Comments for Moozek http://www.moozek.com Pro Audio & Mixing Sat, 31 Jul 2010 14:57:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 Comment on The Best Guitars and Basses Under $500 (GBG Part II) by Skler http://www.moozek.com/2008/09/09/the-best-guitars-and-basses-under-500-gbg-part-ii/#comment-1744 Skler Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:34:21 +0000 http://www.moozek.com/?p=393#comment-1744 Fender Squire P or Jazz Basses are excellent. Best value out there, IMHO. Wood used by current Chinese version not what is found on American or Mexican axe, but good enough. I actually prefer the hardware on my Chinese P bass better than on the Mexican Fender. I also prefer the neck contour of the Chinese Squire slightly over the Mexican or American Fenders. Pickups are very good, although if you are recording and have picky ears, you can save your pennies and install vintage Fender pickups or what ever you prefer. :-) P.S. Beware of lifeless pickups with no upper spectrum on lower priced guitars. Fender Squire P or Jazz Basses are excellent.
Best value out there, IMHO.

Wood used by current Chinese version not what is found on American or Mexican axe, but good enough. I actually prefer the hardware on my Chinese P bass better than on the Mexican Fender. I also prefer the neck contour of the Chinese Squire slightly over the Mexican or American Fenders. Pickups are very good, although if you are recording and have picky ears, you can save your pennies and install vintage Fender pickups or what ever you prefer. :-)

P.S. Beware of lifeless pickups with no upper spectrum on lower priced guitars.

]]> Comment on Super Review: Yamaha HS50M - The new NS-10M? by Jonathan Grand http://www.moozek.com/2008/01/09/super-review-yamaha-hs50m-the-new-ns-10m/#comment-1742 Jonathan Grand Thu, 10 Jun 2010 04:05:38 +0000 http://www.moozek.com/?p=28#comment-1742 @ProstoHam: Thank you for the kind words! Good content is harder to write, and without enough compensation for it, I eventually stopped writing it. This blog has been stopped for some time now. @ProstoHam: Thank you for the kind words! Good content is harder to write, and without enough compensation for it, I eventually stopped writing it. This blog has been stopped for some time now.

]]> Comment on Super Review: Yamaha HS50M - The new NS-10M? by ProstoHam http://www.moozek.com/2008/01/09/super-review-yamaha-hs50m-the-new-ns-10m/#comment-1741 ProstoHam Tue, 08 Jun 2010 11:56:58 +0000 http://www.moozek.com/?p=28#comment-1741 I have been surfing online more than three hours today, yet I never found any interesting article like yours. It’s pretty worth enough for me. In my opinion, if all webmasters and bloggers made good content as you did, the internet will be much more useful than ever before. I have been surfing online more than three hours today, yet I never found any interesting article like yours. It’s pretty worth enough for me. In my opinion, if all webmasters and bloggers made good content as you did, the internet will be much more useful than ever before.

]]> Comment on Thought. by VTR1000 Lady http://www.moozek.com/2009/11/02/thought/#comment-1740 VTR1000 Lady Sat, 29 May 2010 18:31:07 +0000 http://www.moozek.com/?p=560#comment-1740 You gave great points here. I did some research on the subject and have found nearly all people agree with your blog. Sent via Blackberry You gave great points here. I did some research on the subject and have found nearly all people agree with your blog.

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]]> Comment on Tutorial: Tempo Matching in Pro Tools by Abigail Rondeau http://www.moozek.com/2007/10/19/tutorial-tempo-matching-in-pro-tools/#comment-1739 Abigail Rondeau Fri, 14 May 2010 02:51:51 +0000 http://www.moozek.com/?p=10#comment-1739 Thank you for posting that. Well written Thank you for posting that. Well written

]]> Comment on The Best Guitars and Basses Under $500 (GBG Part II) by Patrick O'Donnell http://www.moozek.com/2008/09/09/the-best-guitars-and-basses-under-500-gbg-part-ii/#comment-1738 Patrick O'Donnell Wed, 05 May 2010 16:25:46 +0000 http://www.moozek.com/?p=393#comment-1738 I have played a couple of Schecter at guitar center and was very impressed. They were about $600 to $700. How much do those models above cost and would I be able to find them in any store in the Chicagoland area to demo them? I have played a couple of Schecter at guitar center and was very impressed. They were about $600 to $700. How much do those models above cost and would I be able to find them in any store in the Chicagoland area to demo them?

]]> Comment on Definitive Guide to Windows XP Tweaking for Audio by Mark http://www.moozek.com/2008/08/21/definite-guide-to-windows-xp-tweaking-for-audio/#comment-1737 Mark Sat, 27 Mar 2010 19:50:13 +0000 http://www.moozek.com/?p=193#comment-1737 Thanks for this really helpful guide, Jonathan. You question the received wisdom that Processor Scheduling should be set to 'Background Services'. On my current setup I have found that the 'Background Services' setting causes pops and clicks, and I never select it. (I'm using the M-Audio Audiophile sound card, lots of memory, and a quad core processor.) I also use Cubase SX3 with which it is possible to set process priority in the program itself (although the dialog is confusingly labeled). And in fact I always leave that priority setting at 'Normal', which equates to 'Normal' priority in the Windows Task Manager. Mark Thanks for this really helpful guide, Jonathan. You question the received wisdom that Processor Scheduling should be set to ‘Background Services’. On my current setup I have found that the ‘Background Services’ setting causes pops and clicks, and I never select it. (I’m using the M-Audio Audiophile sound card, lots of memory, and a quad core processor.) I also use Cubase SX3 with which it is possible to set process priority in the program itself (although the dialog is confusingly labeled). And in fact I always leave that priority setting at ‘Normal’, which equates to ‘Normal’ priority in the Windows Task Manager.

