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Home Studio building videos

Doug Fearn (legendary recording gear builder) just released two videos on home studio building and acoustics. Worth watching if you want to build a home studio. Recording in Improvised Spaces Part 1 - YouTube Recording in Improvised Spaces Part 2 - YouTube
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- May 25, 2013
- Replies: 4
- Forum: The Lounge
Anvil! The Story of Anvil

I dug out the Anvil documentary last night and watched it again. You all should do the same. We all sit here on a forum, united by our love of a black box with buttons on it. Whatever we do, we always come back to a wooden thing with thin metal strands attached. We have no choice...
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- May 22, 2013
- Replies: 11
- Forum: The Lounge
I am grief stricken

It's almost like a death in the family. Giant Rubber Duck Deflates In Hong Kong Harbor (PHOTOS)
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- May 15, 2013
- Replies: 4
- Forum: The Lounge
Yes, I'm joining an obscure 80s band

Yes Outline are reforming. As all of you will remember ( = "As a small number of those of you who were teenagers in Sydney, Australia in the early 1980s might remember") Outline were a legendary band of glorious, Zappa-infused weirdness. They split up in 1984. Anyway, for no good reason...
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- May 15, 2013
- Replies: 1
- Forum: The Lounge
Derwin "Big D" Perkins

This guy is one of my favourite players and deserves to be much more well known than he is - a truly great guitarist. Guitar solo starts @ 3:14.
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- May 14, 2013
- Replies: 1
- Forum: The Lounge
How to beat the entire internet

All you have to do is record a video of your version of "A Space Oddity"... while actually in space. Astronaut's David Bowie Space Oddity Cover | Chris Hadfield Maximum respect to Canada for having such a cool astronaut.
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- May 13, 2013
- Replies: 6
- Forum: The Lounge
Favourite solos, guitar excluded

So we've had plenty of "fave guitar solo" threads. So it's time to look beyond that to a solo on a different instrument. Here are some of mine: - Dick Parry, sax on Pink Floyd's Money - Kenny Kirkland, piano on "When the world is running down" on Sting's "Bring on the Night" live album...
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- Mar 26, 2013
- Replies: 20
- Forum: The Lounge
An Eddie Van Halen legend confirmed...

I'd heard this legend years ago about Eddie van Halen setting fire to the studio monitors while recording the "Beat It" solo. I'd always assumed it was nonsense, but here it is confirmed by Bruce Swedien (god of audio engineering) and Rod Temperton (god of songwriting). Story starts from...
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- Mar 8, 2013
- Replies: 9
- Forum: The Lounge
TMG Guitars

Just got a guitar from this new Australian crowd - TMG Guitars: Taylor McGrath Guitars They are clearly going after the market that would buy a Suhr. I never thought I would ever be in that market, but with all the country session work I've been doing, I really needed a quality telecaster...
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- Feb 17, 2013
- Replies: 4
- Forum: The Lounge
Proposal - no non-music discussions

With all the ugliness that recently arose in a thread, I'd like the existing "general community disapproval for political/religious/non-musical discussions" to be made into a hard rule, and mods given community approval to delete such discussions on sight. We have a wide, international...
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- Dec 16, 2012
- Replies: 51
- Forum: The Lounge
Why I hate arguments about PUPs

De gustibus non est disputandum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia :D
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- Nov 27, 2012
- Replies: 30
- Forum: The Lounge
Total eclipses are amazing

OK, so last week I got to see my first total eclipse of the sun way up in far northern Queensland (Australia). Trust me, seeing one is an amazing thing. Anyway, this got me hungry to see another one, so a trip to Wikipedia occurred to find out about future eclipses... Anyway - Americans...
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- Nov 19, 2012
- Replies: 0
- Forum: The Lounge
microphones and a desperately ill little girl

Hi fellow Fractalians I'm a huge fan and supporter of an Australian business called BeesNeez Microphones (Beesneez Microphones | The World Leader in Boutique Microphones). They make recording microphones and our studio has eight of them. I'm as passionate a supporter of BeesNeez as I am of...
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- Oct 22, 2012
- Replies: 11
- Forum: The Lounge
You have two cows

There is a age-old series of jokes that explain... well, pretty much everything, from the perspective of "you have two cows". (These jokes have apparently been around since the 1930s). Here are some of the basic, original variations from when the joke was born: Capitalism - You have two cows...
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- Oct 3, 2012
- Replies: 26
- Forum: The Lounge
Bacon!

