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    the watmm GAS thread

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    Im also reading the Beatles put their whole mix through the Fairchild.

    One thing about Get Back that I didn't know was the album was recorded on the roof. I thought it was just a promo show. Totally impressed with John too seeming too not give 2 shits about anything, but Yoko pulling it off.

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    the watmm GAS thread

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    40 minutes ago, chim said:

    The main reason that stuff is expensive unobtanium today is because every studio threw their units right into the trash once solid state gear appeared and made tubes uncool... See the pattern here? Also there's that cultural osmosis factor of what we expect a record to sound like. 

    I've spent plenty of time with a Fairchild clone and it's very woolly and 3D but sucks a lot of presence right out.. The Beatles mainly parallel processed vocals thru theirs if I remember correct. Wouldn't hate a Chandler REDD preamp though. 

    Didn't they put the drums through them? Yeah. value is perception for sure.

    So we've decided that discrete vintage tube gear is thin sounding and narrow. I don't know. Im no expert at all. But a software synth doesn't come close to a real analog minimoog or the like. Or a huge sounding preamp. 

    I don't think I agree with you after using a lot of gear. Now the tape is what's missing. Thats what makes everything so tiring to listen to these days. I need those transients squashed. Limited bandwidth? Really?

    On paper maybe you are right. Ill have to ask some techs. My ears say no

     

    33 minutes ago, psn said:

    Isn't this a bit of a contradiction? I've always thought that the colourisation from vintage gear has partly to do with limited bandwidth and dynamics. Like how tubes and tape seem to shave off some top end, some low end and some transients. 

    Analog gear isn't just for colourisation. Its paper or plastic. Meat or Vegan burger

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    stupid first world problems you're dealing with

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    On 5/8/2022 at 7:14 AM, Zephyr_Nova said:

    I've been gradually becoming more and more nocturnal, to the point where even 4am doesn't feel late enough to be going to sleep.  Feels more like time to watch a movie.  On the one hand, there isn't really a benefit to having such a backwards schedule.  On the other hand, it means my depression is finally lifting.

    You aren't working?

    Im the exact same way. My sleep schedule rotates

    Now Reading

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    On 2/17/2022 at 12:08 PM, taffer said:

    re-reading Proust as a new years resolution

    Is Proust a Buddhist?

     

     

    I can't read at home. Where do you guys find the time and place? Im so distracted at home by screens. And will power doesn't work

    the watmm GAS thread

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    9 hours ago, xox said:

    Once you find the right mixer, everything will be alright 

    Suggestions?

     

    1 hour ago, thawkins said:

    After watching the Beatles Get Back documentary and seeing some of the most iconic - and well sounding - tracks being recorded pretty much straight on 8 channels (4 stereo pairs) on what seemed like surplus WW2 radio gear, I feel like all these good results were like 5% gear, 25% talented studio engineers, and 70% talented musicians.

    So in my opinion you can buy whatever magical legendary analog console, but you can't avoid putting in the 95% perspiration effort into what your ideal end result will be.

    The Beatles Gear is the most high end gear ever made. A Fairchild compressor costs 60 thousand dollars. Their mics were all high end valve mics. Probably the best studio ever made.Theres a 100 dollar book about it

    The better the gear the less instruments you need. Everything is fuller and thicker and clearer and occupies each place in the spectrum .

    the watmm GAS thread

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    Yeah, I get laughed at. But the best sounding stuff is discrete and through hole design. Maybe its the faults that make it better. I dont know. 

     

    I own an old ems synthi. It's the best sounding synthesizer Ive ever heard. Ever. Ive been told it's the Fet distortion. It's a discrete machine with quality components. Its just lovely, So I go with that mind set. How can I follow the sound that entrances me? Thats what keeps me sitting in front of something twiddling a knob back and forth for an hour and wondering where the time went.

     

    Chim; Right now I have a Sienhiesser m8 Im selling.

