Creative Solutions (my studio) is open!

[sabianq]

Creative Solutions is Open!

Yea, It is about time!

I want to focus on local talent doing Voice-Overs, Cutting Tapes for Grandma, transferring old VHS, Cassette, Vinyl to a Digital format, live venue for public address and local band audio engineering and recording.

[spam]

Awesome sabianq! Is that ghostly apparition you? That's kinda spooky because I thought you were an actual person.
All the best to ya' and good luck.

[sabianq]

Originally Posted by spam

Awesome sabianq! Is that ghostly apparition you? That's kinda spooky because I thought you were an actual person.
All the best to ya' and good luck.

Thank you Sir!


and yes that apparition is I, apparently, I was a real person at one point, But ever since I fell into the bottomless hole of AudioLand, Well, you know the rest...

[dcwave]

Nice. Should be a decent amount of business for what you want to do.

[vulcan_dc]

cool... best wishes man... hope u have a lot of fun...

regards...

[87PRS]

congratulations on hanging out the shingle sabian....I thought you were taller and way older than that and not transparent best wishes on your venture.

btw, what kinda mic is that in pic 1 top ?

[sabianq]

Originally Posted by 87PRS

congratulations on hanging out the shingle sabian....

thanks again for all of your support! This should be a fun venture, something i really enjoy doing!

I thought you were taller and way older than that and not transparent best wishes on your venture.

Yea, i get that a lot, it is some sort of birth defect, I'm adopted so i was never able to ask my mom about where it comes from.

btw, what kinda mic is that in pic 1 top ?

That microphone is an original, vintage RCA SK46 Velocity Ribbon Microphone.



I salvaged it from a trash heap and replaced, cable and pushed out the dented steel pop screen. The ribbon is in pristine shape and the microphone sounds sweet.

I like it better than any of my other microphones.

[87PRS]

do you have any soundclips recording acoustic guitar using the RCA SK46 ribbon mic?

[sabianq]

Originally Posted by 87PRS

do you have any soundclips recording acoustic guitar using the RCA SK46 ribbon mic?

I do, but i gotta warn you, im pretty terrible at playing the guitar.

I got my hands on a soundcraft studio mixer. the Pres are amazing, to bad that there are problems with the foldback circuts, I cant keep it. but before i get rid of it, I intend to use the a chanel strip to sample the RCA.

I will post it when I can.

[87PRS]

which model Soundcraft are you messing with, yep the pres are some real bad boys lol. Is it on loan from work?

waiting for the sample sabian

[BIG SHANE]

thats really nice... it would be a dream if i had a studio like that

-BIG SHANE

[homestudioguy]

Very Nice!
Is that a Mackie 8-bus?

[87PRS]

hey sabi...any live bands in the studio yet? just wondering how biz is going? oh yeah, and the soundclip??

[sabianq]

After many months of work, and some heavy advertising on craigslist, i got myself some real money paying clients. YEA!

I have since upgraded my studio and i have dropped out of the live sound industry except for the corporate clientel that need the occasional wireless microphone and reinforcement system. gone are the days of the lone engineer lugging 800 pounds of equipment through rickety old freight elevators at noon to be ready for a sound check at 3pm then being the last to leave (next to the drummer and bartender when the place finally closes)

setting up multiple systems (FOH, Monitor, wireless, mixes and loops) is a great learning experience but when you have only yourself doing it for a measly 500 bucks, the payoff just aint worth it.

On a side note, if anyone here is thinking about reinforcing large bands, please don't shoot yourself and your fellow sound engineer in the foot by underbidding a job like i did.

I can still provide sound reinforcement for any show, but the price has gone up.

My studio is faring better.
and as for that sound clip you asked for 87prs
go to:
http://www.archive.org/details/WhatWeCouldDo

(I was never a big fan of the MP3 format, but like VHS, it became the standard that everyone and their mother can run. I need to learn more about MP3 encoding)

I use my RCA ribbon microphone to mic the guitar cab at a 45 degree angle at .5 meter while at the same time i place a SM57 pointed directly at the center of the driver sitting at just over .7 meter to reduce phase imbalance.

the vocal microphone is a ceiling mounted (pictures coming) Sterling Audio ST55 LDC mic which is really sensitive even with the 10db pad. I think i like the microphone and I will be posting a review of the unit after i have had more time working with it.

I work primarily in Adobe Audition as the software has all the tools needed to track, record, master and write cd's

My new computer is awesome and super fast so much so that I will be diving into video editing later this year.

needless to say,
2008 will be a great year

[sabianq]

Well, i needed to do something about the loud rush of air moving to the tracking room from the vent


I removed the vent



attached 2x4s to the joists with screws,

thens covered the 2x4s with two sheets of 3/4 inch plywood

there, nice and strong and the vent air is directed to the sides of the room rather than straight down. this really quieted up the room.