j.hall wrote on Mon, 26 March 2007 13:24 |
"can you put some trem-mellow on my guitar?" |
Vladislavs Korehovs wrote on Mon, 26 March 2007 13:30 | ||
trem-mellow? what is this? tremolo? |
redfro wrote on Mon, 26 March 2007 18:08 |
Swear to god.... "I'm a great drummer. I just have a problem with time." Wow..... |
mcsnare wrote on Mon, 26 March 2007 18:37 |
A guy called and asked the studio manager:" Do you have the big Pro Tool?" Client asks the engineer on a session "Can you put some of that mad extortion on my vocal?" Both true. Dave |
rattleyour wrote on Tue, 27 March 2007 18:32 |
Guitar player to bandmates, cymbal wash and last chord are still ringing out-- as heard in the OH's and room mic: "I f*%$ed up." Naturally his mistake was completely isolated... until he opened his mouth. Also, it was the only keeper drum take. |
Vladislavs Korehovs wrote on Tue, 27 March 2007 23:29 | ||
I would leave this small artifact to better reproduce the feel of the song. |
rattleyour wrote on Wed, 28 March 2007 10:27 |
Band to me regarding the above, and several occasions where the drummer audibly counted out the beat as the cymblas rang out: "You can take that out, right?" |
Thomas Lester wrote on Fri, 30 March 2007 08:40 |
During a gangsta' rap session. Me: (walk into the control room while taking a break, returning to start vocals) Me: (Look through the control room window into the dimmly lit live room to see the rapper behind the U47 with a wide stance and a 9mm pistol in his right hand, with his arms crossed across his chest) Me: "Is that a real gun?" Rapper: "Yes..." Me: "Is it loaded?" Rapper: "Yes..." Me: "Why are you holding a loaded gun?" Rapper: "I'm wrapping about killing people... I want to feel like I have that power while I lay down the track. It'll sound authentic." Me: "I'm not comfortable with this idea." Rapper: "I'm not rapping without the Gun." Me: (to the assistant), "get the studio manager to get their manager on the phone". Me: "Hold on a sec..." We ended up agreeing to me keeping the clip and all the bullets. He got to hold the gun. Ironically... the lyrics were about killing white guys. I was the only white guy in the room.... Even with the bullets, I was feeling a bit uncomfortable... I've got a picture of me with 9mm bullets lined up across the scribble strip of a VR72 somewhere. I'll have to post it some time. They were really great guys and the album turned out good and I did 2 more records with them over the following few years. It was just that songs lyrics.... |
grant richard wrote on Tue, 03 April 2007 10:20 |
he was replacing an engineer who was murdered over a bad hip-hop mix. he got there and said 'i think i've made a mistake! |
grant richard wrote on Tue, 03 April 2007 12:20 |
a friend of mine moved to california to take a job in a studio. he was replacing an engineer who was murdered over a bad hip-hop mix. he got there and said 'i think i've made a mistake' he now works at hy-vee |
M Carter wrote on Wed, 04 April 2007 15:27 |
Producer on a mix date : "could you make that sound a little more Marvin Gaye and a little less just gay? " |
mcsnare wrote on Mon, 26 March 2007 21:37 |
A guy called and asked the studio manager:" Do you have the big Pro Tool?" Client asks the engineer on a session "Can you put some of that mad extortion on my vocal?" Both true. Dave |
grant richard wrote on Thu, 05 April 2007 21:45 |
i've got a big pro tool sorry i had to go there |
rollmottle wrote on Fri, 30 March 2007 11:33 | ||
crazy. |
typek wrote on Wed, 18 April 2007 08:22 |
this guy's favortite thing to say once he gets in the booth is "where's my snare", or "i need more snare in my headphones" mocking eminem's famous words.. |
M Carter wrote on Sun, 22 April 2007 23:58 |
Assistant to rap hangers on: "Uh.... anybody know where *ARTIST* is?" Rap hangers on : "I don't even give a fuck, we're just here to smoke weed and watch cable" |
mmazurek wrote on Thu, 26 April 2007 10:29 |
...end of a vocal take, singer asks... "How was that?" Records a double with the original track playing. At the end, he hears himself say "How was that?" and responds... "Sounded good, what do you think?" |
Cult_Status02 wrote on Sat, 07 April 2007 01:56 |
Rappers (and I hate this term for some reason, not sure how you guys feel as I'm new here.): "Can you school and chop this?" |
don kerce wrote on Sat, 12 May 2007 09:21 |
From a session yesterday. Songwriter to steel guitar player-"Can you make that pedal steel guitar sound like a strummed banjo?" |
M Carter wrote on Sun, 22 April 2007 23:58 |
Assistant to rap hangers on: "Uh.... anybody know where *ARTIST* is?" Rap hangers on : "I don't even give a fuck, we're just here to smoke weed and watch cable" |
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True story: Starting out as a phone guy. Dude calls and asks, "How much do it cost to make record?" I say, "$90 per hour." Dude says (quote), "I got 3 songs at about three minutes each, so put me down for 10 minutes. Just to be safe." Nearly shite myself. |
Taproot wrote on Thu, 24 May 2007 22:11 |
After a request for quick tuneup on the guitar, the reply was, "Tuning is the Hobgoblin of small minds."- A. Chilton |
ssltech wrote on Wed, 02 May 2007 22:38 |
...Guitar owner... |
Greg Dixon wrote on Tue, 26 June 2007 07:04 |