    It sounds great, Really nice. Lots of transformers. Nice eq, not enough channels for me. And a tech Im talking to says I need to go line level and just use outboard eqs and stuff. And I kind of agree with him.

    here's the sale if anyone wants it;

    https://reverb.com/item/54790862-sennheiser-m8-1987-black

     

    Im currently looking at the tonelux (nice price)

    https://vintageking.com/tonelux-otb-16

    or the 

    https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/MFTwenty5--purple-audio-mftwenty5-summing-mixer

    Im going to run everything through a bae 1073 on the master for that harmonic saturation.

    https://www.baeaudio.com/products/1073mp

     

    the watmm GAS thread

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    "best sounding records have been recorded with the gear that’s of mediocre fidelity "

    That doesn't make sense. 

    I agree a good musician and the music is the most important thing .Of course without question

    Why do people like Neve ? I have golden ears. I dont like the sound of records today. To clean and crisp. I can tell its all computer. 

    I like the sound of old records. 80's, 70's. I know there was tape, etc. I can't get into it with a tech. Ive been talking to techs all month and Im exhausted. They all differ in their opinions too, I might add. Funny since its all math at the end of the day.

    Sure there is noise with discrete but there is a softness and color I like with that stuff.

    I have dynaco A25's and a quad 303 33 amplifier. 

    Nope. Not transparent. But I plan on using neutral headphones for the final mix.

    Getting into room acoustics and all that is a rabbit hole too.

    Health issues for the old school fans

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    To be honest ever since Covid dropped I think the world has been cursed. It all started then, and I've felt a darkness about the world. I think my depression is tied to it somehow. As kooky as that may sound.

     

    I forgot; I got the sciatica from jumping out of the hospital bed and landing on the floor while handcuffed during my manic episode. One day that totally fucked my life up

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    Health issues for the old school fans

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    14 hours ago, ooqpoo said:

    kratom too

    Ive been suffering from debilitating depression for 2 years. Nothing has worked. Even ECT.(shock therapy)  Ive been in and out of mental hospitals in that time. Month long stays. For suicidal ideation. It's been a nightmare. Long story here we come. Note:  I was stable for 12 years on Zoloft.

    I have a cough. A constant dry unproductive cough. It just happened one day. I don't know what it's from. Ive had surgery for a hiatal hernia (Gerd). Didn't go away.  CT scans.  Pulmonologists.  Nothing.

    So the depression started with the Allergy test. I couldn't take Benadryl for a 7 days to get the allergy test. So I turned to Robitussin Dm. I liked it.  I liked it too much. After swigging bottles of it for days, I asked reddit if I could just buy the dextromethorphan in pill form. Yes, you can get it at the dollar store. Well, I was tripping balls for days. To the point I had a manic episode. I thought I was a god. I thought I was going to be famous. I thought I was going to be gifted extended sight. To be able to see the Milky Way in all it's glory. I was running through the neighborhood like I had super powers. I felt incredible. I had incredibly creative Ideas. I could all if a sudden draw! Draw really well!!

    Anyway, It came to an end with the police in front of my sister's house. I tried to throw rocks at the cops and dared them to shoot me. I said they wouldn't do it because I was white. This was at the height of the George Floyd protest. I was tackled and sent away for 5 weeks to a psych hospital.  They changed my diagnosis to bipolar and yanked me cold turkey off the Zoloft 200mg for 12 years and put me on scary bipolar drugs and plunged me into a deep dark depression.  Not to mention all the side effects. Too much to get into. Im not bipolar. I had a drug induced manic episode. Those idiots ruined me. 

    Tried to go back on Zoloft and it didn't work. 

    Anyway, after 2 years of this shit, My sister gave me a Kratom drink for Christmas and the shit made me feel so happy in 30 minutes. It was like flicking a switch. Proves depression is chemical. At least mine is. Affirmations don't mean shit. 

    But as usual it got out of hand. I was spending 100's of dollars on Kratom. (took my sciatica pain away too). I was forced by my mother to go to rehab. 

