A few purchases and set-up changes

[_Austin_]

Hey peoples,

Having been away for a while i thought i'd come back for a few weeks :)
I'm liking the rudiment of the month idea by the way!

Anyway, heres whats happeneing with me...

Over the easter holidays i had some friends over to jam, i downsized my kit so i could move outside when we had good weather and im remembering a real liking for smaller kits heres some pics

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v468/ausey/mxpic.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v468/ausey/SD530228.jpg

I've been practicing my mixing skills on pro-tools with the basic digi-rack plug-ins and demos of waves plugins. I think im improving.

Also i bought some new monitors for my imac a pair of actice tannoy reveal monitors which cost about £200. Work great as hi-fi and monitoring speakers if anyone is looking for a decent pair of monitors.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v468/ausey/SD530243.jpg

Anyway, il stick around for a few weeks and help out where i can and contribute a lot of people are talking about MXDP becoming a joke and i hate for my favourite drum forum to be called that so i thought i'd do my bit.

Anyway, keep on drumming guys
Austin

[Chippy569]

do you have a graph of the response curve on those monitors?

what kinda kit is that? it looks nice but either cheep or old (bass spurs)

[Zildjian]

awesome computer, and in the second last pic, is there someone on a wheelchair?

[fishbulb]

What hats are those? 2oo2 sound edges?

Satisfied with the monitors? Post some audio, i'm curious.

[Undisco Kidd]

Pshhhh, Mehmets.

(Agop 4 Lyfe)

[fishbulb]

I hope you're not talking about the hats because i swear those are the red 2oo2 logos.

[rockindrummer]

the hats are 2oo2s. Kit looks nice, and fun to play on too! Do you have any audio of the mixes you've done?

[Berk]

They are 2oo2's =/

Set-up ftw. And the snare..

[static]

I dig. :eek:

[_Austin_]

Righty, erm...

I can't find a frequency response curve for you chippy, the model is Tannoys "Reveal 5 Active studio monitors" if you want to do a more thorough search for one

I suspect you want to know he reason why i bought them.
Reasons being:
-The music college i study at uses the passive versions of these speakers and i adore them
-Music tech gave these speakers 9.5/10 and some excellence award
-All the tech specs meet what i need

Zildjian:
Yes, my kit is set-up next to the 'family' computer for the time being and my brother (who's in the wheelchair) just happened to be using it.

The paistes aren't sound edges, they are heavy 2oo2's. I always thought black label 2oo2's were rare not the red labels.

They remind me of my zbt's a bit too much, i can hear the similarities in the material they are made of. Great hats, but i would like something a bit crunchy-er and not so bright. I've got my eye on the hhx stage hats at the moment :)

I'l put some mixes up later on today

Cheers for the feedback guys :thumb:

EDIT: If anyone is interested in the 2oo2's i'd be happy to sell them to you through ebay. Posting to the US shouldn't be a problem either

[GhostNote]

Beautiful kit man! I love playing 3pce setups aswell as 4pce. Your cymbals look great and i can't wait to hear them. Nice mac & speakers too! I'm looking to buy an iBook or iMac sometime in the future.

Specs perhaps?


-GN

[wesm9787]

If anyone is interested in the 2oo2's i'd be happy to sell them to you through ebay. Posting to the US shouldn't be a problem either

How much would you want for them? Also do they sound anything like that sound clip that's on the Paiste website for the 2oo2 Heavy Hats?

[oliv_da_skinmasher]

Indeed how much would you like for them, coz if you don't put them on ebay I could send you a cheque for them. If that would be ok?

[the_pure_drummer]

That's a really nice kit man.

I dig the setup and stuff.

Keep it up!!

+rep

[_Austin_]

Keep in mind I bought them for £110 second hand from ebay

If anyone wants to make me an offer then go ahead.

But i'd rather just have an ebay auction and you guys just bid.
That way its secure and you can send a cheque if you want

Also the hi-hats sound very similar to the 2oo2 heavy 14" hats on paiste.com

Specs of my kit

22x16
16x16
14x5.5 highwood 10ply birch shell

Paiste 2oo2 heavy hi-hats 14"
Istanbul nostalgia mehmet crash ride 19"
Istanbul mehmet crash 15"

Vater 7A sticks with ball-tips

If anyone wants to know about heads and hardware il post them if you want to know.

Austin :)

[_Austin_]

Beautiful kit man! I love playing 3pce setups aswell as 4pce. Your cymbals look great and i can't wait to hear them. Nice mac & speakers too! I'm looking to buy an iBook or iMac sometime in the future.

