So, what are you working on?

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RAMI said:
(I hope Greg comes back soon)

I have 12 new originals that I want to cut down to 10, along with about 6 covers that I'll choose 2 or 3 from.

I was pretty much ready to put another CD together, but now I'm going back and re-doing lead vocals on a lot of them, so release date has been pushed back. I know you're all waiting on the edges of your seats. :D
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I think your Rolling Stones cover is a given?!
 
H'lo all,

I don't post much, although I've been mining this site for quite a while now. I discovered a long time ago that if you really want to learn something, you have to sit down, shut up and LISTEN. So that's what I've been doing (I read until my eyes water), and I've learned quite a lot. Still in the process of setting up my studio, which is based around a 2488, but I've gotten it far enough along to start doing some work with it. When I initially got it going, I pulled out a bunch of tapes from my old dual 3340 studio (that dates me), put the tracks on the 2488 and started re-working them. It's gotten to the point where I'm starting to get pretty fluid with the 2488 protocols, and I've been working with some newer stuff I've written.

My studio is slightly larger than an airmail stamp (it used to be a darkroom - well, I guess it's still kinda dark), so I have limitations in the monitor department, but I'm starting to get comfy in it. I'm about a third of the way to a CD's worth of music, so far.

And I do very much appreciate the knowledge being shared here -- it sure beats trial and error. . .

Greg
 
paddedcell said:
H'lo all,

I don't post much, although I've been mining this site for quite a while now. I discovered a long time ago that if you really want to learn something, you have to sit down, shut up and LISTEN. So that's what I've been doing (I read until my eyes water), and I've learned quite a lot. Still in the process of setting up my studio, which is based around a 2488, but I've gotten it far enough along to start doing some work with it. When I initially got it going, I pulled out a bunch of tapes from my old dual 3340 studio (that dates me), put the tracks on the 2488 and started re-working them. It's gotten to the point where I'm starting to get pretty fluid with the 2488 protocols, and I've been working with some newer stuff I've written.

My studio is slightly larger than an airmail stamp (it used to be a darkroom - well, I guess it's still kinda dark), so I have limitations in the monitor department, but I'm starting to get comfy in it. I'm about a third of the way to a CD's worth of music, so far.

And I do very much appreciate the knowledge being shared here -- it sure beats trial and error. . .

Greg
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As do we all Greg. Welcome to the forum dood. Look forward to hearing what you are creating. :)
 
Final stages of tracking and mixdown for the next Bigfoot record. Brought a guest in last week for Hammond C3 parts on one song and this week for saxophone parts on another song. Miced the Leslie with a 57 on top and a RE20 on the bottom. Guest brought in a vintage AKG C414 EB for the sax.

Had a bit of a scare when the Hammond was a few half-steps flat. Restarting the organ made it right.
 
I'm working on buying a house. After that, I'll be free to work on really putting a studio together.
 
bouldersoundguy said:
Miced the Leslie with a 57 on top and a RE20 on the bottom.

Had a bit of a scare when the Hammond was a few half-steps flat. Restarting the organ made it right.
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I ususally use a single 57 on a Leslie. I take off the top rotor cover and set the mic back about 2' about half the height of the box.
Ya gotta love tone wheel organs. Mine has locked up before.
 
Just did some organ tracks myself last night with my Hammond L series...but I don't have a Leslie cab :( just the basic speakers that come with the organ, though I purchased a spare set and mounted them in a 212 cab, that way I don't have to mess around trying to mic the organ cab, which was almost impossible as your feet are in the way.

Anyway....I'm working on a tune that grew out of a Tone Thread jam I did a month or so back. It's coming along nicely now after I had a bit of a hurdle with some acoustic guitar tracks...just couldn't get the right sound I wanted...but I finally did.

This is a somewhat interesting tune as it has a sort of rocked out Latin/samba flavor in the beat. I don't have a straight up drum kit doing any basic beat.
 
I'm working on my Fiverr gig. It gives me plenty to do with my time and it also forces me to step up my game. All of the gigs are two day deliveries so i don't have time to obsess over takes. I'm getting really good at finalizing the killer take and getting it out of the door. Working in Reaper has been a great help. It's very fast and very efficient. I love it! After years of Digital Performer, Pro Tools and Logic, Reaper has entered my life with everything i need just when i needed it.
 
