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Post by kilroyrock on Jul 21, 2019 18:19:25 GMT -6
Good deal on dbx 500 series. Anybody use this? Are there alternate ways that give the same ease of use? Clicky bass and huge bottom, no mud?
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Post by johneppstein on Jul 21, 2019 21:52:28 GMT -6
Good deal on dbx 500 series. Anybody use this? Are there alternate ways that give the same ease of use? Clicky bass and huge bottom, no mud? With all due respect, I don't really understand why anybody would want to generate frequencies that are below the range of any speakers (and most phones) with the exception of massive DJ rigs with ranks of 18" subwoofers. |
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Post by trakworxmastering on Jul 21, 2019 21:54:34 GMT -6
I have a DBX 120XP rackmount sub synth. It's very cool if you have a use for it. I no longer have a use for it so it's on my list of things to sell. PM me if interested. There's also a good plugin based on it called Lowender and it has more features (that's why I don't need my HW unit anymore).
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Post by trakworxmastering on Jul 21, 2019 21:58:28 GMT -6
Good deal on dbx 500 series. Anybody use this? Are there alternate ways that give the same ease of use? Clicky bass and huge bottom, no mud? With all due respect, I don't really understand why anybody would want to generate frequencies that are below the range of any speakers (and most phones) with the exception of massive DJ rigs with ranks of 18" subwoofers. I'm not sure exactly how the 500 series unit works, but the 120XP that I have takes the signal below 120Hz and shifts in down 1 octave, then blends it back into the signal. There's plenty of content there that you can hear on a lot of consumer systems. It's not something I've used often, but it has saved the day a number of times over the years... |
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Post by drbill on Jul 22, 2019 0:24:47 GMT -6
Good deal on dbx 500 series. Anybody use this? Are there alternate ways that give the same ease of use? Clicky bass and huge bottom, no mud? With all due respect, I don't really understand why anybody would want to generate frequencies that are below the range of any speakers (and most phones) with the exception of massive DJ rigs with ranks of 18" subwoofers. They are very good for 5.1 / 7.1 / Atmos film mixing. A fairly well known secret weapon for score mixers. Great for blowing up (not literally) the subs at appropriate moments of the film. Send to the unit with an Aux Send from your low-endy stuff at the appropriate time. Good times!! Also, some hip hop guys use em. Big Bottom and all.... |
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Post by thirdeye on Jul 22, 2019 7:59:24 GMT -6
I still use an old 120X-DS. I haven't tried the newer ones. Like drbill recommends, I throw it on an aux.
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Post by trakworxmastering on Jul 22, 2019 10:51:05 GMT -6
With all due respect, I don't really understand why anybody would want to generate frequencies that are below the range of any speakers (and most phones) with the exception of massive DJ rigs with ranks of 18" subwoofers. They are very good for 5.1 / 7.1 / Atmos film mixing. A fairly well known secret weapon for score mixers. Great for blowing up (not literally) the subs at appropriate moments of the film. Send to the unit with an Aux Send from your low-endy stuff at the appropriate time. Good times!! Also, some hip hop guys use em. Big Bottom and all.... I've used it on Hip Hop for sure, even in mastering. I've used it to fatten up floor toms and kick drums in Rock and Metal. When it's appropriate it's really cool. |
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Post by MorEQsThanAnswers on Jul 22, 2019 11:05:07 GMT -6
They are very good for 5.1 / 7.1 / Atmos film mixing. A fairly well known secret weapon for score mixers. Great for blowing up (not literally) the subs at appropriate moments of the film. Send to the unit with an Aux Send from your low-endy stuff at the appropriate time. Good times!! Also, some hip hop guys use em. Big Bottom and all.... I've used it on Hip Hop for sure, even in mastering. I've used it to fatten up floor toms and kick drums in Rock and Metal. When it's appropriate it's really cool. I used to have the big boy DBX called the “Disco Boombox.” I found it at a garage sale and since the owner didn’t know what he had, I got it about 95% off. It was really a beautiful piece that I gifted to my boss and I miss it, but you needed to be careful with it because it can definitely push your speakers to dangerous territory! |
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Post by johneppstein on Jul 22, 2019 13:31:33 GMT -6
With all due respect, I don't really understand why anybody would want to generate frequencies that are below the range of any speakers (and most phones) with the exception of massive DJ rigs with ranks of 18" subwoofers. They are very good for 5.1 / 7.1 / Atmos film mixing. A fairly well known secret weapon for score mixers. Great for blowing up (not literally) the subs at appropriate moments of the film. Send to the unit with an Aux Send from your low-endy stuff at the appropriate time. Good times!! Also, some hip hop guys use em. Big Bottom and all.... Ah - I didn't think of film work.
I would assume that those hip-hop guys are doing DJ oriented mixes?
EDIT: I guess I'd always assumed that the DJs were doing the subharmonic processing live, during the performance. To me that makes more sense since you can tune the bottom to the system you're using.
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Post by donr on Jul 22, 2019 15:36:17 GMT -6
Since when do DJ's make sense EQ'ing their systems? (running and ducking..)
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Post by drbill on Jul 22, 2019 16:20:51 GMT -6
Since when do DJ's make sense EQ'ing their systems? (running and ducking..) Ha! Nice one Don! BTW, congrats on the new deal!! <thumbsup> |
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Post by johneppstein on Jul 22, 2019 19:20:34 GMT -6
Since when do DJ's make sense EQ'ing their systems? (running and ducking..) <chuckle> |
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Post by matt@IAA on Jul 22, 2019 19:47:59 GMT -6
Sylvia Massy uses that thing a *ton*. Just all over drums and bass tracks in her mix.
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Post by Guitar on Jul 23, 2019 11:01:49 GMT -6
I wish I had the DBX hardware. I use the Brainworx BX Sub Synth plugin, it does something similar.
Then there's the Waves Rennaissance Bass everyone probably already knows about. Actually Waves has 4 or 5 unique sub bass plugins by this point, they really went for it.
Speaking of hardware though I think I want to buy one of those Aphex 204 Exciters with the Big Bottom knob.
For guitar the Electro Harmonix Octave Multiplexer sounds wonderful. On bass the Boss OC-3 is pretty good. The Boss Katana amp has one built in that tracks extremely well.
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Post by drbill on Jul 23, 2019 11:17:17 GMT -6
I bought two of the DBX 510's - and then realized - I really only need one. If someone wants to trade a 500 module for it, I'm game!!
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Post by thirdeye on Jul 23, 2019 15:48:00 GMT -6
Speaking of hardware though I think I want to buy one of those Aphex 204 Exciters with the Big Bottom knob. I really like the 204, especially on toms. That and the newer one called "Exciter". |
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Post by thirdeye on Jul 23, 2019 15:50:01 GMT -6
Sylvia Massy uses that thing a *ton*. Just all over drums and bass tracks in her mix. A 120x-ds with the 50Hz knob cranked I've heard. |
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