IHR Episode #22 – IHR_08_24_06 (Enhanced) – First Anniversary!
August 24th, 2006 by Derek
IHR’s First Anniversary, NI Guitar Rig 2 Giveaway from Our New Listener Survey, Compression Ear Training, Tannoy Reveal 5A Speakers, Alsoft DiskWarrior, Les Thorn Interview, First Year Highlights
Total time: 36 min 06 sec. Hosted by Paul Garay and Derek K. Miller.
See “Links mentioned” below to visit the sites we discuss. Listen to the whole episode to hear the secret word, then go to our new listener survey at insidehomerecording.com/survey to enter to win Guitar Rig 2 with controller (a $600 value) courtesy of Native Instruments, which received a great review from Paul on IHR #20.
NOTE: See the Tannoy review update for some good information about Reveal 5A pricing.
- 00:00 It’s our one year anniversary. IHR #1 came out August 22, 2005: go back and give it a listen! Also check out SSL’s new contest, where you can download the original digital multitracks from Peter Gabriel’s pioneering hit song “Shock the Monkey” and remix them and maybe win an SSL Duende hardware rack EQ and dynamics plugin. Check out some of the great remixes already available too.
- 07:20 IHR’s Rob Gillis has some announcements about IHR, with thanks to our many listeners in Europe, with more info on our gear giveaway featuring NI’s Guitar Rig 2, plus our listener forums.
- 08:43 EAR TRAINING: Paul on audio dynamics compression. This segment features several songs from the Podsafe Music Network—see “Links mentioned” below for information about the artists and links to hear and buy their music.
- 13:04 GEAR REVIEW – TANNOY REVEAL 5A STUDIO MONITORS: Derek reviews these quality self-powered (active) studio monitor speakers. He has particular praise for the thorough user manual (page links to the free PDF file from Tannoy).
- 18:25 GEAR REVIEW – ALSOFT DISKWARRIOR FOR MAC: Paul reviews this well regarded and simple to use disk directory scanning and repair utility for Mac computers.
- 23:13 GUEST INTERVIEW – LES THORN: Derek interviews Les Thorn, who works as a mastering artist from his home in New York City, and has mastered all of Derek’s music tracks. Les mentions Waves and Blue Tubes plugins and Samson Resolv 65A monitors as some of his favourites.
- 32:00 EDITORIAL: Highlights from the last year of IHR. Sort of. Check the next episode for some hot stuff from our association with Blubrry.com.
- 36:06 END
Links mentioned:
Remember: any purchase from our links to zZounds (not just these products) helps support IHR. Thanks for those who’ve already bought some gear there.
- IHR’s great gear giveaway listener survey (listen for the secret word during the show!) to win the Native Instruments Guitar Rig 2 (available at zZounds)
- Peter Gabriel’s remix contest to win an SSL Duende
- Tannoy Reveal 5A monitor speakers
- Tannoy’s great user manual (free PDF)
- Waves and Blue Tubes plugins
- Samson Resolv 65A studio monitors
- Les Thorn’s website, mastering page, and before-and-after samples
- Songs from the Podsafe Music Network used in our dynamics compression ear training segment are “Ain’t No Cure” by Doug MacLeod from Black and Tan Records, “Funk2Paddy” by Aidan Doyle, “Blue Eyes” by Justin Winokur, “Fool” by Tommy Brown, “Empty” by Derek Clegg, and “Soul on My Foot” by Aux and Big Mike
- Join the IHR Flickr photo group
- IHR at Blubrry.com
Join the discussion at the IHR forums.
Our theme music, “Acidic Bond,” is by Steven Dennis in Louisiana, U.S.A. The New York skyline photo is from Chris Linton at Flickr.com.
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5 Comments Add your own
1. James&hellip | August 29th, 2006 at 8:16 am
Hey!
Great episode. Did you end up using the Marshall MXL770 mic on this one? Curious how it compared to previous episodes with the MXL990, but you didn’t mention it, so I wasn’t certain.
I’d like to hear your comments on the mics, if you have any!
Thanks.
James
2. Derek&hellip | August 29th, 2006 at 2:12 pm
I did use the 770, and honestly, without the pad and low-cut filter on, it sounds pretty much identical to the 990 as far as I can tell — in other words, really good!
3. James&hellip | September 1st, 2006 at 10:37 am
I wondered… I didn’t notice a large-enough difference in sound quality that I could have told you it was a different mic “for sure.”
If you get the chance, I wonder if others might like this too: a mic review/comparison at certain price ranges, to allow people on limited budgets the chance to eval the tonal qualities of a number of mics in a given range.
Reason I ask… I’m using an older RE20 for VO projects and vocal arrangements for an acapella singing group. I have a hard time getting a strong signal out of it, unless I hit the micpre hard (about 60db!) and nearly eat the mic. I’d rather avoid fiddling with processing to get better levels, and am looking around. However, as an example, I see a lotta mics in the $100-200 range that *might* do the job of giving me a stronger signal and sounding nice for my voice – just within the MXL line there were quite a few. How to tell them apart?
Living where I do, I do not have a major city or music store within a few hours drive… I know there are numerous equipment aspects to such a review (EQ, micpre, etc.), but if you kept to a single micpre and no tweaking, and exercised a half-dozen mics in a lineup, wouldn’t the mics tend to show their flavor?
Just a thought, or maybe a request!, for your consideration.
Thanks again. I enjoy the show, and these “chats.”
James
4. Derek&hellip | September 2nd, 2006 at 9:36 am
That kind of shootout could be difficult, because there are a lot of quality mics at all price points now, from sub-$100 on up, and often whether a mic is “good” depends on the use you put it to. An SM57 dynamic mic may not be great for vocalists (although you’d be surprised sometimes!), but can work wonderfully for electric and acoustic guitars and snare drums, even in the highest-end setups.
Also, as Paul pointed out on his first vocal recording 101 a couple of episodes ago, a mic that sounds good on one voice might sound bad on another. Even a $2000 Neumann might not work for a specific singer. I don’t have the kind of setup that permits objective frequency-response analysis, but it’s certainly something I’d be interested in trying at some point in the future.
5. RAMESH NARAYANAN&hellip | July 19th, 2007 at 2:56 am
I am in the process of buying a near field monitor. I have gone thro various reviews and the budget constraint. I have chosen Tannoy Reveal5a and ADAM-A7.
Can I have your expert opinion about my choice.
Regards
RAMESH
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