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10th August 2008, 06:40 PM
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| Gear nut Join Date: Jun 2007
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| biggest "pet peeve" in the studio why are so many guitar players to LAZY to cut the ends of there strings off!!! it's bad enough you have to remind them to change there strings... |
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10th August 2008, 07:19 PM
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: Sep 2005
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| I have a string-related one as well. I hate when you ask a guitarist/bassist if their strings are fresh and they say "Oh yeah man, I just changed them like two shows ago." Or (semi-related) : "Don't worry man, I had the guitar set up before our last tour." Oi.
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10th August 2008, 07:42 PM
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| Gear Head Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Neptune
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| Vocalists chewing gum and/or wearing lots of jangly jewelry.
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10th August 2008, 07:50 PM
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| Gear maniac  Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Nashville
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 | 1. I like the look of uncut strings, it looks like rock & roll 2. I had a guy this past week in the studio that when i asked "are your strings pretty fresh on your guitar?" he responded with, "Oh yeah man, I just changed them like, this past month." i knew right away it was going to be an interesting week. as far as my biggest pet peeve in the studio, i guess it would have to be the phrase, "are you going to be able to fix that later?". so i started answering by saying, "i'll be able to make it sound like you."
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10th August 2008, 07:55 PM
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: May 2006 Location: phallicdelphia
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| clients picking their noses then turning the knobs
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10th August 2008, 08:08 PM
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| Gear addict  Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Nashville
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| It drives me crazy when I'm comping a take in front of the musician who just played it, and they they make approving/disapproving noises when watching where I cut, copy and paste. Hard to explain, but it drives me crazy.
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10th August 2008, 08:17 PM
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: May 2006 Location: South Florida
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| Why do I get the feeling that this thread belongs in the "Moan Zone"? But now that I chimed in, because we work in close quarters here in my cave, I would have to say that bad breath makes for a long night.
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10th August 2008, 08:29 PM
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: May 2005 Location: Basel, Switzerland
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  | Where I live, English isn't the native language. But what really makes me cringe is singers who want to sing in the original rock 'n roll language but can't be bothered to rewrite their lyrics in proper english. I don't mind accents (heck, there must be about 2 dozen different accents each in the U.K. and the U.S.), but when they make up lyrics in german/french/whatever, and then translate them word for word...brrrrrrrr 
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10th August 2008, 08:42 PM
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| Gear nut Join Date: Jun 2008
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| QUIT POINTING AT THE TRANSIENTS AND TOUCHING THE MONITOR SCREENS !!!!!!  I HATE THAT !!!! |
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10th August 2008, 08:44 PM
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Basel, Switzerland
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| Mobile phones. Can I friggin' get your attention, diva?
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10th August 2008, 08:56 PM
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: May 2005 Location: Hollyweird
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| Cup of coffee sitting on gear The guy who says "Don't worry about it," WILL be the guy who knocks it over! NOT ALLOWED! Not my gear. Not even their gear! Not here. (And I'm 100% private studio... STILL happens) -andrews  |
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10th August 2008, 08:59 PM
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| Lives for gear Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a house
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| Well before session I tell em to set up there instruments get new heads etc and they show up with a lame excuse for why they didnt do it. |
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10th August 2008, 08:59 PM
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| Gear maniac  Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: I don't know right now.
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| drummer who wants the best sounds but dose not have his drum tuned or have bottoms on them. Just plays then tells me to sound replace everything!  |
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10th August 2008, 09:02 PM
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10th August 2008, 09:06 PM
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Calgary, Alberta
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| "You can just fix that later though..." I'll decide what can be fixed later. I think I'll adopt the "I can make it sound like you" statement. |
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10th August 2008, 09:33 PM
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| Gear addict Join Date: Dec 2003
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| Perfume that you can taste in your throat from ten feet away -hell guys are the worst there. Staying for the 'mix' but end up talking away as if it's not their asses riding in the outcome.  |
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10th August 2008, 09:50 PM
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10th August 2008, 09:58 PM
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: New York, NY
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| body odor and clients that stay for the whole time I mix. i started charging more for attended sessions because they always take longer and the client loses their perspective by the end and usually wants to recall.
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10th August 2008, 10:15 PM
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| Gear addict  Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: A quite place
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| girlfriends/boyfriends and wives/husbands - followed closely by bored band crews who have nothing to do for 8 hours but can't leave,
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10th August 2008, 10:36 PM
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| Gear Head Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Iceland / London
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| different story.. but still... One session when recording lead vocals, some strange sound started between phrase and words.. some thing like hummm, jumm and slurp.. I stopped recording and asked the vocalist what the hell that was.. and he didn´t know what I was talking about.. I replayed the track for him and put the vocals on solo.. and then he says "ohh that.. I´m eating candy"..  |
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10th August 2008, 11:08 PM
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| Gear maniac  Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Burlington, Vermont USA
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| "Helpful" musicians who wrap MY cables using the "around the thumb, under the elbow" method. Also- the same ones who wind coiled headphone cords as tightly as possible around the headphones in an attempt to help tidy.
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10th August 2008, 11:27 PM
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| Gear maniac Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Simi Valley, CA
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| Client coming in for the 'final' mix (no mics setup), and not having listened to the last mix for 4 months.... then wants to fix just that one word in the lead vocal "Oh, then let's just re-record the whole lead vocal". AAAAAHH! |
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10th August 2008, 11:40 PM
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| Gear nut  Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Nashville, TN
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| Touching my computer monitors  Not cool!! |
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11th August 2008, 12:27 AM
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Nashville
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| I can't stand it when I am recording or mixing and the band/other important people, are talking and not paying attention, and then I look over and ask, "what did you guys think" and they say "play it one more time." Drives me crazy, and wastes time. |
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11th August 2008, 12:33 AM
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| Gear maniac  Join Date: May 2007 Location: Sydney
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11th August 2008, 12:36 AM
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| Gear interested Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Nashville, TN
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| "Sure dude, I won't drop your headphones..." |
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11th August 2008, 12:45 AM
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| 3 + infractions, membership under review with GS admin Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: US DEFCON 5
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| Not as bad at it use to be, but band members talking out loud about yada yada yada whatever while im trying to mix their stuff, and then come back and have the nerve to say we wanna mix again because the ******* were not just right etc etc. I wonder why ? And my biggest mistake was letting clients smoke in the main room/drum room many years ago, well i stopped that about 10 years ago, i would come out of the control room and all i could see was smoke...
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11th August 2008, 12:49 AM
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: nyc
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| the person(s) who have nothing to do with the session who are there |
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11th August 2008, 01:20 AM
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Ugghhhh I hate those monitor touchers...and when you tell them not to touch it...2 min. later they do it again...worse than my kids
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11th August 2008, 01:34 AM
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| Gear maniac  Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Nashville, TN
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| Asking a bunch of question on how they can make their home recording sound better. "So, I have a 'INSERT CRAP MIC HERE' mic and an mbox mini and I just can't seem to get my vocals sounding right. Should I buy the music production toolkit to make it sound better?"
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