Shane_B.

More than likely your eardrums are collapsed. It happens when you have problems with your Eustachian tubes and your inner ear pressure isn't working properly. Putting that thing in your ear basically sucks your eardrums back out to a normal position and allows you to hear properly for a while. I mow 4.3 acres at least once a week on a diesel powered tractor. It takes about 4 hours. I buy earplugs in bulk and have a big bottle of hand sanitizer sitting next to it. The proper way to us them is pinch them to a golf tee shape then gently insert them in your ears and hold them there till they expand, then let go. It causes a reverse pressure on your eardrums so they don't vibrate as much and protects your ears. But as Kush said, low frequency vibration through your body will still cause damage. If you cna feel it, it can harm you. When I take them out the same thing happens. I can hear crystal clear, ringing and all, for about 20 minutes. Then the inner ear pressure goes back to it's improper state and the cotton magically reappears. It's horrible. Be careful doing that. You could really screw your ears up. You can get a camera on Amazon to put in your ear and it comes with a small soft tool for you to go in your ear canal and pull out wax. https://smile.amazon.com/Otoscope-Scopearound-Diameter-Ultra-Slim-Adjustable/dp/B07PHWBNJT/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=ear+canal+camera&qid=1632938332&sr=8-4

It doesn't work. Mythbuster's debunked it.

Ear wax is one of the causes of Tinnitus. Debris left over from inner ear infections can cause it too but it is an extremely invasive surgery to have it corrected and there's no guarantee it will help. I've actually cured some of mine. I had 5 distinct frequencies. Down to 3. ENT's do this but you can do it at home. Use a frequency generator and find the frequency your Tinnitus is at. Then do 30 seconds on and 30 seconds off for 5 minute intervals and repeat regularly at a volume level that is just above your Tinnitus. Make sure you isolate it to the ear you hear it in. You don't want to blast your good side. ??

I know, right? Thank God the thread wasn't titled I blame Peter.

I don't want to say the 'best' recording I ever made, but the most 'natural' was when I played real drums on a song I wrote a very long time ago. I forget where I got them but I had a set of those Rock Band game drums from a Playstation 3. I may have gotten them as a gift one time, IDK. Tiny little toy like things with 4 tom pads and a kick trigger. Some kid wrote a set of drivers for them so Windows would recognize them and your DAW could use them as midi triggers. I took to it like a fish in water. I used TTS-1 iirc. I imagine if I ever got my hands on a real set I would love to play real drums. My brother is a really good drummer, but I don't know. Nothings worse than two drummers in the family other than maybe two bass players. ?

I still have my Alesis SR-16. I completely forgot about it. It's in a box somewhere in my basement. I dropped it and broke the volume knob and kind of forgot all about it, but I could use that for pads. That SR-16 has been around for ever and it's still being made new. I've had mine well over 20 years. I can't believe I forgot I had that thing. The more I look at these midi controllers the more I want one. I like how you can control the synth functions with knobs. I've always just manually edited everything in PRV.

That's me. One more step and I'll be in and around the lake.

Fragile?

I was avoiding even looking at them. They really screwed people with the lack of driver support with the Fast Track Ultra. They refused to release a 64bit driver. That was a great audio interface they left for dead and all they needed to do was update the drivers one last time. That said, I just looked that controller up that you have. The replacement looks nice and is inexpensive. I can get the latest version for $177. I'm just looking for something to get midi instrument and drum notes in to my DAW easier, I am by no means a piano or synth player. The track and transport controls are just a nice bonus. I like that it is class compliant too. My ancient Korg X5 works and has some great built in sounds, but it's heavy and takes up a ton of room and has no transport functions. I can't even control all of the banks via midi. The sounds are split in to 3 main banks and only 1 is controllable externally. That worries me. My old Korg X5 was by no means a high end synth, but it is rock solid and feels great for having unweighted keys. If I get something that feels like a Casio VL-Tone I won't be happy. About 10 - 12 years ago the battery died in my Korg so I took it apart and soldered in a battery holder. It takes one of the standard Sony 2032 quarter sized batteries. I've had it well over 20 years.

Does anyone use a midi controller? The kind with the pads on it? I am a 100% newb when it comes to this stuff. I'm just looking for a simple keyboard with those pads on it to tap out drums. Is that a thing or have I totally misunderstood the use of those pads on the controllers I've seen? I was looking at this one for using in Studio One 5.4. Any thoughts? It's an Arturia Keylab Essential 49. I found a setup video and it hooks up to S1 in seconds and as a bonus it controls the transport with dedicated buttons right on the keyboard which is really nice. But I'm lost on whether or not you can use the pads to tap out drums or not. I have an ancient Korg I use but it's heavy, takes up a lot of room, doesn't have any touch pads, and can't do anything but be used as a piano. One thing I've noticed is anything below 49 keys that I could find have mini keys and that won't work for me. I need full sized keys for the limited amount of piano playing I do. TIA for any info.

