#micmix

[dirkblog12]

dirk/homestuck themed blingee inspired gifs i made!! i used PicMix!! great website. rainbow dash dirk- https://www.deviantart.com/timeless-knight/art/Rainbow-Dash-and-Dirk-Strider-290647252 background cloudsdale- https://www.deviantart.com/perplexedpegasus/art/MLP-FIM-Clouds-Background-687249463

[chunkymonkies]

[pekuto]

70s のエコー　4

PCM81 が自分の音楽にハマるのかハマっていないのか、もうなんだか分からないですよという感じで悶々とした状況が続いている頃、たまたまマーク・ノップラーのサイトに立ち寄ってみた時、マークノップラーの昔のラックに MicMix の XL-305 というスプリング・リバーブが入っている写真を見つけたのです。XL-305 は、AudioScape というメーカーからレプリカが出ており、YouTube でその音を前から知っていたのですが、これは中々綺麗でオーガニックな鳴り方をするリバーブではあります。ただ、ちょっと綺麗過ぎな所もあって、それが 70s の文脈に紐づけられる音になるのか的な所で、どうしようかなー、くらいで止まっていましたが、その時はオリジナルを手に入れてみようとまでは思っていませんでした。ただ、我らが陰キャ系スーパーヒーロー、マーク・ノップラーが使っているとなると、話は別。

で、色々調べてみると、XL-305 の発売は1979年で、分類とするなら early 80s の時代の物なのでした。まあ、やっぱりステレオ音像のエコーで78年以前の物を望むのは、無理があるんだろうと。ただ、YouTube に上がっている数少ないオリジナル XL-305 のデモ動画の音を聞くと、ちょっとプレート味のある音で、音の質感そのものは十分 70s の質感を持っていそうで、これは PCM81 よりイケるかも・・と思ってしまった訳です。

PCM81 で確信が持てない以上、他に何かを見つけるしかありませんので、XL-305 がそんなにお高い物じゃないなら賭けてみるのはありかもしれない、と。で、またまた楽器検索サイトで検索をしてみますと、とある信頼できるショップから、そのショップで整備した物がお手頃な価格で出品されており、これは買ってみるしかないだろうと。

数週間後に届いて自分の曲で鳴らしてみた所、とても 70s でクリーミーな音が鳴るには鳴るのですが、自分はこの XL-305 の音を直ぐには受け止めきれないのでした。一口に 70s とは言っても、自分でも把握していないニュアンスがまだまだ沢山あったという事なのですよね。

ヴィンテージ・シンセの回でもありましたが、結局、各トラックの EQ を当てる場所を、XL-305 の音と音の重心が揃うようにちょっとずらしていくと、自分のトラックが以前より芯で 70s の質感を捉まえている感じにどんどんなっていくという。自分、70s に人格形成期を迎えてますから、70s 的なニュアンスなら実体験としてかなり深い所まで知ってるはず、なんてとんだ思い上がりでしたね。自分は 70s の質感を、完全には捉えられていなかったのでした。こうなると XL-305 を買っておいて本当に良かった、と言うしかない訳です。

この音の重心を PCM81 を使って気が付けるようになれと言われても、自分は無理ですよ。XL-305 を鳴らしながら探すから見つかるんです。結局、XL-305 でハマる EQ の当て方が見つかった後、その EQ で PCM81 を鳴らしても相当ピントの外れた印象の音になってしまうので、こういう所の差に凡人が丸腰で気が付けるようになれよ、機材じゃねーんだよ的な話って、実は才能ある人たちの呪いなんじゃないでしょうかね。

それはともかくも。オリジナルの XL-305 はウチの環境ですと、voltampere の GPC-TQ から電源を取るとかなりプレートちっくなニュアンスで鳴らせてウキウキな気分になれますので、今はそうしています。voltampere の GPC-TQ は、中々難しい電源で、ウチでは基本、ヴィンテージのアウトボードはここから取らないようにしているのですが、XL-305 を GPC-TQ から取っても、70s 風味が薄れてしまうこともなく、むしろ持ち前の 70s 風味を今の環境に適応させやすくなる印象になります。

voltampere の GPC-TQ は光城精工の生産なので、KOJO の音に近いニュアンスで鳴ってしまうと思うのです。低域がやたら野太くモダンな印象で鳴る、的な。結局、低域に量感がありますから、高域の繊細さが聞こえずらい面があって、それがヴィンテージのカラッとしたニュアンスを鳴らしたい場合に、結構邪魔かなという。あとはやっぱりノイズが少なすぎると、せっかくのヴィンテージ・プリアンプが、なんだかモダンな印象で鳴ってしまうというのもあります。ただ、XL-305 を使う分にはそれら GPC-TQ の特徴が欠点にはならず、むしろ今風の低域の作り方を取り入れたトラックとの相性を良くしてくれる感じです。この辺りは良い悪いとかではなく、単純に 70s のニュアンスが欲しいなら、という前提あっての感想ではあります。

という訳で、1745m、EP-2 に加えてこの XL-305 でかなり芯を食った感じで 70s な音作りができるようになりましたが、XL-305 はリバーブタイムが一切変えられませんので、そこが非常に不便です。短めのスプリングリバーブをもう一台買うのか、それとも何か別の手立てがあるのか・・的な所の悩みは、結局残ってしまうのですけども。

[leonarddeleonard]

Super happy about the new Spring Reverb for my @soundprovider.eu Studio🥳.I was looking for a Micmix Studio Room Stereo Spring Reverb since many years (Because I fall in love with the one in @ilcosmovitelli Studio🥰) and now it s mine. My vintage effect corner in the studio start to be interesting 🙂. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #Micmix #MasterRoom #XL210 #SpringReverb #Reverb #Vintageaudio #Eventide #H910 #Ibanez #ue400 #Yamaha #E1010 #analogDelay #IMMixingTrackForYou (à Berlin, Germany) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8JwlskIfIN/?igshid=1jg3j6rm81fyt

[theyhaveshadow]

When I had a glimpse of her in the benches I walked briskly out of sight. I felt a strange thrill crawl into my skin and I caught myself smiling. Then I started thinking what is this, what was that? But I tried brushing it off, thinking that I cannot harbor any kind of feelings for her because things would be too complicated. I will keep on thinking this way; I will keep making sure that this doesn’t grow any deeper than it is.

