Klipsch Employees Chief bonehead Posted January 2, 2018 Klipsch Employees Share Posted January 2, 2018 Have to tell you guys.......you want some music recorded awesomely......no damn eq or remastering required......then check out Houdini by 2 kinds of pie. Just happened to be mixed on on quasi klipsch custom monitors. I really like the mix and music. The bands music is so creative and mixed and mastered by some guys I kinda know......matt Whatley and michael delgado. Am going to take the music to CES to play thru the heritage products to show off the speakers!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klipsch Employees Chief bonehead Posted January 6, 2018 Author Klipsch Employees Share Posted January 6, 2018 https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/2kindsofpie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnA Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 Ordered a CD yesterday! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaudeJ1 Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 Ordered today. Thanks Roy. Always looking for quality recordings of decent music. BTW, still use your 4 CD's as reference standards 10 years after receiving them from you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Combover Mastering Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 Here is a smart phone formatted video we put together for fun of one of the singles. Something for while you wait on the CD's to arrive. Enjoy on your Klipsch cans or buds! https://www.dropbox.com/s/1tesslj8u6pazeu/PIE CREEPY VID 2.mp4?dl=0 Matt Whatley Combover Mastering 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 1 hour ago, Combover Mastering said: Here is a smart phone formatted video we put together for fun of one of the singles. Something for while you wait on the CD's to arrive. Enjoy on your Klipsch cans or buds! https://www.dropbox.com/s/1tesslj8u6pazeu/PIE CREEPY VID 2.mp4?dl=0 Matt Whatley Combover Mastering Wow. Love Betty Boop. Thanks for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 Makes you wonder what drugs they were doing when drawing Betty... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 I thought I was the only one who wore mirrors on my shoes. The music sounds good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Travis In Austin Posted January 8, 2018 Moderators Share Posted January 8, 2018 6 hours ago, Combover Mastering said: Here is a smart phone formatted video we put together for fun of one of the singles. Something for while you wait on the CD's to arrive. Enjoy on your Klipsch cans or buds! https://www.dropbox.com/s/1tesslj8u6pazeu/PIE CREEPY VID 2.mp4?dl=0 Matt Whatley Combover Mastering Matt, How can we buy a High Rez version? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 Finally had a chance to listen on something a little more hi fi... Really nice recording and mix, Matt. Could you say a little about how that was done, i.e., recoded to tape, computer, hardware used, software used? Bruce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Travis In Austin Posted January 8, 2018 Moderators Share Posted January 8, 2018 2 hours ago, Marvel said: Finally had a chance to listen on something a little more hi fi... Really nice recording and mix, Matt. Could you say a little about how that was done, i.e., recoded to tape, computer, hardware used, software used? Bruce +1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Combover Mastering Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 (edited) Hey fellow Klipschers! Glad everyone is digging! Regarding hi-res. The highest we have right now on this album is CD quality 16 bit / 44.1 because that is what the client paid for on the mastering side. Seeing that there is a need though we may go back later and do a remaster at 24 bit / 88.2. Seems like a cool thing for groups like this one. The process was a blast. We recorded digitally in Logic Pro X at 24/88.2 but with an all tube front end and very high end mics. All line devices were tube as well. Key pieces of gear for this project were. conversion: merging technologies hapi Mics: geffel um192 tube condensers modded by Frank Lavala. line gear: Hendy analog stage mic pres: Hendy Picasso's (all Vocals and guitars and several other things) mastering stage: Hendy Michelangelo eq and Hendy pollock compressor. Manley Massive Passive EQ, etc. wonderful musicians and friends (David Novey and Jim Toler) and the best assistant engineer in the world, Michael Delgado. And plenty of beer. Matt Whatley Combover Mastering Edited January 8, 2018 by Combover Mastering Add name 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 Matt, Thanks for the listing of the gear. I record, mostly as a hobby, but have been looking at a hapi to use with an aes67 driver and ravenna for my mixbus 32c setup. Bruce 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Combover Mastering Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 Nice!! Hapi is great. How many channels do you need though? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaudeJ1 Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 On 1/7/2018 at 5:03 PM, Combover Mastering said: Here is a smart phone formatted video we put together for fun of one of the singles. Something for while you wait on the CD's to arrive. Enjoy on your Klipsch cans or buds! https://www.dropbox.com/s/1tesslj8u6pazeu/PIE CREEPY VID 2.mp4?dl=0 Matt Whatley Combover Mastering It even sounds good on my computer speakers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 4 hours ago, Combover Mastering said: Nice!! Hapi is great. How many channels do you need though? I could probably get by with 8 inputs but 16 would be superb. Bruce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Combover Mastering Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 (edited) Bruce, Lynx Aurora (BUT THE NEW ONE) get the blue one and it's configurable. Start with 8 and move up if you need. FYI, the Lynx Hilo sounds as good as the Hapi in mastering scenarios In my opinion and the new aurora is based around the Hilo. Edited January 9, 2018 by Combover Mastering Spelling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Travis In Austin Posted January 9, 2018 Moderators Share Posted January 9, 2018 8 hours ago, Combover Mastering said: later and do a remaster at 24 bit / 88.2. Seems like a cool thing for groups like this one. That would be awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Travis In Austin Posted January 9, 2018 Moderators Share Posted January 9, 2018 8 hours ago, Combover Mastering said: mastering stage: Hendy Michelangelo eq and Hendy pollock compressor. Manley Massive Passive EQ, etc. They are.going to wonder why you need this. They will wonder if you smooshed it and what the DR number is. They are also going to want to know why you would possibly need eq if it was tracked and mixed so well. Obviously it was those super accurate monitors you have that let you tweak it even better😀. Great, great sound! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Combover Mastering Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 (edited) Dwilawyer, Thanks for the compliments and Good point. Yes the monitors and the room one is working in is most important. These monitors are incredibly flat, in fact I believe Roy measured them anechoic flat all the way down to 27hz. 27hz-22khz and ruler flat is unheard of out of a nearfield. Mastering is a special art and normally I would prefer not to master something I tracked and mixed because I feel a new ear is important at that stage. However, in this case the artists insisted because Mastering is the true "Forte" at Combover so we took a 3 week break from the project to reset our hearing, then mastered using the gear mentioned in my last post. While indeed the album was recorded and mixed very well, the mindset has to be very different on the mastering side because the mix is the mix no matter who I get it from, so rather than thinking in terms of balance and creative ideas and does it sound great, i think in terms of depth and space and does is sound like a finished record. Hard to describe in words but here is a link to some mixed vs mastered a/b's that will better describe what I'm trying to say. All are good mixes from various studios but compared to the mastered files we finished at Combover the gap is huge. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/m1fg357t2cdynqn/AACuDh8I02FeHFFbHWjWBF_Ea?dl=0 Regarding compression in mastering. Only used to control hard transients and things that may get a bit out of control. One must never kill the dynamic range by over compression. Dynamics are very important to me. Yes indeed, some mastering engineers do make the mistake of over compressing. Matt Whatley Combover Mastering www.combovermastering.com Edited January 9, 2018 by Combover Mastering clarification 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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