I never knew the names of the guys in the group but I knew some of their music. Everyone, well, everyone of a certain age and above, knows Pictures Of Matchstick Men over here. Sad to hear he's gone.

To be honest I truly don't know. He never talked about police related things and I never asked. I also worked for him for 10 years. He owns his own business and does the police thing part time. I can say it took a lot to get busted for anything in our tiny little town because we all knew each other so whatever happened it must have been a serious incident. My best friend from home was the chief of police and not once in the 40 plus years I've known him has he ever talked about work and I never asked. We never talked shop and it's probably why I got along so well with them. But I sure took a lot of heat for being friends with them. Zero friends in school. Never invited to parties. I was shunned because of my brother and the guys I was in a band with. In the end I'm glad.

The Air That I Breathe by Albert Hammond. It's the original and I've always thought it was the best version out there. I always loved Phil Everly's version too. I like them both equally actually. Never cared for The Hollies version. Sorry if this has been posted before. This thread is too huge to check. Hah.

I see this is an old thread and someone revived it a few hours ago. Then I saw your post about Christmas music and it reminded me of home and this story I'm about to tell. I come from a very small town in Northwest NJ and we played for one of the local businesses there every year for many years. I was with the group for 9 years and we played it every year and they played it long before I did. It was for a local school bus company owner we all knew from town. He had a huge party for all his drivers and employee's. His wife loved opera and he would hire a well known opera singer from NYC every year to sing for her while we played the background music. It was extremely stressful because she was a true professional singer. But the rest of it was a great time. Incredible meal for free, got paid a lot to play, free drinks, absolutely beautiful banquet hall with a 15 foot wide 6 foot tall fireplace with a massive real Christmas tree decorated to the top. I loved it. My brother is a police officer in town and the bus company owner and him didn't get along. I won't go in to details but let's just say the guy liked to drink. A lot. We're half brothers with different last names. The bus company owner found out we were brothers at the end of the party one year and never hired us again. Amazing how petty and selfish people can be isn't it.

I've been with my wife for 23 years so it's been a while since I've seen one of those but it looks familiar. Hmm. Can't quite place where I've seen one. ?

I ordered a 3 month supply and just started taking it yesterday. Everything I read said it takes about 8 weeks to see any real results. I'll keep reporting back here every week. I'm not big on supplements and have my doubts about all of them but I figured I'd give this a try. I know what he goes through and it's horrible. I also have bone sound transfer or something like that. Can't remember the proper name. Basically the tiny bones fuse together and you hear certain sounds in both ears when they do their tests and in real life. Another result of inner ear infections. Eats away some and fuses others.

And to think, I once worried about losing my hearing.

Here's his video on compression.

I use that Ozone 9 Advanced plugin he showed and it does help a lot. The curve he shows is adjustable for different styles of music and iirc you can scan the EQ curve of any recording and use it. I grabbed O9A on sale one time and it is truly an amazing set of plugins. It's a huge resource hog though.

This is an excellent vid on the topic of hearing loss and how he mixes. He and I have almost identical problems caused by the same thing. I think mine is worse than his though. Overall I've lost 35% in my left and 40% in my right. He mentioned a supplement he takes and it brought back a significant amount of hearing in one ear. He didn't mention it by brand so I know he's not just trying to sell it and get a cut. I found some online and ordered it. Lots of good info and well worth a watch. He has a lot of great videos. His video about using compression completely changed how I approach it and made an enormous improvement in my mixes.

I saw a video recently about MIM Fenders. Apparently it and the U.S. factory are only 50 miles apart and work very closely together. IOW there is very little if any difference between a Mex and U.S. Fender. There are some fantastic guitars coming out of China for pennies on the dollar. Check eBay. If they can make a high quality guitar and ship it overseas and make money, just think of how bad we're getting screwed buying U.S. made.

I'd do something with LED's. Light show kinda thing. Like John 5's lite brite Telecaster.

My Black Beauty Custom was made there in 83. Someone on the old forum from my area out here bought it. Everyone loved that guitar and said something was wring with my ears but I never cared for it. I can't remember who bought but I hope they love it. It was a really nice looking guitar and truly road worn. 100% original.