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Hi Everyone,

Pretty excited to have my registration accepted on this forum!

Being smashing the archives for weeks, so it's good to be able to finally post. (I actually didn't realise I had been accepted and thought I might have slipped through the cracks, so I attempted another register and found that I'd already been accepted.)

As far as my experience goes, I'm a dead-set amateur really trying to improve my mixing chops. Spending way too much money in an effort to get release quality stuff (cough, cough). But I think it's going to be a very long road to get to that level - or even close (laugh, cry)

Um, I'm a guitarist and I play piano aswell (wouldn't dare call myself a pianist). Have a small MBOX 2 system, Amplitube 2, BFD2 on the way, Legacy MIDI kit (garbage, but hey I'm using BFD2 right?). OK, don't laugh but I have a Studio Projects VTB1 and be!@#$%^& B1 Pro mic (cough, cough..somethin stuck in my throat). I have that ARC room correction system too. Didn't have much success with it. Moved rooms so now I need to re-calibrate.

Have a dedicated room for it at my companies factory now (www.hollands.com.au). Not perfect, but better than my bedroom.

So that's a bit of background about me and the gear I currently have. Looking forward to participating and maybe eventually helping someone else!

P.S. Wow B-E-H-R-I-N-G-E-R must be a dirty word on this forum, as it censored me! That's funny!

Hey Dwane,
Welcome to the forum. I've never actually typed the B word before. Ok here goes......... be!@#$%^&. Wow that felt bad.

Well anyway enjoy the forum.

Oh also, do you like MacGyver?

lol be!@#$%^&.
haha that is soo funny. :lol:

Not actually seen MacGyver!

He's the guy who takes ordinary house hold items to get out of ridiculous situations, right? (If I have been informed correctly)

Do you like MacGyver?

P.S. Checked your myspace and listened to your live song. Sounds great. Amazing how present the piano is at the start. Extremely tight performance too! Couldn't load the other songs unfortunately.

You haven't seen MacGyver!............I don't think this forum is for you.. (ha!)

Tell me you have at least tried Iced Vovo's.

Yeah thanks for that Dwane. Live recordings can always be hit and miss.

jithknot wrote:lol be!@#$%^&.
haha that is soo funny. :lol:

It's not if you have bought any of thier stuff. :)

You could try typing "Deadringer"... Welcome to the forum.

13thbeach wrote:You haven't seen MacGyver!............I don't think this forum is for you.. (ha!)

Tell me you have at least tried Iced Vovo's.

Iced Vovo's? It has been so long since I've had one of those. Very vague recollection of that. Perhaps at my Grandma's when I was very young.

But I will make a menz and get some tonight! No doubt a MacGyver marathon and a packet of Ice Vovo's would be the best initiation - however getting MacGyver episodes is probably very difficult at short notice!

Not to worry, I have to track guitars tonight anyways...

I like this guy. haha! youtube should do the trick.

OK, this is my 'control room'. A very messy one at that, at the moment! I've got an angled roof, carpeted floors (although wooden floors with Rugs to 'control reflections' is the ultimate I read recently here)

Back of the room.

• Iced Vovo's - Check.
• Macgyver Episode 2 Part 2 - Check. (part 1 viewed)

This could become a habit...

Welcome aboard D-wayne. Watch out for Matt and his Iced Vovo's. As Shakespear would say "Methinks he doth be a bit susseth" :)

heathen wrote:

jithknot wrote:lol be!@#$%^&.
haha that is soo funny. :lol:

It's not if you have bought any of thier stuff. :)

come to think of it, i do have a be!@#$%^& D.I

im not not happy (yes the extra 'not' is intentional), cause i got it for 20 dollars and it was brand new :P

whats with MacGyver and iced vovos?? i dont get it entirely.

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Get me 20 cc's of corner bass traps...stat.

Chinagraf wrote:

DwaneHollands wrote:OK, this is my 'control room'. A very messy one at that, at the moment! I've got an angled roof, carpeted floors (although wooden floors with Rugs to 'control reflections' is the ultimate I read recently here)

Get me 20 cc's of corner bass traps...stat.

I hear ya Andy! Currently I'm using the 'room compensation' low/cut on the monitors. Shrug....yes they are be!@#$%^&...my second set...<hang head in shame>

(blew the first set up...bad bad)

jithknot wrote:whats with MacGyver and iced vovos?? i dont get it entirely.

haha! there's nothin to get mate. just great entertainment and snacks.

Hey Andy,
I just had a look at your page. Is that console an SSL or is it a Ta@#$% m700 (known as a baby ssl I'm told)? Also if its the Ta@#$%, is it the old Atlantis board?

Yeah it's the M700 David had at Atlantis.

Holy crap its a small world. I would have bought it but I was basically second in line to you. From memory I was waiting to find out if it was going to fit in your control room. If it hadn't fit, I would have bought it.
I take it you would have gone right through it hey. Its a good board from memory, and actually the first large board I ever saw when I was a kid in high school. I guess it left an impression.

I remember Dave mentioning you Mat. I said "Is that the $*&% with the iced Vovos?" and he said "Yeah, and whatever you do, don't mention Macguyver".
Seriously though, done everything except some of the channels being recapped and the odd pot. The master section had soooo many caps. I still haven't recovered enough to do the rest of the channels yet. I did a couple and can't really hear much of an improvement, but I'll get around to it. There's something like 4000 in the whole desk.
We only just got it into the room because of this stupid half wall thing that is structural. Literally made it in by a few mm.
There were some good tunes done on it at Atlantis, although Wez would know more than me. I think it originally was at Timbertop in Warrenwood, which became Fast Forward. So she's had a lot of grubby fingers on 'er.
Shoulda seen the stuff that came out of all the faders.

DwaneHollands wrote:
I hear ya Andy! Currently I'm using the 'room compensation' low/cut on the monitors. Shrug....yes they are be!@#$%^&...my second set...<hang head in shame>

(blew the first set up...bad bad)

But I heard that's what you do to B&^%$$##@ gear - dont you??
Oh, I need a coffee and an Iced Vovo!! ;-}

Hmmmm I might have to blow up my be!@#$%^& headphone amp. :) Could be the most value I get from it.

heathen wrote:Hmmmm I might have to blow up my be!@#$%^& headphone amp. :) Could be the most value I get from it.

gotta admit, I bought chris p's HA 4000 a while back - however, its german made, not chinese!

Chinagraf wrote:Shoulda seen the stuff that came out of all the faders.

i've seen inside that console... you're a brave man, Andy Evans.

At least we know where all Dave's hair went.

Haha! funny stuff!.

wez wrote:

Chinagraf wrote:Shoulda seen the stuff that came out of all the faders.

i've seen inside that console... you're a brave man, Andy Evans.

At least we know where all Dave's hair went.

Bonus! :)

Just a query.

Any suggestions as to the best way for me to share my MP3's with you guys, so that if I need to show you a sample of my recordings, you're able to quickly download it?