Kits For Recording Gear

rjgtr · Post by **rjgtr** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 10:40 am

Well, I have no problem with electronics, loops or samples for demos and home stuff. Not everyone is a drummer. I even like drum machines more for a hypnotic type thing. And for my demos, I'll sometimes record to a drum pattern and replace it with real drums later, for the feel. My "real drums" statement wasn't meant to put anyone down. Even though I play Ok, I partially quantize keyboard parts occasionally to clean then up.

I am against the massive resampling and Pro Tooling that goes on in pro situations these days. In an effort to engineer perfection, the soul is lost. Imagine those old Deep Purple records without the grease. The corporate - product - mentality is ruining the art of music. Maybe that's why young musicians listen to older music too.

If you really want real drums in the end product, you could always do what a lot of guys do with their home stuff. When you get more serious about releasing something, just rent a studio for drum and vocal dubs.

7string · Post by **7string** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 11:31 am

Yep, the record companies are ruining the art. even if the mixing engineer achieves perfection, the mastering engineers are forced to squash it to death. Almost every new record is to loud, you can't even crank it with these new cd's without distortion. So what's the point.

The good thing is that there are lots of young rockers out there learning to play and record and they listen to the good old classic stuff. The next generation of rock should be pretty good if they ignore all this pop culture bullshit and just rock.

rjgtr · Post by **rjgtr** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 2:56 pm

If it wasn't for the underground prog rock and jam band scenes it would be horrible.

chris · Post by **chris** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 5:03 pm

have any of you built a seventh circle or other neave clone preamps? I'd love to get a dencent preamp for a reasonable price. Plus they look kind of fun.

Post by **VelvetGeorge** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 6:18 pm

I haven't built any Neve clones myself. I'd love to.

Check into buying a raw 1272 Neve line module and adding a transformer and parts to make it a 1073 type pre.

George

Post by **VelvetGeorge** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 6:27 pm

http://www.fivefish.net/diy/neve1272/

Here's the first google result I found. If anyone is interested in this type of projec, let me know. I just left a message for my good friend at Vintage King Audio. They have the Neve 1272 modules.

George

chris · Post by **chris** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 5:29 pm

how much is your friend asking for the neve 1272's?

chris · Post by **chris** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 5:31 pm

also any idea where to get some decent tranny's for this?