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The whole broadcast thing is a great idea and sounds superb! I wondered if you could answer some questions for us/me? About how large of a space is the room? The ceiling looks like a standard two story height, but the other dimensions are difficult to estimate from the show. Second, how are the musician's monitoring themselves? I confess that, due to time limitations, I haven't seen as much as I intend to in the coming days. I didn't see monitors on the floor or a PA anywhere (again, from my viewings so far). Perhaps in-ear monitors? I see in the first show that you had a mic on Darryl's guitar, was that prior to using the Neve Expression system? What are your impressions of the Taylor/Neve system? The sound is far better than I have heard from other onboard acoustic systems. Or is that your mixing talent ? Finally, care to share the PT plugins you are getting the most mileage out of for the mixes? Again, everything sounds very natural and yet so very much like the records on which the songs were originally presented.



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Kyle Hi Peter,The whole broadcast thing is a great idea and sounds superb! I wondered if you could answer some questions for us/me? About how large of a space is the room? The ceiling looks like a standard two story height, but the other dimensions are difficult to estimate from the show. Second, how are the musician's monitoring themselves? I confess that, due to time limitations, I haven't seen as much as I intend to in the coming days. I didn't see monitors on the floor or a PA anywhere (again, from my viewings so far). Perhaps in-ear monitors? I see in the first show that you had a mic on Darryl's guitar, was that prior to using the Neve Expression system? What are your impressions of the Taylor/Neve system? The sound is far better than I have heard from other onboard acoustic systems. Or is that your mixing talent? Finally, care to share the PT plugins you are getting the most mileage out of for the mixes? Again, everything sounds very natural and yet so very much like the records on which the songs were originally presented.Thanks!Kyle

Hey Kyle,Actually, i was gonna address all those technical things in the next LFDH show, we figured that lots of the people watching were musicians themselves, so it would be interesting to put in some of the technical stuff like how it is being done in the video.I've always wondered while watching old music shows like "The Ed Sullivan Show" or "Old Grey Whistle Test" why they never documented how it all went down technically, that would be great to see.When we first came up with the idea to do this, Daryl's house was (and still is) under construction. He wanted me to put in a basic studio in the place, but i said we could record & rehearse in any of the rooms since they were big and warm sounding, particularly the "Great Room" where we do the show. I had the construction people put in Cat 6 cable & fiber everywhere and also leave cable channels under the house. I have not employed the Cat 6 or fiber yet.The first show we recorded was really by the seat of our pants. We just used Handycams that anyone who was around would shoot with. Now we have a video director who still uses the handycams (and 1 pro Sony camera) and gets better lighting and camera angles..... Daryl wants it to look raw and NOT like a stock music video if possible, and does not want to go down any of the traditional paths if we can get away with it.We want capture the performances as raw as possible, warts and all.It's all still work in progress.Daryl like (and needs) to hear himself fairly loud and he does not like ear monitors, so i bought (4) QSC HPR 122i monitors. Daryl gets 1 in front of him and sometimes T-Bone too, then i put 2 of the speakers on sticks in the corners of the room for everyone and put in a basic music mix. The room itself gets pretty loud even without monitors, but it's really a nice sounding room with a big bump in the 350-650hz that you need to tame when mixing.Next show i will get the guys (except Daryl) on IEM's so they can get a better mix for themselves. I have shure wired IEM packs.The guitars are still work in progress. i tried mic's on the first show, but all you really heard in the mic was the monitors and drums due to the volume & the guys not being so close to the mics (even using hypercardiod mics), so DI's are the only choice.Larry Dalton from Fishman just gave us some of the new Aura acoustic mic modeling pedals that we will try out next show. I think the Taylors with the Neve system & Aura pedals might be a great combo..... i'll keep you posted as i am recording 2 new shows with them next week.I'll measure it out next week and give you exact dimensions.The room is Hemlock wood with Heart Pine floors.Rugs are (4) 8'x4' area rugs from Home DepotI try to make it raw and like it sounds in the room as much as possible, how it sounds is how i hear it.....Daryl like lots of effects on stuff, especially his voice..... i could never stop mixing and trying new things, but with deadlines and lots of other work i have going on, i have to commit to my first (or second) impression.I use some Sony's and Waves and Masseys, etc..... i have almost all of them, but really use my console mostly....... it's a great plug-in!I've been using the beta version of the Sonnox Supressor (desser +!), its an amazing shaping tool too.(not in this order)KT TungstallMutluNick LoweLiam FinnChuck ProphetMary J. Blige