The one thing I need?

[davekershaw]

Apr 21, 2008, 12:07pm, devin wrote:Hahahahaha! Dave just sent me a song to listen to...let me try and transcribe the lyric he's singing....he called it "wanna be my mother in law". The verse is kinda generic, but his chorus was killer:I’ll tell you what I want, what I really really wantSo tell me what you want, what you really really want,I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna reallyReally really wanna zigazig ahIf you wanna be my mother, you gotta bring me a beerMake it last forever, the fridge is over hereIf you wanna be my mother, the guitar noise doesn't quitThe bus leaves in 5 minutes, please be under itAw Come on Devin. I sent you that in confidence man!Yer makin' me look bad.First Ibanez, now Matto is on to me.Maybe I over did it; you know "the lady doth protest too much".Anyway, you know that line I thought was maybe off key.I think we should leave it. Makes it more authentic!An' as for that disclaimer; that's not what you said when we compared mother-in-laws!Old hag, Interfering bag, Pain in the ar'said at the time you shouldn't speak of her that way!

[feaker]

A serious side of Dave? Who would have thunk it? Do you play that fiddle shown in the pic, or are you a total midi guy?I use the melodyne pitch corection for guitar, bass, voice etc. Simple to use and that is coming from a guy who can't even us EZDRUMMER!!!!!!!!!Peace Paul

[davekershaw]

Apr 21, 2008, 3:28pm, feaker wrote:A serious side of Dave? Who would have thunk it? Do you play that fiddle shown in the pic, or are you a total midi guy?What! me serious? Now be serious!Actually it's the opposite.I play that Fender Fiddle, and have great difficulty with midi.Though I'm learning.Peace? With a mother-in-law like mine! Dave.

[steveha2865]

billg,Thanks for the info. I'll order one today.

[davekershaw]

Apr 20, 2008, 3:40pm, devin wrote:Silvercord and I both went with the AKG 271 headphones. I find the isolation really good for acoustic guitar...and now I can hear alot more of what the mic is picking up. Aw Man! I just got some.They're Awsome!With the Sennheisers, I could still hear a drone.Now, I can't hear the mother-in-law at all!And being able to unplug the cable means I can keep them on all the time round the house.Absolutely brilliant!

[wodinlord]

IMHO, the most important piece of gear in any studio is the monitors. If you can't trust what you are hearing, you can't make do a good mix no matter how much gear you have. Even then, the mix is affected by the sound of the room. I don't know what you are using now, but money spent on good speakers is very well spent. Also, to help with the room, check out IK Multimedia ARC Advanced Room Correction. It is a room analysis software plug-in that comes with a calibrated mic and you take readings around your room and it sets up a complete phase, balancing and EQ correction curve that you insert into your monitoring buss. You DO NOT print it to tape, it only corrects room and speaker problems and deficiencies. I have set it up in all 3 studios I work in, including my home studio. It took a little getting used to, because it flattens out the "HYPE" built in to many monitors and subs. But, as soon as I did some A/B mixes with it in and out, I was sold. Mixes using ARC transferred much better across different systems, cars, etc. I was starting with Genelecs too, so if it can make a huge difference with those, it must be doing something right! The program runs about $500, I think, and is worth every penny. Better monitoring equals better mixes every time.Wodinlord

[davekershaw]

Cheers,Wodinlord.

[milfus]

nah you can compensate around monitors with multiple reference sources, you use enough set ups and you can get a good mix,hate to be contrary but i have found compensating for a room usually yeilds an off balance mix...just my 2 penniesnot saying monitors are not important, but you can mix around em, specially with the caliber of headphones around, and dont gimme that its 2 small rooms, cause if you can compensate for a bad room, you can rough in headphones and finalize on a variety of systems

[wodinlord]

Apr 25, 2008, 6:57am, milfus wrote:nah you can compensate around monitors with multiple reference sources, you use enough set ups and you can get a good mix,hate to be contrary but i have found compensating for a room usually yeilds an off balance mix...just my 2 penniesnot saying monitors are not important, but you can mix around em, specially with the caliber of headphones around, and dont gimme that its 2 small rooms, cause if you can compensate for a bad room, you can rough in headphones and finalize on a variety of systemsWhat!?? I suppose that is why all major producers mix on headphones to start with and then check it on several different sets of crappy speakers to finalize. Come on dude all real mixing rooms have meticulously designed acoustic treatments, very expensive monitors and then are electronically voiced to further smooth out the room. The acoustics of a room and how the monitors work in that room, are the most important aspect of good mixing. I have mixed in rooms from L.A. to New York to the Bahamas and what makes a good mixing environment is the "sound" of a control room and how well it can be trusted to sound the same outside. True, you can limp by on less, but doing the best you can do - requires the best you can get. As I said, "IMHO". To each his own. But, I think that opinion is a bit uninformed. You always have to do the best you can with what you have, but don't discount the benefit of having better. However, to be honest, my opinion may be a bit colored by years of working in world class studios. You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink.(The preceding diatribe sounds, to me now, less tongue-in-cheek and more sardonic than I intended. Please don't take it as such)Wodinlord

[davekershaw]

Apr 25, 2008, 8:55am, wodinlord wrote:You always have to do the best you can with what you have, but don't discount the benefit of having better.Hey now fellas.I ain't gonna argue if someone wants to slip me a million or twofor a top o' the range studio - preferably in the Bahamas, but I'll take L.A. or New York, I'm not fussy!