The Doom Room: ILF Edition

[AxAxSxS]

the purist's are going to hate this and that's a plus in my book



Lao Wiz's the man.

[moose23]

the purist's are going to hate this and that's a plus in my book



Lao Wiz's the man.

Looks amazing..

[assface jackson]

the purist's are going to hate this and that's a plus in my book



Lao Wiz's the man.

Looks super cool. But why are you cooking it?

[crohny]

If anyone is looking at building their own patch cables, the Lava soldered DIY kit is rad. Be on you rsolder game for sure though. My soldering skills are pretty meh but I dove right in and only had to fix two connections. Well forth the $50 bucks. Also my board is fucking killer now. Way cleaner and far more foot friendly.


Side note, my neighbor and I are starting a band again and I will be pulling bass duties for the first time ever. So I am in the market for a bass rig that is absurdly affordable and wouldn't sound half bad in a black metal/drone infused project. Looking at the Bugera Ampeg svt 7pro clone they have. http://www.musiciansfriend.com/amplifie ... ifier-head


Stupid cheap and as someone mentioned a couple pages back the quality of bugera's shit seems to have gone up. I haven't acquired a bass yet either but I am just going to probably end up with a squire pbass or some shit. Cabs I am probably going to borrow my neighbors until I can find a couple cheaper cabs and probably respeaker them eventually with more efficient speakers. I also have a wealth of people I can borrow from which is nice. If anyone has any other suggestions for bass amps I am all ears. A friend has the little 550 watt ampeg head that can fit in a back pack which sounds good and heard they are all over the intnet used. Will be looking into that as well. This is a side project for me and I don't have any priorities on a rig other than I need something that can be heard and sound half way decent. I'm not trying to invest in anything remotely crazy as to the fact I still have a lot I need to buy for my guitar rig. So keep in mind I need super affordable.

[Ancient Astronaught]

I recorded everything and just listening back through headphones it sounds pretty good so far. I only have one condenser so I put it overhead and then an audix I5 out by the floor tom, audix I5 in the kick, and sm57 on the snare. The q2hd was only about 3 or 4 feet away but that's as far as I could get it from the kit. Our storage unit is 10 x 20. This will be the first time I mess with adding in a "room" mic so what compression ratio should I start with? Hell what kind of compression should I use on all of the drums?

What software / DAW are you using? Do you have the ability to submix the drums? As in send them to one or two pre-master busses? You really want to run all the drums to two submixes if possible, or one submix with two parallel effects chains. The first one should have light comp like 1.2-1.4, I usually have a quick attack and slow release to curb any spikes without squashing it, then on the second one I run max comp (like 20:1) with quick attack and release. Use the light comp as your main sound and bring up the squashed mix underneath it to make the drums pop through the mix. As far as the type of comp thats really up to you and what sounds best to your ears, I usually am the most pleased with an optical or tube comp plug-in, but depending on your mixing style you might find you prefer another type.

[Barracuda]

Hey all, I'm thinking about using some tax return dollars on the basics of my rig... What are you powering your board with? I've been fine with my 1 spot daisy chaining 5 pedals, and I don't gig, but I'd like to be able to supply more than 5 pedals, and have the option of 18V as well. I don't get any 60 Hz hum with the 1spot, and I have mostly dirt boxes plus a digital reverb (supernatural) in the chain. Is the voodoo lab pp2 worth the extra cash or would something like the MXR power brick be good? Another 1spot daisy chain??? Ugh...

[Ancient Astronaught]

Hey all, I'm thinking about using some tax return dollars on the basics of my rig... What are you powering your board with? I've been fine with my 1 spot daisy chaining 5 pedals, and I don't gig, but I'd like to be able to supply more than 5 pedals, and have the option of 18V as well. I don't get any 60 Hz hum with the 1spot, and I have mostly dirt boxes plus a digital reverb (supernatural) in the chain. Is the voodoo lab pp2 worth the extra cash or would something like the MXR power brick be good? Another 1spot daisy chain??? Ugh...

Go with the PP2+, its all you'll ever need, definitely worth the extra cash.

