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by blakbeltjonez
Mon Dec 27, 2010 1:22 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: How does Dr Dre find his samples?
Replies: 12
Views: 5478

Re: How does Dr Dre find his samples?

wow.... i know a few people with 30k records, but 80k is out of hand. i would hate to have to move them.
by blakbeltjonez
Sat Dec 25, 2010 2:32 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: How does Dr Dre find his samples?
Replies: 12
Views: 5478

Re: How does Dr Dre find his samples?

Dre probably already had a pretty substantial record collection by the time he started getting famous, so that helps - many rap producers start out digging for themselves, and Dre probably has his own network of guys that look for records - most producers do these days. L.A. would be a good spot to ...
by blakbeltjonez
Sat Nov 20, 2010 4:07 am
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Monitor hum
Replies: 13
Views: 2780

Re: Monitor hum

try AC ground lifting one of the devices connected - i would start with the SPL, try one device at a time. try also AC ground lifting everything on your strip or wherever all your power meets just to see at first, then work your way around each connected device. it's definitely a ground loop. easily...
by blakbeltjonez
Mon Nov 15, 2010 5:46 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: gregory issacs R.I.P
Replies: 22
Views: 5554

Re: gregory issacs R.I.P

it's certainly worth a look. one of the more astounding things about the video is how they got people like Sylvan Morris to sit down to be interviewed - Jamaican producers were generally notorious for not paying musicians, and Dodd was one of the worst. nearly all of them did it to some degree - Bun...
by blakbeltjonez
Fri Nov 12, 2010 3:08 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: gregory issacs R.I.P
Replies: 22
Views: 5554

Re: gregory issacs R.I.P

oh yeah, hardly..... i was not old enough to venture out on my own all the way downtown, and back then, things were dicey anyway (the 70's). my dad worked for JPS down at Hunts Bay when it was being constructed down just past Tivoli and May Pen cemetary, and my mother didn't drive at all (we only ha...
by blakbeltjonez
Wed Nov 10, 2010 11:19 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: gregory issacs R.I.P
Replies: 22
Views: 5554

Re: gregory issacs R.I.P

i never saw the Swing-A-Ling mobile that i can remember, but then he wouldn't have any reason to dally up to Billy Dunn or Liguanea or any of the uptown environs. i'm sure my mom would have run out to the van with money in hand, though - to the dismay of our neighbors! unfortunately, Charlie Ace is ...
by blakbeltjonez
Tue Nov 09, 2010 1:42 am
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: gregory issacs R.I.P
Replies: 22
Views: 5554

Re: gregory issacs R.I.P

ha! i just made my mother a mix CD that had a picture of the Charlie Ace Swing-A-Ling van..... love that picture. i know what i know just like everybody else, from reading, collecting records (and inheriting my mom's collection) and finding things out for myself - growing up in Kingston/St. Andrew i...
by blakbeltjonez
Mon Nov 08, 2010 4:06 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: gregory issacs R.I.P
Replies: 22
Views: 5554

Re: gregory issacs R.I.P

Farewell Sonia Pottinger. http://www.rock-a-shacka.com/img/pottinger.jpg Her most well known production is Culture's Harder Than The Rest album, released in 1978: http://p.playme.com/cspv/31-07-80-20-00-MetaPreview-Cover-JPEG256x256/culture/harder-than-the-rest.jpg?ts=1268083422 B A M !!! well........
by blakbeltjonez
Sat Nov 06, 2010 2:20 am
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: gregory issacs R.I.P
Replies: 22
Views: 5554

Re: gregory issacs R.I.P

and now Sonia Pottinger has also died....... one legend after another
by blakbeltjonez
Tue Oct 26, 2010 2:32 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: gregory issacs R.I.P
Replies: 22
Views: 5554

Re: gregory issacs R.I.P

yes, the Cool Ruler has passed away, but he had been quite sick for a while - i don't even think he was 60 yet, pretty much the same situation that Sugar Minott was in when he died in July.

but, both of these guys lived it up pretty hard for a while when they were younger.
by blakbeltjonez
Wed Sep 29, 2010 1:32 am
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Problems with a Leslie 145
Replies: 2
Views: 804

Re: Problems with a Leslie 145

i would first suspect a blown driver - the original Jensen driver was rated for about 10 watts, they are phenolic and are not able to be repaired (there are no replacement diaphragms available).. undo the driver from the upper rotor and put a meter on it ..... a normal one would read about 12 ohms, ...
by blakbeltjonez
Fri May 07, 2010 4:40 am
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: PA help
Replies: 9
Views: 1677

Re: PA help

it's RF interference.... if you can't change the wireless frequencies to avoid the alleged cell phone interference, then lose the two wireless mics for the evening. some days you just can't win..... it could also be some other radio device(s) in the are stepping on your mic frequencies. this is not ...
by blakbeltjonez
Fri Apr 30, 2010 8:32 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Which OS? Leopard or Snow?
Replies: 31
Views: 5616

Re: Which OS? Leopard or Snow?

if it ain't broke, don't fix it...... 10.4.11 on a MacBook 2.16 GHz C2D
by blakbeltjonez
Sun Mar 28, 2010 10:14 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Reggae/Dub Drum Libraries
Replies: 6
Views: 10899

Re: Reggae/Dub Drum Libraries

for the motherfucking win..... http://www.esoundz.com/details.php?ProductID=1499 --------- Sly Dunbar http://www.horsemouthdrums.com/ ------------------------ Leroy "Horsemouth" Wallace, dunno if this was ever released - website seems incomplete, but can be contacted to do for-hire drum wo...
by blakbeltjonez
Wed Jan 27, 2010 10:30 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: The A&R Guy.
Replies: 9
Views: 1684

Re: The A&R Guy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBsGiuAEPXc Absolutely hysterical. yes :lol: - Sadly absolutely true to life :evil: Well I haven't had to deal with much yet. The nice things about small labels is they are in it for the music. Not the money. (Granted tho everyone does want it) i hate to break it to y...