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by strategem
Mon Feb 27, 2006 11:35 pm
Forum: Production & Technology
Topic: tips fi vinyl
Replies: 4
Views: 1169

unsoundbwoy- just read the 'stereo' thread and now realise that this article was to support your claims in that thread.
by strategem
Mon Feb 27, 2006 11:31 pm
Forum: Production & Technology
Topic: tips fi vinyl
Replies: 4
Views: 1169

vinyl mastering is an extrememly important process. One to be undertaken by a professional. This falls under the category of "dont try this at home kids". If you are going to go to the expense of putting your work on vinyl you want to make sure of two things. Firstly that it can be played ...
by strategem
Sat Feb 25, 2006 1:10 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: JOBS
Replies: 987
Views: 444300

^^^ i used to live with a professional poker player!! his name was Cam, kinda cool guy. real quiet though.
by strategem
Wed Feb 22, 2006 6:29 pm
Forum: Production & Technology
Topic: Compression
Replies: 56
Views: 49132

has anyone else played around with reverse compression or parrallel compression? I'm just starting to now and it is producing some awesome sounds.
by strategem
Wed Feb 22, 2006 5:56 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Sarcasm
Replies: 37
Views: 4334

the correct answer is "but the highest form of wit"...
by strategem
Tue Feb 21, 2006 7:01 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Suicide Girls @ HiFi April 6th
Replies: 32
Views: 3675

the dvd is cool, the live burlesque parts look mental. cant wait.
by strategem
Tue Feb 21, 2006 6:59 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Why does the Espy have big breaks acts?
Replies: 29
Views: 3356

dont like the sound at the espy. Not escpecially fond of the venue myself, but will go where the acts are...
as for your question- they have a smart booking manager, thats why.
by strategem
Tue Feb 21, 2006 6:09 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Suicide Girls @ HiFi April 6th
Replies: 32
Views: 3675

nekkid chick with tatts and piercings doing a modern take on burlesque to things like bumblebeez, mindless self indulgence, and my life with the thrill kill kult.
check www.suicidegirls.com and www.thehifibar.com.au for details
by strategem
Tue Feb 21, 2006 6:03 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: FAT FREDDY'S DROP w/SOLAA-@FORUM-MAR 23-SOLD OUT-Set times
Replies: 117
Views: 9714

stovequeen wrote: quality :smt023

played in 4 times already.. cant get enough :smt060
cool, we pressed that.

(shameless bump and self-plug)
by strategem
Tue Feb 21, 2006 5:57 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Suicide Girls @ HiFi April 6th
Replies: 32
Views: 3675

got tix already.
by strategem
Mon Feb 20, 2006 11:46 pm
Forum: Production & Technology
Topic: New CD Player won't play MP3s (and says it can..)
Replies: 10
Views: 1932

still under warranty?
by strategem
Mon Feb 20, 2006 11:26 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: FAT FREDDY'S DROP w/SOLAA-@FORUM-MAR 23-SOLD OUT-Set times
Replies: 117
Views: 9714

so stovequeen... you picked up the EP? What do you think of the quality??

while i was in polyester i heard the people on the other side of the desk discussing the need to get more tix for the FFD/ Solaa gig.
by strategem
Mon Feb 20, 2006 3:06 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: FAT FREDDY'S DROP w/SOLAA-@FORUM-MAR 23-SOLD OUT-Set times
Replies: 117
Views: 9714

this gig is gonna be fucking awesome. After being involved with the Solaa production, I cant wait to see what these guys can produce live! I've seen video footage (off Dave's iPod no less) and the live show looks crazy. Given the distinct lack of industries I'm off to Polyester right this second.
by strategem
Mon Feb 20, 2006 2:56 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: The Travel Thread
Replies: 2628
Views: 319021

i havent been able to travel since i got back from germany/austria trip about 5 years ago. And it is probably going to be a while before i travel again. But India is definately next. Ive done a lot of Asia and Ive done a fair bit of the west coast of the U.S, a little of Mexico. A friend of mine is ...
by strategem
Mon Feb 20, 2006 2:35 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: rules for women
Replies: 24
Views: 2239

nice one liz.
i thought you guys might enjoy this. Its so pathetically stereotyped and out of date. Yet it found its way into my inbox the other day....
by strategem
Sun Feb 19, 2006 8:19 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: POST A PHOTO OF YOURSELF!
Replies: 428
Views: 63932

damn spacey, you're all hot n stuff.

