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[quote name='Mr. Foxen' timestamp='1369222195' post='2086433'] Thing is, half the glory he is hanging on to was made by copies. Loads of the famous Rick users were actually playing copies, but still get claimed as Rick users, even if they notably never used a real one in their career (Peter Hook and his Hondo he got rid of first opportunity is standout). [/quote] I once had an idiot tell me that they were "the king of tone", which is a moronic thing to say, even if it were true. This was the same fella who said all 4x10 cabs were "sh*te" and for "pussies", noting even those incredibly terrible Gallien Krueger ones, and insisted instead that you need a 2x18 cab, like a real man. Lemmy fans, eh?

[quote name='51m0n' timestamp='1369220177' post='2086383'] Closing date is 31st May for the voting. Doesnt mean we cant look for more stems and get on with another mix in the meantime. Anybody want to offer somehting to get it mixed?? [/quote] I'm going to be in hospital then I have nothing to offer for mixing, unfortunately. Are there any good resources to find unmixed tracks on the net?

This must be incredibly stressful for Mr.Hall, trying to police every single advert for a non-genuine Ricky in the entirety of the EU and the USA, and wherever else he has some kind of power. If the man's a CEO of the company, or whatever he is in the company, then he should probably invest more time in to R&D, increasing their reputation (this kind of thing has the opposite effect) and making them a usable, affordable and cool thing to have. Currently, I wouldn't buy one for those reasons. They aren't affordable, cool, nice to look at or have a good reputation. Honestly, how desperate do you have to be to try and hang on to past glory so much? Innovate and move forward.

Hang on, an American is threatening to sue? Stop the presses! I never thought I would see the day when an American would litigate!

So It's been a week (or is it being left up for a couple more days?) I'm eager to get started on a new one

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' timestamp='1369186176' post='2086116'] Being on certain medications affects the sweats ability to corrode stuff. Think there is some other effect, I don't get a funky buildup on my fingerboard, some people manage to have compost heaps on theirs. [/quote] I find that the build up is usually down to both sweat and shedding skin. For a long time after I started playing, skin was tearing off my fingers at a fairly worrying rate, and it all kind of stuck in between the winds of the string (killing the tone) and some got mashed into the fretboard. Although, I've never had a sting corrode on me. I've found to make strings last, you shouldn't just wash your hands before playing, but scrub them habitually with one of those little nail brushes. My hypothesis is that grease and the like gets trapped between the grooves of our fingerprints and normal washing doesn't shift it. I was my hands as much as anybody else, but scrubbing seems to make the difference.

[quote name='Wil' timestamp='1369171795' post='2085907'] Almost always in the car from my phone into the aux in. If I can ever be bothered to get headphones out I have a set of half decent earbuds. I've never owned a decent stereo. [/quote] Pretty similar to me then.

[quote name='paul_5' timestamp='1369164100' post='2085743'] I use a pair of Grado SR60s or Sennheiser C300s mostly. I've got some lovely Hi-Fi speakers somewhere, but with 2 kids around (and a wife who complains about how they look) they're likely to hibernate for a little bit longer yet... [/quote] That's unfortunate! You just can't beat a good listen sometimes! I love to mellow out to music, and just let my mind turn to mush, but at least you have a decent set of headphones to listen on

[quote name='51m0n' timestamp='1369161799' post='2085693'] Big floorstanding transmission line (as opposed to ported) speakers. Good transmission lines go deeper with less bumps in the low end frequency response. Mine are reasonable examples. Because I love to hear bass cleanly. And because I am worth it :-D [/quote] Ehh, sorry to say it, but I still don't know what that means For me, it's more like poundland earphones - because you're worthless

[quote name='51m0n' timestamp='1369154330' post='2085556'] Humongous floor standing transmission lines Because I'm worth it [/quote] I didn't understand about 95% of this comment...

following on from a discussion on the mix competition this month, I thought I would open up a discussion here. Basically, we were talking about how we listen to music, and how it affects what we actually hear, and what is are some good and bad points about each form, and maybe we can get some opinions on what people think is good or bad gear. Personally, I use my Sennheiser HD205s most of the time. They aren't perfect by any means, but they are the most effective thing I have for mixing on. The speakers on my laptop or horrendous, and you just hear absolutely zero bass from them. What do you use for general listening and/or mixing?

