The one that got away!

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Good to know that even the pros (or semipros) forget to arm the right tracks sometimes.

It didn't happen during recording, but once while playing at an outdoor gig, I didn't touch the seat before sitting down to play (I'm a keyboardist.) Turns out the seat was blazing hot, so I burned my backside and shot up from the seat, sending my keyboard stand toppling. My keyboard then fell over, slid off the stage and (thankfully) into the grass. We were on top of a flatbed truck, so the stage was pretty small. Thankfully, my keyboard was okay aside from from scratches and dents.

Lessons learned:
1. Do NOT use metal folding chairs at an outdoor gig.
2. A good stand is a good investment.
 
What kind of keyboard was it? If something happened like that I would be heartbroken. I have a korg m3 so the screen would be in trouble.
 
I was smart enough to leave my electro2 at home that day, since I was worried about an outdoor gig. I was using a yamaha psr2100 at the time, which apparently is built like a tank.
 
Lazyfishstix said:
Good to know that even the pros (or semipros) forget to arm the right tracks sometimes.

It didn't happen during recording, but once while playing at an outdoor gig, I didn't touch the seat before sitting down to play (I'm a keyboardist.) Turns out the seat was blazing hot, so I burned my backside and shot up from the seat, sending my keyboard stand toppling. My keyboard then fell over, slid off the stage and (thankfully) into the grass. We were on top of a flatbed truck, so the stage was pretty small. Thankfully, my keyboard was okay aside from from scratches and dents.

Lessons learned:
1. Do NOT use metal folding chairs at an outdoor gig.
2. A good stand is a good investment.
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I lol'd picturing this scene.
Sorry.
 
I just realized a mistake I've been making for well over a year today.

I was using my UAD 1176 totally wrong. I thought the attack and release knobs were reversed. I happened to have read on a forum somewhere that they were reversed of typical compressors, and so I sat down today and was playing around with them....lo and behold, I had it wrong this whole time :(

Now my drums sound better :)
 
I had a can of coke sitting in a room while doing some quite vocals with a sensitive mic. I kept hearing sizzling sound and couldn't figure it out. Turns out it was the fizz from the can.

There are a million others such as forgetting to hit record every other take. Arming a mic I had set up for vocals instead of the guitar cab mic, and recording a killer solo with a super weak/distant sound. The list goes on and on.

My other favorite is overusing Limiting (and Normalizing) on EVERY track and EVERY master when I first recorded, and getting some garbage I thought was good at the time.
 
Mine is telling myself: "No, I don't need to record it/write it out. I can remember that"


:( Needless to say, I couldnt remember it. Used to happen all the time. But now i record everything on a little voice recorder.
 
Yeah, I went through a half a session (just myself recording) with one of my mics either not plugged in, or not turned on I forget which. There are too many gaffes for me to even list. When I first started I didn't know about clipping, so I ruined a bunch of stuff that might have been good by putting the gain too high. For a vocal session I thought it might help to take a couple shots of whiskey beforehand. I was also drinking coffee, and it resulted in losing my voice from drying it out so much.
 
Last week I recorded 4 songs with my drummer. Usually I record the guitar with a mic on the amp in addition to DI from the pedal. Well this time I figured forget the DI, I will just use the mic. So I forget to check the mic placement... It was pointed at the corner of the amp or some crap - anyway it sounded like dried up cow shit. So there was a completely wasted recording session :mad::mad:
 
The master of Dweebessence

So yesterday, I'm recording a bass part to this song that's been in the can just over a year. I usually have all the bass off on the amp and often the treble up on the bass but I was going DI and I quite liked the sound with no treble.
I worked out the part (it was only for a third and fourth verse and two choruses and the runout) and played along, then I recorded it. Went well. But on playback, I kept hearing this high pitched whirry sound. So I rerecorded it. The same thing. Kept on playing along, no whirr. Each time I recorded it, whirry whine ! It was really getting on my nerves and I was getting sick of the bass line. Then when I'd rerecorded it yet again, the whine was there, again. So I took out the drums, vocal and guitar and listened to the bass solo. No whirring !! Put everything back and on the bit where I slur up to the low B, there's the whirr ! It was the guitar ! So I'd done all that rerecording for nothing ! There was never anything wrong with the bass. When the guitar was solo'd, you couldn't hear it. With the bass behind it, it magically appears. Oh well.
 
That's a fact. Weird stuff can come out in the mix, but be damned near invisible solo!
 
I spent about 4 hours working on a project; never hit the "save" button in Cubase. Didn't have auto-save set at any interval. Had a brief power glitch. Restarted the system and checked the pool to find all the files were simply not there... Lost everything.

I went straight to Fry's Electronics and bought a UPS.
 
Stereo Steve said:
I spent about 4 hours working on a project; never hit the "save" button in Cubase. Didn't have auto-save set at any interval. Had a brief power glitch. Restarted the system and checked the pool to find all the files were simply not there... Lost everything.

I went straight to Fry's Electronics and bought a UPS.
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I wouldve went straight to walmart, bought a gun (even though i cant buy that one cd with the fuck word in the lyrics), and shot my computer
 
Oh man. So last night I was recording a friend's vocals. First time I get to use my new AT4047 on vocals. Man he was really rocking. Got great tracks down.

Session is over, I listen to the tracks some more. It sounded like there was reverb on his vocals. It didn't make sense, but it was a new mic so whatever. I listen to the tracks solo. Man I was hearing a lot of background noise. What the hell? I've recorded tons of vocals on my NT2a and got pretty clean tracks. This didn't make sense (I record in a garage that's semi-treated, but its big enough to where I don't get much nasty room sound).

I was thinking "well the switches and controls on my Rode are on the front, so the 4047 must be the same. Right?" I checked my manual. I recorded his vocals from the opposite side.

/facepalm

But considering that, the tracks we got were pretty awesome, so I'm keeping them. I just don't have to add any verb to it now.
 
Recored some guitar tracks...quit for the night and decided to leave everything set up for the next day...even left the mics on the stands, just tossed some bags over them to keep the dust off... and then turned everything off.

Next day, got going....laid down some nice guitar tracks and never noticed the the plastic bags were still over the mics (I keep th lights down pretty low in the studio....for vibe). :)
To tell the truth, the plastic didn't do much to the sound (probably just smoothed out the highs a bit)...so I left the tracks. :D
 
Seafroggys said:
...I was thinking "well the switches and controls on my Rode are on the front, so the 4047 must be the same. Right?" ...
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I presumed coming from just the opposite logic- controls = the back with M-179 the first time I didn't use it in fig-8. ;)
 
mixsit said:
I presumed coming from just the opposite logic- controls = the back with M-179 the first time I didn't use it in fig-8. ;)
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LOL! You had me wondering if I was being naive! Controls on the front. Whew!! :D
 
miroslav said:
Recored some guitar tracks...quit for the night and decided to leave everything set up for the next day...even left the mics on the stands, just tossed some bags over them to keep the dust off... and then turned everything off.

Next day, got going....laid down some nice guitar tracks and never noticed the the plastic bags were still over the mics (I keep th lights down pretty low in the studio....for vibe). :)
To tell the truth, the plastic didn't do much to the sound (probably just smoothed out the highs a bit)...so I left the tracks. :D
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Sounds like a new recording technique to me Miro
 
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