me rocking the pin striped three piece with fedora. Playin poker.
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by strategem
Sat Feb 18, 2006 2:15 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: The I Admit Thread v2.0
Replies: 397
Views: 55626

that not so petty mixtress. We all love to be loved, we all love to be shown it, abd rejection, wether real or percieved will always hurt.
by strategem
Sat Feb 18, 2006 2:11 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: rules for women
Replies: 24
Views: 2239

i think the assumed stereotype of guys is every bit as funny as the stated stereotyping of chicks.
by strategem
Fri Feb 17, 2006 6:14 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: rules for women
Replies: 24
Views: 2239

rules for women

Rules for Women Learn to work the toilet seat. You're a big girl. If it's up, put it down. We need it up, and you need it down. You don't hear us complaining about you leaving it down. Sunday sports. It's like the full moon or the changing of the tides. Let it be. Shopping is NOT a sport. And no, we...
by strategem
Fri Feb 17, 2006 5:31 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: The Friday Arvo Thread
Replies: 139
Views: 10181

beer, pool, king kong on dvd, then....off to work :cry: doing sound at a hard trance club :cry: :cry: :x
by strategem
Fri Feb 17, 2006 5:22 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Who knows legal law stuff???
Replies: 42
Views: 2768

a house is considered as an asset for the purpose of applying for a loan even if you still owe well over 50% (btw, it legally becomes yours as soon as you own the majority, not all of it. so you really only have to have 51% 'paid off' by your definition of an asset) Technically what you are saying r...
by strategem
Fri Feb 17, 2006 5:16 pm
Forum: Production & Technology
Topic: Reason sounds like crap?
Replies: 101
Views: 16233

looks fake as hell to me.
by strategem
Fri Feb 17, 2006 10:01 am
Forum: Production & Technology
Topic: Reason sounds like crap?
Replies: 101
Views: 16233

are you talking about the quality of the audio output? could you qualify/ quantify that statement for me please?
by strategem
Fri Feb 17, 2006 9:56 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Who knows legal law stuff???
Replies: 42
Views: 2768

houses aren't assets unless you are earning from them ;) depends who is doing the looking. If I was an investor looking at my own house i would see it as a liabilty because it costs me money to keep it. But a bank manager or a loans approver will always see a house as an asset because it is an item...
by strategem
Fri Feb 17, 2006 9:50 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: The I Admit Thread v2.0
Replies: 397
Views: 55626

am I a lawyer? What on earth gave you that idea? I run acoustic weaponry. the vinyl pressing and production management company. Look at my sig.
lawyer? ew.
by strategem
Fri Feb 17, 2006 12:59 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Who knows legal law stuff???
Replies: 42
Views: 2768

pm elysium. get someone (elly) to draft a letter to the banks solicitors and to the banks telling them the situation and urging them to communicate. It wont make them do fuck all. But if it does go to court you have documentation to show. After 11 years working corporate sale you have NO assets? rea...
by strategem
Fri Feb 17, 2006 12:51 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Whale Petition
Replies: 34
Views: 3172

hate to spoil the party folks, I really do, but an online petition carries no weight whatsoever. See, what makes a petition have weight, have some kind of meaning is that it is more than just a list of names. It is a SIGNED document, and if written correctly is actually a legal document as well. An ...
by strategem
Fri Feb 17, 2006 12:43 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: The I Admit Thread v2.0
Replies: 397
Views: 55626

