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Damn, those can't be real...uh...cymbals.

Unholy carp, this video, the feels! (plus it's a really good song)

Agreed. She's a favorite. Always has been. In fact, I think I'll listen to her now. Thanks for the indirect recommendation.

Much obliged to both of you, thank you. I was fortunate while researching this topic to run across this page early, which explicitly calls out the NT-2a in the Mid-Side section at the end. This reinforced grawk's early response of not needing a stereo bar and just playing with mic placement, so I opted not to get a stereo bar, as I do have a boom floor stand as well as a boom desk stand, so I should be able to experiment with exactly that...once I clean up a little bit. (Kinda hard to put both in the same place, currently.) But it always helps to hear the explanation multiple times in multiple different ways, so I really do appreciate the conciseness of that video. I'm pretty strong in math and DSP, so I didn't really have much trouble wrapping my head around the concept, but I have to wonder how they figured this out in the early days (pre-DAW). Probably just some really smart people who were into music and music making.

Had some double-spicied chicken ramen from Sushi Jin's, it was delicious. Don't have room for the sushi, so leaving it in the fridge overnight. (I know, I should've eaten the sushi and refrigerated the ramen. Was hungry, wasn't thinking straight.)

Okay, that makes sense. I read this thread: https://www.gearslutz.com/board/so-much-gear-so-little-time/510274-would-you-record-stereo-unmatched-pair.html ... and in the first post, the guy says he gets decent stereo with two completely different microphones. I just didn't want that "lopsided in the head" sound when listening back on headphones. Also in answer to the other question, I just don't like that "island in the middle of the head" sound, I just want it to sound slightly more natural when playing myself back.

I want to buy a stereo bar for my unmatched NT-2A's -- anyone do much stereo recording? What's the best way? It looks like most would be able to use a standard stereo bar like the Rode SB-20 except for the Mid-Side technique. I assume not, but thought I'd ask.

Oh, really? I didn't know that. LOL @ naive self.

Fucked up shit. Will probably make Jeff angry at me. (Spoiler alert: don't watch it, Jeff.)

This is what I've been listening to over the last week: a lot of Depeche Mode, Joe Jackson, Tangerine Dream, Seefeel, Slowdive, Flock of Seagulls, and a bunch of other things.

Was consolidating gear while cleaning the apartment, found two Rode NT-2As. I bought the newer one years ago, and the used one even longer ago than that. Never put together that I had two until today. Unmatched, completely different age, one used, one new...

It's so disturbing, I made it my background. XD

(Aha, I was wondering which of you were Milo and which was Otis!) Happy birthday, DOTU/Al/Milo/Voltron! (party favour noise)

Those two are great!

Very nice! That's a fully formed song, and you've only been doing this for how many months? Unrelated: has anyone used this? I'm tempted to get it just to get "that sound". https://www.uaudio.com/uad-plugins/channel-strips/neve-88rs-collection.html

Due to The Power of Suggestion, I had brisket (sourced from non-brisket-fairy, “Dixie Bones”).

Yeah, all great advice and I really appreciate hearing it again, as I’m one of those people who needs to hear things multiple times and needs constant reinforcement of lessons. I’ve been pretty good so far, only have Trash, Arturia Collection, and a basic orchestral collection from VSL. But yeah, I need to learn those 50% or less tricks, will DM you this weekend.

🤔 Interesting. I’m not sure if this affects me, since I’m only starting out in the plug-in universe. Did just buy Trash, though.

Having a retro good time with lots of Depeche Mode, Heaven 17, Spandau Ballet, and Human League.

So...maybe? It certainly isn't a minority owned business any more. I doubt it, they have to remain competitive to keep the business they are in all likelihood losing to Spotify Hi-Fi.