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| My take on Malted Milk .
Same basic setup as last time, playing around with EQ and some effects (reverb, compression) on the tracks. Thanks to T28, I know not to swallow the mic. |
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Location: Vernon CT | Real nice Serge!!!! Love the guitar playing and the singing ain't half bad!! :)
With some of the music I've been hearing here lately, I'm love the blues more and more! |
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Location: Flahdaw | Fantastic Serge! U da (blues) man! |
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Location: Marlton, NJ | Very cool Serge! :cool: |
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Location: Alagoas, Brazil | Really good. When you finish your own CD, send me a copy and I´ll bootleg it around here!
Congrats.
Miguel.
PS- When are you planning the next Florida Gathering? I just found I have enough miles for another trip there. |
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Location: Pennsylvania | Nice G8r!!! |
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Location: Reisterstown, Maryland | Wonderful, G8r!
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Location: Tennessee | Nice Serge. If I didn't know better, I'd say you were recently released from prison for a crime you didn't commit, you're living out of your car, and your only friends are bad luck and trouble. :cool: |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Nice Serge....vocals are still a bit (in parts) hot but a HUGE improvement over the 1st vocal tune. The balance on this one is much much better!
Your voice is one that would definitely benefit from a higher quality vocal mic.
The clarity and sound quality of your voice comes through so much better on the tune you did while in Denver.
PS.....I mentioned that about a better quality mic because I am working on the Grayson tune and just took a break and got to hear this.
The difference in vocal presence and timbre is quite significant. |
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| Originally posted by stephent28:
PS.....I mentioned that about a better quality mic because... I thought for sure you were gonna say "I just happen to have on for sale..." ;) :D
Thanks for the compliments, everyone. But don't be afraid to give critiques - I'm looking to improve. Besides, I'm a big boy, and nothing anybody says can be as mean as what two teenage daughters can come up with... |
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Location: Cicero, NY | I thought for sure you were gonna say "I just happen to have on for sale..."
I wudda bet the house on it.
(Btw, serge, great job.) |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Well, I actually wasn't gonna say it....but I do have a couple nice ones available.
but Music Mike has first dibs on a couple of them when I finally get around to working things out with him.
Serge...loads like my vacuum tube ps went south on the bottle. I can get it to fire up about 1 out of 5 times and then it shuts down after about 2 hours....bummer! |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | I thought for sure you were gonna say "I just happen to have on for sale... Nawww... :rolleyes:
but Music Mike has first dibs on a couple of them when I finally get around to working things out with him. The Sputnik and the Baby Blue Bottle are going nowhere! I love em...
Something about "ribbon" I believe...
BTW: Stephen, Phone Home...lol |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | Serge: Very nice! |
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| Stephen that really sux about the PS, hope you can get it working again w/o too much trouble and expense.
So, Mr. Audiophile, I'm almost afraid to ask - what's a price range for what you consider a "decent" quality vocal mic (prob 4 figures)? |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | So, Mr. Audiophile, I'm almost afraid to ask - what's a price range for what you consider a "decent" quality vocal mic (prob 4 figures)? Serge, it's hard to beat the M-Audio Sputnik...they can be bought new for around $700 and used in great shape for much less...check ebay...there are several used/like new for $300 to $500...
Many studios have one (I got mine from Stephen)...Fantastic tube mic @ three figure price...I don't think you can beat it...
Here:
Sputnik |
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| That's a superbly written review, Mike, thanks for the link. |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | Serge, one more mic that's getting rave reviews is the Mojave MA-200...it's just a bit more @ just under a grand retail...I'm thinking that direction myself to add to the mic locker down the road...I haven't Googled it yet; but have a go and let me know... |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Excellent, Serge. |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | Serge: here is the Mix Mag review of the MA-200:
MA-200 |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Serge, I believe the one you used at my house (that had been modified by Michael Joly)runs about $600-$700.
Along with my Blue Bottle and the Ribbons, a lot of the mics I use are Oktava's modified by Michael Joly. You used the MK-319 that had the premium electronics and top cage mod done to it. I also own a MK-219 and a stereo pair of Modified MK-012-20 MSP with Premium Electronics (plus the additional 3 matching capsule heads) that I use for live acoustic recording. You can save money if you can find used Oktava's and send them to Micheal for the mods but at the time I choose to just buy new and modded ones from him. If you go the used route, I would definitely speak to him first to find out which mics he will currently do mods on.
Here is Michael's website.
http://www.oktavamod.com/index.html
The guy is terrific to work with.
I just looked and it appears he no longer offers the mics I have but newer versions. I would give him a call.....tell him you liked the way your vocals sounded using his modded MK-319 and what does he currently offer that would be similar. You can use my name so he can possible look up my orders to see exactly what I had done to mine.
I think the main diff between the 219 and 319 was just body shape. If he can't get you want you want I could probably be talked into giving up the MK219.
The Sputnik I sold Mike is also a good one but I think that particular mic fits his voice much better than it would yours (tends to add a beautiful low end warmth that you really don't need). That's one of the reasons Mike's voice would sound really good with a ribbon (typically not vocal mics but can be used to extremely good affect) but again your voice would probably would not match well with a ribbon (but it might sound awesome).
Let me know if I can be of any help. I could probably send you out the MK219 to play with for a month or so if you ended up wanting to go that way. I think (have to dig up old invoice) that the MK219 ran about $100 less than the MK319. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Originally posted by G8r:
Stephen that really sux about the PS, hope you can get it working again w/o too much trouble and expense.
So, Mr. Audiophile, I'm almost afraid to ask - what's a price range for what you consider a "decent" quality vocal mic (prob 4 figures)? Decent (IMHO) is in the sub $1000 range. Typically $400-$700 new or used.
I have a sneaky suspicion that the biggest cost on the Blue PS will be shipping cost and time lost without it....but I could be way off base. I think those damn things run about $400-500 new (not sure cause mine came with the Bottle). |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Originally posted by MusicMishka:
Serge, one more mic that's getting rave reviews is the Mojave MA-200... I would prefer the Pearlman or the Peluso....just my 2 cents from when I was auditioning a bunch of different brands. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Serge,
I sent you the file but I think I only have your email for work. If I need to send it to another one, send it my way.
I ran into some difficulties and couldn't drop in the drums, handclaps, etc like I wanted to (the last update I did to Superior Drummer on XP 32 bit won't work on win7 64-bit....it's 32 bit only and I am still waiting for tech support to help me out and re-authorize my software!) and then I ran out of time.
I think your vocals came across really good! |
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