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RIP Brian Tankersley [message #109932]

Fri, 05 February 2021 17:37

gamrecords

Messages: 19
Registered: July 2010
Location: Austin

Junior Member

It's with a heavy heart that I share the news of my friend, and someone we all looked up to here in Paris land.

Brian died This morning at 9am (Feb. 5) of Covid 19. He was in the hospital fighting for over 30 days, his body finally gave out.

I met Brian in 1998 on the Paris forum, and became great friends and was lucky to work together on my recording projects.

He had such a larger than life presence about him in everything he did, as well as on these forums, and in our beloved Paris world.

Say a prayer for his wife and family, and love those around you.

Michael Bliss

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Re: RIP Brian Tankersley [message #109933 is a reply to message #109932]

Fri, 05 February 2021 20:01

Ted Gerber

Messages: 705
Registered: January 2009

Senior Member

Oh man - so sorry to hear this. He was such a positive influence to many many folks. I met him when he came to Toronto to demo Paris 20+ years ago. Quite sad and unnerving.
RIP BT

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Re: RIP Brian Tankersley [message #109935 is a reply to message #109932]

Sat, 06 February 2021 17:40

kerryg

Messages: 1529
Registered: February 2009

Senior Member
Administrator

Thank you so much for letting us know, Michael. This is a sad day. I met Brian around the same time when he was in Vancouver. He was a true gent - always a helping hand and a voice of positivity. I'm glad he got to spend so much of his life doing the music he loved so deeply. He will be missed.

"... being bitter is like swallowing poison and waiting for the other guy to die..." - anon

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Re: RIP Brian Tankersley [message #109936 is a reply to message #109935]

Sat, 06 February 2021 18:49

mikeaudet

Messages: 477
Registered: February 2009
Location: Canada

Senior Member

I'm just heartbroken to hear about this. He was a wonderful person. Such a loss.

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Re: RIP Brian Tankersley [message #109938 is a reply to message #109932]

Sun, 07 February 2021 10:21

Wayne

Messages: 206
Registered: July 2008
Location: Las Vegas

Senior Member

Prayers to his family and friends. I never met Brian but felt like I did, when I watched the PARIS DVD with Aaron helping. Rest in peace.

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Re: RIP Brian Tankersley [message #109939 is a reply to message #109932]

Sun, 07 February 2021 19:29

Rich.Kelley

Messages: 98
Registered: August 2009

Member

So sad to hear this. I remember Brian on the original PARIS boards back in the late 90's, or maybe early 2000's. He had a system running 128 tracks back then. During those early years, when it looked like that PARIS could be a viable thing, Brian was the guy. I never got the opportunity to meet him, but from his posts and all of the help he offered the PARIS community he seemed like a great guy.

My deepest condolences to his wife and family.

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Re: RIP Brian Tankersley [message #109941 is a reply to message #109932]

Wed, 10 February 2021 02:35

Andreap

Messages: 17
Registered: March 2010

Junior Member

This is awful to know...

He was amongst those columns into PARIS community, everyone admired him.
I've seen his tutorial videos, looked a very gentle man.

R.I.P.

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Re: RIP Brian Tankersley [message #109945 is a reply to message #109941]

Thu, 11 February 2021 13:46

mikeaudet

Messages: 477
Registered: February 2009
Location: Canada

Senior Member

I spoke with Brian a few times on the phone. He was wonderful to talk to. He was enthusiastic, supportive and kind. He sent me some 442s to test the driver with because I didn't have any. I probably was just using one of his 442s when I was re-working the code that initializes MECs and 442s over the holidays. I would have sent him a driver update in the next few weeks. I'm just heartbroken, both that he's gone and for his family's loss. He'll be missed.

