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OTHER MUSIC / Re: What are you listening to?

« on: May 08, 2012, 08:29:10 pm »

few things I've been really enjoying this past month...

Jan Jelinek - Jazz loop finding records - classic - never far from my turntable.
Cupp Cave - Retina Waves - really really nice release, sounds like a lot of things but nothing else at the same time
Pye Corner Audio - Black mill tapes - Pretty much exactly what I thought it'd sound like. not a bad thing at all.
Broadcast - black session (Paris 5/4/2000) - mind blowing live recording.
Sand Circles - motor city - nice lofi haziness. similar to andy stott but more... optimistic?
Erkin Koray - Erkin Koray 45's (1967 - 76) - awesome turkish psych rock
Didier Bocquet - Sequences - early 80's proggy synthness
Paco Sala - Ro me ro - nice digitalis ambi-pop(?) that for some reason, tonally reminds me of slow dive's souvlaki space station...

Gave the new beach house record a try - terrible snoozefest. not a single redeeming track. Such a shame. their first two records are exceptional

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SYNTHESIZERS + SOUND-MAKING HARDWARE / Re: fyrd instruments

« on: May 08, 2012, 06:39:49 am »

Wow, it really does look like the 12k logo.
Worth getting just to throw a decal on it and hang it on a wall 

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STUDIO + RECORDING TECHNIQUES / Re: Adam A7 special edition

« on: July 18, 2011, 09:40:37 pm »

I picked up a pair of a5's earlier this year and never looked back.
I know they lack a little of the low end definition (below 60/70hz) but for $500US in total including shipping to Australia... hard to beat.

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STUDIO + RECORDING TECHNIQUES / Re: Release on Vinyl and MP3 ONLY?

« on: March 21, 2011, 10:13:08 pm »

come on kane... you can tell us that it's your system.
no need to hide it 

Ha! I wish!

No any turntable I use has to be direct drive so I can use my mad scratching skillzzz

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STUDIO + RECORDING TECHNIQUES / Re: Ground loop!...

« on: March 21, 2011, 10:11:09 pm »

Glad it worked out,
Nothing worse than bad noise (as opposed to good noise )

I remember having to run every sound we had through a dc offset to get rid of the inherent noise we had in our early set up!

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STUDIO + RECORDING TECHNIQUES / Re: Release on Vinyl and MP3 ONLY?

« on: March 21, 2011, 06:11:31 am »

I think it's cool. I'm all for artefacts in sound. even if the fidelity doesn't match and especially if the intended format is vinyl...

I guess you just need to find someone with one of those batshit crazy amazing vinyl hifi systems to do the transfer justice.

 

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STUDIO + RECORDING TECHNIQUES / Re: Ground loop!...

« on: March 21, 2011, 06:02:42 am »

I agree, Grounding problems are always a hum as opposed to a noise, generally

I had a heap of ground loop issues when I first started setting up to make music, now I'm a real stickler for checking everything at every point to make sure I don't run into that problem again,

Try isolating things if you can, like if you can run the cv converter via usb power, run everything off your macs battery and see if the sound still persists, if it does, it aint a ground loop and you have bigger issues...

Also try plugging your whole setup into one powerboard and then plug that into different outlets throughout your house or a friends house to test. I once lived in a house that only had grounding issues in the room I chose to setup in.

But yeah. my guess is bad m-audio gear.
If it is a ground loop I'd actually hazard a guess it's your synths power supply, probably some badly wired 9v or 12v powerpack...

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FIELD RECORDING / Re: olympus tresmic

« on: March 20, 2011, 07:58:07 pm »

I think the main difference is it lacks dedicated volume and recording level dials which, any recorder without them is a pain in the ass.

That aside, does look pretty cool

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FIELD RECORDING / Re: The "what portable recording device should I buy?" thread

« on: March 20, 2011, 07:56:00 pm »

Thanks for that philippe, some great posts/threads on that board, very helpful.

Could I ask why you went for the PCM-10 over the PCM-50, was it simply an issue of price? More I read, more I'm tending towards the PCM-50 but my budget can stretch that far so price isn't *too* much of an issue.

I'm curious on this too, aren't the built in mics on the pcm-10 omni directional? I really want to grab the pcm-50 and play around with the (albeit limited) mic positioning... unfortunately my budget is a bit more of an issue, AU prices are way higher than US despite our dollar being at parity for ages now... unless someone wants to be my US address, unbox a recorder, wrap it in a crap load of bubble wrap and send it in a smaller package

Group buy anyone?

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FIELD RECORDING / Re: The "what portable recording device should I buy?" thread

« on: March 20, 2011, 07:41:33 am »

If you can hold out, may be a good idea to wait till musikmesse in april. could be some new gear coming out. Most of the competitors on the market have been out since 2008/2009...

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SYNTHESIZERS + SOUND-MAKING HARDWARE / Re: elektron octatrack

« on: March 02, 2011, 07:34:53 pm »

ok, everybody choose sides, if all fails it is me against the world again...
 

ralph, come on. back me up! bongos are the weirdest category of "hardware"...
kane, hello? you cannot pitch them down...
hello? anyone, anyone?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxPVyieptwA

Can't we all just get along, find some new sounds and be bongo brothers! - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCopQAVxeU0&feature=related

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OTHER MUSIC / Re: What are you listening to?

« on: February 25, 2011, 09:48:25 pm »

Just picked up Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark on 12 inch... Really enjoying this - Julia's Song - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NO5r2pcMIes

Sounds especially good slowed down a little

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OTHER MUSIC / Re: What are you listening to?

« on: February 11, 2011, 09:48:02 pm »

the cure - faith

my most favorite The Cure album.
they never sounded that dark and desperate again. Especially All Cats Are Grey and The Funeral Party are still absolutely amazing.

Wish is my favourite, especially from the edge of a deep green sea. Brings out the jaguar wha guitar angst in me

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SELF PROMOTION / Face Documentary - Featuring Kane Ikin (Solo Andata) soundtrack

« on: February 09, 2011, 11:41:04 pm »

Hey all,
If you're in Australia, or are competent at breaking geo locks, A film I did the soundtrack for is screening next week on ABC Television 10:05pm Tuesday, February 15 2011 and online after that for 1 week or so...

Pretty proud of this work, and the visuals are amazing as well, so if you can, tune in!

http://www.abc.net.au/tv/guide/abc1/201102/programs/AC0928V003D2011-02-15T220500.htm?program=Artscape%3A+Anatomy%3A+Face

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OTHER MUSIC / Re: What are you listening to?

« on: February 04, 2011, 12:07:49 am »

Just received my 'Static Place' in the mail,

Truly beautiful release, Would love this on vinyl, especially vinyl covered in dust with a few scratches on it played a little slower with a slightly slipping platter going in and out of time... just sayin

everything is better pitched down

I've recently been experimenting with pitching up too, just to buck the trend, on average sounds terrible unless you take something that had a ridiculously low pitch to begin with... like the low hum my oven makes