Re: Equipment..... (and turntables)
jrp (James.R.Perrett@soc.soton.ac.uk)
Tue, 9 Apr 96 16:38:45 BST
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> The Thievery Corporation's new 12" (Eighteenth Street Records) is the
> BOMB!! The producer tells me it was recorded straight to DAT (not even a
> 4-track!!!) So maybe I can do the same. Any suggestions on
> mixers/monitors/monitor amps from the recording members of the list? Thanks.
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I suspect that quite a bit of it was recorded on some kind of sampler first.
I've done a fair bit of music this way. If I'm working with MIDI then I often
get too lazy to fire up the multitrack and just load as much as possible into
the sampler.
I'm a great fan of classic studio/hifi gear. My main monitoring system is a
pair of 15" Tannoy Monitor Golds in Tannoy Berkeley cabinets driven by a Quad 405-2
amplifier. It's the kind of system that would often be found in studios in the
late 70's and early 80's and they really take the music apart. For mixing you've
got to use something smaller as well so that you get some idea of what it will
sound like on other people's systems. The studio standard is a pair of Yamaha
NS10's. They aren't that great, but a mix that sounds good on them usually sounds
OK on most other systems.
As for turntables - well I heard a story from a friend of mine that has worked
on gigs with the Mad Professor that he was very keen on old Garrard 401's. Apparently
they are kinder to the dub plates he uses than anything else. I picked one up
for 15 pounds a few years ago but it looks like the HiFi enthusiasts are now
starting to realise how good they are and the prices are going up. I'd have to
say that for working DJ's the SL1200's are much better than 401's but for something
to listen to you don't have to spend the money on the Technics.
Apologies for the non a-j content of most of this.
James.