grawk

Omnis are extremely hard to get a great recording with, because they pick up everything. But they capture the sound in the best way, so when you CAN use them, you really should. There's a lot of options when it comes to making a good recording, and a lot to take into account. The setup I mentioned, with the subcard and the figure 8, comes VERY close to my ideal setup in most rooms, which is why it's what i mostly used. You can tweak the recording after the fact to use more or less side, depending on the accoustics of the room, shift the image left or right, etc. It takes real world into account in a very useful way. Omnis are for ideal situations, for playback and recording. If I could, I'd build my house so that I could use omni speakers... If you want to see some REALLY cool recording gear, check out the soundfield ST350. It's a 4 point recording system that captures everything you need for surround on all 3 axis. I REALLY want one, but a 4 channel recorder and a $5500 microphone aren't in the cards right now.

I would expect omnis to do an excellent job of imaging, but would be HIGHLY placement dependent. Ideal would be in the middle of a very large room. It would of course be recording dependent as well. As a recordist, my absolute favorite rock recordings were made with omni mics, placed very wide, for an outdoor concert. That said, most rooms had shitty reflections, and so you had to compensate with microphones of varying directionality. I tended to record with a technique known as mid-side, using a subcard (nearly omni, rejects about 90 directly to the rear, but gets almost everything else, and a figure 8 microphone, which records the left and right sounds rejecting the 90 degrees front and 90 degrees rear. Mix them together, and you get a very sweet, encompassing sound that is easy to reproduce with most stereos.

It does if you add the "minime" option

global warming for the win.

oh, I thought this was the "snow forum"

I bought my apogee for it's usb input . More specifically, I bought it because it would take a digital input, and send that signal to the computer via the usb. But I wouldn't have gotten it if it didn't sound good. I love multitasking boxes.

Drinking is hardly necessary, imho. I probably won't have as much as I'm suggesting . Good company is fun, with or without social lubricants.

Oh, and I won a tomahawk. WTF am I gonna do with a portable amp? [me=grawk]donates it to chiunifi.[/me]

Wow, there was so much gear, I barely listened to anything. I think I talked to people, but I was drunk. I'm pretty sure I have at least as much stuff as I did when I showed up, but some of these clothes don't look like mine. Anyway, it was a good time. Postdate as necessary.

That's why you have to "DIY"

it sounds like you have earwax buildup on your eardrum. Take your eardrum replacement tool (they sell them at wine stores, with the twisty bit for eardrum removal. You can use a piece of pie tin as your new eardrum. Carefully insert the tool into your ear. You'll feel slight discomfort, but you want to go in far enough that you feel a "pop", and then have a warm liquid sensation in the back of your throat. Then gently, but firmly pull to remove the old eardrum. Then cut a piece of pie tin the size of the tip of your pinky, and insert it into your ear. Push until you feel discomfort, and then go another .75 inches. Bingo. All better. You won't notice the problem with your headphones anymore. You should replace both eardrums at the same time for balance purposes.

Friday to sunday, no vacation needed

new york strip, cubed, cooked with soy sauce and a mesquite bbq rub. with steamed broccoli. It was easy, and my daughter had to leave for girl scouts 45 minutes after I decided to start cooking.

At least it's not a glob of glue like in the ra1

holy crap on a cracker

I've got a 2 doubles non-smoking room for friday and saturday, and it's just going to be me. If anyone wants to split the room, let me know.

So, I have tentative spousal approval to go to the bacchanalian shindig in ft lauderdale in early May. I know a few others are going as well, and a few of you even live down there. So here's a topic about it.

With millions of tubes in stock, I was always under the impression that his amps were just a way to get people to buy tubes from him.

I like where it seems dexter is going.

I don't need another pair of these, but for $40, wtf. I just ordered em.

I've never really concerned myself with how the hats look. But I have several fedoras and several fur trappers hats.

I wear a jacket and a hat.

Most of the substances that I've experienced that resemble what you're talking about don't REALLY enhance music. But what they do is forever change how you look at life. For better or for worse.

I think it's the stupid mini to toslink adapter. Since my new toslink to mini cable works, but the 25' toslink cable with a mini adapter doesn't.

Free can sometimes get past the wife