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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Vic,
I think the Blue Bottle with the various caps is an amazing microphone......especially if you realize that the caps are not meant to be a clone of a U67/U89/C12/Elam 251/RCA 44/etc but to merely represent the sound. If you want that specific true vintage sound that comes from a Neumann U67 / U87 then go out and buy one.....but even the handful that I have had the pleasure of hearing all sound slightly different.
Once I got the Bottle with the caps, I felt that (with what I was trying to accomplish) I was able to sell off my Neumanns, Gefells, etc. Now if they had been vintage mics like Al has, I probably would not have sold them....but they weren't so I did! ;)
It is nice to have a handful of mics that cover just about every aspect of recording I could want and being able to change out the Bottle caps on the fly without having to power down or unplug is a pretty cool feature to have (especially when trying to find the magic!) |
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Location: Midland, MI | I had a Tascam PocketStudio 5 (I think that's what it was) which was fun for a while, but heck if I can remember where it went. I still have the power supply sitting next to my chair, though. Weird. Then I bought a GNX4 which has a built in tracker. That was fun for a while. I also have more versions of Sonar Pro than I care to number, or use. Then there's BIAB. PowerTracks Pro. Way to much stuff. I just need to practice and forget all this recording nonsense. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | I like BIAB...cool to let it run while I play riffs over the rhythm. I have never tried recording with it tho. |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | You people need to learn about frequencies..and frequencies and curves..curves..very nice curves..Paris Hilton curves..Pam Anderson curves..curvature of Aexandra Paul.. :) |
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Location: Keller, TX | Originally posted by ADAMAS Hater aka Enfant Terrible:
Paris Hilton curves..Pam Anderson curves.. :) 1. Paris Hilton has curves? About as many as a 2x4!
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | It is difficult enough convincing Mrs. Professor of my need to continue collecting live performance gear. This recording stuff scares me right out of my wallet. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Brad, stop buying guitars and start buying recording equipment. Easy trade off! |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | ProfessorBB Q : "This recording stuff scares me right out of my wallet."
Join us in the poorhouse with your new recording equipment..the food`s scarce..then again,you can n`t have everything.. :)
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Location: North Texas | I've been collecting gear for the past few years and, admittedly, have way more than is needed. When I started buying gadgets I really did not know what did what. I'd buy a piece of gear and then realize it was not the "thing". Ultimately I was able to assemble the equipment needed to make decent recordings. Thanks to ebay I was able to buy thousands of dollers worth of gear for hundreds of dollars. A lot of that stuff will be recycled back into the hands of other starving musicians. I use a Digitech Geneisis3 for guitar, a Digitech VHM5 for vocals, and a Roland U-8 controller to input the sounds, via USB, into the computer. The setup works well. I'm impressed with the VHM5 vocal processor. It's old, like me, but the chordal sounds are amazing. It changes chords automatically using midi output from a software sequencer (Cakewalk, Power Tracks,etc.). There are tons of presets for different situations. Back in the olden days I had to record vocal harmony one track at a time and it often sounded like....crap. The machine does the job in real time and very little editing is needed to achieve the desired result. Digital rocks! I'm looking for a Pocketstudio 5. Mine stopped working a while ago and I miss it. Cheers, Buck |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Professor,
For home recording try this set up:
Tascam casette 4 track (can be found on ebay for $25)
Small alesis mixer (I'd buy this new $99)
Cheap MXL condensor Mic (on ebay for $40)
Shure PG 58 (New $35)
And for mix down:
Sony CDR-W33 CD (Used $150)
Then you can bring it to the computer to do what you want, make CD's etc. Granted it won't be "studio grade", but it ain't too shabby either. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | an4340, not bad for only $349. However, $349 would cover a few more effects, a couple of banners, maybe a metal sign, or even another custom made neon sign or two. There's my dilemma. Plus, if I really want something recorded, I'll just go over to Stephen's house. He has really neat stuff and, by his own admission, needs a reason to use it. |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Gotta get me a discount ticket to Littleton,
before the border shuts down.... |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | take a marmot across in Alberta. |
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Location: big island | fillhixx,
ain't no borders between canada and the u.s. shutting down. on the contrary. before long canada, mexico and the u.s. will all be one discontent continent... |
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Location: closely held secret | Originally posted by Jeff W.:
take a marmot across in Alberta. Speaking from experience? |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | You kidding me?
You can't even TRAP a Vancouver Island Marmot around here,
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Brad, I don't need a reason to use it.....just enough talent for the equipment to reach it's potential.
I think Fugot and Mary will be making a sojourn sometime soon to lay down vocal tracks! |
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| Personally I think you should all head for Oregon and let waskel record you. I totally wish I lived on the same Continent. |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | Leaving England for America..?..do n`t you know they speak ,a kind of English there.. :)
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | they say the boot of a car is a " trunk ".. |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | and I wonder if they know what a shandy is.. :) |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | Mayonaise,instead of vinegar on chips..which they call French fries.. |
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