The Logic Off Topic list

Kool wrote:

>> ...AUTISM...
> <snip>
> Enjoyed your stories and insights. Bit OT even for the OT list though I
> think ... so probably best if I leave my other questions/observations for
> that Psych List you're going to start.

Well, my other email today will definitely be OT for you, then, though quite
what the parameters of a LUG-OT-OT list would be I cannot imagine. I
moderate 4 lists already, so I'm not sure about a 5th;) - still I have
enjoyed these little to-and-fro things so much that I have 21 LUG digests
wanting to be read, put on the back burner! Speaking slightly more
seriously, if anyone really does wants to go for a no holds-barred
wide-ranging rambling discourse type list in an effort to keep this one a
little more focussed on issues closer to music - and thereby giving Joeri
more time to keep an eye on LUG, write dissertations, drink all that
wonderful Belgian beer (Chimay - 'nuff respect!) , or even make music - then
let me know and maybe I will go for it - or somebody else could...

Here's a list of alternative thread possibilities:

* M Audio Delta 1010. I've just taken over a little teaching here in a high
school, rescuing a Music Tech course on the point of collapse, and have
installed one of these in a G3 they had handy. I am knocked out with the
sound quality. The only price-range alternative I could see was the Digi 001
for 8-in 8-out multitracking, particularly in a Mac. Are there alternatives
I haven't explored? (not MOTU 2408, as there was a Spirit analogue desk and
that level of interfacing wasn't relevant)

*Ditto microphones for general purpose use on a budget. I had to equip them
for a course that requires ambient stereo recording of accoustic duets/trios
and other outfits, plus micing up of drums, guitar and bass amps,
percussion, vocals. When I arrived all they had was an AKG C300B, of itself
an excellent mic. I avoided many of the project/home studio faves such as
Rode NT1s and went entirely German-speaking:

2 X AKG C100S as a stereo pair for top kit, percussion, general accoustic
outfit work

AKG D660 and D880 dynamics for stage and odd studio vocals, snare, cab
micing

Sennheiser e602 for kick drum/bass cab

I have odd things I can bring in, such as a PZM, but I wanted them to be
equpped in a way which wouldn't rely on my own stuff.

Opinions?

* Sound Processing & Mangling: we've all got our VST plugin collections, but
there's a big world out there of both software and hardware and a host of
ways of treating sounds. I often export stuff to Peak and then reimport it
into Logic, but I want to get back into the analogue world again, even with
samples and synth lines. I have a Focusrite MixMaster (won it in a
competition!) which is great for quality compression and EQ, but I
remembered today that I still have a tiny little Archer mini amp I used to
use years ago for fuzzing things up and really enjoyed using. Thought to
myself - must get that out again and get properly lo-fi. Anybody else got
stuff like that they use? Other techniques?

There we are then - back on planet Music, where we all started...

Tony T