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Agree that Knucks has been in rare form lately. Dusty's last one put me in some kind of coma? When I came to, I could only wonder what you were looking for when you stumbled across that first one (Siberia's Got Talent?)?

Totally sucks! Hard to believe I won't see him play again. RIP Bobby!

After seeing this in your awesome post, I had to do some searching and found this on the Tube;

Awesome picture Bonnie! Looks like a great time and a big howdy to all!

I'm not sure how easy the access to these videos will be since I'm registered with the hosting site Kadenze. You may have to register but,.. some of the classes here are very good. Anyway, this "Guided Tour of the SFMOMA" are interviews with artists at the the San Francisco MOMA. Good stuff https://blog.kadenze.com/2016/08/08/kadenzes-guided-tour-sfmoma-interview-archive/

60 TB! Man, sounds like an "eggs in one basket" thing to me but like you guys say, the trickle down could be tremendous. Me, just waiting for a good sale for a handful of 1T evo 850 pro's.

Happy Birthday Tom!

Missed this so, Happy belated Barack! A great Pres during some very tough times (and I've never loved a first lady as much as Michelle!).

It thought it was a pretty fun ride! I'm a huge fan of Goonies so this one hit those buttons for me. It could have used more funny stuff though.

Happy Birthday and a million thanks Todd!

Happy Birthday!

Interesting that Carl would initiate this discussion. I say that because I believe that one of the reasons that particular mic was chosen is because it's a news station (and Carl is a news guy right?). If the engineer was from a music studio, they'd be using a different mic and set up for every act. It would be a cluster fuck almost every time and the OCD would choke the life out of the whole thing. That 418 is probably about the best mic they have (probably under lock and key most of the time). And when you want to set up fast, you use what you know. And using a hyper/super cardioid is a great choice when you're recording with audience members close by. The better the rear rejection the less you'll pick up people noise (Dan knows all about that). The recordings sound great but the life and heart of the performances comes through so strong that it's hard to think about the sound.

They've been using the same mic forever. For the most part, the set up is more like a field recording (and I believe that's on purpose). It's a Sennhieser MKH 418 m/s shotgun mic (decoded to l/r stereo in post). They like it because they never know how many folks are going to show up for the recording. Super nice condenser and they price it accordingly! For more details (if anybody cares?) Unfortunately, many of the links are broken. I used to mic these myself with a good stereo mic.I love having the band play to the mic.These days, our engineer Kevin Wait has been micing and mixing the shows.Here are some of Kevin¹s thoughtsHope it helpsAll the bestBobProduction Tools for NPR All Songs Considered Tiny Desk Concerts: * In the spirit of the Tiny Desk Concerts, we don¹t always know beforehandhow many musicians will arrive or even what instruments/arrangements will beplayed. After a quick set up we generally have the act play a half-song forlevels, and the show begins. For ease of use and flexibility, I have fallenin love with the Sennheiser 418s mid/side stereo shotgun mic:http://www.sennheiser.co.uk/uk/home_en.nsf/root/professional_wired-microphon es_broadcast-eng-film_005284 * Besides the simplicity of ³a mic on a stand,² the mid/side configurationallows the user to instantaneously (electronically) vary the width of thestereo field. This allows the same mic to be ³focused² for a solo performeror, on a moment¹s notice, a group of 10 or 12 (or 30) musicians. The 418shas very low self-noise as well. Note: this mic by itself will NOT decode tostereo. It will need to be mid/side decoded the old-fashioned way (3 faders,phase-flip on a mixer, or by a device like the SD722 below!)http://www.wikirecording.org/Mid-Side_Microphone_Technique * The recorder is a Sound Devices 722:http://www.sounddevices.com/products/722.htm <http://www.sounddevices.com/products/722.htm> This recorder has fantastic(forgiving) mic pre-amps and handily decodes the mid/side signal from the418s into stereo L and R. It¹s menu includes requisite phantom 48V power,high pass filters to keep the rumble out, and a super-nice limiter for whenlevels get out of control. * We have experimented lately with micing the host discreetly so the hostquestions can be heard better in the mix. We add a Sennheiser WirelessENG100 http://www.sennheiser.com/sennheiser/home_en.nsf/root/professional_wireless- microphone-systems_broadcast-eng-film_ew-100-series_021418 with a stock omnilavaliere mic. This addition necessitates a small mixer. The other option isto simply raise the level of ³chatter² in the stereo mix at post-production.Both techniques are far from ideal but we strive to keep it technicallysimple as to not disrupt spontaneity of the performances. * The last step is mastering the audio. Even with great tools, thelimitations of the space include difficult mic placement, resonant surfaces(lots of glass in the skinny end of the 635 Mass. Ave. building,) smallacoustic space, street noise, etc. I use Adobe Audition to EQ out annoyingresonant frequencies, then apply some normalization and slight compressionto get the hottest, most transparent signal to the web listener. Final Thought: Having said that, truly, the success of the audio recordingis in the mic placement. Results similar to the NPR method can be realizedwith any decent stereo recorder and a point-source stereo mic or stereoarray (2 mics properly arranged.) Most audio SD/CF flash recorders (MarantzPMD-620, for example) have stereo mics built in. There is no set techniqueto record music, though I find closer is better. Have your act/band standphysically as close together as possible and aim your mics/device aboutmouth level maybe 2¹-3¹ away. (Look at the Tiny Desk videos and can see ourmic (albeit low) in some of the shots.)

Happy belated birthday Antonio! Your posts always cast a warm light and help make this a great place to spend time. Thanks!

Wow, it's been a long time since this thread's been added to. Here's a good piece on the origins of the Steppenwolf song "Magic Carpet Ride". The inspiration is particularly appropriate! http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-story-behind-steppenwolfs-magic-carpet-ride-1468347778

This kinda goes with my post regarding the upcoming release of Ron Howard's movie with the Beatles at Hollywood Bowl. Here's the doc about Shea Stadium. BTW, Robert Fine (of Mercury Living Presence fame) was flown to England to record overdubs to make the Beatle's vocals a little more acceptable.

Looks amazing Mikey! Marry me?

https://www.amazon.com/Live-At-Hollywood-Bowl-Beatles/dp/B01IO7OHTU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1469133112&sr=8-1&keywords=beatles+hollywood+bowl Plenty of talk regarding Ron Howard's Eight Days A Week - The Touring Years doc and these live recordings. Sure to have plenty of screaming fans with some music bleeding in.

Totally sucks! Any reason you can't revert back to whatever version of OSX you were using yesterday? Kind of a pain but until you figure out what to do about the interface it should get you over this hump. Except for security upgrades, I can't think of a reason I would need to upgrade from Yosemite and the only reason I upgraded from Mtn Lion (which was almost as stable as Snow Leo) was to use the free UnReal gaming development engine required for a series of sound design classes. Now that I think about it, did anybody snag the Symphony that Dan was unloading? I think that's firewire in if you can live with that.

Those things were The Shit for driving Grados way back when I got into this hobby. Kinda makes me nostalgic too.

If you guys get "Infinity Hall Live", be sure and watch the Cowboy Junkies show. Awesome show!

I miss Aaron! He is one crazy piece of shit, but man, he cracks me up!

I have a little Sony mic that you're welcome to try. If you're using a GoPro you'll need an adapter for the particular model you have. Cheap on Amazon. If you want it, just PM me your addy and I'll dig it up.