Specs perhaps?


-GN

If you havent used a mac before man you are missing out...
You never get the hassle that pc's give you (expect with my dodgy flashdrive)
Also ibooks don't exist anymore, they're macbooks :thumb:

I'l post some audio later on tonight, i've got to go to work in a minute

[maniac0796]

Tannoy are good, my dads got some, But JML's or B&W's are so so much better.

Whatever happened to your Yammie?

[oliv_da_skinmasher]

Keep in mind I bought them for £110 second hand from ebay

£80 and I can confirm payment if you're up for not puttin em on ebay.

[Retarded Chipple]

That is cool Austin. I like it a lot.

We can be iMac buddies too :chug:

Wasn't it you who applied to DrumTech too? What happened with that? What you gonna do instead? Gonna still pursue drumming/music production etc or take a different route altogether?

[Undisco Kidd]

That is cool Austin. I like it a lot.

We can be iMac buddies too :chug:

Wasn't it you who applied to DrumTech too? What happened with that? What you gonna do instead? Gonna still pursue drumming/music production etc or take a different route altogether?

(has an intel mac)
threeeeesome.

[wesm9787]

(has an intel mac)
threeeeesome.

(Also has an Intel Mac).

That makes this into some number that I can't even measure...

[Chippy569]

foursome?


quintsome


hexsome


sextome. we need 7 people.

[wesm9787]

Yea I knew it was a foursome that was just a failed attempt at humor.

Where are we going to find 3 other people though?

[_Austin_]

That is cool Austin. I like it a lot.

We can be iMac buddies too :chug:

Wasn't it you who applied to DrumTech too? What happened with that? What you gonna do instead? Gonna still pursue drumming/music production etc or take a different route altogether?

Yer man, imac4life!

Yer i did apply to drumtech and went to the interview.
I applied to the 3year bmus course and found the requirements very difficult.

They grade you on your sight-reading there so buck-up your skills on that Rudiments didn't seem too much of a big deal. But co-ordination did

I'd love to make a career out of drumming but the security of a job like that isn't great.

I've always thought i'd work in the music industry ever since i left high school but certain aspects of the career path scare me and don't sound like what i want to be doing.

I won't stop playing though, it was a bit of a confidence blow but that would happen to anyone.

If you want to know anything else then give me a shout :)

£80 and I can confirm payment if you're up for not puttin em on ebay.

Well, i'd much prefer to put it on ebay anyway so i can put your reserve of £80 on it so if anyone is prepared to pay more then its an option. But if they don't sell you can have them for £80

I got them dead cheap for what i paid and i was hoping to make a figure a little closer to making my money back

Tannoy are good, my dads got some, But JML's or B&W's are so so much better.

Whatever happened to your Yammie?

I'l check them out when i next can :thumb:
My yammie got sold a few weeks before xmas

I made like £120 profit on it (but it did put new heads on it)

P.S Cheers for the rep guys :thumb:
-Austin

[oliv_da_skinmasher]

Well, i'd much prefer to put it on ebay anyway so i can put your reserve of £80 on it so if anyone is prepared to pay more then its an option. But if they don't sell you can have them for £80

I got them dead cheap for what i paid and i was hoping to make a figure a little closer to making my money back
-Austin

Seems good man. when they gonna go up?

When you put em up send me a link and i'll bid

[_Austin_]

Seems good man. when they gonna go up?

When you put em up send me a link and i'll bid

I'l put them on tonight then. Where in the UK are you?

[oliv_da_skinmasher]

Carlisle up in cumbria.

Post the link in here when you put em up n i'll check it out

[_Austin_]

Ok, They'll be up within the hour

[oliv_da_skinmasher]

cool as man

[ringworm]

also on a Mac :) but i guess the orgies over by now


man, i like that clean set-up

[_Austin_]

*calls everyone over to start the orgy again*

Cheers dude :)

Oliv man, heres the link
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=004&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&viewitem=&item=140109071441&rd=1&rd=1

Its scheduled to start at 20:00 exactly so you won't be able to view it until then

Give me a shout over skype or e-mail if you need to ask anything you'l get a quicker reply :)

[oliv_da_skinmasher]

Whats your email then?

Edit:ignore the thing bout sign in

[_Austin_]

Try the link now if you are having problems...

[oliv_da_skinmasher]

done and done. am keepin an eye on it