iPressRecord... » Digital Performer http://ipressrecord.com Ramblings and babble concerning my myriad adventures in geekdom. Fri, 13 May 2011 19:53:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 DAT is a pain in the ass. http://ipressrecord.com/2010/01/dat-is-a-pain-in-the-ass/ http://ipressrecord.com/2010/01/dat-is-a-pain-in-the-ass/#comments Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:31:18 +0000 admin http://ipressrecord.com/?p=208 Working DAT machine…broken DAT machine…working DAT machine once again. All in a 5 hour window. I love 1990’s recording technology even more now that I am not afraid to get inside of it and beat it back into shape.

After successfully transferring an entire archived tape of Impossible Gardens’ recordings from 2003 (Mike V and my [...]]]> Working DAT machine…broken DAT machine…working DAT machine once again. All in a 5 hour window. I love 1990’s recording technology even more now that I am not afraid to get inside of it and beat it back into shape.

After successfully transferring an entire archived tape of Impossible Gardens’ recordings from 2003 (Mike V and my old ambient guitar duo), the Denon DTR-2000 DAT deck decided to eat the next tape. Fantastic. Opened it up, couldn’t ix it, but salvaged the DAT tape after some intense swearing. It needs some ironing (repeated fast forwarding and rewinding, not starch), but hopefully some of it plays at some point in the future. I’d hate to loose an hour and a half of recordings, dammit.

Fixed the DAT deck after attempting to do so for an hour. So I am sitting here listening to The Me Generation, Live at the Rusty Nail, 11-14-02, and all is well (hey Tim and Mike, this show sounds really good! Need to do something with it for fun!).

So I am going to attempt to continue bringing these tapes into Digital Performer via analog at 24-bit / 96K resolution, with the full-force of 1990’s digital technology working against me. How funny is it that right now I am listening to The Me Generation, on DAT, cover “Don’t Let Me Down”?

]]> http://ipressrecord.com/2010/01/dat-is-a-pain-in-the-ass/feed/ 0 Mixing Audible pt 2 http://ipressrecord.com/2010/01/mixing-audible-pt-2/ http://ipressrecord.com/2010/01/mixing-audible-pt-2/#comments Thu, 07 Jan 2010 07:44:09 +0000 admin http://ipressrecord.com/?p=29 Spent a few hours this evening working with MK and Mary on “Later On We’ll Live”.  We now have a very dynamic mix happening over here.  We also spent time tightening up a few small things on “Last Thing I Remember” and “Isolette”.  Aside from a great performance from the band, these songs are heavily [...]]]> Spent a few hours this evening working with MK and Mary on “Later On We’ll Live”.  We now have a very dynamic mix happening over here.  We also spent time tightening up a few small things on “Last Thing I Remember” and “Isolette”.  Aside from a great performance from the band, these songs are heavily automated within Digital Performer.  We’re breathing a lot of life into these mixes.

A fun night mixing, discussing rock star over-indulgence, and drinking a bottle of Raw Power together.  Thanks for the wine, Mary!  Nice to have a drink with you again!

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