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DJ-Did You Find a Magma Cable? [message #76255] Tue, 21 November 2006 10:02 Go to next message
Gary Flanigan is currently offline  Gary Flanigan
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/ the drum head? I've had the priviledge of recording
> some pretty great drummers, but I still need to reach for the EQ to get
> THAT snare sound!
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Thanks, and HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
>
> GanttYou're probably listening to an aural exciter of some kind I'd bet, perhaps
even a verb high pass tuned to those freq's.

AA
Re: DJ-Did You Find a Magma Cable? [message #76259 is a reply to message #76255] Tue, 21 November 2006 10:45 Go to previous messageGo to next message
DJ is currently offline  DJ   UNITED STATES
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r /> -
>> 20K range. I can't make that happen without a ton of EQ. I usually use
>> a Crown CM-200 (electret condenser, kinda like an SM-57, but flatter and
>> cleaner to my ear) on snare, but I've tried a Neumann KM-84 and I still
>> need to crank the EQ to get that sound. Is that just what it takes?
Are
>> there snare drums that naturally generate higher harmonics than most?
Is
>> it something to do w/ the drum head? I've had the priviledge of recording
>> some pretty great drummers, but I still need to reach for the EQ to get
>> THAT snare sound!
>>
>> Any thoughts?
>>
>> Thanks, and HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
>>
>> Gantt
>
>16k & up? There's no snare I've ever heard that has much of
anything in it's fundamental frequencies up in that range, so
no
Re: DJ-Did You Find a Magma Cable? [message #76261 is a reply to message #76255] Tue, 21 November 2006 12:12 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Carl Amburn is currently offline  Carl Amburn   UNITED STATES
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tracked with a '57 - a mic which
starts rolling off like crazy even before it gets to the 16k
you're talking about - I think I'm leaning towards this
possibility.

c.) Do you normally mic the bottom head too? I really hate
this, myself, but sometimes you can get a bit more "air" out of
it with the snares sizzling around right in the face of the
bottom mic. Problem then becomes finding a balance between that
effect and the inevitable "pfft" that results from this
top/bottom micing combination... throw Fleetwood
Mac's "Rhiannon" on your 8-Track for what I find to be an
extreme "pfftxample" of that sound. URRGH!

d.) Is is possibly more of a compression thing than an EQ thing
that you're he
Re: DJ-Did You Find a Magma Cable? [message #76264 is a reply to message #76261] Tue, 21 November 2006 13:21 Go to previous messageGo to next message
DJ is currently offline  DJ   UNITED STATES
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>even a verb high pass tuned to those freq's.
>
>AA
>
>"Gantt Kushner" <ganttmann@comcast.net> wrote in message
>news:45968298$1@linux...
>>
>> I listen to contemporary CD's - jazz, rock, R&B, C&W, you name it - and

>> hear
>> beautiful, bright snare drums that make my RTA bounce around in the 16K
-
>> 20K range. I can't make that happen without a ton of EQ. I usually use
>> a Crown CM-200 (electret condenser, kinda like an SM-57, but flatter and
>> cleaner to my ear) on snare, but I've tried a Neumann KM-84 and I still
>> need to crank the EQ to get that sound. Is that just what it takes?
Are
>> there snare drums that naturally generate higher harmonics than most?
Is
>> it something to do w/ the drum head? I've had the priviledge of recording
>> some pretty great drummers, but I still need to reach for the EQ to get
>> THAT snare sound!
>>
>> Any thoughts?
>>
>> Thanks, and HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
>>
>> Gantt
>
Re: DJ-Did You Find a Magma Cable? [message #76268 is a reply to message #76264] Tue, 21 November 2006 15:41 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Gary Flanigan is currently offline  Gary Flanigan
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I know some folks here have had some questions on this
>>>Pulsar kit.
>>>
>>>Neil
>>>
>>>
>>>"chuck duffy" <c@c.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>Neil,
>>>>
>>>>That is one of my favorite ng posts EVER.
>>>>
>>>>Chuck
>>>>
>>>>"Neil" <OIUOIU@OIU.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>OK, now as promised I'll continue where I left off: Clarifying
>>>>>thei
Re: DJ-Did You Find a Magma Cable? [message #76271 is a reply to message #76268] Tue, 21 November 2006 15:42 Go to previous messageGo to next message
DJ is currently offline  DJ   UNITED STATES
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each of the three sets of
>>>>>choices metioned above:
>>>>>
>>>>>1.) Which card do you want?
>>>>> a.) "Home" Card? (~$450, and has 3 DSP chips)
>>>>> b.) "Project" Card ($~750, and has 6 DSP chips)
>>>>> c.) "Professional" card (~$1,250 and has 14 DSP chips)
>>>>>
>>>>>For the sake of less confusion, ignore the names LunaII, Pulsar
>>>>>II, and PowerPulsar that also show up on their websites... they
>>>>>are NOT different cards or card options! Those are simply the
>>>>>FORMER names of the Home, Project, and Professional cards, in
>>>>>that order (think Black Paris / Blue Paris lol).
>>>>>
>>>>>2.) Which i/o setup do you want?
>>>>>
>>>>>If you get the "Home" Card, there's only one i/o setup... it
>>>>>says "up to 12" i/o's but I don't know where they get that -
>>>>
Re: DJ-Did You Find a Magma Cable? [message #76274 is a reply to message #76259] Tue, 21 November 2006 19:02 Go to previous messageGo to next message
gene lennon is currently offline  gene lennon
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" target="_blank">nobody@ishere.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>Do you read the NYT editorial page? I ask because I do, almost every day,
>>>because it's delivered to my office.
>>>
>>>"DC" <dc@spammersinthenewsroom.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>Oh jeez, that's funny...
>>>>
>>>>whooo, hah hah thanks man. I love fantasy especially when it's so
>damn
>>>>funny.
Re: DJ-Did You Find a Magma Cable? [message #76280 is a reply to message #76271] Tue, 21 November 2006 20:00 Go to previous message
Gary Flanigan is currently offline  Gary Flanigan
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ned to
> work with one of THESE:
>
> http://www.infinitevortex.com/creamware/io/a16-ultra/
>
>
> They have more hardware like sync plates to clock externally
> through, and DSP booster cards with no i/o's, but those are the
> basic/foundation platforms & options I
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