Hardwired
Reviews on music software, instruments, recording equipment etc. as well as interviews with top and not so known equipment manufacturers.
One of the Reasons Not to Become a Sound Engineer
Eight racks of lights were no fun either. To make things even worse the mixer, all 32 channels, weighed as much as the amp racks, but without the ability to carve it up and reassemble it at the top. Many four letter words later (aimed at the manager) and two gallons of sweat, we managed to push the 300 pound monster sideways up the stairs.
The Grumpy Old Sound Man on… Tape, DAWs, and PC-based Digital Workstations
Stephen A. – The Grumpy Old Sound Man himself
You as musicians will, without hesitation, drop a thousand dollars for a rig be it guitar, keys or drums, but it just baffles me when you will only spend a few dollars for your recording software. I don’t understand the rationale of that move.
Cheap Is As Cheap Does…
Buy a few if you can get them for around $50. I own seven.
Stephen A. – The Grumpy Old Sound Man himself
The Grumpy Old Sound Man on… Drummers
No, I am not going to put the mic on the side so you can hit it with a stick and ruin a $200 tom mic.
The Grumpy Old Sound Man on… Guitar Players
Let’s start with my favorite muszoid – the guitar players. Now don’t get me wrong I love the guitar, I own and play many. If I had a dollar for every guitar player that came up to me after making a board mix for the band and complained that, “there ain’t no guitar in the mix,” I would be living in Tahiti. Get a clue dude!