I had a guy ring up one time saying he wanted to book two hours of studio time. I asked what he wanted to do, assuming it would be a vocal and guitar/piano demo of one or two songs and he said wanted to record a band. I asked what he expected to get done in two hours and he said ten songs. I told him we'd need longer than that and he asked why, as it was a 10 song 40 minute set, so two hours was enough time to play each song twice, with some extra time. When I told him the reality of the situation, he was convinced I was ripping him off and hung up. Early on in my career, I had an indie band do a very rough album, very quickly. Inside the booklet they say it was recorded in 24 hrs. A few years latter a girl rang asking to book a 24 hr block to record an album. I said I didn't do that and she mentioned that CD and I said, yes but it wasn't 24 hrs in a row. She replied, "but it says recorded in 24 hrs, at Aphek Studio". I then added that in reality I don't think they ever did more than 4 hrs at a time and her reaction was a very sad "oh.... ok then", as she hung up. |
pete andrews wrote on Thu, 06 September 2007 07:55 |
last night's mixing session with singer/songwriter: i'm mixing and adding elements to tracks he did himself at home (vox/acoustic guit/synthy stuff) adding simple percussion, bass, etc, you get the picture. me (noticing mad tempo shifts): "did you play this to a click?" client: "yup" me (pointing out 2 areas of the song that shift by about 10 bpm): "these are totally different tempo's here.... ?" client: "oh.... i may not have actualy listened to the click when i was recording though". right on. |
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I hate to call you out (or maybe I don't).. but to air someone out like that in a not so subtle/anonymous way... It's just a bit mean . It's one thing to go 'Oh, listen to what some d-bag said on a session... who thinks he knows what he's talking about', but it's an entirely different thing when someone comes to you for advice or help because they don't know what they're talking about. Then I think you're more obligated to either help them or send them on their way. Making fun of them? That's just wrong, man. |
Kuntar wrote on Mon, 15 October 2007 01:12 |
Phone conversation with a rapper: Me: Hello? Rapper: "Yo checkit, I don't know nuthin bout the game, I don't know nuthin bout music, I don't know nuthin bout cars. I can change a tire on a car. I can check the oil in a car. Yo, you got 3 minutes? Listen to me rap!(proceeds to rap for 3 mins)Yo, you white? |
j.hall wrote on Mon, 02 April 2007 21:31 |
WHOA!!!!!!!!! i've seen a lot of crazy things in the studio, but a loaded gun is not one of them. |
makinao wrote on Sat, 20 October 2007 19:48 | ||
What's even crazier is that I've been in a session wherein the guy holding gun was the engineer! |
Ichbin wrote on Fri, 19 October 2007 21:25 |
Drummer of jazz band during tracking. "Can I get some more bass in the headphones?" Before I can even reach for the knob. "That's much better thanks". |
compasspnt wrote on Sat, 20 October 2007 21:27 | ||||
Been in a couple where I probably needed one. |
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i hope to never type that. especially considering my studio is in my home where two small children and my wife live..... |
Former Oceanway drone wrote on Sun, 06 January 2008 15:09 |
Inspired by Terry Manning's comment about perhaps needing a gun in a session, I offer up the following for your approval and amusement: Long ago, in a land far, far away, I was working on a session with a metal band. The band was being financed by a friend of theirs who had lost a leg in a vehicular mishap. Everyone knew this except for my colleague. One afternoon as the session is rolling along nicely, the band's sponsor is wrapping the grip on a rather large hunting knife while my colleague is sitting behind the desk making small talk with him. Suddenly, the sponsor says, "Hey Randy, check this out," and stabs himself hard in the thigh of the prosthetic leg. As the knife oscillated back and forth, he laughed and laughed. My colleague almost had a heart attack. Cheers, Alan Tomlinson |
Ichbin wrote on Fri, 19 October 2007 20:25 |
Drummer of jazz band during tracking. "Can I get some more bass in the headphones?" Before I can even reach for the knob. "That's much better thanks". |
Version wrote on Tue, 27 March 2007 14:44 |
"When I look at the drum kit, I just see a series of mistakes about to be made." drummer to me. I just didn't say anything. |
j.hall wrote on Thu, 29 March 2007 17:41 |
band to me, "great mix, we just need to change a few tiny things here and there" me to the band, "feel free to ruin the song........" |
Chris Ilett wrote on Fri, 11 January 2008 06:05 | ||
Awesome thread. I'm gonna use me that one |
Chris Ilett wrote on Sat, 12 January 2008 07:17 |
Even though your mix makes the song. |
j.hall wrote on Sat, 12 January 2008 13:03 | ||
well, in my case, yes it does........................................................ ............ HA |
grant richard wrote on Mon, 18 February 2008 16:26 |
When speaking to another engineer about a particular piece of gear, I asked: Me: 'Does it have Toslink out'? Engineer: 'No, only 8 channel digital optical' O...K... |
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Occasionally, one may encounter terms for technology similar to TOSLINK, such as ADAT Lightpipe or simply ADAT Optical. This is most often seen in the professional music/audio industry. While the ADAT Lightpipe format utilizes the same JIS F05 connectors as TOSLINK, it should be noted that the ADAT Lightpipe format is NOT compatible with S/PDIF. |
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This cable discussion isn't funny at all. |
grant richard wrote on Thu, 21 February 2008 16:25 |
duly noted. so when I purchased my cable labeled "TOSlink" for my "ADAT optical" or "Digital optical" or "Digital lightpipe" or "whatever you want to call it" device....I purchased the wrong cable? and if so, why does it work so well? |