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    Drum Dial or Tama Tension Watch?

    Im do the exact opposite! i use the drum dial to get it in the ball park then fine tune with the ears. And by ballpark, i use he drum dial to get the tension even all over the head then fine tune with the ears. ps- quite a few aussies in this thread :rock:
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    Drum Dial or Tama Tension Watch?

    Drum dial
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    what do you physically do when tracking?

    Bizzare question, but ive seen alot of engineers do alot of different things... My question, in more detail: When recording a guitarist and he is sitting the same same room as you, what are you physically doing? Are you constantly looking at levels of inputs/outputs/pre amps, sitting...
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    CHIMAIRA

    i put this album on today for the first time in ages. and after listening to the infection. man, this sh*ts all over the infection in every possibly way IMO.
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    Mixing headphones?

    first time i put them on i listened to 13th step by a perfect circle and i can now hear the editing pops between unfaded regions :OMG:
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    Mixing headphones?

    ive got my sennheiser 595's, and aside from my macbook and ASP8's, they are the best single purchase ive ever made.
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    How do you guys psyche yourselves up before tracking?

    ive found that playing level of hitman, splinter cell or some other tactial shoot-em up game really gets me in the mood. does anyone have a thing for milk while tracking? i dont drink tea or coffee so its the red bull that keeps me going. but latley ive been finding that a big fuck off...
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    Waves API Plugs

    +1, but the compressor kicks ass!
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    Tips to save CPU during mixing

    man, i was gunna rebuilt my PC before i found this thread.
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    Poison the Well new stuff - anyone dig that sound?

    ive got a promo dvd for the making of you come before you...ill try dig it out. im 99% sure that all the stuff off that album was marshall and done in one hell of a big reflective room.
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    Help me with real drums... eventually you'll get some killer samples :)

    lol the room mic gives the garage tone away :P thats a pretty damn good raw snare tone. its asking to be compressed! without seeming like a sheep, i think the last 2 posters hit the main issues on the head!
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    How do you guys approach tracking solos?

    another for listening to the solo and working on a solo by solo basis. if one take has an awsome groove to it but is sloppy toward the end, its damn hard to edit it and kee that groove.
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    Joey Sturgis' Rack

    not trying to cause shit here at all, but thats why i asked. i didnt know, so i asked. thats the point of a forum, yes? i googled his name and not much came of it, so i asked :P yes, ive heard of prada ect ect, but im trying to avoid those 'scene-esque' bands. looks like a shit hot...
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    Joey Sturgis' Rack

    not trying to cause shit here at all, but thats why i asked. i didnt know, so i asked. thats the point of a forum, yes? i googled his name and not much came of it, so i asked :P yes, ive heard of prada ect ect, but im trying to avoid those 'scene-esque' bands. looks like a shit hot...
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    Joey Sturgis' Rack

    WHo is this guy? any havent i heard of him before? lol whats he done to deserve his own thread on here?