[ryan summit]

the purist's are going to hate this and that's a plus in my book



Lao Wiz's the man.

guess which part of my body
the "PURISTS" can put their mouths on?
that looks fucking badass

[conky]

I recorded everything and just listening back through headphones it sounds pretty good so far. I only have one condenser so I put it overhead and then an audix I5 out by the floor tom, audix I5 in the kick, and sm57 on the snare. The q2hd was only about 3 or 4 feet away but that's as far as I could get it from the kit. Our storage unit is 10 x 20. This will be the first time I mess with adding in a "room" mic so what compression ratio should I start with? Hell what kind of compression should I use on all of the drums?

What software / DAW are you using? Do you have the ability to submix the drums? As in send them to one or two pre-master busses? You really want to run all the drums to two submixes if possible, or one submix with two parallel effects chains. The first one should have light comp like 1.2-1.4, I usually have a quick attack and slow release to curb any spikes without squashing it, then on the second one I run max comp (like 20:1) with quick attack and release. Use the light comp as your main sound and bring up the squashed mix underneath it to make the drums pop through the mix. As far as the type of comp thats really up to you and what sounds best to your ears, I usually am the most pleased with an optical or tube comp plug-in, but depending on your mixing style you might find you prefer another type.

I'm using Acid Pro 6.0. I started out on 2.0 and have been stuck on it ever since. I sent the drums to their own buss on the last recording. Thought about doing the zoom on its own buss and the 4 mics on another. Eq and reverb I have a grasp on but compression has always been an effect that I don't understand. Its one of those effects that when done right you don't hear it. My mind and ears aren't used to that when tweaking knobs.

[emptyparadigm]

If anyone is looking at building their own patch cables, the Lava soldered DIY kit is rad. Be on you rsolder game for sure though. My soldering skills are pretty meh but I dove right in and only had to fix two connections. Well forth the $50 bucks. Also my board is fucking killer now. Way cleaner and far more foot friendly.


Side note, my neighbor and I are starting a band again and I will be pulling bass duties for the first time ever. So I am in the market for a bass rig that is absurdly affordable and wouldn't sound half bad in a black metal/drone infused project. Looking at the Bugera Ampeg svt 7pro clone they have. http://www.musiciansfriend.com/amplifie ... ifier-head


Stupid cheap and as someone mentioned a couple pages back the quality of bugera's shit seems to have gone up. I haven't acquired a bass yet either but I am just going to probably end up with a squire pbass or some shit. Cabs I am probably going to borrow my neighbors until I can find a couple cheaper cabs and probably respeaker them eventually with more efficient speakers. I also have a wealth of people I can borrow from which is nice. If anyone has any other suggestions for bass amps I am all ears. A friend has the little 550 watt ampeg head that can fit in a back pack which sounds good and heard they are all over the intnet used. Will be looking into that as well. This is a side project for me and I don't have any priorities on a rig other than I need something that can be heard and sound half way decent. I'm not trying to invest in anything remotely crazy as to the fact I still have a lot I need to buy for my guitar rig. So keep in mind I need super affordable.

Get a bass cab (or two) and use one (or two) of your guitar heads. I've played bass through various Marshalls before, and bass through a JMP (or similar amp) into a fridge = damn.

[conky]

I did that with my redbear mk120 and an ampeg 8x10. Sounded great in my old hardcore band. Hit it with a pharaoh and an hm2 and it sounded awesome.

[pelliott]

What's a fair price you guys would pay for a VTM120?

[conky]

Saw a guy with one on craigslist for 350 the other day but it was a 60 watter. Seems about the same for 120s.

[Kacey Y]

What's a fair price you guys would pay for a VTM120?

I'd say $250-$350, depending on the condition and whether it has to be shipped or is local. I've bought two before, one for $300 that was in pretty nice condition, which was bought off me by the guitarist of one of my old bands. $250 for the one I still have, which has the presence knob broken off (still works, just have to turn it with a pick or something) and is missing the logo I think, but functions perfectly. Maybe the prices have gone up since then, but they are not rare at all and they're butt ugly by most people's standards, so there's no reason for them to be expensive.

[AxAxSxS]

killer amp at that price point! The guy I bought my peavey cab off of is a total peavey hoarder. He had 3 of them sitting in there. Sounded great with zero pedals.

Glad you all dig that plate. I think it rules.