I admit that in the last two years I have suddenly changed from being a lazy shit to a workaholic. I admit that i dont understand peoples emotions (as I feel very few) and kinda wish i did. Empathy is difficult. I admit I do not feel ready for the age I will soon be turning. I admit I love my job, m...
by strategem
Fri Feb 17, 2006 12:20 am
Forum: Production & Technology
Topic: Reason sounds like crap?
Replies: 101
Views: 16233

I dont get this 'reason sounds this, reason sounds that' business. Reason sounds perfectly fine, awesome in fact, on the tunes we have written (well....tactik has written). The bad workman blames his tool and all that shit. It isnt the most top notch probram out there but it does not inherently soun...
by strategem
Thu Feb 16, 2006 2:32 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Bali 9
Replies: 133
Views: 9145

no, has nothing to do with general-ness (making up words now...) and everything to do with hypocracy. Maybe if you had been less general and more specific. Although this was not entirely at you, you just gave me an oppurtunity to bring up something I had previously been thinking about. People all ar...
by strategem
Wed Feb 15, 2006 7:55 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Bali 9
Replies: 133
Views: 9145

I dont think smuggling drugs is morally right either.... In a scene where the majority do use or have used drugs, I see that as being a fairly hypocritical statement. If they had been cought with some pills or some blotter acid would the attitude of most have changed? If they had been cought in Ams...
by strategem
Wed Feb 15, 2006 6:05 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: does anyone have a tattoo?
Replies: 332
Views: 54076

Will tell the Solaa Boys Wazzup. Cheers for the vinyl. I was the first dude in the world to play that ever! It may be the biggest achievement of my life to date. I'll be telling my grandkids! wait, that means we have met. Cos I went with Dave round to one of his mates houses to play the test press....
by strategem
Wed Feb 15, 2006 12:02 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Bali 9
Replies: 133
Views: 9145

to me, death would be an escape from a crime. I believe in eye for an eye and all that stuff, but to have a crime that is not indicative of a warranted death penalty the judgement should always be in favor of societies views from the birthplace of a given human being. ... sorry, are you saying what...
by strategem
Tue Feb 14, 2006 11:45 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Bali 9
Replies: 133
Views: 9145

the afp couldnt arrest them before they went because they had not commited a crime yet. What are they going to be arrested on? They couldnt let them come back and get them because the governemntal agreement with indonesia says so. Our agreement with indonesia is tenuous as it is, shit like this keep...
by strategem
Tue Feb 14, 2006 11:28 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: up coming gigs worth a mention????
Replies: 31
Views: 3093

looking forward to the fat freddys drop and solaa gig in march. anyone got further info on this one??
by strategem
Tue Feb 14, 2006 11:19 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: does anyone have a tattoo?
Replies: 332
Views: 54076

I dunno bout that^^^. depends where it is really. the one on my arm I was able to ignore the whole thing. did not register it until it crossed over the wrist bones at the side. The back of the calf was a totally different matter for me. was not able to ignore it even half as much. the top star absol...
by strategem
Tue Feb 14, 2006 8:16 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: does anyone have a tattoo?
Replies: 332
Views: 54076

I've got two at the moment. flames up my right fore arm http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e277/Strategem/flames1.jpg flames in general have a lot of symbology for me. 50's hot rod style flames in particular talk to me about my childhood. how the flames finish on the top of my wrist http://i41.photob...
by strategem
Tue Feb 14, 2006 6:21 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: What song is stuck in your head today?
Replies: 30
Views: 2476

slyphlike- Solaa feat. ladi6
we did the pressing for their recent vinyl release, it is some of the most beautiful hip hop I've ever come across. You could def. have worse things stuck in your head. I think it plays on their website www.solaa.com
by strategem
Tue Feb 14, 2006 6:17 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: things ive notice today
Replies: 173
Views: 20256

