[Show #81] Massey TD5, Quincy Jones & A Mic Shootout

News, Crosstalk, a Featured Performance, Viewer Mail, a Spotlight segment and a Gear Review! News: The Massey TD5 Lives! New Quincy Jones Video Podcast Optimizing Windows XP For Audio Diddy Recruits New Assistant Online Eagles New Album Almost Ready Tuna Pitch Tuning Widget Crosstalk: Mike gets new gear! PSN In Jason Heath's Double Bass Blog ProTools VS Analog Listening Challenge Tronical Power Tune System Featured Performance: We recently featured a news item about the sad and untimely death of Brad Delp of the band Boston. Michael Masse wrote us about this and a tribute he's produced. Michael writes, "I wanted to share with you a recording I recently completed as a tribute to Brad Delp, the lead singer of Boston who passed away recently. When I heard the circumstances surrounding his death, a suicide, it broke my heart. That someone who brought millions of people so much joy could feel so sad and alone—there's no thought more tragic to a fellow musician and fan. "One of my favorite Boston songs has always been A Man I'll Never Be from Don't Look Back. That song hits home for me even more now. It expresses a feeling of inadequacy that I think we all can relate to at some point, and I expect that song gave Brad some comfort, too. "Here's my humble rendition—it's sort of an acoustic arrangement. I could never do Brad's voice justice, but I wanted to record it to mark his passing. I performed all the vocals and music, and recorded and mixed it in my home project studio. The chain was a Neumann TLM49 into a Pacifica pre amp then through my RME Fireface 800 into Cubase 4." Thread about this song on GearSlutz forum Viewer Mail: Michael Hacker: More JayZ/Beyonce Going To Apple Rumors Charles Dye: JCB by Nizlopi - Video Jan: New Izotope Podcast Mark Rufino: SM57 Mic Mod Mike Schettler: Ultimate Cannon Rock Video (see below) Spotlight: How PSN is produced and recorded. Gear Review: We were having an in-depth discussion about mics with Slau a couple of days ago and we got to comparing mics that we've both used and mics that he has in his closet that we haven't used. Two of his favorite mics are the Audio Technica AT4033 and the Mojave Audio MA-200. Time for a shoot out! Audio Technica AT4033      Street: $399.00 Large-diaphragm Cardioid Condenser 2-micron-thick, vapor-deposited gold diaphragm Transformerless circuitry Switchable high-pass filter 10db pad Includes shock mount and case Slau's comment: It's his favorite overall mic for the last several years; it never disappoints. Mojave Audio MA-200      Street: $995.00 Large-Diaphragm Tube Cardioid Condenser Mic Hand-selected 3-micron gold-sputtered capsule Jensen audio transformer Military-grade JAN 5840 vacuum tube Includes power supply, shock mount, case and cables Slau's comment: My new go to mic, especially for vocals. Answer To Last Week's Trivia Question: Q: The song, Light My Fire was recorded and released at approximately the same time by two different artists. The more famous one today is by Jim Morrison with The Doors, but the song was equally successful by another singer/guitarist. Who is he? A: Jose Feliciano! This week's winner is Steve Sawyer! Congratulations, you're taking home a copy of Guitar and Drum Trainer courtesy of Ryan Smith over at GuitarAndDrumTrainer.com. Honorable mention goes out to Steve Ayon, John Demetre, Chris Cowan, Keith Sommers, Tom Franklin, Robert Willey and Roger Miller and Don Howatt, who both called in their answers using our Listener Hot Line: (928) 395-1343. Great job! See you next week! Related Tags: music recording studio home studio project studio mixing protools plugin frappr creative commons digidesign mix it like a record project studio network bob brooks unsung heroes of the music business steven massey - massey plugins - tape delay - quincy jones - celine dion - Billie Holiday, - Frank Sinatra - Ray Charles - Miles Davis - Dizzy Gillespie Count Basie - Ella Fitzgerald - Michael Jackson - Bono - Will Smith - Oprah - grammy - emmy - I Knew I Loved You - Thriller We Are the World - The Color Purple - sean combs - puffy combs - puff daddy - p diddy - NAMM - v-drums - roland hd-1 - the eagles youtube - the long run - joe walsh - don henley - glenn frey - timothy b. schmit - tuna pitch - focusrite - jason heath double bass - ssl Tronical Power Tune - boston - brad delp - michael masse - A Man I'll Never Be - Don't Look Back - Neumann TLM49 - RME Fireface 800 - cubase - jay z beyonce - def jam - charles dye - andrew dubber - jcb - nizlopi - milar - gavin monaghan - editors - izotope alan meyerson - transformers - pirates of the caribbean - mark rufino - shure sm57 - tapeop - prosoundweb - pachabel - impeto - slau audio tecnica - at4033 - mojave audio - ma-200 - tube mic - light my fire - jim morrison - the doors - Jose Feliciano - kurt russell charo - david crosby - tommy emmanuel