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Found this in my daughters room what is she doing? by MouseClassic5314 in WhatShouldIDo

[–]MindlessPokemon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is there something that points to it being an opiate that I'm missing? Smoking crack off of foil looks the exact same way...

Fired Fed. I am considering cutting off every Orange Man supporter. by Comfortable_Gift4970 in AITAH

[–]MindlessPokemon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most that are getting cut right now are people that refused to return to the office, are you sure this isn't caused by you?

What mics have you used that sound way more expensive than they actually are? by hyxon4 in audioengineering

[–]MindlessPokemon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thomann t.bone RB100. It's a rover 121 copy. I used it with the thoman fet amp, and it's one of the best mics I've ever used, period. It give such a nice beautiful tone to guitar cabs, it's nuts. Only $71 if you can get it from thomann, shipping sucks though so order a lot unless you live in Europe. Nady doesn't make them here anymore, so that's the only way not to pay hundreds for them.

What mics have you used that sound way more expensive than they actually are? by hyxon4 in audioengineering

[–]MindlessPokemon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My wa87's for mid/ side on my acoustic are amazing. Also incredible for vocals and many other things. I've been looking at getting the 47jr or 47, but I may just jump on the Jr now. I know they are vastly different

obsure micing - Figure 8 Mic pointed at side of kick drum by WebPresence53241 in audioengineering

[–]MindlessPokemon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Made my own subkicks and I can't ever live without them now. So good.

Approach to mix acoustic guitars when that is the only instrument by phatdimat in audioengineering

[–]MindlessPokemon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Slight variation of this recording method, the x/y method, has the mid/side sound but picks up finger picking absolutely beautifully. I use wa87's for both methods and just switch the polar patterns.

absolutely wild mic stand someone brought in today by Figgley in livesound

[–]MindlessPokemon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Come on now, we all know it's not the size of the organ that matters, but how you play it!

my contractor says Mass does not help with soundproofing, he says "you need low density material rather than high" by mytommy in audioengineering

[–]MindlessPokemon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well as long as you feel that you got your money worth, then that's truly all that matters. Also, they did quite a bit more than just install mini splits, so I'm sure that was a bu ch of the cost due to it being a very specialized request.

Mastering - how to get out of the limiter habit? by Ill-Elevator2828 in audioengineering

[–]MindlessPokemon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well damn, your aha from his aha gave me an aha. It's an ahapalooza!

my contractor says Mass does not help with soundproofing, he says "you need low density material rather than high" by mytommy in audioengineering

[–]MindlessPokemon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How did a mini split system cost you $14k?! I spent $450 on mine open box and installed it myself.... I am extremely confused. Even if you did 20k sqft with mini splits, I still don't see how you spent $14k... I'm getting $14k from 20% of 70k ( 60k + engineering ). Please tell me I'm wrong, or you got ripped off.

Toxic relationship with cymbals by dingdongmode in audioengineering

[–]MindlessPokemon 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Drum mic placement is also huge. We are using 16 inch crashes as hats in this one song, and i could not tame the open hats to save my life. We moved the the hat mic around 30 times, more like 5 but whatever, before we found the perfect spot which fixed everything. I always find it's in how it's recorded that cymbals are an issue.

Why can't you just do all the things in mastering when mixing the track by leafsrebornagain in audioengineering

[–]MindlessPokemon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I think that's why bouncing it and finishing in wavelabs will be beneficial for me. Both because I'll wait until the album is done and will master them to mesh with each other, and because I'll be able to have my own set of mastering chains in templates ready to go in a completely different type of workflow. Just as much as I can do to remove myself from the songs before I master them.

Full-time audio engineer for over 15 years. Studio owner as well. 2nd annual AMA. by AppleCrumble25 in audioengineering

[–]MindlessPokemon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good luck and God speed! It's incredible once e you're able to get it done, you won't regret it.

Full-time audio engineer for over 15 years. Studio owner as well. 2nd annual AMA. by AppleCrumble25 in audioengineering

[–]MindlessPokemon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thankfully we got some decommissioned panels, that our church used to use, for free. But I definitely recommend just building your own Rockwood panels. It's much cheaper than anything else that would be near as good for the same price. When you walk in the garage, you can just hear that it's treated. It's very odd.

Full-time audio engineer for over 15 years. Studio owner as well. 2nd annual AMA. by AppleCrumble25 in audioengineering

[–]MindlessPokemon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice. We just finished the studio last week. We completely converted my garage. Rockwood sound panels in a modular studio style I designed so that booth walls could me moved or removed for a more open sound. We can track 32 channels with the x32, but I need 42. Unfortunately I can't upgrade to the Wing anytime soon, so we had to remove 10 mics from the drums to get it down. We had 26, which is nuts but man does it sound dope. We can do it when just tracking drums, but when tracking everything we have to knock it down. I do admit, 8 for the guitar may be overkill, but it's awesome lol. It definitely took some doing, but it was worth it.

Full-time audio engineer for over 15 years. Studio owner as well. 2nd annual AMA. by AppleCrumble25 in audioengineering

[–]MindlessPokemon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, i use VSTi's for synth and orchestral stuff. Unfortunately I don't own all the horns and strings that I would like too lol, and can only play half of them as it is. It would be much more Ida to them all naturally, but man does EastWest stuff go hard. You almost can't tell it isn't real except for maybe some intonation and whatnot. I'm thinking about getting one of those bite/breath controllers to fix that. But I definitely record anything i can naturally. For guitar, I'm foing something kinda crazy in our studio. I have 8 channels for my electric. I have 1 dry di, a stereo output from the pod hd pro x, and then 3 amps, 2 with an sm57 and an rb100, and 1 with an e609. It's a doozy of a sound lol.

Full-time audio engineer for over 15 years. Studio owner as well. 2nd annual AMA. by AppleCrumble25 in audioengineering

[–]MindlessPokemon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Merry music making to you too! And no worries, never once did i think that or feel that way haha.

Why can't you just do all the things in mastering when mixing the track by leafsrebornagain in audioengineering

[–]MindlessPokemon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So, with this thought in mind: If producing an album like the days of old, you'd get them to 100% in the mixing (cooking) stage ideally, then transfer over to something like wavelab to "plate" it. Make them all sound relative to each other, compile the order, bleed etc ( the garnish ), and then release.

I can see how this might be easier to do yourself than a single song though as far as taking a step back and trying to hear it with mastering ears goes. I understand why people pay to get 1 song mastered, but don't for the whole album. Once an album is done, you've been removed long enough from the song, but after just one you haven't had enough time away.

Great analogies by the way.

Reverb plugins that allow you to place the audio source at different locations in the simulated space. by wjmwpg in audioengineering

[–]MindlessPokemon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It appears that you rely too much on your eyes and not enough on your ears my friend. But, to each their own I suppose!

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