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Stoner/Doom Bassists 51: Back To The Future

#183
Ron Now said:
Oh I know, it's one of the JCM800 Lead series with the switchable gain channel, which is less desirable in our circumstance, but if it sounds good, it is good. He's gonna test it out before any deal is struck up. Works out nicely too since the dude is at the same practice space building so he can test it out with his normal gear.
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Good deal, Steve from torche loves that dual gain reverb model. But IMO pale compared to the earlier rebranded JMP model JCM800's
 
#184
Haha no worries Nick, always good to know people are looking out for us.

It sucks the Black didn't work out, it's a real nice amp. But if it doesn't work out right, there's no reason to struggle to make it sound passable when something else would serve our sound better.

The black just can't handle our low end for some reason. It kind of bottoms out when he hits any note on the F string. Everything else sounds great, but we play a lot in that low register so having the amp bottom out doesn't work too well for that.
 
#187
Ok so who knows about mixing and mastering? We're nearing the end of the recording process and the engineer has been kind enough to record us for free. We haven't discussed the mixing/mastering process but I feel like it would be asking too much to ask him to do this as well.

I've heard that sometimes it's a good idea to have a different person do the mix/master anyway.

So what to do? I've considered trying to tackle it myself, we'll get the stems and guitar player has GarageBand. But I think maybe this isn't something I should try to do with no prior knowledge or experience.

I know plenty of people that could do it, but they're unfamiliar with the genre and I have no idea what to offer or expect to pay.

Thoughts?
 
#188
The_Janitor said:
Ok so who knows about mixing and mastering? We're nearing the end of the recording process and the engineer has been kind enough to record us for free. We haven't discussed the mixing/mastering process but I feel like it would be asking too much to ask him to do this as well.

I've heard that sometimes it's a good idea to have a different person do the mix/master anyway.

So what to do? I've considered trying to tackle it myself, we'll get the stems and guitar player has GarageBand. But I think maybe this isn't something I should try to do with no prior knowledge or experience.

I know plenty of people that could do it, but they're unfamiliar with the genre and I have no idea what to offer or expect to pay.

Thoughts?
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Maybe someone in this thread can help?
 
#191
The_Janitor said:
Ok so who knows about mixing and mastering? We're nearing the end of the recording process and the engineer has been kind enough to record us for free. We haven't discussed the mixing/mastering process but I feel like it would be asking too much to ask him to do this as well.

I've heard that sometimes it's a good idea to have a different person do the mix/master anyway.

So what to do? I've considered trying to tackle it myself, we'll get the stems and guitar player has GarageBand. But I think maybe this isn't something I should try to do with no prior knowledge or experience.

I know plenty of people that could do it, but they're unfamiliar with the genre and I have no idea what to offer or expect to pay.

Thoughts?
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Our guitarist does mixing and mastering, he obviously does all of our stuff, but does a lot of work for other bands as well. I can always shoot you his email and he'd be more than happy to give you a quote. He is normally really fair with his price.

Let me know if that's something you'd be interested in and I'll pm you his info.
 
#192
mc_muench said:
Not sure if theyre satan, but the fact that they had those pictures from the Old West and the whole thing with young Jimmy makes me think that its an entire cycle that has happened many times over. Todd is just the current incarnation. I think they need the Pure evil one to control the book, to let them go wild, but the Pure evil one has the choice to do what they want, IE: what Todd does with the book, and what Jimmy does.

I have no clue how Hannah could be tied in with the book, maybe her parents couldnt conceive and used to book to science up a kid, which would explain why there are more hannahs. That or I thought at one time she would be the Pure Good one.

But I really think the Pure Evil one is actually, just the "one" who can do Evil or Good.
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I agree about the photos, I think those dudes have been trying to get the book for a Long time.

I think that Hannah had the book'S DNA spliced with hers. I think there's a reference to splicing the books DNA on the cassette of her parents that they find in the basement. Or she's made for book DNA?

I definitely think being the pure evil one means having the ability to not be consumed by it.
 
#193
Ron Now said:
Our guitarist does mixing and mastering, he obviously does all of our stuff, but does a lot of work for other bands as well. I can always shoot you his email and he'd be more than happy to give you a quote. He is normally really fair with his price.

Let me know if that's something you'd be interested in and I'll pm you his info.
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Thanks, Ron! Go ahead and pm me his info, I'll shoot him an email.
 
#194
Made a really rough recording of a song I wrote today for my ongoing slow moving solo project. Its actually a pretty good demo of my new Peavey PA200 head.

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The very beginning part kinda shows off the magical cleans it can get with some reverb and Carbon Copy. And then this thing can get gnarly when you crank the volume.

I was using a Strat copy, into a a/b/y box, with one channel with the CC and reverb on full, volume at the point where I get some hair when I dig and the second channel with the volume cranked, no reverb. Master volume at around 3/4. The cab is my sealed 1x15 with a Toast special in it.

Dont know why there is that break in the middle though...
 
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#196
Hmm, so I just spent some time messing around with my new joyo ultimate drive and ultimate octave in conjunction with my bb-> el oso. The ultimate drive and bb don't seem to play together well at all. As soon as I kick in both, before or after, the signal gets way too compressed and clippy. Drives things into feedback city too. At it's highest setting, the ud has less gain than the bb at it's lowest setting. Not necessarily a bad thing, the ud has a wonderful tone by itself or when paired with the el oso.

Not really sure how I feel about the ultimate octave, lol. Always wanted to try an octavia on bass but the tracking is weird and the effect is subtle unless you're noodling around the 10th - 12th frets. I realllllly wish it had a blend knob... no blend loop or i'd try that. Anyway, gonna mess with them some more after watching a little tv.
 
#197
Just did a double blind test with my 21 year old sister in law who listens to metal and club music (go fig) comparing the ultimate drive and bb. She said she prefers the sound of the bluebeard as always on. Since they don't play well together, that means I get to use one or the other... lol. The UD is a great subby full sound which I appreciate but the bluebeard just has more oomph. Both sound great and I like the ud more than I thought. I mostly picked it up to audition for an osd or something but idk. Fun to play with though for sure.

Edit: K, the two do work together when I turn off the tone bypass on the bb. Too much mids I guess with it on. Still the sound of the bb with the tone bypass engaged is too good.
 

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