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Title: My Recording Environment
Post by: pompeyjazz on May 11, 2019, 09:46:12 PM
Pics and details please. Can't work out how to upload pics but I'm sure someone will help me out on that front  8)
Title: Re: My Recording Environment
Post by: PaulAds on May 12, 2019, 01:04:38 AM
Hi John

I use a free "imgur" account to upload images to (hidden from the public...so no clowns can comment their fascinating witticisms) and then use the links from there. It works fine...but I always think there must be a better way...but if nobody else has one they can share with us, I'm more than happy to post an explanation...
Title: Re: My Recording Environment
Post by: pompeyjazz on May 12, 2019, 09:48:26 PM
Ok Here goes. This is how it is atm

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ii24rja7lkvthqg/20190512_213730.jpg?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/r4028dzjc9igebi/20190512_213846.jpg?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/2wbned42tqcge3p/20190512_213855.jpg?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/pv6lpcltimwamav/20190512_213938.jpg?dl=0
Title: Re: My Recording Environment
Post by: Bill Saunders on May 13, 2019, 08:02:08 AM
Love the guitar rack John...guessing that’s a bass next to the acoustic. I also couldn’t complete a great mix without a second opinion from a pair of furry ears! My dog never seems to tire even after my 32nd take at getting that lead break right.
Title: Re: My Recording Environment
Post by: shadowfax on May 13, 2019, 08:21:22 AM
Hi, never been able to figure out how to put pics on this site, hopefully someone will chime in and explain how easy it is then I will upload some pics of my set up :)
Title: Re: My Recording Environment
Post by: pompeyjazz on May 13, 2019, 08:27:47 AM
I just uploaded to dropbox and shared the link
Title: Re: My Recording Environment
Post by: shadowfax on May 13, 2019, 08:35:05 AM
Quote from: pompeyjazz on May 13, 2019, 08:27:47 AM
I just uploaded to dropbox and shared the link

Ok I'll give it a go..Ta John.
Title: Re: My Recording Environment
Post by: Bill Saunders on May 13, 2019, 08:39:07 AM
I've just tried what works perfectly on other forums, but when I tried it here, the images were so huge it looked ridiculous so I have deleted the post.

What I did was:

Saved images to my desk top
Dragged the images into Imgur, which is a free image sharing site
Selected the images in Imgur one by one, selected the "direct link" option and "copy"
Copied that URL into the Insert Image icon here on this site

It worked but the size of the pics were so huge it made no sense.
Title: Re: My Recording Environment
Post by: Bill Saunders on May 13, 2019, 08:42:25 AM
Here we go:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1jhbtH6J5iJQpHpV9oPjJejsM-hoMp8bh (https://drive.google.com/open?id=1jhbtH6J5iJQpHpV9oPjJejsM-hoMp8bh)
Title: Re: My Recording Environment
Post by: pompeyjazz on May 13, 2019, 08:44:27 AM
Cool Bill !
Title: Re: My Recording Environment
Post by: Viscount Cramer & His Orchestra on May 13, 2019, 12:41:21 PM
PJ's guitar rack.

(https://www.dropbox.com/s/ii24rja7lkvthqg/20190512_213730.jpg?raw=1)
Title: Re: My Recording Environment
Post by: Viscount Cramer & His Orchestra on May 13, 2019, 12:47:54 PM
PJ's other stuff.

(https://www.dropbox.com/s/r4028dzjc9igebi/20190512_213846.jpg?raw=1)

(https://uc3d1deb4178f0e2dbd5b6f786db.previews.dropboxusercontent.com/p/thumb/AAYXLhO-FK1Mj3Fa7vwJHufiO68jOI9e_TKJnlVRUhIuTGLbtaZP4VTDo1TBQeD6doZVUMhijQa2BVO7jPliBBdo67wN69MvOcz_KtygN-ASKJ4GPA7mXatlwqg563SVxoD8t3oK9NznF2qFRmQRibOcl7hCeLduvr6glgZdoW9kV3dEFe_2MhmYngwAR-XtrIQSPLUc0HG2Cz8feO76Hwfequ4bT7YkELa8NfEbrGHv6s5wxdNVn7nnFGfHzHfFY7gq_PzoBosBERbhvFclpfJNknSw63sHFS5YM4PiGHpI_QzGMQ_Rsorr2PF_KurHjzuIkKeONg17fWIsjTFl-lJSqAqbAScvo68qaifd-gYUJBTEeon3o0Bk03oLGRlVNlE/p.jpeg?size=800x600&size_mode=3)

