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Post by Guitar on Jul 28, 2021 10:11:16 GMT -6
My bass strategy is to leave the strings on until they break, but I realize it's genre-specific what one would do with their bass strings.
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Post by Guitar on Jul 25, 2021 3:48:34 GMT -6
I'm curious, is it running on 16V or stepping up internally?
Looks like there's a nice TDK Lambda IC riding shotgun there near the power rails. I don't want to say too much but that's in the photograph for anyone to puzzle about.
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Post by Guitar on Jul 24, 2021 13:15:27 GMT -6
The SD3 mixer window is extremely confusing to me. There are hidden channels, things like that. It's not bonehead simple. So I feel the pain.
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Post by Guitar on Jul 23, 2021 18:00:12 GMT -6
I'll go with what others have said, time to do some ear-matching using other plugins in the DAW.
I think some of the SD3 'plugins' are pretty decent, but some are horrible, you have to sort of weed through them.
They seem to be fairly generic types of processors you should have replacements for.
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Post by Guitar on Jul 23, 2021 9:34:22 GMT -6
I let myself keep the Les Paul for now, so it's new all over again! Put the stock pickups back in. They're noisy, but the tone is great. I guess a guitar like this is an acquired taste.
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Post by Guitar on Jul 23, 2021 3:24:23 GMT -6
I use the 650s with an m920 amp and m900. No issues. Though the Merging Hapi amp is better I think. Is it true that the 650s sound quite a bit different to the 600s? Have you ever compared them, Blackdawg? I've had 600s for about 20yrs now, and I really haven't liked them much over the past 8yrs. Just too bright on the top for me these days. I mix too dull on them to compensate, and then the mix is off. I did pick up two pairs of the Sennheiser HD6 Mix headphones due to a few comments ragan made last Fall, and they are excellent. Much, much different from the HD600. (They're closed-back, for one thing). I have "heard" the 600s are more like NS10, and the 650s are flatter with bigger bass. I wouldn't know, all I have is the HD6XX from massdrop, which is even "slightly different" from the 650 it copies. Sonarworks can help with any of them if you have it. And yes they change a lot with different amplifiers.
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Post by Guitar on Jul 22, 2021 10:30:18 GMT -6
I'm a Focal / Sennheiser person too, but I check my mix on grot boxes and so on.
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Post by Guitar on Jul 21, 2021 7:52:10 GMT -6
enlav, I would consider the RME HDSPe RayDAT interface, for a simple solution if you decide to either be stationary or rely on one computer. You might find a deal on one second hand, or you could import from Thomann if it's not a rush, good prices from them. For ADAT cables I would recommend the super thin, lightweight ones, not some big shielded rubbery thing. The more weightless they are, the better.
I like the MOTU USB interfaces but it's true what Dan said, the drivers are a bit hair raising sometimes when you're not sure if you're going to lose a take because of them. The M2/M4 series seem rock solid, but the MK5 Ultralite Cue Mix software feels a bit like a house of cards right now. I haven't used the AVB interfaces.
I dream of tasting the fruit of RME, I would personally dream of buying 2 or 3 HDSPe AIO Pro interfaces myself. Either in a Sonnet chassis or inside a strong computer. But the reality for me is the Quantum just works, and the MOTUs get the job done, more often than not.
For mobile I use a simple Sound Devices Mix Pre 6 most of the time.
It's fun to spend other peoples' money and fantasize about new gear. Curious what you will end up with.
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Post by Guitar on Jul 21, 2021 7:28:58 GMT -6
Anybody have experience with the Presonus Quantum series? The 4848 one seems to offer a lot of bang for your buck. I use a Presonus Quantum as my main interface, it's reliable and sounds good. Zero DSP, you do it all either in analog land, or inside the DAW. I don't use the DACs just the ADC. XMAX preamps don't get used either, I go direct to ADC. The drivers are solid and have 'just worked' for me. Use a 64 buffer for tracking, then a 2048 buffer for mixing or whatever, easy peasy. Bang for your buck is exactly what it is.
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Post by Guitar on Jul 20, 2021 12:34:01 GMT -6
I don't even count plug-ins as gear, so I always wonder why they get posted in this thread! Could be a different thread. To each his own! No offense intended! : ) Doug you have the most pristine, desirable plug-in-to-the-wall gear I have ever seen in my life, so no offense taken. I'm sure it drives visitors to your door. We've proposed a "great divide" between plug people and hardware people on RGO but in the end it seems like the two worlds should balance each other out in the main forum space. To each their own, and may they all be well.