Trying to blackout a window so my kid can do photo developing and enlarging in the laundry room.

First attempt with cardboard is fail.

Next attempt will be foil on window with framed cardboard and 5/16 foam insulation around the frame.

If that doesn't work the next attempt will be in a bathroom with no windows.
 
Finally got my live room and control room to a point were I can start tracking. Last night was the first try. Just tracking drums, 12 channels worth through an all analog studio. Its all up, aligned calibrated and working great, just not happy with the the mics on the drums themselves yet. Overheads are doing their thing great....so now the experimentation/learning thing begins.
 
Mastering Bigfoot and the Prehistoric Dogs new CD Boomtown Stain at Airshow Mastering today. Listening session went well: it sounded pretty much the same there as it did in our studio (whew!).
 
I actually took a few hours off today and treated my lawn.
 
I bet it's nice and level with great continuity, no stray spikes, and still aesthetically pleasing. ;)
 
I'm currently mixing and doing overdubs for a mates band who decided to record and mix 7 tracks live in a room together in two days whilst the singer had a throat infection. Long story short we've already spent 20 hours doing overdubs but it's nearly there now.
 
Justsomeguy said:
I'm currently mixing and doing overdubs for a mates band who decided to record and mix 7 tracks live in a room together in two days whilst the singer had a throat infection. Long story short we've already spent 20 hours doing overdubs but it's nearly there now.
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OUCH! Now that's the hard way around it. huh?
 
Steenamaroo said:
I bet it's nice and level with great continuity, no stray spikes, and still aesthetically pleasing. ;)
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Actually, it's a mess. Some of it is lush and green and nearly a foot long, so heavy it can't even stand, while other parts are dirt with little brownish-white clumps sticking out. Most of it is torn up in one way or another -- Skunks -- Lots of skunks.

So I whipped me up a mixture of seed, winterizing fertilizer and grub & insect control (for the uninitiated, skunks dig up lawns to get to the grubs beneath the surface -- No grubs = no skunk damage).

I'm sure I'm not quite supposed to apply them together. Meh...
 
moresound said:
OUCH! Now that's the hard way around it. huh?
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Tell me about it! Short story long; they did the recording at a local studio then waited for a month for the mixes. when the mixes came the band were more than disappointed, both in terms of some of the performances and the mixes in general. The band sat down and had a chat about what to do and they ended up giving me a call initially just to ask to mix it (they figured it'd be quicker and as we're all friends i have no problem mixing it until they're happy with it. i did their first 3 track EP and they were happy with that :D). So, it took another month to get the files from the studio, and listening through to the raw audio was.... well.... i've heard better. the drums and bass were great and 80% of the electric guitar stuff was fine (i still have an issue with the tone on a couple of the tracks as it sounds like the amp's too quiet and it's choking the sustain on some chords) but that was all it had going for it. Vocals were pretty bad (although, to say he was ill i'm amazed he did any at all), one acoustic guitar sounded ok but the playing was ropey, the other acoustic guitar sounded like a cardboard box with strings on it. I also got a copy of the initial mixes they had got from the studio and a list of notes from the band on what they liked and didn't like about them. So, i've had the files for 8 days and have been working pretty much flat out on them to get them finished. three of the tracks are completely done and dusted now, two more still need some vocal overdubs, and the other two need one of the acoustic guitars redoing.

It's frustrating as three of the guys in the band are also in another band and i did their 3 track EP a while back as a live recording in one room with no overdubs and that came out great, but, then again, 1) we spent a LOOONG time setting everything up making sure we had the best isolation we could whilst still maintaing the best sound we could, and 2) they're a grunge/noise band so they wanted a kinda "lo-fi" feel to it (in fact, they complained that the first mix i gave them was "too clean and clear").

It's also a shame as they're a great band and i have a lot of respect for the main engineer at the studio they recorded at, but it all seems so rushed and there seems like some odd mic and placement choices (the boxy acoustic guitar was an SM57 pointed just off the sound hole. i could've understood this if it was from the live part of the recordings but that was the overdubs they did on the second day! even the band thought it was odd).

Saying that, the kick drum is miced with the Audio technica AE2500 (the crazy dual element mic) and it's the first time i've heard/played with one and it sounds fantastic. Still way out of my price range but, based on this recording, i can hear why
 
Well at least they ended up coming to the right guy to get their project back on track.
 
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