What Is the record pad

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"EricK" <eric@Raw-Tracks.com> wrote in message
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> John Washburn wrote:
> > Putting it on the tail is probably better. I learned this the hard way
when
> > I let the intern do the alignment on the multitrack for a mix session.
For
> > some reason he decided to do record alignment as well, and apparently
didn't
> > notice the 15 or 20 seconds of leader between the pad and the first song
> > while recording the bias tone.
>
> Another good reason for putting it at the tail is you don't need to
> rewind all the way to the beginning of the reel to do the alignment. If
> it's at the tail, you just need to thread the tape and rewind into the
> tape about 3-5 minutes, rather than the full 16. Seems trivial, but if
> you have a dozen other things you need to get done before a session
> starts, the last thing you want to do is sit and wait for tape to rewind.

Also, if there happens to be a genius take towards the end of the reel that
goes long, it's not the end of the world if it records over the tones--it's
lot better than running out of tape would be, anyway.

-jw

 

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On Sun, 5 Dec 2004 12:33:32 -0800, "John L Rice" <Drummer@ImJohn.com>
wrote:

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>"KMF" <KerkRobbin@aol.com> wrote in message
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>> What is a record pad and how do I do it?
>
>You rent buy or borrow a place to live, set up all of you gear and then
>invite hep cats and mellow dudes over to record at your pad. ( black
>lights, bean bags, bead curtains, and cute girls body painting each other
>strewn about can make it a totally groovy scene. YMMV )

What, no mention of lava lamps? Or are those standard equipment at
even non-pad studios?

>John L Rice
>Drummer@ImJohn.com
>
>PS - sorry, just having some fun, please explain a little more of what you
>are trying to do and we'll be better able to assist you.
>

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"Ben Bradley" <ben_nospam_bradley@mindspring.com> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 5 Dec 2004 12:33:32 -0800, "John L Rice" <Drummer@ImJohn.com>
> wrote:
>
> >
> >"KMF" <KerkRobbin@aol.com> wrote in message
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> >> What is a record pad and how do I do it?
> >
> >You rent buy or borrow a place to live, set up all of you gear and then
> >invite hep cats and mellow dudes over to record at your pad. ( black
> >lights, bean bags, bead curtains, and cute girls body painting each other
> >strewn about can make it a totally groovy scene. YMMV )
>
> What, no mention of lava lamps? Or are those standard equipment at
> even non-pad studios?
>


Whoops! Thanks Ben, yes, a lava lamp and maybe a strobe light. Oh yeah!
Color organs next to the near fields!

John L Rice
Drummer@ImJohn.com

 

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On Mon, 6 Dec 2004 20:34:28 -0800, "John L Rice" <Drummer@ImJohn.com>
wrote:

>Whoops! Thanks Ben, yes, a lava lamp and maybe a strobe light. Oh yeah!
>Color organs next to the near fields! <snip>

HAR! I actually saw this being "reality" back years ago. Imagine
some Altec A-2s with COLOR organs sitting next to the
horns...priceless! And yes, were was a full compliment of lava lamps
in behind the glass, too. Don't remember too many glass beads in that
one, though.

"Color organs" are making a comeback, of sorts! Some plasma TV hawker
(Philips?) is putting "Envirolight" or some such nonsense on its
overpriced home TVs. Lots of blue in the sceen? You get blue glow
out of the sides. Lots of daylight? Yellow side lights! Pool or red
blood? Red "envirolight!"

Hmmm...I wonder what'd happen if they were doing one of those
fraudulent "reality shows" live and happened to point the lens into a
toilet? BROWN light????

dB

 

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<< Calibratable "NR" of any kind was a LITTLE before my time. Remember,
this was back when Scotch 250 was a "miracle" tape.>>

Well, I remember when 206 was a brand new big deal.

