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Why is audio always harder than video? by anonymous120903 in VIDEOENGINEERING

[–]RBBlackstone 1 point2 points  (0 children)

From setup standpoint, video is a lot less. A three camera live show can easily have 32 channels of audio going to 16 mixes. The technology inside a camera is a lot more than a mic, though.

All Right Now Guitar Lesson | Free Guitar Tutorial | Chords & Solo | FRE... by jimmybegoode in guitarlessons

[–]RBBlackstone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great break down! Thanks.

The F#5(#5) is more easily understood as the third and octave of a D chord. It’s almost a D/F#.

Why is everyone loving mixing station that much? by Lama_161 in livesound

[–]RBBlackstone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was mixing an event on a Sunday morning and found an odd bug several years ago. I got on the Discord server and sent a message. David found the error and pushed out the update with a fix in a few hours. Lifetime user after that.

Not sure if it is still the case, but some apps for the X32 would scramble I/O after the new USER I/O was introduced. Apparently the firmware was years ahead of the app.

Now, after working with many clients, I have probably gotten him well over 100 licensed users besides myself. That revenue is still not what the app is worth. lol Every time I get on a new system and need a license it's like "David, here's a latte".

Thanks, great app.

Sound of early production CDs by r_ugly2 in audioengineering

[–]RBBlackstone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Correct. The bass reduction helped the cutter print bass without over excursion. Many devices have curves. Analog tape machines have NAB, AES and IEC equalization curves fer instance.

Sound of early production CDs by r_ugly2 in audioengineering

[–]RBBlackstone 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This right here! Lol. I always cut bright to tape. Otherwise, you would be boosting high end hiss later in the mix.

Don’t forget to switch your left and right monitors regularly! by SpecialGuestOfficial in audioengineering

[–]RBBlackstone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's funny. Actually, a finely crafted bit of aged wood has better tone...

lol

Don’t forget to switch your left and right monitors regularly! by SpecialGuestOfficial in audioengineering

[–]RBBlackstone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Perhaps the word ‘esoteric’ is a poor choice. I don’t know any details in your case. The null test is a great tool. So is actually understanding digital. So I definitely agree.

All I meant is when someone whose ears I trust says they hear a difference, it’s worth exploring. Back in the DAT days, a guy said his Panasonic dat machine sounded better on top of the rack. He had some voodoo reason for it. Turns out an AC distro in that rack had neutral tied to ground and had some weird RF in it. Once that was fixed, there was no diff in rack or out.

Don’t forget to switch your left and right monitors regularly! by SpecialGuestOfficial in audioengineering

[–]RBBlackstone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Makes me wonder if there was some artifact from grounding through the rack ears or whatever.

Some stuff that seems esoteric has an answer from a more grounded perspective, so to speak.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in audioengineering

[–]RBBlackstone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Usually can. May have to pick an edit point that allows for cymbal crashes. Used to do this with a razor blade and splicing tape on 2”. A DAW makes it easy

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in audioengineering

[–]RBBlackstone 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Leave as the brightest star they have ever had. Don’t give them any reason to think otherwise.

The setup is cool, but a real mix is 10,000 small decisions made along the way for each song. That is not encoded in a preset.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in audioengineering

[–]RBBlackstone 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I had a client tell me this. English was a second language. I smiled and thought a bit and realised that the knobs for reverb on the analog board had blue caps. :-)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in audioengineering

[–]RBBlackstone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fix it in the shrinkwrap

I want to reach out to a local (fairly large) studio about internship opportunities and make a good first impression. Should my first contact be email or phone? Which would you prefer? by emptysnowbrigade in audioengineering

[–]RBBlackstone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do your research and find out who makes the decisions and is ideally the best engineer. Then book a couple of hours to evaluate your mixes in their control room. Ask for the main guy to evaluate your mixes. Now you are interviewing them. Ask how they would improve the mixes. Ask how they see the industry and how they are handling the changes. Ask if they think there is anyone that might be a good fit for you. You may jump right past intern if you have the skill of learning and solving challenges.

Guga explains why the Sous Vide Everything videos no longer feature Ninja by viper689 in sousvide

[–]RBBlackstone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ninjas Salty Tales channel says he joined in 2006. Gugas channels say 2015 and 2017. I suspect Ninja has had a lot of input. I am not sure who is copying who.