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Not everything is as it appears.

A drummer brings in an electronic drum kit. I do not recall what it was. This was the mid 1980’s, so it might have been ddrum. Anyway, each drum output had its own XLR jack. Great! Mic cables into our panel, along with mics for hat and overheads, no problem. Or so I thought…

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Musicians, know thy gear, please!

This scenario actually happened to me twice, in two different studios, in two different decades, in two different cities.

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Ghost In The Machine

One of the studios that I worked at as a freelance engineer in LA had a very nice Steinway piano. I was engineering a piano overdub session for a well known producer and a pretty well known band.

Everything was going just fine. The pianist was doing his thing, I was doing my thing punching in and out.

Until…

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Excerpt from a new piece of music

This is a new piece of music I’m writing. No title for it yet. It is in 13/8 time…

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Inside or Outside?

When using a digital audio workstation, there are different ways to derive your final stereo mix.

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Frank Zappa is my hero.

To me, Frank Zappa was the most prolific and advanced musician ever.

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