Mark

]]> Comment on “The Loudness War”: Oh Please… by Peter http://www.moozek.com/2008/02/03/the-loudness-war-oh-please/#comment-1736 Peter Mon, 22 Mar 2010 13:12:08 +0000 http://www.moozek.com/2008/02/03/the-loudness-war-oh-please/#comment-1736 >Also, perhaps someone could recommend a method for making CD’s that mix music from >different eras… It’s almost impossible to put them next to each other! I imagine >one could simply compress the older music to the same level as the modern music >so it holds up in the mix, but then we’re back to that issue of “ear fatigue,” >which if it’s not relevant for some, it is relevant for me! Is it possible to >re-introduce some dynamics to “brickwalled” music? Even just a little bit, >so it isn’t quite so pulsating and overbearing? @ Murkin Yes it is possible to place music from different eras next to each other. It is called Replaygain. There are two ways to apply it - the first is by tags, but in this case the playback software has to be aware of these tags for it to work. The second, and I think it is only MP3 and maybe AAC that this is possible with is that the playback level itself it modified (with attached tags allowing the change to be reversed) and this is by a piece of software called MP3Gain (that does both MP3 and AAC with renaming of the encoder .exe. Unfortunately other than de-clipping software all the good stuff has been lost (dynamic range) but at least the music is less likely to harm your hardware once the music has been declipped! http://replaygain.hydrogenaudio.org/ >Also, perhaps someone could recommend a method for making CD’s that mix music from
>different eras… It’s almost impossible to put them next to each other! I imagine
>one could simply compress the older music to the same level as the modern music
>so it holds up in the mix, but then we’re back to that issue of “ear fatigue,”
>which if it’s not relevant for some, it is relevant for me! Is it possible to
>re-introduce some dynamics to “brickwalled” music? Even just a little bit,
>so it isn’t quite so pulsating and overbearing?

@ Murkin

Yes it is possible to place music from different eras next to each other. It is called Replaygain. There are two ways to apply it - the first is by tags, but in this case the playback software has to be aware of these tags for it to work. The second, and I think it is only MP3 and maybe AAC that this is possible with is that the playback level itself it modified (with attached tags allowing the change to be reversed) and this is by a piece of software called MP3Gain (that does both MP3 and AAC with renaming of the encoder .exe.

Unfortunately other than de-clipping software all the good stuff has been lost (dynamic range) but at least the music is less likely to harm your hardware once the music has been declipped!

http://replaygain.hydrogenaudio.org/

]]> Comment on Top 10 Pro Tools Tips for the Newbie by patrex http://www.moozek.com/2008/08/18/10-pro-tools-tips-for-the-newbie/#comment-1735 patrex Mon, 22 Mar 2010 09:07:14 +0000 http://www.moozek.com/?p=137#comment-1735 i need help.. somehow i "pressed" or do something with my pro tools LE and now it is showing a mouse cursor shadow or somekind... it's like seeing a two mouse cursor on the edit window but not on menus or desktop... it's getting kinda annoying... how to change it back to normal again?? thank you.... i need help.. somehow i “pressed” or do something with my pro tools LE and now it is showing a mouse cursor shadow or somekind… it’s like seeing a two mouse cursor on the edit window but not on menus or desktop… it’s getting kinda annoying… how to change it back to normal again?? thank you….

]]> Comment on Super Review: Yamaha HS50M - The new NS-10M? by Asgeir http://www.moozek.com/2008/01/09/super-review-yamaha-hs50m-the-new-ns-10m/#comment-1734 Asgeir Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:47:37 +0000 http://www.moozek.com/?p=28#comment-1734 Hi- vlear, Dorian & Ariel. I also bought a pair of these - being adviced to it- and convinced of this good article.I am very satisfied - immediately easier achieving better mixes. But the first day using them , I also , like you, discovered some disturbing noise in ONE speaker. After thinking and switching cables , I found out the sound still was appearing without any connections- so I checked out where they were connected to the mains - and found that 'noising' one , was connected to an extension cord with plural transformers. Moving cord to another outlet , fixed this immediately. Thanks for a good ,informative article ! Hi- vlear, Dorian & Ariel.
I also bought a pair of these - being adviced to it- and convinced of this good article.I am very satisfied - immediately easier achieving better mixes.
But the first day using them , I also , like you, discovered some disturbing noise in ONE speaker. After thinking and switching cables , I found out the sound still was appearing without any connections- so I checked out where they were connected to the mains - and found that ‘noising’ one , was connected to an extension cord with plural transformers. Moving cord to another outlet , fixed this immediately.
Thanks for a good ,informative article !

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