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Bottle Necks
« Thread Started on Aug 11, 2006, 8:26pm »

You know the saying "a chain is only as strong as its weakest link"? The weakest link is also referred to as a bottle neck, meaning that you can only pass as much "stuff" into the bottle as the width of the bottle neck will allow. ANYWAY...

So I started thinking about my studio equipment and my recording process, and what was the bottle neck in my signal path. I figured that my mic cord was the weakest link at the moment, so I purchased a Monster Cable XLR cord, which are the best cables there are in the bidness, and they have a lifetime warranty. F.o.r.e.v.e.r. Next I'll probably have to upgrade my soundcard, then my preamps.

Just something to consider and ponder. What do you think is bottlenecking your quality? I need to upgrade things to peak out my microphone quality. Right now, I'm not using it to its fullest potential.

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Re: Bottle Necks
« Reply #1 on Aug 11, 2006, 8:34pm »

I don't think there is really anything hindering our quality right now. Our post-recording stuff is what needs the most attention.

To max out my guitar quality, though, I need to buy a nice amp/cabinet setup. That will set me back a few grand

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« Reply #2 on Aug 11, 2006, 10:03pm »

Another thing messing with Dkizzlkaids stuff is that broken headphone jack on his laptop.

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Re: Bottle Necks
« Reply #3 on Aug 12, 2006, 3:39am »

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Another thing messing with Dkizzlkaids stuff is that broken headphone jack on his laptop.

That's STILL broken? [image]

I swear that's been broken for well over a year haha

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Re: Bottle Necks
« Reply #4 on Aug 12, 2006, 10:28am »

Yeah, that's why I need to get an external interface, because there's no fixing internal laptop soundcards. There IS, but it's not even worth the hassle.

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Re: Bottle Necks
« Reply #5 on Aug 12, 2006, 7:07pm »

Good stuff on the Monster cables, D, I've been rockin' those since I got my stuff.

I'd say my "bottle neck" is probably my mixer.

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Re: Bottle Necks
« Reply #6 on Aug 12, 2006, 7:13pm »

Your bottle neck is your motivation to record, Wisdom. [image]

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Re: Bottle Necks
« Reply #7 on Aug 12, 2006, 7:14pm »

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Your bottle neck is your motivation to record, Wisdom. [image]

Pretty much.

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« Reply #8 on Aug 12, 2006, 7:15pm »

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Your bottle neck is your motivation to record, Wisdom. [image]

Pretty much.

Well get to it!

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Re: Bottle Necks
« Reply #9 on Aug 14, 2006, 4:46pm »

Man, fixing the preamp situation and the new mic cord, I can tell my quality is even better. TOO crisp sometimes, but sounds great after a light reverb and some EQing.

Also, I just added a Casiotone MT-24 keyboard to the equipment list, which I need to type up (that would make a good thread for new board to pin, everyone can post their stuff). The keyboard is a piece of junk from the 80's, but its enough to practice on.

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Re: Bottle Necks
« Reply #10 on Aug 15, 2006, 10:34am »

My bottleneck is that I don't have any equipment here in Knoxville.

My Sampler and cord/mic stuff is all up in Kentucky.

So the only stuff I can do is entirely internal to the computer. So I've been biding my time ripping samples from public domain movies and thinking about how I can use them in a song.

I thought Terminal was going to swing out here this summer, but that fell through, so I guess I'll be music-making-less for a while longer yet.

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Re: Bottle Necks
« Reply #11 on Sept 21, 2006, 6:55am »

My bottle neck is the pc I record on, it has a lot of noise, it processes things slow. Other than that I need a new bass, with some good electronics, oh and a dope amp.

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Re: Bottle Necks
« Reply #12 on Sept 21, 2006, 10:03am »

in order: mixer, mic wire, mic,

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