But when I saw her just moments ago with our friends I couldn’t help it. I looked at her with longing and tenderness that I swore I would never incorporate with her. The kind of feelings that makes me want to say all these cheesy things because she deserves to know how amazing she is. She didn’t look any different though, same uniform, same hair, same everything but it was different still. I saw her eyes look at me in a different way too. I could be just imagining it but I swear my heart skipped a beat whenever we locked eyes.

I hugged her hello and goodbye, in my mind it was the same thing we do whenever we see each other but those two hugs were different. I felt a comfort envelop me when we pressed together and we lingered in those embraces, like I felt her so much more, like something has changed between us. It was so strange but so wonderful.

After our hug goodbye, as they started walking towards the exit she said “Kiss Jane for me.” (Jane is our friend who will be with me the whole afternoon)

“Where?” I replied, teasingly.

She giggled, immediately understanding me. She always did get me more than most of my friends, she just does. “Did you miss it?”

I grinned and she grinned with me as I spoke, “Absolutely. Want another one?”

But she didn’t reply. She just giggled again until she was near the exit and I got in the guidance office.

I know I might be thinking into it too much, I might be overthinking things because this is new and it makes me feel so alive but I know my limitations. I wrote a lot of sappy shit but it won’t go too far. I’ll let things happen, fall into place, but I won’t dive into this blind.

I just, she is just so beautiful goddamit. She has straight, black hair that falls to her chest. Her eyes are round and coffee brown. Her lashes, oh goodness, I have never seen long and thick lashes like that. She has chubby cheeks that compliments her smile or gives more character to her grin. Her lips, oh good lord, her lips are perfect. They’re not too plum or too thin, they’re just right. It was just a moment but when I kissed her that night, it was like sinking into warm water, the sensation and the longing swimming to every part of me. I couldn’t stop thinking about her, about our kiss. She was all I could think about for weeks, I still can’t believe I was able to kiss her. It feels like a dream, an amazing one, one that I would love to keep repeating. 

btw we kissed because of a dare but I liked her even before that so imagine being able to kiss your crush like????? <3 <3 <3

[bananaseokjinie]

This is a long personal post about a girl I like so this is boring as hell so do yourself a favor and ignore please!! hehe Also in case you will continue reading anyway, this happened like an hour ago so I wrote everything down right after it happened. 

I don’t think I have ever felt that way before or maybe I have but this one feels better or more exciting. I don’t know exactly but it feels so different.

When I had a glimpse of her in the benches I walked briskly out of sight. I felt a strange thrill crawl into my skin and I caught myself smiling. Then I started thinking what is this, what was that? But I tried brushing it off, thinking that I cannot harbor any kind of feelings for her because things would be too complicated. I will keep on thinking this way; I will keep making sure that this doesn’t grow any deeper than it is.

But when I saw her just moments ago with our friends I couldn’t help it. I looked at her with longing and tenderness that I swore I would never incorporate with her. The kind of feelings that makes me want to say all these cheesy things because she deserves to know how amazing she is. She didn’t look any different though, same uniform, same hair, same everything but it was different still. I saw her eyes look at me in a different way too. I could be just imagining it but I swear my heart skipped a beat whenever we locked eyes.

I hugged her hello and goodbye, in my mind it was the same thing we do whenever we see each other but those two hugs were different. I felt a comfort envelop me when we pressed together and we lingered in those embraces, like I felt her so much more, like something has changed between us. It was so strange but so wonderful.

After our hug goodbye, as they started walking towards the exit she said “Kiss Jane for me.” (Jane is our friend who will be with me the whole afternoon)

“Where?” I replied, teasingly.

She giggled, immediately understanding me. She always did get me more than most of my friends, she just does. “Did you miss it?”

I grinned and she grinned with me as I spoke, “Absolutely. Want another one?”

But she didn’t reply. She just giggled again until she was near the exit and I got in the guidance office.

I know I might be thinking into it too much, I might be overthinking things because this is new and it makes me feel so alive but I know my limitations. I wrote a lot of sappy shit but it won’t go too far. I’ll let things happen, fall into place, but I won’t dive into this blind.

I just, she is just so beautiful goddamit. She has straight, black hair that falls to her chest. Her eyes are round and coffee brown. Her lashes, oh goodness, I have never seen long and thick lashes like that. She has chubby cheeks that compliments her smile or gives more character to her grin. Her lips, oh good lord, her lips are perfect. They’re not too plum or too thin, they’re just right. It was just a moment but when I kissed her that night, it was like sinking into warm water, the sensation and the longing swimming to every part of me. I couldn’t stop thinking about her, about our kiss. She was all I could think about for weeks, I still can’t believe I was able to kiss her. It feels like a dream, an amazing one, one that I would love to keep repeating. 

btw we kissed because of a dare but I liked her even before that so imagine being able to kiss your crush like????? <3 <3 <3