(https://www.dropbox.com/s/pv6lpcltimwamav/20190512_213938.jpg?raw=1)
Title: Re: My Recording Environment
Post by: pompeyjazz on May 13, 2019, 01:05:56 PM
Cheers @Viscount Cramer & His Orchestra
Title: Re: My Recording Environment
Post by: Viscount Cramer & His Orchestra on May 13, 2019, 02:57:11 PM
Bill's Stuff


(https://lh3.google.com/u/0/d/1CxfjwuhcVzRH90mlpTGd0m54pjSUlLqJ=w1600-h764-iv1)

(https://lh3.google.com/u/0/d/1C4LZFO5OmXcdsZvtyEaE_uEl_MpOCbx-=w1600-h728-iv1)

(https://lh3.google.com/u/0/d/1CurMldEj5yYzw5Gk-H5hVxHXx_xcBNLz=w1600-h728-iv1)

(https://lh3.google.com/u/0/d/1ssB7nKGbZM5Q9xa9_6sQ_Nul3zf_Cea_=w1600-h728-iv1)

(https://lh3.google.com/u/0/d/1JHFljot35K__tAYxeslDY6WhOVNOV8M2=w1600-h728-iv1)

Hope these aren't too huge Bill.





Title: Re: My Recording Environment
Post by: The S on May 13, 2019, 03:55:56 PM
Great looking studios guys! Love it!

...aaaand how DO you post pics on here? I tried to add my own studio pic but I can't for the life of me figure out how to do it.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks!

/Peter
Title: Re: My Recording Environment
Post by: pompeyjazz on May 13, 2019, 04:31:50 PM
The Count is yer man !
Title: Re: My Recording Environment
Post by: shadowfax on May 13, 2019, 05:07:10 PM
Like John said..load on to dropbox and share... :)
Title: Re: My Recording Environment
Post by: shadowfax on May 13, 2019, 05:27:18 PM
 Hi...this is my set up, Genelec monitors plus bass bin, M-audio keyboard, Yamaha N8 interface...shure KSM 32 in the booth..any guitar stuff is DI'd through the Yamaha N8..

https://www.dropbox.com/preview/V1/_DSC4158.jpg

https://www.dropbox.com/preview/V1/_DSC4159.jpg

https://www.dropbox.com/preview/V1/_DSC4160.jpg

best, Kevin :)
Title: Re: My Recording Environment
Post by: pompeyjazz on May 13, 2019, 05:52:20 PM
Aw Kev. We can't get in to view !
Title: Re: My Recording Environment
Post by: Bill Saunders on May 13, 2019, 06:22:35 PM
@Viscount Cramer & His Orchestra Thanks for posting!
@shadowfax (http://www.songwriterforum.co.uk/index.php?action=profile;u=20024) nope - can't see 'em unfortunately...
Title: Re: My Recording Environment
Post by: Skub on May 13, 2019, 06:56:10 PM
Well, I can post pics,but who wants to look at a living room with an IMac on a table and a mic on a chair?   ;D

You bloody show offs.  >:( :(
Title: Re: My Recording Environment
Post by: shadowfax on May 13, 2019, 07:01:48 PM
Me no understand :o when I click on them from the post I can see them...but when you click on them you can't? is this correct? dunno what to do now!!

actually I can't see em either now... :o ???

why is it so hard to put pics on this site?
Title: Re: My Recording Environment
Post by: pompeyjazz on May 13, 2019, 07:13:50 PM
Share them. There should be something that says copy link
Title: Re: My Recording Environment
Post by: The S on May 13, 2019, 09:41:01 PM
Ok, if this works, big thanks to Viscount!!! Fingers crossed.

This is my place.