<<There was considerable disagreement about which highs and lows to use
back then. Some argued that, due to different head geometries, 50 was
too low, as expected reproduce levels at 50 were less predictable than
at 100 between different head makes, but that all machines would be
just as well EQ'd for bass at 100. >>

I went back & forth on the 50 or 100Hz question. Decided to stick with 50Hz
when I learned a new way to bias, using 50Hz instead of 10kHz.

Scott Fraser

 

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<< beg to differ on that point of view. Even on mix sessions, the machine
should be lined up for recording. It's not unusual for a last minute
overdub to crop up. The extra couple of minutes it takes to do the
record alignment while setting up for the session is worth it. If the
producer all of the sudden gets the idea that "This song really does
need cowbell", the last thing he wants to hear is that he'll have to
wait until the machine get aligned for recording.

--
Eric
>>



*Every* song needs a cowbell...


Ted Spencer, NYC

"No amount of classical training will ever teach you what's so cool about
"Tighten Up" by Archie Bell And The Drells" -author unknown

 

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Gee, and I thought it was playing with the budget, so you could provide the
band with drugs!

Tom

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> << beg to differ on that point of view. Even on mix sessions, the machine
> should be lined up for recording. It's not unusual for a last minute
> overdub to crop up. The extra couple of minutes it takes to do the
> record alignment while setting up for the session is worth it. If the
> producer all of the sudden gets the idea that "This song really does
> need cowbell", the last thing he wants to hear is that he'll have to
> wait until the machine get aligned for recording.
>
> --
> Eric
> >>


>
> *Every* song needs a cowbell...
>
>
> Ted Spencer, NYC
>
> "No amount of classical training will ever teach you what's so cool about
> "Tighten Up" by Archie Bell And The Drells" -author unknown

 

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I thought he was talking about a string pad.

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On 7 Dec 2004 18:15:07 -0500, mrivers@d-and-d.com (Mike Rivers) wrote:

>
>I thought he was talking about a string pad. <snip>

....or was it a maxi-pad?

 

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>On 7 Dec 2004 18:15:07 -0500, mrivers@d-and-d.com (Mike Rivers) wrote:
>
>>
>>I thought he was talking about a string pad. <snip>
>
>...or was it a maxi-pad?
>

Herve Villachaize (Actor --Tattoo on Fantasy Island, KnickNack on James Bond)
was going to build a hotel especially for little people near the LA airport.

The place would have furniture and dimensions especially suited to little
people. Five foot ceilings and 4 foot entrances, plus all the properly
dimensioned beds and bathrooms

The best part of this was there was to be no rental charged to any of the
little people who stayed there.


Unfortunately, Herve died and along with him, his plans for The Stay-Free
Mini-Pad.
Richard H. Kuschel
"I canna change the law of physics."-----Scotty

 

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Ouch! LOL
"Richard Kuschel" <rickpv8945@aol.com> wrote in message
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> >
> >On 7 Dec 2004 18:15:07 -0500, mrivers@d-and-d.com (Mike Rivers) wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>I thought he was talking about a string pad. <snip>
> >
> >...or was it a maxi-pad?
> >
>
> Herve Villachaize (Actor --Tattoo on Fantasy Island, KnickNack on James
Bond)
> was going to build a hotel especially for little people near the LA
airport.
>
> The place would have furniture and dimensions especially suited to little
> people. Five foot ceilings and 4 foot entrances, plus all the properly
> dimensioned beds and bathrooms
>
> The best part of this was there was to be no rental charged to any of the
> little people who stayed there.
>
>
> Unfortunately, Herve died and along with him, his plans for The Stay-Free
> Mini-Pad.
> Richard H. Kuschel
> "I canna change the law of physics."-----Scotty

 

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On 12 Dec 2004 14:50:41 GMT, rickpv8945@aol.com (Richard Kuschel)
wrote:

>Unfortunately, Herve died and along with him, his plans for The Stay-Free
>Mini-Pad. <snip>

ba dat BOOMPH!