Jim Alfredson

There has been a lot of discussion about this over at the Invision community forums. One problem is that MySQL, the database system upon which this forum is built (and most other forum software) is notoriously bad when it comes to searching data. Invision has attempted some other solutions in the past but none have been satisfactory. It seems there is a plug-in I can add that acts as an addendum to the current search function using Google. It supposedly works quite well however it is very broad, throws up individual pages, and only displays topics in the results, not individual posts. https://community.invisionpower.com/files/file/7866-dp41-cse-google/ The search problems may also be related to or compounded by the fact that the server is not running the latest version of MySQL or PHP. I will ask my host about upgrading those.

Last year I released my debut progressive rock album THEO - The Game Of Ouroboros. I'm very proud of it. Here's a few tracks off the album, which is a pseudo-concept album set in a dystopian future of one-world corporate government. Limited edition Blu-Ray with 24bit/96kHz 5.1 surround mixes is still available although I only have a few dozen left. Also available on CD and hi-res FLAC / mp3 download. http://www.big-o-records.com/zen-cart/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=31

If you're really nostalgic for the sound of vinyl, just play all your digital media through this: https://www.izotope.com/en/products/effects-instruments/vinyl

No I get it. But I can't reference any concrete examples because frankly I don't listen to a lot of modern music. But the 'holy grail' in modern digital recordings (at least in non-classical genres) is to make things sound 'warm' and 'analog'. There are literally thousands of plug-ins that claim to do so (with varying degrees of success) as well as hundreds of hardware units (mic preamps, compressors, limiters, etc.) that are marketed as 'warming up' the 'cold digital sound'. I guess in terms of recent recordings, I would point to Steven Wilson's "The Raven That Refused To Sing" as a brilliantly engineered album (not to mention the cool music itself) that sounds to me like something from the pinnacle of analog recording (late 70s). It was engineered by Alan Parsons and recorded to HD ProTools but the signal chain up until the computer was all analog; analog EQs, mic preamps, compressors, etc. To my ears it sounds incredibly warm but with far more fidelity, frequency range, and dynamics than vinyl could ever muster. Basically the best of both worlds.

I have no idea but I've used those kind of plug-ins a lot myself. And the list of engineers that use the Sonnox Inflator plug-in is a mile long. They might not use it on the whole mix, but often it is used on individual instruments, especially vocals.

Nice! Hard to find with that title, though.