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Post by Guitar on Jul 20, 2021 11:07:59 GMT -6
No time with Derr Esser. The only product I have from Dave Derr is the Arousor plugin, which I use as a main tool. Dave personally reached out to me and hooked me up with some swag, which was cool of them to do. So I have a positive bias towards his companies, just to state my interest, and my gratitude. I once owned a good deal of mixing hardware, then the purge came. I have two Calrec style EQ's, a Yamaha multi FX, a summing mixer, and a modified Behringer Composer remaining in the racks for show, but they're not plugged in. So if it's not a plugin, I'm almost not interested in any way. I doubt I could afford USA made Derr hardware anyway. If I could, I'd probably buy a Distressor. When I see "sweet gear," to me it looks like a museum piece, or a chunk of gold that I have no use for. But I know other people are still using them. I don't mean to depress hardware-heads but I thought you might like the real answer from my perspective. Hardware that I still put $$$$$$ into includes microphone preamps, direct boxes, microphones, analog/digital interfaces, DAC's, monitor controllers, and speakers. Everything else happens in the box. If you have any chunks of gold that you have no use for, let me know I’d be happy to take them off your hands! Not sure if this is what you meant but I've got a 1968 Fender Showman, a 1960s Selmer Treble N Bass, that aren't being used. Smaller pieces include Slash pickup set, and a TC Alter Ego X4 delay echo looper pedal at the moment. I'll be happy to take your money in exchange for physical objects. It's the uh, Syd Barret amp head. Selmer is the shop where Jimmy Page, etc, bought their 1959 les paul guitars, they made these amps in the back. And everyone knows the Fender. They sound truly incredible, and I don't need them. I could probably sell the summing mixer, too. It's got 4 Reamps that will do either microphone level or guitar level. And a simple resistive summing mixer that needs preamp make up gain. All outputs are transformer coupled. If any of the rack gear interests you, I can make a price point for the things listed in the earlier post. The Calrec 500 series EQs are particularly sweet, smooth console style analog EQ, with de-coupled op amps. And there's a Pioneer SR-101 tube spring reverb, the "Amy Winehouse" model. Send PMs if anyone has cash in hand for these semi-valuable rare items.
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Post by Guitar on Jul 20, 2021 10:11:08 GMT -6
I remember reading a few Fletcher posts raving about the DerrEsser; you had any time on that, monkeyxx? No time with Derr Esser. The only product I have from Dave Derr is the Arousor plugin, which I use as a main tool. Dave personally reached out to me and hooked me up with some swag, which was cool of them to do. So I have a positive bias towards his companies, just to state my interest, and my gratitude. I once owned a good deal of mixing hardware, then the purge came. I have two Calrec style EQ's, a Yamaha multi FX, a summing mixer, and a modified Behringer Composer remaining in the racks for show, but they're not plugged in. So if it's not a plugin, I'm almost not interested in any way. I doubt I could afford USA made Derr hardware anyway. If I could, I'd probably buy a Distressor. When I see "sweet gear," to me it looks like a museum piece, or a chunk of gold that I have no use for. But I know other people are still using them. I don't mean to depress hardware-heads but I thought you might like the real answer from my perspective. Hardware that I still put $$$$$$ into includes microphone preamps, direct boxes, microphones, analog/digital interfaces, DAC's, monitor controllers, and speakers. Everything else happens in the box.
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Post by Guitar on Jul 20, 2021 9:14:18 GMT -6
I had a super hard time with the 500 series DBX compressor, could never dial it in. The easiest one for me in software is Pro DS by Fab, and then Waves Sibliance second after that, almost mindless, to 'needs a scooch here or there.'
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Post by Guitar on Jul 19, 2021 5:03:57 GMT -6
I would use R2/4 for vocals, maybe guitar, Phoenixverb/Nimubs on drum bus, maybe acoustic guitars, as almost a room sound, space, ambience. Sometimes on a mastering project if the recording is too dry.
