Crowed
Well this creature decided to disrupt my recording this wet morning. It just wouldn’t shut-up, & So it became the subject. I had a DIY contact mic & my RED ready to go, I taped the contact mic to the window & it picked up surprisingly well.
- Left CH = Contact / Right CH = RED Type B R8 via ADL-600
- 24/96
- Camera D40 via 18-200
Insomnia Uber-Octa Experiment
Thanks to a night of insomnia I decided to tryout Valhalla UberMod & the octatracks realtime mangling/processing capabilities for the 1st time. Realitime recording single take mix pass.
- Moog Voyager via UberMod
- Gretsch DrumKit via octatrack
1957 Vinyl Test Record Samples
Found a old 1957 vinyl test record the other day with a few gems. I sampled the intriguing 1890 MusicBox, A humorous sound FX quiz that is oddly reminiscent of a Josh silver/Peter Steele production, & a 440 tone. I’ve always enjoyed the test tone narrations of MRL & records like these.
Room Mic Comparison
Late night tracking session for upcoming compilation, Set up three different stereo room fill mics. What pair sounds best? Keep in mind they will ultimately be mixed with the spot mics & overheads.
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Phono 2 DI/Instrument Preamp Cable Build
Need to listen/capture from vinyl? Are you questioning the quality of that dusty 1970′s phono receiver you found in the basement back in high school? Continue reading
Music From A – Musical instrument.
From the numerous inspirational “Music From A” videos, I was inspired to make a light-heartedly sarcastic “tribute” to the creative method. Recording each element individually & spontaneously, The outcome is this ridiculousness below “Music From A – Musical instrument”.
Complete admiration to Diego Stocco for the inspiration & his contribution to our world of audio.
1st Number
Yet another experimental piece that falls somewhere between composed music & sound design. Featuring my usual collage of live Drums, Analog synth chaos, Rhodes, Bass, & location recording. A special thank you to Steve Duff for the Guitar contribution (My apologies to the desecration of your work).
JLM BA4 with Jensen transformers & 990s
Finished up my BA4 with Jensen transformers & 990s, Sound great.
Channels 1&2 = JT-MB-CA, Channels 3&4 = JT-11K8-APC. Outputs = JT-11-BMQ.
+/- 0.5 dB 20-20khz – +1 dB boost @ 30khz with the 11k8
noise floor @ -107 with gain up.
0.0019 THD
Sonar X1 Pro Channel Softube saturation & stock Tube saturation analyzed.
For those of you wondering how the Softube saturation differs from the stock Sonar X1 tube model, this will go over the differences.
This shows the harmonic plot of the Softube saturation driven to 3% THD+N. The harmonics after the 1st 1k tone are the added harmonics by Softube Sat.
