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Doc

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  1. I wouldn't pay too much attention to it. The vast majority of posters on here wouldn't know good sound quality if it crept up behind them, pulled down their big boy huggies and fucked them up the arse. They just want to sound experienced and knowledgeable that's all.
  2. Trees are net consumers of oxygen anyway...thanks for saving some.
  3. I heard about this from Stu of BedHead when I was in his studio today doing some session work. They played after Emma on Wednesday and he was ranting and raving about it all morning. Sounds like a shit deal and a good advert for contracts. He tells me he's going to take issue with the ents manager.
  4. Ah Grigor! What a guy. Rude, inept and the worst sound man on the planet. Maybe because he's never been trained.
  5. In general, pointing a dynamic cardiod mike at the point where the neck of the guitar joins the body gets the best results.
  6. Join the musicians union. It'll cost you the minimum if you ain't fully pro...about 56 a year. You will get standard contracts that the MU will pursue on your behalf if you get fucked and it will cost you zilch. You will also get 3 million in public liability that you now should not be playing without anyway.
  7. To be fair, most of these acts are national acts that tour constantly and are not based in Aberdeen but play here. Examples are, The Macs, Michael Darren, John Colletta duo, Bedhead, The Panokis Twins ect. They probably do have websites but I don't know the addresses. All are full time, self contained and play 200-300 gigs a year. Bedhead probably play Aberdeen the most as they are a club dance act as well and are nearest. They followed Emma at O'donaghue's not long ago. Sadly Emma's so called "sound man" managed to fuck her sound up royally, although I did enjoy her. The Macs are a truly international act, playing all over europe and the far east, but their singer had a baby recently and they're staying nearer to home (stirling) for a couple of years. Of course non of these acts will be this boards cup of tea as they play whatever the venue needs them to play. But they all do it for a living and are in a different game altogether.
  8. There is nothing more tragic and pitiful than watching a scene child trying to act all cool and disdainful towards a 300 gig a year pro cover band while the rest of the venue dances and has fun around them.
  9. Perhaps the vast amount of dope the daft cunt smoked had something to do with it?
  10. Doc

    Ball and Chain

    That hoarse female singer is no less than janis joplin backed by big brother and the holding company...it is truly awesome.
  11. CDs are 16 bit, true. But if you start digital processing afrom a 16 bit standpoint, every single process eats into the bitrate so that when you then dither to a 16 bit CD you get clicks and errors ie it sounds shit. Far better to start from 24 bit so you have some decent headroom.
  12. Just a toy that will do 24 bit recording unlike the units in your links.
  13. While not condoning their behavior and flabbergasted that they were stupid enough to take pictures of it then get them developed in a chemist, you have to get this into perspective. a. This behavior is not widespread in either british or american troops, however much you'd love to believe it is. b. Those involved are subject to military courts and punishment when caught and they are notoriously merciless. c. The troops guarding these prisoners are soldiers, trained basically to fight battles and kill the enemy. They are neither police, prison warders or social workers. It's no wonder that a minority step over the line. Finally ask yourself what would the Iraqi army or insurgents do to any british or american troops unlucky enough to fall into their hands. I think that our troops in such a situation would be very happy to be tied to a forklift and made to run about naked.
  14. That statement makes no sense whatsoever. Anyway I was having a laugh. And I know exactly what happens in the scene...that is Scotland's music scene, the real one. Not the the insular aberdeen scene typified by many, but not all on this board.
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