You Are All Great!

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crawdad

Dammit, Jim, Shut Up!
I've been hanging here about a month, and just wanted to express my thanks and enthusiasm for this whole board and those who post here. I have gained so much new insight and knowledge. These threads taken as a whole make up an incredible book on the art of recording.

Being a somewhat "old dog" (50) I think I started getting fixed in my ways of doing things, but my eyes and ears are getting open again to new techniques and striving for the next level as an engineer. I am also planning to shift my career from 75% live playing and 25% studio work to 25%/75% and finish my working life recording. I am learning so much and I see the knowledge starting to pay off in better sounding recordings. I've owned and run a project studio for ten years, but I am making plans to build a dedicated studio on my property so I can record full acts in addition to the other stuff I do.

I'm sure that as I go along, I'll be conversing here quite a bit about many topics--continuing to learn and, hopefully, contributing some knowledge in return. This is the best board I've ever seen and its because of the quality of the people that post here. So keep up the great thoughts. You never know when you might be teaching an old dog a few new tricks!
 
In the immortal words of Elvis -

Thank yew. Thank yew very much.
 
....and you thought this would be a waste of time...
....shame on you....
I will agree with you crawdad...there's a great deal of valuable information to be found here. I know I've benefitted a great deal.
 
Right! I have learned more in one month than I have in ten years of trial and error. Nothing wrong with experimenting--that is half the fun of discovery--but the guidelines posted here, which are based on the physics of sound, are invaluable. A great recording will always be a thing of beauty for me. Thats my goal--to create great recordings on a consistent basis. The info here inspires and educates.

dachay2tnr--could ya pass the bacon and buscuits and gravy, please? And if ya have a fried bananna and bacon sandwich handy...
 
This probably would be better placed in the Feedback Forum.

Glad you like the site.

Ed
 
crawdad -
Just read your post and noticed you are 50, and have played live for years.
Two important things. The average person's hearing starts to decline well before 50. Live musicians hearing normally HAS declined seriously by then.
Don't panic - the vast majority of the world's best engineers are 50 plus.
But - do go for a hearing test and be aware - so you can train your ears to compensate.
You can obtain a place to go for a test from the AES, or go to their hearing test booth at any AES or NAMM show.
 
sjoko2 said:
Don't panic - the vast majority of the world's best engineers are 50 plus.
But - do go for a hearing test and be aware - so you can train your ears to compensate.
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does that mean, TURN IT UP??;)

(and get the high freqs to shatter glass?)
 
Hey sjoko2 is correct, when I turned 49 I went in for a hearing test and found out that I had a hearing loss in the same frequency range as my wife's voice...

She will actually attest to the fact:)
 
Yes. I think some guy could make a killing if he were to make a book out of all the info on this site. By the way, in the last few weeks I've been here I've been helped mega times, and I've laughed my ass off more times than I can count. I love the bantering and the info.
 
I have been a musician for years but I am just getting into recording, and I have found this board incredible. I am quite new as a registered poster, but I was reading it for a while and it is a great source of help.

I toast to the future of this board. :)
 
Sonic Misfit said:
Hey sjoko2 is correct, when I turned 49 I went in for a hearing test and found out that I had a hearing loss in the same frequency range as my wife's voice...

She will actually attest to the fact:)
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Could you please describe EXACTLY, in correct order, what to do / listen to / play in order to obtain your kind of hearing loss?;)
 
sjoko -

You should start by reading the morning paper at breakfast, concentrating intensely on the newspaper as she tells you about everything in your house that is in need of repair and how you really need a haircut.

Continue in the evening by perusing the day's mail at the dinner table while she tells you everything she and the kids did today, and how she managed to save 20% on a new (and completely unneeded) dress. (It will help if you happen to have received a new Guitar Center circular in the mail that day so you can allow the effects of gear lust to totally distance you from the present reality).

Later that evening, you should sit and mindlessly watch TV with the remote in your hand. If she should try and talk to you, complaining that you don't do anything as a couple anymore, you should turn up the volume.

Finally, if she asks you if you think she is putting on weight, you should tell her that you need to put the finishing touches on a new tune, and proceed to your studio and immediately put headphones on. It doesn't matter if you are actually playing anything, just wear the headphones and have some lights flashing.

The specific frequency hearing loss you desire will occur gradually over several years, but (and I know this is hard to believe) given enough time you eventually won't even realize she is in the same room.
 
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Are you SURE she's in the same room? ;)
You may have trained your eyes as well!
 
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