th year of the timElord ......... 2 0 1 2 open for (sound) biz

thursdays are saturdays this february, so timE today to reflect on the first few weeks back in th 'junk with th junk that makes all the stuff we lovE.....    still in love with the Empirical Labs Fatso, and using it last in the chain on nearly everything, either active, 'spanking' or just doing its ridiculously fast hi hi end 'de- ess' smoothing-  its the perfect positive counter to the negatives of the digital domain we nearly always have as our DAW destination now and forevermore.......  i wonder whether many others have had time and inclination to fully explore this brilliant machine, and use it enough to experience the cumulative effect of its harmonic colour and ANALOGUE- ness         which reminds me how POSITIVE i am about digital overall, loving the functionality of Logic Pro (now a $200 app???????????????????£™¢∞§¶•ªº–≠‘“πøˆ¨¥©ƒ©˙ )   and the sound of Lavry Blue AD and DA.    THIS  begs the question again, "just how dumbed down or brilliantly fixed up will LOGIC X be???????? "-               if it goes the way of the former, then i am OFFICIALLY calling all magic geeks who build software daw's,     to design and supply a one off prototype for this bandit and Spacejunk III that is MINE..................... save us from the "update or be deleted" treadmill that the machine and software makers have us all running daily, for ever. 

      ..........muse=        knowing the ultimately divergent ways of my mind, the daily use of the common man's tools doesnt really threaten one's creative originality..... BUT starting work daily with th same app available for peanuts to every Mac owner on th planet still feels a tad uncomfortably NOT special.     

................. muse again=     with th slow demise of large studios and shrinking of recording budgets, what are the new realities of musicians and artists being able to experience both time and relationships and self correction and improvement in groups or large numbers??? and ........... where and when does the "net" get turned off to lessen distraction, promote originality and style, feed the dreamers and lose the fast fix merchants? 

did i say??- i LIKE sansamp- the classic with dipswitches and the original rackmount PSA 1-

i LIKE the new VXT-8 monitors KRK sent me to try in lieu of the tired old V8's-

i LIKE old Princeton Amps

i LOVE my Yamaha Electone Organ which is so much more-  couldnt quite drive to Dural to nab one on ebay for $1.50 tho.... still with 2 spares in the wings thru friends we are safe?

i like a wet summer mostly- tho not for those who suffer from floods and trouble-

i like the trees, it hurts when one sees them hacked down-

apparently i have allowed tress to flourish that are in fact weeds-

who says?

i need a new drawers cabinet for my microphones, now that a "minor "flood has been averted in the spacejunk  "laundry' drum room, with so much packed up in haste- so many beloved toys have no home-

the tree's make the drawers that i need,  thats a dilemma-     

i LIKE to hang things on hooks

(note to self- provide pictures here and...here )

-  and,

why are drums so noisy?

they hurt

May madness

tricks discovered:
 1/ record the Mohave M200 thru Empirical LABS FATSO with EVERY  BUTTON engaged and EVERY LED active-  on EVERYTHING-
 2/ cheap Bardl PZM Boundary mic ON TOP SKIN  of SNARE drum- what a sound.........        
 3/ drum room sound of th year thus far- Audio OM7 dynamics rear end pointing on axis to snare drum - L and R- thru FATSO in same EVERYTHING FLASHING MODE-
boost OPPOSITE frequencies on TOFT channel eq L and R   

March sound tools

i'm using new Phoenix Audio DRSQ-4 MicPre/EQ thru Empirical Labs Fatso as predominant tracking chain- this EQ is Neve style- but also totally original- causing smiles-  this band has 2 sweet men singing sweet melodies- and vocals were captured thru AEA 92  ribbon and JZ Black Hole SE  into formerly mentiioned audio chain-
    on the subject of beating things-  whilst in USA a 'kickport" was acquired- which has been to fitted to timEbandit's 18" Mapex floor tom, converted to auxiliary kick drum duties- and awaits testing to see IF the claimed louder fundamentals and pure low end gain are really achieved-      a blog on this soon?