Ah, America, your love of bacon knows no bounds. Burger King launches bacon sundae
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- Jun 12, 2012
- Replies: 15
- Forum: The Lounge
Children's music - two questions

OK, I've got two different questions to ask. Question 1 - The past few months I've been working on a CD of children's music. Lyrically the songs are on appropriate topics - the alphabet, making friends, going to the farm, etc. However the music is often quite clever. As an example...
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- May 20, 2012
- Replies: 12
- Forum: The Lounge
Weird Fractal photo time

It's about time we had a "Weird Fractal Photo" thread. My wife snapped this today as I was working in the home studio. From left, Macbook Pro, Fractal Axe, PC with Cubase, RME Fireface UCX Focusrite Red 7, Telefunken Pres, Novation X-Station 49 ...and a pink parrot on my head. His...
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- May 13, 2012
- Replies: 5
- Forum: The Lounge
Auction of gear used by The Cure

Might be of passing interest to some folks here - a bunch of stuff owned by Porl Thompson of the Cure is being auctioned. Porl Thompson Collection (The Cure) (Catalogue 2862087) - Omega Auctions - Auction Catalogues - the-saleroom.com - Bid online at real auctions Some highlights... Lot...
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- May 8, 2012
- Replies: 2
- Forum: The Lounge
Les Paul Auction Catalog

The estate auction catalog has just been published. Les Paul Auction Catalog Don't look, it hurts. Whoever compiled the catalog didn't try to research very hard. Page 20 "Whimsical musical instrument". Five seconds on Google would have told them its a Stroh Violin, they are very...
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- May 4, 2012
- Replies: 12
- Forum: The Lounge
Thriller revisited

With all the mythology and hype and other garbage around Michael Jackson, it's easy to forget he was an amazing musician, who took great care to hire other amazing musicians. Anyway I recently re-read a Bruce Swedien interview and he talked at length about the recording of Thriller, so I dug...
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- May 3, 2012
- Replies: 4
- Forum: The Lounge
Another annoying YouTube "amazing guitarist" video...

Ok those who know me know that I am jaded, crusty and snobbish. Basically I believe that anyone born after 1975 should be put down (humanely) for public health reasons. So when I saw a video that claimed "OHMIGOD Amazing 12 year old guitarist" I expected to be appalled. However I'm not. I'm...
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- Apr 16, 2012
- Replies: 35
- Forum: The Lounge
Words of wisodm from a dance music producer...(?)

The apocalypse must be about to start, because I just read an article by a "Dance Music Producer" (a class of people I rate at close to the same level as child abusers and Nazi war criminals) and found myself feeling something dangerously close to "respect". Quantic: Will Holland My...
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- Apr 11, 2012
- Replies: 4
- Forum: The Lounge
The 48KHz vs 96/192/etc Khz debate

Even Fractal land has been touched by the outrageously heated debate going on in the recording world over what frequency digital audio should be sampled at. On one side of the debate are the audio hardware (including hifi hardware) manufacturers claiming "more is better". Their argument seems...
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- Apr 4, 2012
- Replies: 58
- Forum: The Lounge
Bad lip reading

This is completely OT, but it made me laugh so I thought I'd share. If you like surreal/absurdist humour you'll love it. This is some guy in Texas who runs a website called "Bad Lip Reading". He's pretty brilliant, frankly. Here he is turning Rebecca Black's immortal song "Friday" into...
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- Apr 1, 2012
- Replies: 8
- Forum: The Lounge
A big thank you

Just a quick note to those who I've come to respect. Due to a single comment I made, the admins here have seen fit to partially disabled my account for an entire year. So I'll be on my way. For the record, I am NOT protesting, a forum is a private thing and people can absolutely run it...
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- Mar 21, 2012
- Replies: 40
- Forum: The Lounge
Who didn't you see?

With all the concert threads going on, here's the other obvious discussion topic - who didn't you see? Feel free to keep it within the realms of possibility (eg Nirvana for the over 30's) or not (eg Django Reinhardt) For me it's as follows: * Zappa's 1974 band (George Duke et al) - Not my...
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- Mar 13, 2012
- Replies: 24
- Forum: The Lounge
My DAW research

Our business recently decided to completely divorce ourselves from Apple - we are tired of the instability, the inferior quality hardware and the exorbitant prices. We run several Pro Tools HD rigs, and we've moved all of them to Windows machines, (and this has been a truly superb decision, not...
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- Mar 9, 2012
- Replies: 36
- Forum: The Lounge
Gearslutz is now a porn site...(?)

Just went to gearslutz and discovered it's now a great place to buy underwear and pictures of ladies in minimal clothing. In many ways, it is now a more reliable source of information.
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- Mar 1, 2012
- Replies: 9
- Forum: The Lounge
The one-liner thread (sister to the Joke thread)

Well we have a joke thread, so we need a one-liner thread to go with it. (Yes a one-liner is also a joke. Whatever :)) Some of my faves: * Probably the toughest time in anyone's life is when you have to murder a loved one because they're possessed by Satan. Other than that, though, it's...
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- Feb 13, 2012
- Replies: 42
- Forum: The Lounge
Mackie 1608 - hilarious :)

Well worth watching...
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- Jan 24, 2012
- Replies: 24
- Forum: The Lounge
A truly beautiful Christmas song...

