Re: Small questions that don't fit anywhere
1131The newest generation Boss looper (RC-5?). I've only scratched the surface with mine, it's essentially a little computer.
Re: Small questions that don't fit anywhere
1132Thank you all. Ordered some shorter screws. As a temporary fix until they arrive, I just yanked both screws from the low E and A saddles (so that the saddles are resting on the bridge plate), and the difference is enormous. The intonation isn't perfect, but after a bit of work, it's absolutely playable, and way way better than it was before. I'm guessing that a pair of strings of hugely different gauges were never going to intonate in sync to an action that high.Tom Wanderer wrote: Fri Feb 17, 2023 11:23 am If the saddles aren't the sturdiest metal and you try threading in screws that you cut or filed down yourself, you run the risk of ruining the threads. Then you still gotta buy the shorter screws and another saddle too. Just sayin.
Re: Small questions that don't fit anywhere
1134Usually the bags or cases they come in. For general purpose dynamic mics I really don't sweat it. They can all be in a pile on the shelf.
Sometimes my frequent use mics end up staying on stands at the ready for half a year at a time. It's yet to have caused a problem.
Re: Small questions that don't fit anywhere
1135Always in a case if they are ones I use often. Other then that any good manufacturer will provide a wood case. ie. Oktava, Audio-Technica SDC's
"There's a felling I get when I look to the west"
"When the meaningful words. When they cease to function. When there's nothing to say."
"When the meaningful words. When they cease to function. When there's nothing to say."
Re: Small questions that don't fit anywhere
1136Lipstick baritone through a 30 watt tweed 2x10 with dumb eminence speakers set mostly clean fingers no pick. Very dynamic, transient sound.
The best compressors for this job are kind of clean like a LA-22 and a FMR RNC. I use a couple mics at a time, each in the front of their own speaker dead center, usually a AEA N22 and an old 421-u with some bass rolloff in the preamp
I’m still getting little overloads and distortion here and there. Even if I wail on it and get the peaks in reaper somewhere between -16 and -12, I’ll start tracking and hit passages where some kind of garbage peeks through. I think some parts of the neck really pop out
I’m still kind of figuring out tracking with the compressors. I like using them on the recorded sound after the fact, but that seems like a different game from when I’m tracking with them and just using them as a sort of safety, but there’s something not happening.
Any advice? Maybe something with the metering on the daw or compressors I’m missing? Something I should try specific with the compressor?
I am recording myself so there’s a lot of back and forth, just trying to get a method figured out for this situation
The best compressors for this job are kind of clean like a LA-22 and a FMR RNC. I use a couple mics at a time, each in the front of their own speaker dead center, usually a AEA N22 and an old 421-u with some bass rolloff in the preamp
I’m still getting little overloads and distortion here and there. Even if I wail on it and get the peaks in reaper somewhere between -16 and -12, I’ll start tracking and hit passages where some kind of garbage peeks through. I think some parts of the neck really pop out
I’m still kind of figuring out tracking with the compressors. I like using them on the recorded sound after the fact, but that seems like a different game from when I’m tracking with them and just using them as a sort of safety, but there’s something not happening.
Any advice? Maybe something with the metering on the daw or compressors I’m missing? Something I should try specific with the compressor?
I am recording myself so there’s a lot of back and forth, just trying to get a method figured out for this situation
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Re: Small questions that don't fit anywhere
1137^ I might experiment with even more headroom. You can record things stupid quiet in digital and not see much repercussion. If you like printing a track running out of the box for compression anyway you can automate volume fixes for the most annoying pops then get it even tighter with compression and print that track in a more typical -10db area.
Re: Small questions that don't fit anywhere
1138Peaks around -12 to -16 is right where you wanna be, although as FM losthighway says you can certainly track lower with no problem.
If it was me, I'd track without the compressors, because recording yourself....IMO you want as few things to worry about as possible, you want to be thinking like an artist not an engineer. And there's a zillion great compressors you can use after the fact.
But anyway you're saying you have the levels set so you're generally peaking 12db down but you're still getting some occasional peaks that go over 0dbfs and clip audibly in an unpleasant way?
I'd say just track at a lower level, if you like tracking through your compressors do it, just pull the output down. Once you're in the box, use something else to deal with those extra big peaks, a clean superfast compressor or limiter. Or both. Or even just a clipper, if those peaks are real short, that might be the most transparent way.
If it was me, I'd track without the compressors, because recording yourself....IMO you want as few things to worry about as possible, you want to be thinking like an artist not an engineer. And there's a zillion great compressors you can use after the fact.
But anyway you're saying you have the levels set so you're generally peaking 12db down but you're still getting some occasional peaks that go over 0dbfs and clip audibly in an unpleasant way?
I'd say just track at a lower level, if you like tracking through your compressors do it, just pull the output down. Once you're in the box, use something else to deal with those extra big peaks, a clean superfast compressor or limiter. Or both. Or even just a clipper, if those peaks are real short, that might be the most transparent way.
Re: Small questions that don't fit anywhere
1139FYI we took this goldtop to Retrofret today and got a valuation of $150K. Jesus.Dr Tony Balls wrote: Wed Jun 29, 2022 9:15 am I've got one... A friend of mine's father just passed away and left him a number of guitars of various vintage. I'm not sure the full extent of everything but it does include a gold top Les Paul from the 50s. It has humbuckers in it so that puts it at 1957 or 1958. Said friend does not play guitar and will be selling some things, which I offered to help with. That one Les Paul is worth $60-80K if its a 57 and possibly more if its a 58. My question is how would you sell something like that? I know you can sell that direct through Reverb but does it seem risky to sell and ship such a high dollar item that way? Or would one be better just taking it to a really pro vintage instrument dealer who knows how to handle that kinda thing?