Post by: breathe on December 14, 2010, 02:52:34 PM
Nicholas
Post by: seedyunderbelly.com on December 14, 2010, 03:36:14 PM
The Culture Vulture is super rad... Here it is smashing the Deaf
http://www.myspace.com/thedeaf/music/songs/You-Know-27736214
but Really man.. it would be nice if you kept ur "passion" to art as these are people trying to make something and when people like you write things like this it discourages sales for them they are cool and make good stuff....
j
Post by: mixwell on December 14, 2010, 04:04:20 PM
Post by: breathe on December 14, 2010, 08:25:11 PM
Nicholas
| seedyunderbelly.com wrote on Tue, 14 December 2010 12:36 |
but Really man.. it would be nice if you kept ur "passion" to art as these are people trying to make something and when people like you write things like this it discourages sales for them they are cool and make good stuff.... j |
Post by: Ryan Slowey on December 15, 2010, 09:56:49 AM
One thing you can (and probably should) try, is to fig. out a way to adjust the gain BEFORE the signal hits the CV. That way, you'll have more control over how hard you are hitting it to begin with, and it will allow you to be more subtle, and/or use it's features more efficiently. I do this when running vocals thru guitar pedals, or pushing mixes through a stereo tube preamp if it's too saturated off the bat.
Spend some time with the thing. One thing I gather from your posts, is that you tend to write shit off almost immediately.
| breathe wrote on Tue, 14 December 2010 20:25 | ||
All I'm saying is this thing has NO application in a mastering or 2-bus processing environment, so it is totally misleading of TC to put "Mastering" in the product name. To be fair, I can already tell this thing is AWESOME at totally fucking sounds up, and serves a real need for that, but for "warming up/gluing-together" mixes? Not a chance. I feel had. I'm going to try to return mine for a Rooster. Maybe I could even make a killing on eBay since I think I got the last remaining new one of this (discontinued) model in the U.S. Nicholas
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Post by: Jim Williams on December 15, 2010, 11:00:13 AM
Listen
Decide
Buy
Not the other way around.
Post by: compasspnt on December 15, 2010, 11:31:49 AM
Post by: ssltech on December 15, 2010, 11:57:02 AM
Post by: J.J. Blair on December 15, 2010, 02:33:40 PM
Post by: Wireline on December 15, 2010, 02:47:47 PM
| J.J. Blair wrote on Wed, 15 December 2010 13:33 |
I dunno Jim. I think it's best to always buy gear based on the hype. Marketing and interweb forums are always reliable sources on which ti base your opinion. |
Don't forget the importance of mp3 samples to compare the impact of what effect a device will have when shopping. I always listen for the critical differences.
Post by: marcel on December 15, 2010, 10:58:18 PM
Post by: Fletcher on December 16, 2010, 06:51:36 AM
Perhaps the "Mastering Demystified" forum would have been a better place to ask this question - but for the moment it's here... so... if you have something to share other than comments on "MP-3"s / internet hype / etc. -- please do.
Thanx!!
Post by: wwittman on December 16, 2010, 12:12:22 PM
so it seems to ME, anyway, that Jim, Terry, JJ, et al answered that quite correctly
Post by: Edward Vinatea on December 28, 2010, 10:07:26 AM
As for using the MySpace player to hear the sonic qualities of a mastered mix, well, that just made my day
Fletcher, this should belong to the mastering forum as only ME's will most likely own one and can give a more educated opinion.
Regards,
Happy holiday season.
Edward
Post by: seedyunderbelly.com on December 28, 2010, 10:45:20 AM
Not a big mystery It is a tube distortion... Sounds nice. Subtle or dramatic__
And Edward, Fwiw The reason I put up the myspace thing is that it is frying the mix__ not that it is a great example of recording or fidelity though the point is some may wish to ruin their music with the CV as we liked it on the deaf__ We made a more clean recording and they did not sound like themselves I ruined it with the CV and they were very happy__ It is easy to hear the character of the device in dramatic for me anyway.. Glad to make you day regardless___ It is kind of the point though You could master through a big Muff too..
Bottom line if you are looking for more distortions in the studio this is one and there are not many options__ If you are not well then...
Post by: Edward Vinatea on December 28, 2010, 11:37:08 AM
| seedyunderbelly.com wrote on Tue, 28 December 2010 10:45 |
And Edward, Fwiw The reason I put up the myspace thing is that it is frying the mix__ not that it is a great example of recording or fidelity though the point is some may wish to ruin their music with the CV as we liked it on the deaf__ ..... |
I am in no disagreement of you or your motives for posting that link to MS. I know you are trying to illustrate. But FWIW, you can't expect people to hear what a processing unit is doing after mastering without the 'before'.
And, as an ME, I can tell you that the type of conversion the MS player does to any mix is ludicrous. It may even emphasize certain groups of frequency bands {especially in the mids} that may sound harsh to the ear, giving the CV an 'edge' that in reality doesn't have.
FWIW,
Edward
Post by: red cross on December 28, 2010, 12:07:00 PM
Post by: ssltech on December 28, 2010, 06:28:00 PM
| Jim Williams wrote on Wed, 15 December 2010 11:00 |
Rent Listen Decide Buy Not the other way around. |
No no no... this is NICHOLAS we're talking about here... -It's:
Decide
Buy
Listen
Rant.
-but you were VERY close.
Post by: Nick Sevilla on December 29, 2010, 12:03:03 AM
| ssltech wrote on Tue, 28 December 2010 15:28 | ||
No no no... this is NICHOLAS we're talking about here... -It's: Decide Buy Listen Rant. -but you were VERY close. |
Almost...
It really is :
Buy.
Rant.
And I am still waiting to listen to ANYTHING he has done.
ANYTHING. Even if it is a fart. Or better yet, a burp. Yet still, nothing.
I think he really is a drunkard who entertains himself by coming here to wank around, and see all of us poor sods try to make something out of his nonsensical babbling.
Cheers
Post by: Tim Halligan on December 29, 2010, 12:29:16 AM
| ssltech wrote on Wed, 29 December 2010 07:28 | ||
No no no... this is NICHOLAS we're talking about here... -It's: Decide Buy Listen Rant. -but you were VERY close. |
Dude...
If this was Facebook I'd be liking the shit out of this!
Cheers,
Tim
Post by: bleen on December 29, 2010, 01:13:39 AM
| Nick Sevilla wrote on Tue, 28 December 2010 21:03 |
And I am still waiting to listen to ANYTHING he has done. ANYTHING. Even if it is a fart. Or better yet, a burp. Yet still, nothing. |
You gotta dig back a little bit, Nick. Buckle up...
http://recforums.prosoundweb.com/index.php/t/32443/989/
Post by: Nick Sevilla on December 30, 2010, 10:49:02 AM
| bleen wrote on Tue, 28 December 2010 22:13 | ||
You gotta dig back a little bit, Nick. Buckle up... http://recforums.prosoundweb.com/index.php/t/32443/989/ |
Hi bleen,
If you read that post, I have an answer there.
"I have only one comment:
15 seconds into the song my 4 year old screams for me to turn it off.
Is that enough critique?"
I myself was out of the room when it happened. Those darn self loading audio clips.
At least my son made a full recovery. And I trust him enough not to want to listen to it.
Cheers
Post by: Hallams on January 03, 2011, 06:53:18 AM
Thermionic Culture 'Culture Vulture Mastering Anniversary Edition': Why did I buy this?[End Quote]
So you could wrap it up and post it to me for Christmas/New Year.......a bit late, but better late than never!