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24d •
Guitar meets Moog
In the Spring of 1978,I bought a Gibson RD Artist. The unique thing about it is at the time a company named Norlin owned both Gibson and Moog so they had Moog do some advanced electronics to include active EQ, compressor, expander and preamp circuitry. We are approaching 50 years together. I liked to experiment with electronics going way back and hacked on this one to add additional phase options and other unnecessary features. Through all the hacking and the natural aging process, the poor thing doesn’t play consistently due to end-of-life of the capacitors. Anyway I dove in today and have compiled a parts list on Digikey and will be restoring the electronics over the next few weeks. Here’s some before photos! Wish me luck!
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@Tom Baldwin yeah it’s tricky with the switches and the extra shielding. I had to cut it back a little to stay clear of the special purpose switchcraft. Even though I’m not an expert in analog electronics, I have certainty the problem is on the board. I’m a hack. I admit it but I am fairly deep into the circuitry. And yes, you’re right, there’s a path to ground that shouldn’t exist.
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I had to do some traveling this week. Will return to the project next week. I'm planning to build a small DI circuit that runs on phantom power into the guitar. Parts on order. Going to use mini XLR like on some headphones so the guitar will have balanced output. Comments?
8d •
Question about frequencies (vocals and piano)
In studying some on frequencies, and doing some mixing, I understand that one of the battles is “carving out” some of the piano to allow the vocals to shine through. My question: would having the pianist play the low part (left hand) an octive lower and the high part (right hand) an octive higher be wise to help with that battle? Or is it best to keep the piano in the same octive as the vocals?
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I don't think your idea is bad necessarily. There's nothing sacred in music. It stands to reason what you are suggesting could be helpful to your end goal of creating a space for the vocal, unobstructed. Remember it's not just a question of "where" (pitch) but also of "when". Commonly, with today's tools, engineers can be much more precise about the "carving". Using Fabfilter Pro Q 4 in spectral mode, you can dial in very specific frequency ducking. Even more well-trodden path doing the same thing with Soothe2. There are also Trackspacer and Curves Equator that are used for doing frequency ducking to magically carve out space. In using these tools, you can be more surgical and you don't have to shift an octave.
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9d •
What's your business goal?
With the Studio Launch Challenge coming up next week (info here) I thought it would be fun to get an idea of what everyone here is working towards. Answer below!
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@Stelios Mavroyiannis right. And I’m right there with you.
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In business there’s a distinction to be made between owning a business and owning your job. The distinction lies in scalability.
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@Harry Kopy I don’t think anyone can actually HEAR the difference between 4:1 and 5:1
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@Gavin Hyde I don’t see a comment from Sam above. I see one below mentioning the 10 hour course. Is that the comment you’re referring to?
10d •
Smack Attack
Are there any plugins similar to smack attack, preferably free 😊 I’m using Logic Pro also incase that makes a difference. ☝🏽🖤
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I use Punctuate from Newfangled Audio. Quite effective. I use it on drums a lot. Kick for sure. For mastering, Izotope Impact. SPL Attacker or UAD SPL Transient Designer also work. In fact, SPL Attacker is just one knob like you wanted but I think you'll find a lot of the tools in this category have more controls because they tie back to AttackDecaySustainRelease params which are the foundation of the envelope of a sound. Sorry, I can't advise on anything free.
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@william-yung-4822
Professional full-time Audio Engineer 1981-1993. Audio Systems Designer 1994-2019. Software Engineer. Cisco Network Engineer. Danté Level 3
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