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Why not copy the monitor drivers and ports for the door hole layout?

Right sound for the song wins any argument. It may be a Fender P or an Alembic, or a bass banjo, its always worth trying another sound, if you have the time.

Thats going to be a whole mother load of wire pulling right there! Someone is going to have sore knees, and a sore back by the end of that little argument (all the wire pulling I have ever done has always ended up as an argument with too much copper trying to fit into too little space at some point)

[quote name='charic' timestamp='1344513523' post='1765672'] It's rented acommo and not likely to be anywhere near an "ideal" room unfortunately, just somewhere nice to work and mix [/quote] You can still make some bits and bobs to help that arent attached to the walls though. Not too expensive or difficult either if you have some tools and time....

Time to build some bass traps and broadband absorption I think.... (Note to self, must get on with first proper blog piece!)

At a guess, several hundred.... Never really thought about it though, I can count the really great ones on one hand

Lovely pair of port holes in that there door sir. Looks super-pro matey!

Oh dont worry, you wont even realise its happened until your next gig, first track, you'll be there expecting some classy fingerstyle, when all of a sudden your thumb will take complete control and you'll find yourself doing a passable impression of Mark King....

Yeah I use a lot of db style 124 fingering, but then I play a 35" scale 5 string. Whenever I pick up a 34" scale 4 string it seems rather twee in comparison now.....

Ding Dong!! Really looking forward to anb opportunity to pop in and hear them too

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1344066409' post='1759253'] I'm unconvinced by the appropriateness of using a coloured-sounding DI for recording. Ideally the sound of the rig is the correct one for the recording in which case the right mic appropriately placed will do the job. Otherwise get a clean feed directly off the bass and either re-amp later in the session when the final sound of the track is coming together, or use an amp and speaker sim in the DAW. [/quote] Ah, this is a, possibly 'the' biggest philosophical debate in recording. Do you record the sounds you want in the mix, or do you record the source from which to make the sound in the mix. A really really good coloured DI or mic pre sounds different from (and that can mean better or not) than an amp sim, more importantly it may make the player feel the instrumetn differently (in some cases better) than a clean DI. A real master at tracking is always looking to the mix, a lot of less able recordists, with less of an ear for the mix, or in a situation inappropriate to attempting to capture the mix to tape will be forced to use less colour, less final sounds when tracking. If I'm mixing a project for someone, and need more tracks from them recorded in a less controlled fashion, I always ask for no eq, no fx. If I'm tracking in an environment I know and trust, I get the final sound at source, which means I use the plyer, instrument, amp, pre, Di, whatever to get the sound right before it hits the AD converter. Because I know what I'm shooting for, and I'm in that place where I'm recording the mix a piece at a time. The less I have to do in a mix the better! I very rarely track, more often then not I'm mixing stuff that has been tracked pretty well, but is often flawed ffrom the mix perspective. Then I get out all the tools and fix it as best I can in the box. The point is that if you are in a position to be able to tell what is right from what is not, the most appropriate solution is always the one that sounds best.

Crikey! Heavy heavy duty old bean.....

He does rather miss out the oppurtunity to blend DI and mic, and the need therefore to get the mic signal in phase with the DI too. A 57 can be great if mixed with a DI. Lots of mics that dont go super deep are good for this. If I want to rely on the mic alone then an RE20 is pretty ace, as is a PR40 IME. If you want a mic to do both vocals and bass the Heil PR40 is pretty darned good as it goes.... As Rimskidog says if you look for it there are some very interesting coloured DIs about these days too. Or you can colour the signal in the mic-pre that you plug the DI into (even more options for coloured pres!)

SE make good mics, the SM7B is a very well thought after mic, the Heil PR30 is superb, the PR-40 is majestic, but expensive, if you want something to tame a shrill voice a Cascade Fathead II ribobn (with the Lundahl tranny if you can stretch to it) is superb. The Sennheiser E845 can be very good on vocals too.

Dun da Dun da DUNDUN Dun da Dun da DUNDUN Dun da Dun da DUNDUN...... Proper Mission Impossible effort there!

You can still buy Joe Meek compressors over here, and they are optical ( and loved - by me).

Looking great mate! Inching closer, slow and steady wins the race....

Errrr no. That would be nonsense...

ALways with the critical thinking, "Stop hitting me with those negativue waves Moriarty!" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuStsFW4EmQ The floor looks swish!

True, but, if he gets into it, it will be a short time before he wants to expand, if nothing else to better capture rehearsals. I've guerilla recorded bands with 4 tracks in the inital tracking phase and got great results at mnixdown (lots of overdubbing required obviously), its certainly possible, but there is a lot to be said for an easy upgrade path. And this device is well behind the curve when you get to mixing.

And bass doesnt necessarily sound better DI'ed....

Zoom R24 is a cool tool, does let you import your tracking into the PC (a USB memory card widget costs a couple of quid and the transfer times are as fast as USB - ie fast enough!) where you can then use Reaper to create a submix to put back on the R24 effectively giving you unlimited tracks off that interface. Still only 8 ins a t a time though, which if you are seriosly into tracking is a major limitation (That wont even cover a serious drumkit after all). You can hook up two of them to get 16 tracks input at a time - but you may as well look at a serious interface for the money you end up spending IMO. And mixing on a good DAW definitely gives you more options than one of these devices (a lot more options!). Great kit though....

[quote name='silddx' timestamp='1343308848' post='1748675'] You wouldn't believe how many people want to talk about the gloves rather the the bass or the grooves mate [/quote] They are handy if you need to wash up all of a sudden aren't they!

Should get the individual tracks over this weekend (getting them off the H24s is a slow and boring prcess involving ftp - ) Then the real fun (for me) starts, as I turn them into finished pieces. Can't wait!