Random Tips and Tricks: Post some, read some

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deja vu all over again

Tekker said:
Zeotrope, check out the 3rd post on this page........I beat ya to it. :D
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Damn, I knew it sounded familiar. And thanks for the studio covers link, good stuff there.
 
In response to the "wake-up a snare" post.

* Record it properly in the first place (a trick very often used, it really works).
* Tune it properly (less used, but it really helps if you can find someone who knows how to do it).
* One mic on the top, one mic on the bottom, reverse the phase of the bottom mic, mix the 2 signals together.

For a very cheap high quality preamp - find an old Leslie cabinet, disconnect the amp section, use the preamp section as your microphone preamp. Will beat the pants of the majority of pre's under $1000 (apart from the new Grace for $500).

Did you hear about 2 bassplayers walking past a bar?
 
*stumbles through junk*

*mumbles*

Now where WAS that Leslie cabinet that I used to have just LYING AROUND here? I know I saw that thing SOMEWHERE!

:rolleyes:

--Tax :D
 
Its under that pile of dusty old Neve and API modules that need cleaning, in the far left corner, you dope.
If only you'd keep this place a bit tidy dammit.:rolleyes:
 
Hmmm... never met a bassplayer who could walk past a bar... let alone two of them. :)
 
wrong!

sjoko2 said:
LOL Right answer - it never happened
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Nope, it did happen . . . right after the drummer properly tuned his snare.
 
Like the surgeon who had just performed a life saving operation to remove a large brain tumor on a collegue. When he came to he asked him:
"What would you like first? The good or the bad news?".
He said: " Give me the bad news first please"
"I had to remove over half of your brain"
"Damn! Can there be good news after that? What am I going to do with the rest of my life? What good news can there be?"
"Well, the nurses and I all put some dollars in the kitty, and we bought you a bass guitar!"
 
Real sounding helicopter

For a helicopter sound effect, place a running vacuum cleaner under a ceiling fan (preferably in the center of a room) Point mic into upper corner of said room. Move it around a bit, try different corners. Sounds like a helo is landing on your roof.

Or just use the helicopter patch on your synth.

For a nice, juicy thud sound effect - crap directly onto the capsule of your least favorite condenser mic from a distance of about 2.5 to 3 feet.
 
More helicopters

I have it on good authority that the helicopters in Apocolypse Now were done by hanging a chain into a paper bag and swinging the chain around so it hit the sides. There's some pretty major reverb on it too if I recall. And the Doors.

This is the end . . .
 
And what do you call someone who likes to hang around with musicians all the time???


...a drummer (ba da boom).
 
Did you hear about the guy who walked into a bar and said "OW!!"?

-tkr
 
How is a blonde and a turtle alike?

...Once they're on their backs, they're both screwed. :p
 
How are a blonde and a screen door alike?

... The more you bang them the loser they get.
 
What's the difference between a blonde and a bowling ball?

... You can only fit three fingers in a bowling ball. ;)
 
How can you tell when a blonde has been using the computer?

... There's white-out on the screen and lipstick on the joystick. :rolleyes:
 
Why was the dumb blonde staring at a carton of orange juice?

... because it said concentrate. :confused:
 
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