Recent content by Apsu

I have to agree, the guitars have a very 'sharp' quality to them. Whatever it is, I think it's fucking awesome. Instant the track started I had to switch it to the highest quality on the stream to hear the guitars in all their glory. The vocals weren't what I expected when they came in, but I...

I have to agree. The more I hear this band the more I like what they're about, and James' work showcases that fact superbly. WANT MOAR! :rock:

Badass. Great video, great mix, very unique band and blend of styles. I wasn't sure I liked it the first time through, but I wanted to hear it again, and I noticed new things the second time. Surely as much a testament to your skill as to the band's talent. Definitely makes me want to hear more...

For reference, M-Audio Fast Track Pro works under Windows 7 x32 and x64.

Electrical/Mechanical Engineering with a focus in Aerospace, Computer Science with a focus in Digital Signal Processing and Information Theory. Go engineers! :rock:

Guitar tone doesn't do it for me at all during the verses. I agree it sounds like most everything else is tracked well, but not only does the guitar sound like it's not in the same room as the drums (drums too dry or guitars too washed/verby), but the tone on it just feels loose and flubby...

Mids are good, mmmkay? Also a little more definition between the guitar sides would be great, in addition to the aforementioned need to actually hear the cymbals. Sounds like the guitar tone layers are a little undergained or scratchy. Some insight into your tracking chain would probably do...

That'd be too simple! Can't we just complicate things by adding additional unique software to fuck with? Think outside of the box! Your aptitude for getting pissed off at computers will find extensive application, trust me :Saint:

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I've done it (by accident) more than once, and have known others that have done it, with no ill effects besides reduced overall tube life, which itself is a rather long timeframe, so "how much" reduction is hard to measure anyway. Plus, if you happened to watch through that Mesa factory tour...

Hm. Sounds like the 50s would be a weak reference for building a tight low-end in a mix, then. I'm guessing the idea is to provide a reference for lo-fi systems to A/B against. In any case, definitely not going to meet the needs I have for new monitors in the first place. Thanks for the heads up!

Apologies if this has been discussed before, a quick search didn't turn up much, but this topic has me curious; anyone have any experience with the differences between the HS50M's and the HS80M's? The 50's are about half the price of the 80's and it's not immediately obvious to me where the...

Inconsistent plugin performance on playback that doesn't have a time-dependent feature like an LFO is usually related to some minor change in the audio driver setup, such as latency, sample rate or bit rate, causing the DAW to send data buffers to the plugin in a way the plugin sucks at handling...

Hm. Sounds to me like tone is the least of your worries. The style of music you're going for usually involves significantly more detuned rhythmic composition at least underneath all of the harmonized melodies you've got going on here. I'd call this an arrangement and choice of key issue. Also...

Sounds like the VSTi to me. I've been using basically every version with VST's and VSTi's since before your 2.x and the only issue I've ever run into is when a plugin needs to load a significant quantity of its own data/files or has an elaborate, buggy interface. For reference, the newer 3.x has...