(https://i.imgur.com/wrz1FnN.jpg)
Title: Re: My Recording Environment
Post by: Bill Saunders on May 14, 2019, 09:00:38 AM
That space looks like it invites creativity @The S (http://www.songwriterforum.co.uk/index.php?action=profile;u=20544) . Light and airy, spacious, relaxed...😎
Title: Re: My Recording Environment
Post by: MartynRich on May 14, 2019, 11:20:28 AM
Quote from: Skub on May 13, 2019, 06:56:10 PM
Well, I can post pics,but who wants to look at a living room with an IMac on a table and a mic on a chair?   ;D

You bloody show offs.  >:( :(

Seconded. Everyone had a good clean up I see. My recording environment looks like the outcome of climate change.
Title: Re: My Recording Environment
Post by: The S on May 14, 2019, 01:15:08 PM
Quote from: MartynRich on May 14, 2019, 11:20:28 AM
Everyone had a good clean up I see.

It is clean because it is not used. Big difference.

 ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: My Recording Environment
Post by: rightly on May 15, 2019, 10:33:39 AM
Lol. This thread!
Maybe it's my old iPad but I couldn't see hardly any photos.
I'd have liked to have seen them.

I'm still convinced my studio setup is the worst, which is surprising considering how much my music dominates my thoughts generally.
I'm very gradually getting things together. As it is I seem to have the bare minimum.
Money is scarce.
I do have the fundamentals, which is talent and desire.

I've a handful of friends who are ready to help me out with mics but it usually doesn't work that way.
I don't want to surprise anyone with my studio antics, too much explanation involved, getting the other up to speed.
This takes me too far out of the zone.

Drugs have helped in the past, but too much drama, I'd rather spend time experimenting, discovering limitations with my voice and the equipment, getting things done, enjoying the experience.
Interruptions are terrible, even the vague likelihood of them are bad.

Aye, I need to get my studio together.
Title: Re: My Recording Environment
Post by: Viscount Cramer & His Orchestra on May 15, 2019, 01:46:21 PM

Yeah PJ's pics disappeared....they're back.....for now.

I think PaulAds suggestion of using Imgur might be better than Dropbox or Google Drive. Worked for The S.

You can resize your image by specifying a width when you post eg [img width=800][/img.]




Title: Re: My Recording Environment
Post by: shadowfax on May 21, 2019, 08:12:18 AM
 do these work?

https://www.dropbox.com/s/swd6256lz8d1u2r/_DSC4167.jpg?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/5qwkf84yaehaej2/_DSC4165.jpg?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/sp2vzawlzmpu88l/_DSC4162.jpg?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/fljz86jkvowactp/_DSC4161.jpg?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/60g6wvtnjowd52r/_DSC4718.jpg?dl=0

@pompeyjazz (http://www.songwriterforum.co.uk/index.php?action=profile;u=20269)
@PaulAds (http://www.songwriterforum.co.uk/index.php?action=profile;u=20253)

cheers. Kevin :)
Title: Re: My Recording Environment
Post by: pompeyjazz on May 21, 2019, 08:19:34 AM
Well cool Kev  :)
Title: Re: My Recording Environment
Post by: Bill Saunders on May 21, 2019, 08:54:09 AM
Serious stuff Kev! Love the screen you view through the vocal booth, presumably for lyrics...inventive.
Title: Re: My Recording Environment
Post by: PaulAds on May 21, 2019, 10:30:44 AM
Yeah...I can view them via Dropbox...great setup, Kev. Love the mug  :)
Title: Re: My Recording Environment
Post by: Skub on May 21, 2019, 01:40:56 PM
I can indeed,very posh. Slick and professional,just like your music Kev.

Health to enjoy man.  8)

(https://i.imgur.com/d90t6kr.jpg)
Title: Re: My Recording Environment
Post by: shadowfax on May 21, 2019, 04:50:55 PM
Quote from: Bill Saunders on May 21, 2019, 08:54:09 AM
Serious stuff Kev! Love the screen you view through the vocal booth, presumably for lyrics...inventive.

Yeah, got tired of bits of paper stuck to the wall and glass..this is a good solution..
Title: Re: My Recording Environment
Post by: The S on May 21, 2019, 05:24:53 PM
What a great looking setup Shadow. Awesome!!!!

I'm envious of that vocal booth. I simply don't have the space for it at home so early on I scrapped that thought, but I do miss working in one. Someday...

Looks really professional!!! Inspiring!  :D :D :D

/Peter
Title: Re: My Recording Environment
Post by: ScottLevi on May 21, 2019, 06:25:40 PM
Dayme that's nice Kev, cool setups all round tbf. Most jealous of The S so far though!

For some reason I never felt comfortable in my bedroom and after like 2 years of sleeping on the sofa decided to just ditch the bed and use the room as a studio.

