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Show 152 – NAMM 2012 recap and DIY Plate Reverb

Jon — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:15:33 +0000

This week we talk about some of the highlights of the NAMM show and talk with Jac Mandel about his DIY Plate Reverb.
In Rapid fire we cover: preferred interface connection; how do we compete with million dollar mixes; favorite reverb type.
Our guest is Jac Mandel @JacMandel
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Show 150 – Seventh Circle Audio Preamps Shootout and more

Jon — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 03:51:26 +0000

This week we compare various preamp kits from Seventh Circle Audio on a variety of sources.
In Rapid Fire we tackle: for effect: crap mic or good mic made to sound crappy?; Bottom snare mic?; Bounce to disk or record to track?
Joining us this week is Jason Miller @jasonmiller0607

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Show 149 – 12 Gauge Microphones reviewed and more

Jon — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:49:24 +0000

This week Jon reviews the Red12 and Green12 shotgun shell microphones from 12 Gauge Microphones.

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3 reverb technique from Fab Dupont (mentioned in comments this week)

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Show 148 – End of the year review

Jon — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 22:08:14 +0000

This week Jon and Ryan answer a ton of questions and comments from the past week and recap what went on in the recording world this year.

Merry Christmas, Happy New year, Thank you for all your support this year!

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Show 146 – Line2Amp Vs ProRMP and more

Jon — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 22:37:06 +0000

Two budget Re-ampers fight to the death! Ryan compares the $50 Line2Amp re-amp kit from DIYRecordingEquipment with the $99 Radial ProRMP.
In Rapid fire we answer: Reverb in every mix?; should we always speak in absolute terms?; and protecting your mixes from dine & dash clients.

Our guest host is Björgvin Benediktsson from Audio Issues.

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Thanks again to Peterson Goodwyn for sending us the Lind2Amp to try!
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Radial ProRMP (Radial website) (Amazon affiliate link)
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Show 145 – Drum Editing and more

Jon — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 23:50:32 +0000

This week we talk about drum editing and in Rapid Fire we cover: recommend first outboard gear besides preamps; ideal recording level and does it change based on source; How many times have you crashed your DAW in the past month;
Our guest host this week is Matthew Weiss of Weiss Sound.
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Show 144 – Active and passive guitar electronics and more

Jon — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:23:09 +0000

This week we talk about passive and active guitar electronics. In Rapid Fire we cover: Vintage gear- cool because its good or cool because its on the old records?; How do you convince your wife or girlfriend that microphones are more important than shoes?; and What’s the hardest thing to fit in the mix?
Our guest this week is Peterson Goodwyn from SoundHow and DIY Recording Equipment

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Show 142 – Basic Guitar gear comparisons and more

Jon — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:33:53 +0000

This week Ryan compares 3 types of guitars, 2 types of pickups in each, open or closed back cabinets, tube vs solid state and more. Jonathan Roberts sent us some examples of the FMR Audio RNC in action.

No Rapid Fire, No guest this week.

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Show 141 – Multi-mic time aligning and AES convention recap

Jon — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 00:10:03 +0000

This week Jon talks about adding delay to tracks to compensate for mic placement issues. Slau tells us about the recent AES convention in New York.
Joining us this week is Slau of Sessions With Slau

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In the show discussion we couldn’t think of the auto-time aligning plugin-Turns out there’s 2 out there. We have no idea if they work!
Sound Radix Auto-Align : http://www.soundradix.com/products/auto-align/
Melda Productions MAutoAlign : http://www.meldaproduction.com/mautoalign/
Lynx Hilo : http://www.lynxstudio.com/product_detail.asp?i=59#

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Show 139 – Recording Shakers and more.

Jon — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 18:41:32 +0000

In this episode we discuss recording shakers-types; techniques; mic placement; mic types.
In RapidFire we talk about – Pro Tools 10 features we actually care about; our vocal tuning process; nonstandard effect we’ve recently discovered.

Our guest this week is Steve Currington

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