.
2. 1U Compaq keyboard/trackball on drawer.
3. Compaq 1850R w/ two 50G seagate drives (mirrored) Mail server.
4. Compaq Raid Array 1 - has 7 ST373453 drives installed.*
5. Compaq Raid Array 2 - has 7 ST373453 drives installed.*
6. Compaq 3500W 4U UPS to power all of the above (when the electrical gets upgraded).
Not Shown: Beklin 8-port KVM
Not Shown: HP Procurve switch with two 1gb ethernet cards (dual port) and six 8-port 10/100 cards (I think they are 8 ports or thereabouts, maybe 6 ports)

"not shown" means the item is at the top of the rack and it got cut out of the picture.

BTW, I have four or five more Compaq 4500R's in the garage should anyone need 200lb industrial strength quad pentium 75 computers. I've found they make good sawhorses :D
 

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Here we go -- VideoStudio 5.0 and MediaStudio Video Editor. The VS is a quickie, throw it together tool, and the MediaStudio VE is fairly comprehensive.

Once I got the hang of the MediaStudio s/w, I got into it! [/B]
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Very cool, thank you for getting back to me, its much appreciated! I shall investigate!
 
so what are you doing...storing the nations' tax returns or sumpin'??

holy cow!!!:eek:
 
mixmkr said:
so what are you doing...storing the nations' tax returns or sumpin'??

holy cow!!!:eek:
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heh-heh Nope!

The "big" server is where I store all my midi files, audio files, video files, and various websites that I mirror.

Essentually, it was the biggest file cabinet I could afford :)
 
About the pics, i'm not going to take any more until my whole studio is complete. I was thinking of painting the control room a red/burgundy (spelling?), use track lights for lighting, and i was thinking about doing the floor with that fake wood flooring like you can get at Home Depot, but i think with the small room i got for the control room (10' X 13-14') i think just carpet would look ok. And about treating the room, do i want it to be dead, so it don't interfear with my monitors? or do i just want to tame the room a little and try to even it up? I got a pink noise generater (spelling?) that i might use after i've treated the room and make sure my monitors are as flat as possible. This is off the subject but what are some good acoustics and defusers that are good for the money? I don't have a big budget.

Zeke
 
ZEKE SAYER said:
About the pics, i'm not going to take any more until my whole studio is complete. I was thinking of painting the control room a red/burgundy (spelling?), use track lights for lighting, and i was thinking about doing the floor with that fake wood flooring like you can get at Home Depot, but i think with the small room i got for the control room (10' X 13-14') i think just carpet would look ok. And about treating the room, do i want it to be dead, so it don't interfear with my monitors? or do i just want to tame the room a little and try to even it up? I got a pink noise generater (spelling?) that i might use after i've treated the room and make sure my monitors are as flat as possible. This is off the subject but what are some good acoustics and defusers that are good for the money? I don't have a big budget.

Zeke
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Zeke,

You probably don't want the control room to be completely dead, as after a while you'll have a headache. While you don't want endless reflections, a little "ambience" in the control room is just fine.

A vocal booth is a different story, because you'd be recording in that room, and you'd want to capture the vocalist as "pure" as possible, and then add environment after the fact. This is especially true with rock, metal, dance, techno, etc.

Opera and gospel, well, can be enhanced by recording in a live room whereas the end result sounds very natural. Not too many opera and gospel singers are often heard by many, many people singing in their bathrooms :)

Of course the above is my subjective opinion.

For my home studio, I'm going to go out of my way to deaden the walls, and use pergo on the floor to fill in some liveliness in the control room. I like wood, and for me, there is no such thing as too much wood in a room. But, wood reflects especially if its silky smooth like pergo, so I will have to spot-treat the side walls, ceiling, etc to counteract these reflections to keep things under control.

The wall behind the monitors is going to be a dead wall - so my ears are not confused sitting in front of the monitors, and the wall.

Hope that helps.
 
Thanks guys. i'll look into it. I'm redo my whole site right now, so i'll be starting another thread soon.


Thanks

ZEke
 
might as well put on the "bullet proof vest" prior to the "assults" you are going to hear about being a mastering facility.....;)


Zeke... for my lousy ass opinion...I think you're doing fine, and can boast pretty much whatever you want to do. Still a couple of gramatical errors...but shit...there're going to probably be a couple just in this post too!!

When people contact you and make recording arrangements, unless you have a PR guy that runs around in a 3 piece, and hands out Cuban cigars to induce business, I can't imagine that you are going to pull the wool over anyones' eyes and have them show up to your studio and be completely shocked because your "digital" studio isn't a Sony Oxford and ProTools I24 with all the blinking lights to dazzle.