Had plenty of good jams in there, but apart from a couple (marching band, something beautiful) still do most of recording slouched on the sofa. Something about the room just leaves me agitated, even when tidied :)

(https://i.ibb.co/0hCZqcj/recordingspace1.jpg) (https://ibb.co/yW650Xn)
(https://i.ibb.co/ccdx42y/recordingspace2.jpg) (https://ibb.co/N6z7cWF)

Looked a lot better when I first did it
(https://scontent-lhr3-1.cdninstagram.com/vp/4f557836428378fa610ecc5fc87c1fd5/5D7BD24B/t51.2885-15/e35/36136431_615524035501594_4224517170782011392_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent-lhr3-1.cdninstagram.com) (https://www.instagram.com/p/BkAJOKPB_QF/)

fyi can resize images by adding a 'width'
Code: [Select]
[img width=500]image url[/img]

Keep sharing, these are cool!

Cheers,
Scott.
Title: Re: My Recording Environment
Post by: pompeyjazz on May 21, 2019, 09:40:54 PM
Fascinating thread and an interesting insight into how all you guys work. I'm a bit basic compared to a few of you guys and don't really intend to change that  :)
Title: Re: My Recording Environment
Post by: shadowfax on May 22, 2019, 06:50:30 AM
Quote from: pompeyjazz on May 21, 2019, 09:40:54 PM
Fascinating thread and an interesting insight into how all you guys work. I'm a bit basic compared to a few of you guys and don't really intend to change that  :)

And you don't need to John, it's not about the setup, it's about the creativity..
Title: Re: My Recording Environment
Post by: Skub on May 22, 2019, 04:34:34 PM
It's cool to have both! Like your good self Kevin.  8)
Title: Re: My Recording Environment
Post by: Viscount Cramer & His Orchestra on May 22, 2019, 04:59:27 PM
Supercool Kevin. That Portaloo must come in handy....don't know about having a window in it though!

Title: Re: My Recording Environment
Post by: tboswell on May 23, 2019, 06:23:13 PM
Really my recording env is my laptop and that is about it. I move from room to room to wherever I can work with a tiny audio interface.

I move the condenser to the kitchen when I need to do a vocal (it is the quietest place I can be for the neighbours). No tables, no extra screens, no prepared rooms.
I've done mixing on the commute, string arrangements on holiday. 

A real troubadour producer :)
Title: Re: My Recording Environment
Post by: Viscount Cramer & His Orchestra on May 23, 2019, 06:48:32 PM
Tom, this makes me feel a whole lot better. Pity I can't get what you get but at least I know there's a chance....apart from you having a great voice and generally being a lot more capable than me in all areas!

My set up is also basic. Bet you've got a mic stand though. I bungee the mic to an artist's easel.
Title: Re: My Recording Environment
Post by: Cawproductions on May 23, 2019, 08:15:50 PM
Hi guys.

Heres a few pics of myself and Mikey Studios from our Attics.

Heres mine:
https://www.reverbnation.com/page_object/page_object_photos/artist_6380342?photo=31303788 (https://www.reverbnation.com/page_object/page_object_photos/artist_6380342?photo=31303788)
https://www.reverbnation.com/page_object/page_object_photos/artist_6380342?photo=31300657 (https://www.reverbnation.com/page_object/page_object_photos/artist_6380342?photo=31300657)
https://www.reverbnation.com/page_object/page_object_photos/artist_6380342?photo=31303797 (https://www.reverbnation.com/page_object/page_object_photos/artist_6380342?photo=31303797)

Heres a few of Mikeys
https://www.reverbnation.com/page_object/page_object_photos/artist_6380342?photo=31300694 (https://www.reverbnation.com/page_object/page_object_photos/artist_6380342?photo=31300694)
https://www.reverbnation.com/page_object/page_object_photos/artist_6380342?photo=31300869 (https://www.reverbnation.com/page_object/page_object_photos/artist_6380342?photo=31300869)

Hope they work OK.
Enjoy.
Title: Re: My Recording Environment
Post by: pompeyjazz on May 23, 2019, 08:56:48 PM
Good on yer @tboswell (http://www.songwriterforum.co.uk/index.php?action=profile;u=20223) Just goes to show what can be achieved these days with the amazing technology available. Like you say, you can arrange and mix literally anywhere