nice..............I see my or should I say Ronda's Marshall still has the yellow cord on it.....lol
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AudioKinesis Cabs Part VI...
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Back in this room again. Port plugged, gain noon, just a bit of eq, master not much. Hathor, mini drums iPad mixer and ip2000 in the back providing all the sound makes for a clean stage.
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Rumor has it, y'all might get a chance to try out some AudioKinesis cabs firsthand here in Ohio sometime in April...
It's true.
I'll be at a vendor's booth at the Invalid Link Removed in Fremont Ohio, April 20-22.
I’m willing to bet that Chuck Rainey is going to love your cabinets if he gets the chance to try ‘em
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I think they're both! Looks to me like the old planks are angled slightly relative to one another, which would have the effect of diffusing the sound rather than producing strong, distinct reflections. Imo that's an ingeniously stealthy way to do acoustic treatment.
There may be absorption behind the boards, which would target the long wavelengths that would wrap around the boards, rather than the short wavelengths that would bounce off of them. Uusually it's hard to absorb longer wavelengths without overkilling the shorter ones, but placing absorption behind reflective or diffusive panels would be one way to do it.
How does the room sound?
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I just read Chuck Rainey's bio. WOW. It would be an honor just to meet him.
The room is easy, except the raised hollow stage sounds much bassier on stage than on the floor. The port plug is perfect for this situation. I checked them tonight. Just old boards, no absorption material, I'm sure they were thinking decoration rather than acoustics when they put them up but it's cool they have that effect.
Good luck with Chuck.
For my birthday one year, my wife got me a private lesson with Chuck Rainey,
and what a nice man even beyond an amazing player. We spent a little time talking about just building lines from playing the root on 1 and the 5th beat 3, but most of the time was spent talking about how we have to relate to each child or friend we have in a unique way and read the signs of what brings out the best in them, and it is the same with drummers and everyone we play with. I real treat
that improved my life.
the mind reels. never met him, but to me he's one of the gods. i would talk his ears off asking stuff.
hi, Duke. i took a look at the discography at his wiki entry - that's just a partial, probably like half of it! having him play though some of your cabs would be like having A.J. Foyt ( rip, ) drive your car if you were a race car builder.
I’ve been to two clinics Chuck did in Chicago, one before his stroke and one after. Happy to say it was difficult to tell the difference. Just a very cool guy and a great storyteller.
That's how I felt. Met him at Victor's camp before his stroke - sweetest guy in the world and probably my favorite bassist ever. He put up with my questions about Steely Dan studio sessions. Then saw him the following year again post-stroke. Said to him, "Chuck it is great to see you" to which he replied, "it is great to be seen."
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That made me smile because I've got an old friend who had a brush with death and now always likes to reply, "I'd rather be seen than viewed".
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I have no affiliation with the seller, but there is an absolutely killer deal on a Thunderchild 115 in the classifieds now, in case you guys didn't see. I would've bought it, but I have a 1505 on order, and the 2nd cab would just be overkill.
Really hoping that someone else scoops it up before I cave in to GAS.
For Sale - Audio Kinesis TC115 Thunderchild Cab Price Drop!
Really hoping that someone else scoops it up before I cave in to GAS.
For Sale - Audio Kinesis TC115 Thunderchild Cab Price Drop!
In the past 24 hours or so, I’ve reflected on the influence Chuck Rainey has had on me as a bassist. Even though I’m nowhere near his league in terms of ability, etc...I’ve stolen/borrowed many things from him. I learned double and triple stops from him and after almost 30 years of trying to figure out his in/out technique (one finger plucking technique which he uses for fast picking without using a pick/plectrum) I finally got my index finger pretty darn quick and use it frequently every gig...wish I knew how to do this when I was younger and single because women definitely take notice of it (haha!)...wish I could thank the man personally for his contributions to our craft and will forever be indebted to him as a teacher. I’ve never had a bass lesson but I’ve learned from some of the best through literature and recordings and watching them in performance. Can’t wait to read about this after the summit!
