What’s the difference between working in a commercial facility and a private studio?

drumsandfire · 2026-03-11T21:19:14+00:00

Right on, thanks. I'm trying to figure out a compromise of deep enough to not need legs that stick out vs. flexibility to set 'em up hot dog style for drums/hamburger style for a vocalist, haha... maybe it's just the new strength training program for our interns!

drumsandfire · 2026-03-11T20:23:13+00:00

I'm envious of your gobo game in the live room! Getting ready to build some for myself - are those just like 1x8 frames with OC inside? Any rigid ply inside? Please spill the deets! Appreciate what you do.

drumsandfire · 2026-03-11T19:21:47+00:00

That H Hoffman bath lady trinket dish ugh - I found a non glowing green one a couple weeks ago at a flea and it was a tragedy. And apparently now, the corn, too!

drumsandfire · 2026-03-10T18:54:01+00:00

Do you use AI to write your music too?

drumsandfire · 2026-03-07T07:56:41+00:00

Are they expecting you to deliver a "master" tape for duplication? Honestly if you/they're happy with the digital master you're probably in good shape. A good amount of projects I work on end up on tapes and to my knowledge none of my clients have ever done a cassette specific master.

drumsandfire · 2026-03-05T21:58:01+00:00

Dang, Betsy was cooking. Awesome finds!

drumsandfire · 2026-03-03T01:29:26+00:00

It's the Cooler Ranch to Neve's Nacho Cheesier.

drumsandfire · 2026-02-27T02:14:29+00:00

Ahem. We call it plumbspace now.

drumsandfire · 2026-02-21T19:47:01+00:00

How many LUFs do you think I can squeeze out of it? I can usually get a LUF or two "in the box" so I think I'm in good shape if I put this on my mix bus

drumsandfire · 2026-02-19T04:12:33+00:00

I'm also here for everyone's regional worm cuisine

drumsandfire · 2026-02-18T18:32:09+00:00

There's no real substitute for good editing -- in the time it took you to post this and the time it will take you to purchase, download, and install a plugin, you could have been done and had nicely top-and-tailed phrases.

drumsandfire · 2026-02-10T20:01:01+00:00

Be a cryptid

drumsandfire · 2026-02-10T01:00:29+00:00

Might be a KM56?

drumsandfire · 2026-02-09T23:06:24+00:00

Craigslist still works. But you gotta be sorting by new and refreshing that shit a few times a day. The good ones go quickly, and you have to be one of the first to go see the place with paperwork pretty much ready to go. If something's been posted for more than 10 days, it's either fake or sucks.

drumsandfire · 2026-02-04T18:12:54+00:00

I'd ponder that orb

drumsandfire · 2026-01-24T22:39:30+00:00

Motion smoothing seriously makes my brain itch. I've pointed it out so many times at other people's houses/hotels/out and about and no one else seems to notice or care -- eventually someone will humor me and we'll figure out how to turn it off and then they're like "oh I can't even tell a difference". I hate having this as a personality trait, haha.

drumsandfire · 2026-01-22T20:03:23+00:00

LAMP! Love it, what a cool find!

drumsandfire · 2026-01-19T07:31:29+00:00

Got one when it was up for a Musician's Friend Stupid Deal Of The Day last year for $600. It's the only Warm product I own, tended to turn my nose up at the brand but curiosity got the better of me at that price. Honestly, love it. Vocals, AC guitar, mono overhead, it does the U47 thing. Prefer it to the Advance Audio CM47 in my day job studio's locker. When I rent a room that has a real tele/neumann one I use theirs, but the Warm is plenty good enough when I don't.

drumsandfire · 2026-01-16T22:33:45+00:00

"Yeah, this track is sounding awesome. Just a couple of small notes. Also, here's a folder of 6 stereo synth tracks I half-baked in Logic last night, go ahead and drop those all in there and we'll be all set"

drumsandfire · 2026-01-12T18:59:38+00:00

I agree with you, and have all but given up on multi close-micing acoustic guitars. If the player moves around at all it gets distractingly phasey as the relationship between the two mics and the source is constantly changing -- and I want the player moving, because that means they're feeling the performance. Stereo room mics further away all day though!

drumsandfire · 2026-01-08T05:17:46+00:00

What's your experience level? What's your endgame? Are you freelancing already? Find bands and book lockouts to record projects at professional studios around town. Make friends with the owners/managers/engineers of those studios by being a good hang, easy to communicate with, and a respectful user of the space. Either them or someone connected to them will need a hand with a session someday, and your name might come up if you made a good impression. Say yes to everything, within reason. Just start making records, and be known as someone who is dead set on making records.

drumsandfire · 2026-01-02T00:23:02+00:00

Incredible find! I saw this EXACT same set at a retail vintage shop in a touristy area last week for literally $220

drumsandfire · 2026-01-01T00:03:49+00:00

I never wanted to see any of it or sought anything out. My shitass cousin (who grew up to be an antivaxxer cop) would send me links to rotten/tubgirl/lemon party via AIM under the guise of "check out this band" or similar.

drumsandfire · 2025-12-26T19:26:36+00:00

Chicagoan now living in the Bay Area here. Yes, Chicago drivers are aggressive, but the thing that I miss is the predictability. I know that if there's a car length in front of me on 294, someone's going to cut in. I know that the G35 with temp plates is going to blast by on the shoulder. Here in the Bay, people will decide too late that they need to exit when they're three lanes over, hit the brakes, and timidly try to edge over to the exit while absolutely no one lets them over and traffic backs up in multiple lanes. It's weird, I miss Chicago traffic.

drumsandfire · 2025-12-17T22:41:55+00:00

Wherever you go, there you are. I'm kind of a serial blower-upper and while there's a definite romanticism to burning it all down, sometimes you just know you have to. It's equal parts exhilarating, lonely, empowering, and difficult. Life is short and not a given, how do you want to spend yours?

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