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Post by Guitar on Jul 18, 2021 15:53:10 GMT -6
If you want to buy a Crimson handle, I would recommend the nice people at Front End Audio. Yeah I couldn’t remember where I got em but that’s the spot. They have ADK capsules too if anyone's into that sort of thing. I LOVE my ADK based 251 style build, I went with the GK-12d.
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Post by Guitar on Jul 18, 2021 15:51:44 GMT -6
Yes. I have had my hands in a lot of things besides capsules. If you ever use an EMMA Electronics Reezaftratzits, Discombobulator, Transmorgrifier or Onomatopoeia I had a lot to do with those pedals. Reezafratzitz was a word my brother and I made up when I was 5 years old after hearing Yosemite Sam speak on a Bugs Bunny cartoon That is so cool, it would be fun to hear some more stories. My favorite bird on there is the little owl at the very end, on the 24th fret. I'm a pedal builder too, not much lately, and not a lot of designs from scratch, but it's how I really learned how to build.
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Post by Guitar on Jul 18, 2021 15:49:02 GMT -6
My bad, yes iZotope of course! They have that weird triple authentication thing or whatever it is.
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Post by Guitar on Jul 18, 2021 10:15:44 GMT -6
I have the Excalibur and Phoenix Verb, so I figured it can't hurt to add the R2 for 10 bucks. The only problem is installing Plugin Boutique's plug-ins almost never install without hair pulling road blocks. I've got 200 - 300 plug-ins installed, so it's not me. It's in my component folder, "installation successful", i Lok has it activated ( finding the activation code was an annoying guessing game), it shows in my Logic Plug-In Manager, but still won't show up when I try to instantiate. I sent a note to customer service. Even just finding the customer service contact email address was like finding a needle in a haystack, very frustrating. You might have to register it with Native Instruments with their website registration and/or their "installation manger" central program thing, worth looking into if you haven't tried that yet.
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Post by Guitar on Jul 18, 2021 8:39:36 GMT -6
Big thumbs up, I might get a second copy for my second computer. These can only be licensed to one device.
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Post by Guitar on Jul 18, 2021 8:08:41 GMT -6
I got some Alinco 3 polished, oriented, and Alnico 5 rough shod unoriented magnets for my humbuckers, which will be going in the PRS SE Custom 24 most likely. The Epiphone guitar is likely going back in the box and out the door. If I could find a guitar with the sound quality and shred-able speed of the Agile AL-3100 and the look and feel of the Epiphone Standard I would be golden. Unfortunately, that guitar does exist, and it's $2,500 and up.
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Post by Guitar on Jul 17, 2021 13:33:24 GMT -6
If you want to buy a Crimson handle, I would recommend the nice people at Front End Audio.
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Post by Guitar on Jul 17, 2021 12:34:44 GMT -6
Jack White, David Bowie, the Black Keys, the blues, Beck, T Bone Burnett, etc, what's old is new again.
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Post by Guitar on Jul 16, 2021 17:54:34 GMT -6
True. But it is a different cartridge than the 57. I like my USA 545 on snare. I believe it is the same Mexican Cartridge, the story goes that when Shure moved production to Mexico they replaced all the tooling with new tooling to make production easier. No one at Shure would ever admit to this, but if put an old USA unidyne IV next to a modern Mexican made Capsule you see a bunch of tiny changes. You're right they'd never admit it. They claim these mics have been the same for decades, other than age wear and tear. But it's a different capsule to an SM57, or something in the cardioid chamber, I've never taken them apart, they have confirmed some difference. I wish I could quote the specifics, it's on another forum. I just think the Mexi 545SD Unidyne III deserves more mention as an alternative to the SM57 people always buy.
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Post by Guitar on Jul 16, 2021 14:21:39 GMT -6
Love the cheesy line in the ad, "I hate to part with some of these, but something's got to go."
Come on Mike, you don't hate it, do you. :-D
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Post by Guitar on Jul 16, 2021 13:50:47 GMT -6
You can get a brand new Shure 545SD for $91, not many people talk about these. But it's "that mic." Says Unidyne III on the side. Sweetwater has them, I got one on eBay too.
Has some sort of plastic in the capsule that the SM57 doesn't have, as well as a switch.
I have two and they sound slightly different. Some SM57s are known to sound different also. These are even cheaper than the SM57.
This could be a separate thread, but I like the 545SD on guitar amps, it's flatter in the mids or something like that, compared to the 57. I prefer the 57 on vocals.
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