    I ended up on Suboxone. And it has the same effect as Kratom at taking away the depression. At least about 60 to 70 percent. (knock soon wood). 

    im trying other sari's but nothing is working yet.

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    Health issues for the old school fans

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    On 5/9/2022 at 5:41 PM, J3FF3R00 said:

    Trazodone. It’s relatively free of side effects but I didn’t expect that it would have a sticking effect for long-term use.  If I forget to take it I’m ? all night. 
     

    In my old apartment, the water heater was about 5 degrees too cool and it threw me off completely. The landlord had it all sealed up behind a wooden board and I had to screw that open and adjust the temperature. In my new home I think I have it set to 135f and I fill up that tub (with a cup or two of epsom salt) without turning on the cold water and then put in maybe a liter or two of cold water and it’s ? 

    Ive taken trazodone. It's an Italian drug. You can get a hard on that wont go down. You have to go to the ER if that happens. Its rare.

    Benadryl works too. I Just dont sleep. I tend to stay up all night. Thats my normal balance. It's awful, I get up by 10 am no matter what. I could sleep all day though.

    Baking soda is also nice in the bath. Lots of it. I like the Dr Teal's epsom salts. I use a ton of it. Can't lather the soap it gets so salty. 

    I went bald at 25, It was traumatic. Couldn't care less now. I enjoy shaving the head. There are days Id love the hair back, though. I really appreciate a great hair line. I'll just stare at one sometimes. Like damn. That must feel so good. Maybe they'll be able to switch the hair gene back on someday. Id probably still shave my head, but it would be a buzz cut. There's a difference.

    I also had knee problems. I built up the muscles around the knee cap. That seemed to fix it. 

    Being in chronic pain can make you depressed. Or not help at least. Im already stricken with MDD OCD and anxiety disorders, now im ruminating if ill get ALS like my grandfather and uncle. Please god, not that.

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    Health issues for the old school fans

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    15 hours ago, J3FF3R00 said:

    Also, regular hot baths at the temperature that is the highest that your skin can handle (then laying out for a long sweat and stretching following meditation) is a lifesaver. 

     

    I used to get the bath, hot. Then acclimate. Drain; a bit hotter, then hotter, then.. even hotter... to the point I could barely get out of the tub. Id have to crawl out. Then sit down with an iced cold seltzer water. Oh man , pure bliss.

     

     

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    Health issues for the old school fans

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    11 hours ago, chenGOD said:

    So you were born in 75/76? SAW 85-92 was released in 1992, so definitely not before you...??

    True, but im not that cool. I discovered aphex at university. 

    1975, July 30. I dont look my age. I dont think but who knows

    Health issues for the old school fans

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    21 hours ago, Wunderbar said:

    like how blind total blackness? How did it go away? did it fade away or did you just wake up one day and it was gone?

    Going blind for a year sounds insane.

    Total Blackness, Light was excruciating. Like , night lamps would cause number 9 pain. I had to wear swimming goggles to sleep so I wouldn't knock my eyes. The pain was the problem. Not the eyes. Your eyes are the most sensitive part of the body. Pain wise. It's UNREAL

    I got just a little sight in my lower left eye after about 5 months. So I could look at my iPad (lowest light setting) to watch guitar training videos. The guitar saved me.

    The herpes medicine cleared it up in 2 weeks. Total darkness to wonky sight due to scaring, but sight nonetheless. 

    15 hours ago, J3FF3R00 said:

     Also, regular hot baths at the temperature that is the highest that your skin can handle (then laying out for a long sweat and stretching following meditation) is a lifesaver. 

    I also suffer from chronic insomnia and can’t sleep without medication. Been 5 years going now. I can’t remember dreams anymore. Extra hate that. Hate. 

    What do you take for sleep. Ambient doesn't work on me. 

     

    Yes, God yes, hot baths. I miss them. My water heater doesn't get hot enough. I used to have a hot ass water heater, It was so lush. Therapy to the max. 

    I had well water. It would get brown after a rain storm. I didn't give a fuck. I got in. I needed my baths. My new place is nice but the water issue. Not good.

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