Here's a beautiful song for all us people who reject religion but still enjoy Christmas. White Wine In The Sun by Tim Minchin - YouTube The singer is Tim Minchin who is actually a comedian, although this song doesn't reflect that. Please note: you are sincerely religious, the strongly...
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- Dec 18, 2011
- Replies: 1
- Forum: The Lounge
Keep short accounts

It's near Christmas, and I thought I'd talk about a friend of mine. His name is Kristian. He has cancer. He was on Oprah: Oprah's Surprise for Kristian and Rachel Anyway Oprah was a year ago, and there was still hope then. There is no hope anymore. He will die soon. I also belong...
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- Dec 11, 2011
- Replies: 7
- Forum: The Lounge
Mayan Power Cloaks

For no justifiable reason the topic of the 2012 Mayan apocalypse keeps coming up on this forum. So, to protect my fellow Fractalians from this upcoming event, I have recently discovered the Invisible Mystic Mayan Power Cloak™ which gives you guaranteed immunity from the 2012 apocalypse...
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- Dec 9, 2011
- Replies: 12
- Forum: The Lounge
Happy Nigel Tufnel Day

We're all in various timezones, but let me get the ball rolling by wishing all Fractalians a Happy Nigel Tufnel day. Turn it up to 11 folks. 11-11-11 (click on the pic to see it in its "up to eleven" glory)
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- Nov 10, 2011
- Replies: 10
- Forum: The Lounge
Unjustified move

The admins have - without any apparent community discussion or consensus - arbitrarily reclassified ALL discussions regarding the waiting list or the availability of Axe II as "Off Topic". Out of fairness, I've created this thread for them to defend their actions. Personally I regard this as...
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- Oct 16, 2011
- Replies: 23
- Forum: The Lounge
For the Frank Zappa fans

The topic of learning solos came up in another Lounge thread, so I thought I'd mention my collection of Zappa tutorials which I maintain at Dweezil Zappa's site. There is the Black Page, Sofa and a few other tunes. YOU Plays Zappa tutorials index - Dweezil Zappa World I also maintain a video...
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- Oct 11, 2011
- Replies: 1
- Forum: The Lounge
Duck farm = recording studio

In case you are thinking about converting a duck farm into a commercial recording studio, let me advise against it. It has taken an entire year and we still aren't finished. Regardless, I finally have some photos to show(!) This is the decrepit dump we got our hands on late last year. As...
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- Oct 10, 2011
- Replies: 13
- Forum: The Lounge
Wiki quotes from users

Hi, I've been working under Yek to help make the Axe FX II Wiki even more rocking that it was to begin with. I'm currently 'wikilinking' the manual (which will take a bit of time.) I found myself having to create a page called "Axe-FX II". But it's a redundant page - the whole wiki is devoted...
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- Aug 5, 2011
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Axe-Fx II Discussion
Admin deleted post without reason

OK, I'm largely supportive of everyone here, but something happened today which was TOTALLY uncalled for. A forum post was put up by Admin M indicating that the forum was being shut down for maintenance. The date given was 8/3/11. Being non-American, I immediately read that as "8th of March"...
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- Aug 4, 2011
- Replies: 76
- Forum: The Lounge
All third party suppliers of potential interest to Axe FX owners

Hi, Yek started a listing at the all new Axe-FX II wiki that lists all suppliers of stuff that might interest an Axe FX owner. I've just finished some reformatting and I added a few new entries. Third-party suppliers - Axe-Fx II Wiki Anyway, I'm sick of constantly having to dig through...
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- Aug 2, 2011
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Ultra/Std Discussion
Fractal Audio Mic-pre FX

Yeah, sorry to anyone who opened this thinking it was some new product announcement. Sadly, this is nothing more than my private fantasy, which I am sharing. Imagine a world where you could buy a mic preamp that could instantly dial in a Neve 1073, or an API or a Telefunken or an SSL...
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- Aug 1, 2011
- Replies: 8
- Forum: The Lounge
DIY cabinet

Hi all, getting an Atomic amp in Australia is like expecting reason from a Tea Party member - yes it is theoretically possible, but it is highly unlikely. So I've decided to buy a Matrix GT800FX amp, and then get a pair of 1x12 FRFR cabinets. Now I'm toying with the idea of building my own...
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- Aug 1, 2011
- Replies: 10
- Forum: Amps and Cabs
Wiki site problems

I'm a regular Wikipedian, so I thought I'd also register at the Axe-FX Wiki site. However it doesn't seem to allow new people to create an account. I followed all of the instructions on the main page, but it only ever takes you to the "login" page - there doesn't seem to be a 'create account'...
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- Mar 16, 2011
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Ultra/Std Discussion