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the late, great Bill Hicks RIP
this is how you spit fire.. observe and learn
it turns out the ancient 60GB internal hard drive in my dualcore intel macbook was causing the problem… replaced with a 2.5″ 500GB/7200rpm/16mb seagate momentus and all is well.
protools does not like thermal recalibrations!
Bricasti M7 + remote
so not only does Bricasti make the world’s best sounding room-simulating reverb on the planet but they also give away IRs of this lovely machine to ppl who can’t afford a $3,500 piece of hardware… how cool is that?
Guilt-free convolution reverb!
fully endorsed by Casey of Bricasti Design and acousticas.net
Note from Casey on true stereo sources
Like a sampled venue, the Bricasti M7 does require true stereo impulses.
If the input is stereo, it is required that four impulse files be used. I believe that Acousticas provides just two.
The Acouticas samples are mono to stereo impulses. These will work great with mono sources such as vocals and snares. They are not useful for stereo sources such as piano or orchestral recordings.
Bricasti M7 IRs
Logic ‘Space Designer’ presets
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Trent talks mostly about the state of the music biz, such that it is…
- run the sound out of 2 outputs from DAW. one output is key, the other is audio.
- slip the key forward by 1-5ms for the desired look ahead.
- print track thru gate.
- slip audio track back in line with original (if necessary).
good combo of digital & analog outboard… look-ahead for Drawmer DS-201.
2 gtrs: electric (dark,wide), acoustic (strums.. bright, small)
pan dry acoustic hard L
pan electric hard right and run thru stereo processor.. delay/trem/eventide pitch spread, whatever.. something wide stereo….
pan stereo return C and hard R instead of L/R. you can also use a big reverb on the wide side….. keep the acoustic dry
be sure electric is darker than acoustic…. emphasize strum in acoustic and width in electric… for the electric think wide like Bang Bang..
- L normal, dry
- R send, pre-fader, 100% wet
- pre-fader because you want 0% dry on C/R
- change the pan on the stereo fx return to C/R (instead of L/R)
useful alternative to panning L/R on GTR group with unbalanced or contrasting sounds
panning in 3rds… great way to stop an eventide patch from taking over a whole mix. confine your wide stereo fx patch to one side & center instead of full L/R. offset it with something dry and panned to the opposite side. wet/dry/wide/small all at once
a la Nigel Goderich/Radiohead or Portishead
- stereo compressor on OHs
- key OH compressor off kick drum
- short attack, long release on OH compressor, try an opto
- now kick punches holes thru OHs
- pumping is more audible because OHs hold most harmonic content & cymbals
- timing of kick drum essential to pulling this off