I have noticed:
that trying to get up earlier actually makes me get up later....
that tattoos on the calf hurt more and heal differently to tattoos on the arm. fucking ITCHY. hate an itch i cannot scratch....
by strategem
Tue Feb 14, 2006 6:07 pm
Forum: Production & Technology
Topic: Who's writing hip-hop, downbeat?
Replies: 72
Views: 8849

we've been messing around with hip hop and breaks but with the powerful, oscillating bass of DnB. Using random samples from all over the place- old hip hop, funk, classical, soul, flamenco guitar etc. even an old recording of a russian guy giving a lecture. fucked if I know what he's on about, but i...
by strategem
Tue Feb 14, 2006 12:35 pm
Forum: Production & Technology
Topic: Soundproofing a Garage ?
Replies: 31
Views: 3718

way to do the homework...
by strategem
Mon Feb 13, 2006 6:43 pm
Forum: Production & Technology
Topic: Soundproofing a Garage ?
Replies: 31
Views: 3718

no its not the best, but it is often free...
by strategem
Sun Feb 12, 2006 1:45 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Random Picture Thread....
Replies: 1958
Views: 256863

HAhaHAhaHAHahA. He's just so shitty....

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by strategem
Sun Feb 12, 2006 1:02 am
Forum: Production & Technology
Topic: Soundproofing a Garage ?
Replies: 31
Views: 3718

motske- i thought we were talking about deadening, not proofing.... the carpet wont sound proof (may well drop out a few db and will def remove high end) but the sound inside the area will be a lot deader. as for the reflective, yes most studio live rooms do have a polished parquetry floor, but it r...
by strategem
Fri Feb 10, 2006 1:46 pm
Forum: Production & Technology
Topic: Advice on sound in clubs
Replies: 16
Views: 2740

For the love of god try not to redline/max out the mixer as well. But red = loud and loud = good Nah went well, it wasn't too different to be honest. Think it was just a bit of pre-game nerves that led to the question ummm, the amps make it loud. you dont need to. red = clipping and distortion as w...
by strategem
Fri Feb 10, 2006 1:43 pm
Forum: Production & Technology
Topic: Soundproofing a Garage ?
Replies: 31
Views: 3718

hehe, it may sound weird but sound deadening is one of favorite subjects. Acoustics and psycho-acoustic effects are so interesting. Someone mentioned that density is the key- this is not entirely true. for deadening the trick is trapping, and trapping is done with 'pockets' of dead air of varying si...
by strategem
Fri Feb 10, 2006 1:28 pm
Forum: Production & Technology
Topic: bullshit etc
Replies: 17
Views: 2880

hahahaha. what a muppet. he fails to recognise that the shortcomings of vinyl as a format are precisely the reason why it has been kept in spite of the digital advancement. The clicks, pops, hiss, slight distrtion in waveform, and other 'faults' endemic to vinyl and the vinyl mastering/ pressing pro...
by strategem
Fri Feb 10, 2006 1:00 pm
Forum: Production & Technology
Topic: dubplates
Replies: 17
Views: 3773

thanks for promo shadowgames. much appreciated. We are also doing long life dub plates, on a re built neumann lathe. single sided = $120 double sided = $145 our vinyl mastering is done by transition studios in London, these guys are the shit. They do vinyl mastering for HUGE name acts across all gen...
by strategem
Fri Feb 10, 2006 12:36 pm
Forum: Production & Technology
Topic: Distortion help
Replies: 15
Views: 2811

its because different genres tend to stick to certain vinyl pressing companies, ie most dnb/jungle will be pressed by the same 2-3 plants, most dance/trance wil be pressed by a different 2 companies etc. Most labels/ producers tend not to shop around for a better sound. I have no idea why but we are...
by strategem
Fri Feb 10, 2006 12:09 pm
Forum: Production & Technology
Topic: Monitors
Replies: 61
Views: 10413

The krk range is full of awesome monitors, the mackie hr range is also great. A lot of people recommend the new genelecs, i personally find them very fatiguing.