[quote name='Skol303' timestamp='1369128551' post='2085060'] I guess that's symptomatic of how a lot of people listen to music these days. I only get chance to crank up the home hifi at weekends myself, so I'm certain among the headphone brigade. [/quote] I have no decent speakers to listen through. Anything I can listen through is going to mash it up so bad because it will be cheap and so flawed, that it's not even worth it. I could make my judgements based on that, but that's less accurate than my headphones.

[quote name='Skol303' timestamp='1369128400' post='2085055'] Bass on headphones is always a slippery beast! Generally speaking, if you're using a 'flat' pair of headphones that are designed for mixing (like your Sennheisers perhaps) rather headphones than are built for just listening (like those Dr Dre 'Beats' jobbies), then the bass tends to sound more quiet than it does when listening through external speakers, such as a home hifi. Why? Because when listening over speakers you literally 'feel' the bass as the low frequency waves impact with your body - especially the very low sub bass in certain genres of dance music, which is certainly more felt than heard (and is almost totally absent on headphones: it tends to feel like a pressure headache, if anything!). Hence, when mixing on headphones it's easy to over-compensate and crank up the bass too loud - so that it sounds good on headphones, but will generally sound boomy thru speakers as a result. I've kinda got used to this, and I now know when the bass sounds about right on headphones. But it's still a guessing game. And all the more reason why I need to sort myself out with a pair of monitors! (a priority once we've moved house...). If anyone else here is mixing solely on headphones, then you might want to have a look at this product - a magic box that emulates different listening environments for the purpose of mix referencing: [url="http://uk.focusrite.com/usb-audio-interfaces/vrm-box"]http://uk.focusrite....erfaces/vrm-box[/url] I don't own one myself - so this isn't an endorsement! - but I've heard that it's a useful little gizmo, although of course no substitute for decent monitor speakers. [/quote] These headphones definitely are flat. I think they were developed with DJs in mind, so I think they didn't want it to be particularly bassy, because DJs tend to be dealing with a lot of bass heavy music. I would get that little box, only, y'know *holds out pockets*. I'll know for next time anyway.

I should also add that I give a listen on my macbook too, which has terrible speakers buried beneath the keyboard. If you can clearly hear a baseline with this sitting on you lap at a moderate volume, it's almost certainly too loud when you listen in the headphones. I find Sennheiser in general (maybe just the cheaper ones) to be lacking low end clarity. Maybe i'm just used to hearing bass too well?

[quote name='51m0n' timestamp='1369125257' post='2085008'] Having thought about it a bit more, I wonder whether people ought to divulge what they were listening to the mixes on when they came to the opinion they did. I base my thoughts on having listened to these mixes on a whole array of sources usually, firstly my main work cans, because thats where my butt is sat more than anywhere else. They are a pair of Senn HD595s that have seen better days, but I have listened to music on them for nearly 10 years, and boy do I know their flaws! That will rule out all the mixes that are just not up to scratch technically, unless the issue is up high (above 8KHz), where they do tend to be a bit weak these days. Then I also listen on my phone's earbuds, (RHAs nice but a little upper mid present), if I'm working from home I make sure I have a listen on a set of Studiospares m1000s headphones, and I make a final call listening on the big speakers, with a quick refernce to the mono mix off my mobile speaker, because if it doesnt work with that, then how will the young oiks on the bus ever be able to enjoy it? With each proper listen to the mixes I can whittle out more of them, each month the general level has improved as well, some months we've had some really excellent work, this month I think people have found very difficult as it goes. That much twang is a very special kind o fchallenge in terms of frequency mixing to get elements to sit together and play nice. But it is staggering to me that mix E is gettng the love it is (not particualrly anti-E as it goes, I can just hear things that seem incredibly blattantly unmusical about it), and I really do want to understand what it is about it that is so attractive to so many, and whether it sounds partuicularly good on a certain type of playback set up may be part of that answer. I know this sounds like masses of listening for hours and hours, but I can pretty quickly rule out a lot of the mixes we have as not right because of <insert technical issue, or mixing decision I dotn dig, or reason why iot doesnt feel musical here>. So I end up listening to two or three mixes a lot, which I rather like doing whilst working. Even when it is Country and Western [/quote] Sennheiser HD 205s for me. It's what I used throughout mixing, so it's probably fair to judge the others by how they sound on the same set of headphones. I will by no means try to make out that they are a great set of headphones (Lacking bass), but they are the best I have, so they will have to do.

[quote name='Skol303' timestamp='1369089042' post='2084810'] More info on the build coming soon... [/quote] Good! I've been waiting for an update on this! I love build threads!