I mean.... wadda you going to charge... lockout, block time of $10,000/wk?

I find it odd that there are many people that think you'd actually be running a "scam" and false advertising. I think you could pick apart any "pro" operation, and try and say they are falsely trying to elevate themselves to the "next level". But I don't see you doing that. Maybe getting a little zealous...but hey... you're a kid...right?? :)

Personally, I'd get a little bit more "down home and personal" and not try to be so "official" with your advertising/web page. After all, won't that actually be some of the charm and attraction to REALLY get people to come to your place? I think it would. A COMFORTABLE place to record that has some decent equipment to get a decent sound and DECENT rates. Things seem to sift to the proper level anyway, and I think Marshall Tucker isn't going to pull up at the front doors. But, hopefully the guys down the street with a couple hundred bucks will...and their friends...and their friends... and the friends of their friends........
If you can do "surround" with S/F Acid, etc, and play it out of a system that SAYS 5.1 surround on it... way to go!! Sue the manufacturers for false advertising...

And to all the Zeke naysayers... I just give out the shit because he doesn't deserve it. Put yourself in his shoes and imagine what kind of response you'd like to get from "stangers and friends" off the internet. Sure, tell it like it is...that is what is needed, but back off with the bluntness and maybe a little "helping hand" will be received much more enthusiasitcally...<---see!!...I probably misspelled that too!!

But,...anyway...like I should talk.....

Now...I dug my own grave too...:( :D :D :D
 
Better Zeke. As mixmkr said there's the 'mastering' claim. I don't think it's that bad because you are not claiming to be a mastering house but just that you've done it before. It's not like your front page has a huge "now with pro mastering facilities in studio!" on it.

Rock on man.
 
Mixmkr <----- the "Robin Hood" of HR.com.......

MM -- I don't think a single post here was to flame Zeke or "hurt his wittle feelings."

I think everyone, including myself, made the comments they did to get him to, as you put it, "...get a little bit more "down home and personal" and not try to be so official with {his} advertising/web page..." without any antagonistic intentions.

But it's nice to know this site has a defender of the underdog if someone (you know - the 14-year olds, pagans, barbarians, cultists, etc...) ever needs it.
 
Zeke - I like the new nav bar on your home page, it looks good, but for continuity, it should show up on the rest of your pages too.
 
I certainly "LOOKS" better. As far as the content goes, you'll never please everyone. But here we go.

Since 2000, Phatman Studios has been helping the modern musician take their music to the next level by serving them with the best quality we have to offer.
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I would just say. "Since 2000, Phatman Studios has been helping the modern musician take their music to the next level."

The rest doesn't make sense to me.
Whether you're a soloist or a 5 peice band
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C'mon Zeke, i before e except after c. "Piece"


Ah screw it, here's the whole first paragraph. You may copy and paste if you want, I won't charge you:D


Phatman Studios is an affordable 16-track digital recording studio that is devoted to taking your music to the next level. Whether you're a soloist or a 5 piece band, Phatman Studios can put together a package that's right for you! If your looking for the best deal you've come to the right place. Phatman Studios also offers affordable cd and tape work done by our partner company Diskmakers(c).


Instead of the second paragraph, maybe just add a bulleted list of capabilites/services. Just a thought.


The navigation and pictures are cool, wouldn't change them at all.
 
HangDawg said:
If your looking for the best deal you've come to the right place.
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Might want to make that "If you're looking for the best deal... :D

The navigation is definately looking much better -- just make it consistent on all the pages like Michael said.

travis
 
ignition said:
Might want to make that "If you're looking for the best deal... :D

The navigation is definately looking much better -- just make it consistent on all the pages like Michael said.

travis
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Nice catch!;)
 
I'm going to fire my spell/grammer proff reader. :mad: ........oh, wait, she's my mom! :D But she did read it and said it looked ok. i guess she didn't really pay to much attention it because she had other things to do.....

MM, thanks for the great reply! It really made me fill better about my page. I plan to charge $15 an hour to start out with. And then as i make more clients and get better at recording, maybe up it to $20 and then $25 and so on. And i plan to make sure that they DON'T expect a Pro Tools Enterface when they walk into my studio. I plan to post alot of pics on the site as soon as i can get the rooms done and the photo guy down here.


BB: Thanks for your reply also, but in your older replys, i got the idea that you wanted my studio to look more "Pro" insted of "down to earth" Which is really what my studio is.

MJ: Yeah, i like the bar too and i will put it on all the pages but this is just the only page taht i've got done right now.

Thanks for the replys!

Zeke
 
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