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Post by unit7 on Sept 3, 2013 15:47:58 GMT -6
My dad noticed something was wrong early and called me a gearslut (the swedish equivalent) already at age 10 when I had been reading the same fishing gear catalogue over and over again for months. After that I had passionate periods with model airplanes, skateboarding, collecting old coins, basket ball, bridge, frisbee, boomerang etc etc.
Then came the music. I'm sure you can imagine the effect on an upcoming keyboard player in the 80s with all the new technology pouring in. I won't go into all details, but it was really bad. One highlight was when I needed extra work and assisted at a local music instruments store. After my two week salary was paid I still had a debt on like $1500 (though I still have the Roland MKS80 bought then, nice huh?!…). After that the attention slowly moved from keyboards to recording gear with a peak around and after 2008 when I got my console.
Latest addiction is DIY gear which combines the model airplane thing with audio gear lust with unforeseen powers. USPS did an error on my latest order from Jeff and sent to Australia so it's delayed for some time. Don't know how long I'll be able to wait. Shivering is getting bad…
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Post by unit7 on Sept 3, 2013 6:01:29 GMT -6
Units came today. First impression - impressed by both. 660=fatness! nvelope=totally brilliant, probably a keeper
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Post by unit7 on Aug 31, 2013 13:46:58 GMT -6
Ok, never mind but I have a nice Zinfandel here, so cheers and congrats on this nice site, 100.000 visits and your 1000 posts!
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Post by unit7 on Aug 31, 2013 9:49:44 GMT -6
...your 1000th post tonight, Saturday and all?!
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Post by unit7 on Aug 29, 2013 7:45:55 GMT -6
I started doing kits from TB and cAPI this year. My old $15 DMM has been working fine sorting resistors, checking continuity and measuring volts, which is all I've done on these kits. TB's DD chorus needs an oscilloscope for calibration and that's quite a step up, so I left that to a pro. Jeff's CMRR adjustment on some of the cAPI kits also needs some proper measuring, but I managed to do that with my DAW and by making a special cable, so no need for a real high end DMM for me.
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Post by unit7 on Aug 28, 2013 22:49:18 GMT -6
:-) Korg MS-20 in 1980
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Post by unit7 on Aug 28, 2013 16:32:34 GMT -6
Aren't the TC Phoenix like $6k? A little out of my price range. That's the mastering version, the standard is like $4.6k. Still a lot of course, and more so because of the import duties because it's a UK product. It costs like 10-15% less here.
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Post by unit7 on Aug 28, 2013 15:55:49 GMT -6
Thanks for sharing about the 660. What did you use it on? Vocals only? Sorry for fueling your GAS, but the Phoenix is BAD A**! I've A/B'd it several times against the Retro STA. I think the tone is quite similar - VERY sweet - but the Phoenix is much more versatile w separate input gain, threshold, output gain etc. Here in Europe with the added customs and import tax on U.S. products the Retro STA gets quite expensive (per channel) compared to the Phoenix, so IMO for europeans a no brainer. One thing though, I've had no problems whatsoever with any of my three Thermionic units, but to some extent I have to agree that the build quality isn't up to par with most of the other top brands like Retro, the feel of the pots, paintwork, internal cabling etc. Important stuff for some people.
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Post by unit7 on Aug 28, 2013 15:23:57 GMT -6
Yep, subjective... Sexy/edgy or desperate/uncool. I agree on the latter. I'm not conservative or a moral preacher at all, and I don't disrespect people diggin stuff like that, but I long for other role models for all young girls out there. Had some close encounter with anorexia (not me) earlier in my life and that changed my view completely. So the audience liking it doesn't exactly make it better.
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Post by unit7 on Aug 28, 2013 13:53:30 GMT -6
Have been curious to hear the 660 for some time now. Look forward to compare to my 'real' vari mu comps here, AnalogueTube, STA and TC Phoenix. Then I heard the demo on the nvelope at Elysia's homepage: www.elysia.com/hardware/nvelope-500/introduction/ The possibility to eq the attack and sustain separately were things that made me go mmmmmm. Units coming in a few days. Grateful for any input, what sources you think I should try these puppies on. Cheers!