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Re: RIP Brian Tankersley [message #109949 is a reply to message #109932]

Sat, 13 February 2021 13:50

lastlaf51

Messages: 21
Registered: September 2014
Location: Norway

Junior Member

Wow, what a week...Brian Tankersley, Chick Corea, and Rupert Neve all passing...
I learned most of my Paris habits from the DVD that Brian Tankersley and Aaron Allen made...one of which was
saying "Boom" when I dial something up:)
If all of us around here continue to use Paris, continue to have "ears"(like he said),and
are positive helpful Gentlemen(like he was), then he will be missed, but never forgotten...
and it won't hurt to say "Boom" once in a while... Loren

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Re: RIP Brian Tankersley [message #109956 is a reply to message #109932]

Mon, 15 February 2021 03:08

Kim W.

Messages: 189
Registered: January 2010
Location: Australia

Senior Member

Oh Man. that's so sad.
He was somewhat of a hero to me. I even talked about PARIS with him about a year ago (A producer friend had dealings with him).
Truly a Gentleman. RIP. Sad

Sad

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Re: RIP Brian Tankersley [message #109960 is a reply to message #109932]

Wed, 24 February 2021 05:18

mani1147

Messages: 130
Registered: May 2009
Location: NB Canada

Senior Member

Awe man, this is so sad. R.I.P Brian T

[Updated on: Wed, 24 February 2021 05:19]

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Re: RIP Brian Tankersley [message #109962 is a reply to message #109932]

Mon, 01 March 2021 15:00

Amuse

Messages: 90
Registered: February 2006

Member

So sorry to hear this, eventhough like many I only "knew" BT via the PARIS group and DVD

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Re: RIP Brian Tankersley [message #109978 is a reply to message #109932]

Thu, 13 May 2021 17:50

Philip

Messages: 67
Registered: June 2009
Location: Utah

Member

What a bummer. I literally (like 2 hours ago) just watched a few minutes of that video to remember how to do something. Then I logged in here and saw this. Brian was star.

Coolest Brian trick from that video?????? Hardwire the SPDIF "in" to the "out" for clever routing tricks- especially with Autotune, or vocal comping to send to a new track.

RIP Brian!

-Phil

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Re: RIP Brian Tankersley [message #109986 is a reply to message #109932]

Wed, 19 May 2021 02:34

Andreap

Messages: 17
Registered: March 2010

Junior Member

Yesterday I gave a closer look to Brian's Vimeo tutorials. It makes sad to see his kind person and know he passed away too soon because of that virus.

His approach to recordings was just the opposite of what I used to follow, the audiophile/pristine Bob Katz school: BT tracks flow was entirely 16 bits and suggested to crank to "overs" the EDS as if Paris would be an analog gear!
Well, yesterday I tried, it gives surprising results with Eq in low shelving mode, with the original compressor, with Chuck's stereo chorus...A new wide palette of timbre shaping.
Felt like wasted this sonic opportunity for 23 years!!

Mr. Philip, it's maybe because I'm not exactly a teacher in english, but I didn't understand this trick of hardwiring the Spdif I/O...
Could you please tell me in simple words an useful example of the technique?

Cheers, Andrea

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Re: RIP Brian Tankersley [message #110005 is a reply to message #109932]

Wed, 16 June 2021 07:40

Will The Weirdo

Messages: 190
Registered: December 2009
Location: On The Lake

Senior Member

I'm just learning of his passing reading this very sad news. Brian was such a class act and inspiration for me and many PARIS users.

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Re: RIP Brian Tankersley [message #110028 is a reply to message #109932]

Sun, 10 October 2021 16:21

dimicmarko

Messages: 22
Registered: February 2008

Junior Member

OMG i just pulled out my old files and find all the PARIS software and DVD, watched it... and scrubbing thrue the forum(which i havent done for years,more like 10)... and just saw that He died... Im so sorry to hear it... my sincere condolences to the familly and friends.

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Re: RIP Brian Tankersley [message #110033 is a reply to message #109932]

Thu, 14 October 2021 14:42

LaMontt

Messages: 424
Registered: January 2007

Senior Member

jjdpro@gmail.com

RIP.. He taught us a lot! And, those mixes of his were/are killer..

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Re: RIP Brian Tankersley [message #110069 is a reply to message #109932]

Tue, 11 January 2022 15:10

TommyMambo

Messages: 32
Registered: May 2009

Member

Very sad to hear this, Brian was very helpful in my early days of using PARIS.

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