An awesome link I found on recording and more

[theblackmoon]

I agree its not really a secret, but you do have to dig around a bit to find it, or figure out which studio is his, or find his myspace. Its not something he wants as common knowledge.

Out of respect for him and Mixerman I'm not going to 'reveal' who they are on this forum.

Fair enough.

edit: BTW nice Zine, full of good stuff.

 

[Skinny Viking]

James, you crack me up

But you're a pretty good writer and or/thesaurus user. All I remember you actually saying with any articulation whatsoever was ...

"Can we get some sandwiches? I could really go for a sandwich"

excuse me ... "Sammich" hahahaha

don't get your balls in a twist, just fucking with you a little

Cheers!

 

[slashvanyoung]

James, you crack me up

But you're a pretty good writer and or/thesaurus user. All I remember you actually saying with any articulation whatsoever was ...

"Can we get some sandwiches? I could really go for a sandwich"

excuse me ... "Sammich" hahahaha

don't get your balls in a twist, just fucking with you a little

Cheers!

Yeah James is Ultimate Metal's very own Slipperman.

 

[James Murphy]

i r smart

 

[James Murphy]

Yeah James is Ultimate Metal's very own Slipperman.

now that i re-read it.. it comes off more like a Dennis Miller impression.. ha.

 

[JBroll]

Any time I fear that something I write, whether it be about Tube Screamers or the flying badgers telling me my low end is flabby, will come across as being a little over the edge and bizarre... I read the Slipperman thing and instantly feel better about everything.

Jeff

 

[Rob Logic]

now that i re-read it.. it comes off more like a Dennis Miller impression.. ha.

Hahaha. Nice!

 

[Black neon bob]

slipperman... pffff, if i could follow 80% of what he's saying i'd be having a good day... too much rimming round the edges for me, but im sure he knows his stuff.

 

[dreamcatcher]

Any time I fear that something I write, whether it be about Tube Screamers or the flying badgers telling me my low end is flabby, will come across as being a little over the edge and bizarre... I read the Slipperman thing and instantly feel better about everything.

Jeff

Speaking for myself, I wish I could write this damn dissertation in the style of Slipperman

 

[JoeJackson]

If James wants to let the 'secret' out I'll show the videos. Which are only interesting if you use Logic.

That would be me

 

[Skinny Viking]

James won't say any more than he has ... if you actually look at what he had written and take a minute to think about it, you'll figure it out

Cheers! and Sammiches!

 

[AudioGeekZine]

James won't say any more than he has ... if you actually look at what he had written and take a minute to think about it, you'll figure it out

Cheers! and Sammiches!

Thats right, and if you change NYC in my post to NJ, that should help.


As for the videos....I accept Paypal

 

[ahjteam]

OK. Here goes:

The root of this question is the concept of frequency dependant dynamic swing vs. (perceived) 'steady state' volume. The way this impacts your job as an audio engineer is a massive, during the course of the remaining tracking and in the mix.

You gotta start in the room with 'the sound'. Put in some earplugs, get 'Einstein' to play his guitar, until he confirms it is indeed producing "his sound". This is MAJOR, once attained, we now have a starting point. If you can't get by this first hurdle IN THE ROOM, you are in deep shit.... EVERYTHING can be a potential contributor to the problem(s). You gotta find out WHICH things are killing YOU from a seemingly endless list. Don't look to musician, he is hell bent on forcing you to make SHITTY SOUNDING RECORDS.

Pull the cab into a space where you can clearly HEAR it WITHOUT a whole lotta distractions ie. nearby walls, rattling drums or stands, road cases etc. With 'Mozart' still pounding a riff that alternates regularly between the 'chuggs' and some chords, run a few tests. Whip the master gain on the head up and down a little and see at what points the following things start to happen:

1) The speakers in the cab start to 'excurse'. Ya know like an 'move'? Look at the things up close. Put your earplugged head right up next to them and eyeball the speakers. Get a flashlight and peer thru the grille. If you can't see shit, cut the grille away with an exacto knife and have the label pay for a new grille. Have some other bozo twist the knobbie while 'meathead' is twanking and when you start to see the movement, make a mental note of the gain setting at the point of 'baseline excursion'.

2) Have your assistant twist der knobbie around more (while player is STILL endlessly playing pitiful chugs to chord riff) to find out the point of 'Cabinet Involvement'. By observing the cab at different volumes you will find a point at which the enclosure starts to get "involved" in the 'chuggs'. It is NOT always the point at which the speakers 'excurse'. Sometimes it is BEFORE(in master gain volume) the speakers 'bark', sometimes it is AFTER. This is gonna provide you with some clues as to what's going on with how you're going to get 'freaknicks' sound to tape.

Recording distorted guitars. I've always thought making heavy records was one of the most difficult and underestimated tasks in AE. For a bunch of reasons I may cover in these posts.



...That is the first few paragraphs squeezed into 30% of the space. Gimme 50 bucks (and helluva lot time) and I'll do the rest. Deal?

- ahj

FYI: Been cleaning this up, 11 pages in open office already and only 20% on the scrollbar. uke:

 

[AudioGeekZine]

alright so Slipperman has come out and said where the videos are. So its not really a secret, and my fun is over.
http://thewombforums.com/showpost.php?p=115335&postcount=29

 

[JBroll]

FYI: Been cleaning this up, 11 pages in open office already and only 20% on the scrollbar. uke:

Is it really that hard to enjoy reading something? It's not like it's an amusing writeup...

Fucking balls, people complain when something sounds like a textbook, people complain when something sounds like a newspaper article, people complain when something sounds like someone just talking about what he's doing and giving priceless secrets away for fucking free...

Like I said on SS.org when someone bitched about my TS FAQ, people like you make the internet a less helpful place. I'm sorry this can't all be magicked into your head without you expending any effort, but the world just isn't that perfect. And for fuck's sake, you could always just not read it...

Jeff

 

[ahjteam]

alright so Slipperman has come out and said where the videos are. So its not really a secret, and my fun is over.
http://thewombforums.com/showpost.php?p=115335&postcount=29

DAMN! I was so sure he was black.

Is it really that hard to enjoy reading something? It's not like it's an amusing writeup...

Lets say it like this: If I would be a native-English speaker, I propably would. Eventho I think I am pretty fluent with understanding English, I still didn't understand like 20% of the words and sayings slipperman used. Also because of the lenght, the amount of offtopic and rambling is pretty annoying.