:) /me likes anecdotes On Fri, August 22, 2014 19:36, Gene Heskett wrote:
> And there is nothing that assaults ones ears more than someone who thinks > he has to have a room thumping bass line, sets it so the axe and drums > are about +20 db, then runs it all thru a fast compressor, "ducking" the > rest of the music in time with the bass. > > I had the pleasure of mixing for KISS back in the later '70's, when they > were fairly new, and had stopped into KIVA-TV on a steamy labor day and > offered to do a few hours of music for Jerry's Kids as they weren't due > for the next show, someplace in Texas till the next evening. I purposely > set the axe and drums to be maybe 3 db above the rest of it. I taped > about 5 minutes of it as it went to air and invited Gene to come listen > on our cheap control room monitor when that set was over, which he did > intently for about 4 minutes without a comment, but as the tune was > winding down he said that was the best "amateur" recording he had heard > so far. > > Our compressor at the time was one of the best, a CBS Labs Audimax. It > kept us legal, but it took a well trained ear to detect that it was > actually doing anything. I was so impressed by its general invisibility > that every place I went for the next 30 years soon had one of those > replacing whatever the latest sound wrecker was installed by some gung ho > previous "engineer". When I took the position at WDTV, I was in the GM's > office 2 days later pleading for money to go buy a used one, the then > brand new DBX-165 that had been installed 3 weeks earlier pumped and > breathed so bad I compared it to the bedroom sounds from the night > before. The girl that did all the CG work said it reminded her of why they > spelled sex es ee ex, because no one could spell uh, uh UH, UH > ,UGH,UGHHHHaaaw. > > > Strange, the things an old fart remembers. :) > > > Today the only other compressor I'd bolt into the audio rack would be an > Orban. But weld a cover over the controls so the Program Director can't > try to "make it louder". He'll make it louder yes, and get you cited for > overmod, and cost your station 5 points in the next ratings book because > ears get tired of that crap quickly & the dial gets turned to something > less obnoxious, a death sentence in a multi-station market. BTDT. > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > -- > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt > (Author) > Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> > US V Castleman, SCOTUS, Mar 2014 is grounds for Impeaching SCOTUS > _______________________________________________ > Linux-audio-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-dev > > _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-dev
