[
Date Prev][
Date Next] [
Thread Prev][
Thread Next]
[
Date Index][
Thread Index][
Author Index]
Re: Toilet Paper in the Studio: was New Moog Lap Steel
> In those days it was huge JBL systems and the 10Ms
I never could stand those huge booming JBLs-- the rooms they were built
into quite frequently were made to look like God's studio rather than
sound like it.
In fact, to this day, I still go back to the NS10ms to get the bass
balance just right if I am having troubling translating in the car or
elsewhere.
Its not that Ns10ms sound good--quite the contrary... its just that if you
can make it sound balanced on a pair of NS10ms without your ears bleeding
from the harshness, then it will pretty much fit into any consumer audio
system with reasonable accuracy.
As for toilet paper techniques, I have always been a fan of it for ass,
nose, and other wipe requirements. And, I was frequently the guy taping
the four sheets to the rim of the snare that Rick mentioned.
But, since traveling in Japan several times now, I am have become a
convert to the Spray your Butt toilet system that is common there. So,
its good to know that Toilet Paper still has some kind of application in
modern life.
:)
Daniel
>
> On 7/22/64 11:59 AM, andy butler wrote:
>> William Walker wrote:
>>
>>> The mics on the Q3, seem to be hyper sensitive in the high
>>> frequencies, a bit sizzly sounding.
>>
>> Try putting some tissue paper in front of the mics as an acoustic
>> filter.
>> It's a technique often used for harsh monitor speakers,
>> so the physics of it should work for mics too.
>>
>> andy
> Wow, this takes me back to the days of hanging toilet paper over the
> tweeters of the
> Yamaha NS-10Ms to prevent listener fatigue in long sessions. Thanks for
> the memory, Andy!
>
> The Yamahas were used to simulate what a crappy car speaker would sound
> like. We'd take our mixes,
> run 'em in mono and then dupe to cassette and play them through the
> NS-10Ms to make sure
> our shit was radio friendly. In those days it was huge JBL systems and
> the 10Ms.
>
> I was so fanatical in those days. I'd run mixes through a good car
> stereo, a crap car stereo, an expensive boom box, a crap boombox,
> a hi fi stereo system and a crap stereo system to make sure that the
> mixes sounded as best as they could for everyone.
>
> I used that technique so many times that I could hear any studio
> monitoring system in town and be able to tell what a mix would sound like
> on all of those systems.
>
> ******
> Sorry you got me reminiscing but speaking of using toilet paper in
> studios:
>
> We'd take four layers of toilet paper
> and drape them over a couple of inches of the edge of the snare drum
> batter head, too, to reduce the ring of the drum without affecting
> it's liveliness. The attack would throw the toilet paper up and then
> it would fall immediately to
> gently gate the high ring of the drum. ............good old toilet
> paper!
>