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Anyone know of a good place that can make a custom pickup for my 1972 fender music master bass ?

I've been experimenting with bass recording and I'm getting good results using the DI input on my focusrite ISA one.

I'm even starting to think I don't need my AMPEG micro VR mini stack
 
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I have got hold of a Sprirt FX 16 and would like to use it in my setup as it may offer me some extra flexibilty for outboard FX etc..

I reaaly need some help with this.

I am in the process of moving my setup about as it was doing my head in ..So its the perfect time to rewire everything and tidy up.

Spirit FX 16 | Soundcraft - Professional Audio Mixers

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My question is what is the best way to hook it up to my interface? My interface is A Roland Octa capture

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I would like to mix my song using Reaper using the Mixer has I find mouse frutsrating.

Is it a question of Taking the Direct outs 1-8 from the Mixer to the Inputs 1-8 of the octa capture?

Then the line outs 1-8 of the octa capture to Line in 9-16 of the mixer?
 
Lt_Red said:
This is also worth a read albeit a 6 year old article still pretty relevant.

http://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/hardware-software-studio
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Cheers mate

I set up the mixer tonight.

I compared the Sound quality and its nowhere near the Octa Capture on its own.

I managed to route connect it all up ok...Got my outboard Reverb working on the AUX send...

I then unplugged it all and just went wow! Massive difference to the sound not going into the mixer...

I'm going to have a play connecting my FX up to the a couple of inputs and outputs on the octa capture and use ReaInsert

I think a Control surface is my best bet...

Any advice on one of these?
 
ShortWarning said:
Recorded some drums on Sunday.

Turned up at 10:30 to a text from the house engineer saying he couldn't make it...argh.

I had to set it all up myself having never done it. Also couldn't figure out the routing of his studio so did a proper bodge job on the drummers headphone feed.

I know roughly how to set up drum mics but if I'd have known I'd have been doing it myself I'd have done a lot more research before hand. In the end, I got a fairly decent sound.


Only problem was that the drummer had the loudest hi hat I've ever heard. In retrospect, I wish I had pointed the overheads towards the snare which may have helped with the loudness of the hi hat but probably not a lot because it was by far the loudest thing in the room. I will have to automate the volume when mixing.

I also would have preferred the left OH to have been behind the kit and I tried but there just wasn't the room. It also isn't the greatest sounding room.

In the end I got a fairly decent sounding stereo image of the drums so I'm pretty happy just wish I'd have known so I could have done some more research.

*Also, I know the rack tom mic is pointing away from the drum, I obviously fixed this before hitting record.
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So is that your studio?
 
ShortWarning said:
No. The band were paying to rent the studio and the engineer who works there. I was just there to record. The engineer didn't show up.

We ended up getting it for free though which was cool.

I don't have any sort of studio unfortunately.
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Ahh I see...nice one pics look cool...Are they Cole Ribbon much for the overheads ?
 
This has changed my life

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I have been struggling to get a decent sound out of my 1972 Hayman Kit

Just changed the Heads to Evans G2 Coated and tuned them using this. Incredible! It's night and day. I didn't even know these things existed!
 
Merlin5 said:
Hey easyrider, good choice of heads. I recently replaced my 2 ply Remo Emperors with Evans UV1 which are 1 ply. They're designed with a very strong coating that doesn't wear away easily and after several weeks of use, mine still look brand new. Highly recommended the next time you're ready to change heads. I remember Hayman drums. Nice vintage :)

Also, I had considered the Drumdial but bought the Tune-Bot a few months ago. Where the Dial gives even tension, that doesn't necessarily equal even pitch. Though I'm sure you've got a very nice sound now.

But what I like about the Tune-Bot is that it actually tunes the heads by frequency, and octaves if you want. It just clips onto the rim and doesn't need moving around the drum. Though I've tuned drums by ear for years and get a good sound, the Tune-Bot speeds up the process, plus I can save the settings and get the same tuning every time. I've got a Tune-Bot app on my phone with frequency settings for different size drums. You should definitely get one! I'm sure you know this, but if you prefer more resonance, then tune top and bottom heads the same. But I generally tune my bottom reso heads a bit tighter to get a nice dip in the sound.

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Just looked there is a new version called the Tune Bot studio...hmmm....do I return my drum dial? The Tunebot Studio is 20 quid more....
 
Merlin5 said:
Yes, return the drum dial! :) And I didn't know there's a newer version of tune-bot. Just had a quick look and it features everything mine has plus even better accuracy, higher frequency range which is great for snare drums, and more screen display colours. Seems to be the same price as mine so a no brainer on getting the studio version. Honestly, I think you'll enjoy using it more than the analogue drum dial, it's a fun gadget and loads of drummers are using it these days as their default tuner. It's like the drummer's version of the guitar tuner. The filter button is very useful for tune-bot to ignore unwanted frequencies that aren't in the range of the reference pitch you're going for.

iTunes app
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/drum-tuning-calculator/id851864924?mt=8

Android app
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.overtone.tunebot&hl=en_GB
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Will do I like gadgets and iPhone apps :)
 
I have had a bit of a change around and moved my workstation to the centre of the room. and finally finished my acoustic treatments.

I have installed the mixer and what I have done is connect the Mic Pre-amps to the AUX in's on the board and connected the output of these to the line in of the Eleven Rack. The Eleven Rack is connected to the Octa Capture

of Spdif. What this means is now I completely bypass the mic Pre's on the octa-capture and get the pure signal from the Focusrite ISA one and DAV BG1 and the Joe Meek Preamp into the PC over digital.

Plus it make things much quicker in STUDIO One as I only have to remember one input (Input 9/10 ) for all my mic pre's. I just use the fader on the Mixer.

The OH drum Mics go into the DAV BG1 Mic Pre. The Rest of the drum kit goes directly into the Ocat Capture and I never remove them. 7 mics!

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To this :D
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ShortWarning said:
Recorded my first session which didn't involve my brother this weekend. It's going to be tricky to make it sound good....:p

Fun and games.

Here's a first mix of another of my bros bands tracks:

https://soundcloud.com/projectmay/new-lc-first-mix/s-PjCdq

Any suggestions? Really need to figure out a way to tame those open hi hats. I used a de esser on them for the last track (which was recorded at the same time) but wasn't really happy with it.
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Have you EQ'd the drums at all? They seem buried in the mix the drums and the High hats in your face...
 
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