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STUDIO + RECORDING TECHNIQUES / Re: mixing with your eyes closed

« on: January 10, 2010, 12:33:19 pm »

yup... that's it, billy.. you watch those changes come and it takes away the mystery that the end listener will experience.

i just set up my hot corner for screen darkening. the nice thing is, i can continue to adjust levels because i've got the mackie controls hooked up. so it's like mixing in the old days w/o screens...

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STUDIO + RECORDING TECHNIQUES / Re: mixing with your eyes closed

« on: January 10, 2010, 09:13:32 am »

ah, yes.. i'l have to set that one. great tip.

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STUDIO + RECORDING TECHNIQUES / Re: mixing with your eyes closed

« on: January 09, 2010, 11:14:10 pm »

good advice, yann. i, too, cannot look at the playhead when listening.

what's your screen-darkening feature? is that on a mac? just a sleep/screensaver?

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ACOUSTIC ELECTRIC / Re: FX pedals

« on: January 09, 2010, 07:43:51 am »

the cathedral.. yes, when i was in the UK last october i picked one up. the infinite reverb is quite nice. it turns anything you put into it into a drone... not bad i also like the spring reverb emulation on it.

i'd recommend checking one out for sure.

the only drawback, though, is you have to press down the switch to hold the reverb. as soon as you let go the reverb fades away. it can get quite tiring to hold it down with your hand for 6 minutes

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STUDIO + RECORDING TECHNIQUES / Re: mixing with your eyes closed

« on: January 08, 2010, 10:12:51 pm »

excellent post.. thanks...

we must all practice this every day..

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STUDIO + RECORDING TECHNIQUES / mixing with your eyes closed

« on: January 08, 2010, 09:14:26 pm »

just read this very simple, but incredibly effective practice when mixing a song on a computer. seems so logical... because so much computer music is done VISUALLY and, if you move a fade to adjust volume your eyes will often judge when the fader goes "too much" "too little" or "just right".. instead of your ears making that choice.

here's a link to the original thread (the thread was about Ableton mixing, but this one response is what i'm talking about"

http://www.gearslutz.com/board/mastering-forum/454237-mixing-mastering-ableton.html

and here is the advice (from a gearslutz user chopstickkk):

some advice for mixing (especially if you're working with a computer) is this...


make all adjustments with your eyes closed.


decide if you need to make an adjustment.
grab that virtual fader or virtual knob in ableton with your mouse or trackpad.
close your eyes.
wiggle it around a bit so you don't know where it is.
listen and adjust it solely by ear.
listen.
repeat as necessary!

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12K + LINE / Re: THE FORUM IS BACK

« on: January 08, 2010, 05:42:09 pm »

the gear shop is up!

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ART / the beer thread

« on: January 08, 2010, 05:41:43 pm »

not sure where our last beer thread was.. but, beer is art, yes?

right now enjoying a Michigan Brewing Company's High Seas IPA. really nice. hoppy, like an IPA but light. goes down fast!

http://www.michiganbrewing.com/MBCBeer/HighSeasIPA/tabid/97/Default.aspx

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12K + LINE / Re: THE FORUM IS BACK

« on: January 08, 2010, 10:05:46 am »

hi joe

no problem putting a for sale section back.. i just figured there were better places to sell stuff... did you have luck selling anything through the forum?

just give me the word and i'll put it back...

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12K + LINE / Re: THE FORUM IS BACK

« on: January 07, 2010, 07:19:06 pm »

yes, where is nikola when we need him!

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ART / Re: Biosphere 2

« on: January 06, 2010, 06:04:28 pm »

ho-lee shit. (and by that i mean WOW)

i *must* go there....

i'm totally obsessed with decaying industrial spaces, but this one.. it's like a ruin of the future. a "what could have been" more mankind.

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ART / Re: Reading!

« on: January 05, 2010, 10:28:49 pm »

yes, player of games...

don't know on the gibson yet... only 4 pages in!

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ART / Re: Reading!

« on: January 05, 2010, 08:08:58 pm »

spook country by william gibson

and then the next in the culture series by iain m. banks (the one after Phlebus.. forgot the name)

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ACOUSTIC ELECTRIC / Re: boomerange III looper

« on: January 05, 2010, 09:12:23 am »

dear Boomerang,

i'll redesign your website if you pay me in pedals.

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ACOUSTIC ELECTRIC / boomerange III looper

« on: January 04, 2010, 11:40:03 pm »

how long has the boomerang III been out? anyone use one?