[quote name='Twigman' timestamp='1369081951' post='2084704'] Aye - there is one.....hopefully you're not refering to the one I did....I doubt it but you never know... [/quote] More than likely my one. The lead vocals on mine were so bassy that they just blended in to the scenery, so to speak. I do realise why it has no votes, I guess it just sounded better before I had something to measure it against

[quote name='lurksalot' timestamp='1369080310' post='2084682'] Rather than judge the mixes against my own , I have now listened to far too much Conferderate Railroad, Shania Twain ,Randy Travis and Garth Brooks . Whilst I am now halfway through my second bottle of JD , the crop has just failed , the car has been repo'd and the dog has run off with the wife, the experience however, has pointed me at the mix to vote for [/quote] And the bank's going to take your house, don't forget that old cliche.

[quote name='lurksalot' timestamp='1369078963' post='2084663'] The way I see it is that I am learning , and while I think my mix cuts it this month , the winner gets to explain how he did it and we all learn , this is not a popularity contest it is a learning resource . [/quote] How can it be a popularity contest when it's completely anonymous? I didn't know whose track was whose when I voted. I voted for the one that I personally liked the best and thought was mixed well. If it was purely on the skill with which it was mixed, I would have chosen Simon's, simple. Maybe that makes me a bit of a pleb, but I don't really care.

[quote name='xgsjx' timestamp='1369077758' post='2084641'] My comment came out wrong. I meant I wasn't going to be voting a sympathy vote for my own mix. I wasn't judging how you placed your vote. It's your vote & your right to vote for whatever mix you want to. I plan on doing the same (that's voting for whichever mix I want). [/quote] So you should vote for the one you want (MINEMINEMINE!)

[quote name='51m0n' timestamp='1369077135' post='2084632'] I need every vote I can get, I didn't win last month for a start! [/quote] Really? I'm new to this! Is it seen as bad manners to vote for yourself?

[quote name='xgsjx' timestamp='1369074050' post='2084594'] I couldn't tell you which is who's, but there isn't a bad mix among any of the ones I've listened to so far. I'll get a listen to the rest either tonight or Wednesday & place my vote. I know which is mine & won't be placing a sympathy vote! [/quote] It wasn't a sympathy vote, I just didn't want to vote for a pro. I didn't know which was his when I voted, although I had a good idea. Simon would deserve to win it, because his mix is the best there (in my opinion) but I voted for the next best thing. [quote name='cheddatom' timestamp='1369074143' post='2084597'] That's a bit harsh, I hope you're joking! [/quote] I don't understand how saying his mix is "too good" amongst a bunch of rookies is harsh? I didn't want to vote for the pro, because I thought the hobbyist might appreciate the vote more. Simon knows what I think of his mix, and I told him why I didn't vote for it too. He gave me a frank rundown of what I got right and wrong in my mix, and i'm probably the better for it (next month will tell us). If this was going purely on production ability, Simon is likely going to win it hands down every month. [quote name='Skol303' timestamp='1369074829' post='2084602'] Remember: the first rule of Mix Club is we don't talk about who's mix is who's! [/quote] Yeah, I'm sorry I opened my mouth now!

[quote name='xgsjx' timestamp='1369072602' post='2084578'] If it's any consolation, I thought I did a good mix (thought the low & top could be better, but I'm deaf) & I have no votes either. I still think mines' the best mix, but like was said earlier, that's probably because I'm used to hearing it like that. Too many of the other mixes has the vocal sounding a bit Elvisish, whereas I think he sounds more like Steve Earle. [/quote] I don't think mine is the best by any means, but I think it's a fair attempt, especially for a first timer, but nobody's really giving points for not having done this before. Apparently my backing vocals are "appropriately mixed", so there we go I know which mix is Simon's, and it's not winning. I don't know about anybody else, but I deliberately didn't vote for Simon's mix, because it was too good

[quote name='gapiro' timestamp='1369053008' post='2084259'] Placed my vote because of the signiture link, so its working Ps, the band name amused me, because our old quiz team back at uni was "Uncle Dad and the Family Secret" [/quote] Ha! I'm getting worried, because (at the risk of losing anonymity) my mix still has no votes... Maybe it wasn't anywhere near as good as I thought it was, and I didn't even think it was that good... pollocks!

[quote name='reaverman' timestamp='1369050620' post='2084205'] Dire Straits, The Eagles, and Soundgarden. But not at the same time [/quote] You have taste