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Post by unit7 on Aug 27, 2013 4:27:28 GMT -6
Jeff should have a build guide on his site, especially if you bought it from him. Jeff's pics (to be used together w the Assembly aid: www.classicapi.com/catalog/images/FB-build/Floor-Box-Assembly-Aid-Rev_1.pdf) are in the 3rd post in the same thread (the PSU build thread) as Chunger's guide on GroupDIY, but it's not as detailed as Chunger's of course. Doubt if anyone would put that kind of effort in doing yet another guide...
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Post by unit7 on Aug 26, 2013 12:26:39 GMT -6
I don't disagree with the opinion that the mix should sound as good as possible without additional eq. It's just that the Pultec style eq (Cartec here) on the buss sounds so d*rn good so I add quite a lot of it early in the mix session and boost less on the console (Ok I admit, I'm talking mostly treble here). If the album is fairly consistent, like most of the stuff I do, I usually fine tune on the first songs and eventually find a setting all over which becomes like a signature for the album. Perhaps not the purist way, but I like the result!
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Post by unit7 on Aug 26, 2013 2:04:29 GMT -6
Hi Guys I just updated my build post at groupdiy on my Sphere/CAPI project Have seen that thread. Unbelievable!
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Post by unit7 on Aug 25, 2013 9:24:16 GMT -6
I'm a eq before comp guy, except on the mix bus, analog btw. Cartec EQPs last in chain to give the final touch, just like jcoutu. Can't really say why though
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Post by unit7 on Aug 24, 2013 5:59:11 GMT -6
Check out Gergory Porter too...been enjoying that one... Gregory is great! I mixed an upcoming album with swedish sax player Magnus Lindgren (superbly recorded by Paul Antonelli at the Clubhouse/Rhinebeck NY). Gregory guests on a few tracks. Never heard before. Blown away. What a voice! Album soon to be released, preview on YouTube:
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Post by unit7 on Aug 23, 2013 23:45:58 GMT -6
+1!
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Post by unit7 on Aug 23, 2013 16:50:18 GMT -6
If you don't mind HP bleed (i don't) try the Sennheiser HD serie (HD580 and up). They are open back, comfy and i've never had a singer pull one side off so they sing into a stereo mix which reflex what the final song will sound like while they still hear "acousticaly" from the open back. A little warning with those though... You get feedback as soon as the singer cranks up the volume a little. At least on my HD600, 650 and 800.
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Post by unit7 on Aug 22, 2013 10:23:20 GMT -6
I had almost convinced myself to get it...then I re-sang some vox that I did with the Sta-Level. It ain't the Sta. The 10dc adds that vintage mid-forward sound - a thickness - and it does handle vocals really well. In fact, for a pop vocal in a dense mix, I could see using it a ton. It can really grab a vocal and put it in place...But for what I do - more acoustic driven and less dense tracks - the Sta just has this invisibility to the compression that can't be beaten. It's so pillowy - you just don't hear it working - and it adds a nicer tone in my opinion. You live and you learn. (Even if it takes 3 times)... Totally my taste too. For any vocal recording/mix, except a really aggressive approach I'd use the STA over the 10DC. Set to fastest attack/release it's actually not that slow...
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Post by unit7 on Aug 22, 2013 5:37:55 GMT -6
Hi all you outlaws and pariahs! :-D This is my first post here. Seems nice! I have a pair of 10DCs. Use them mainly on kick/snare. Prefer Chandler Zener for drum paralel. Just above the 10DCs I have a pair of Chandler Germ comps and lately I've been thinking about trading them in for another pair of 10DCs. I'm not the impulsive type so that will have to wait until I'd be very sure, but anyway that perhaps tells how much I like them. Really classy and musical units. Re distortion, I'm not 100% sure (I'm much more musician than tech...) but I believe the makeup gain, in addition to making up gain, also controls the level of dist/saturation from the o/p xformer, you know... if you crank it a little. And I think I remember when experimenting/testing when I just got them, doing more extreme compressing, the makeup gain control gets a bit more dist/saturation sensitive, I guess because of the transients/dist created by the comp. Anyone, please correct me if I'm wrong. I often am...
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