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Post by sam on Dec 3, 2023 15:03:12 GMT -6
I’ve heard insane things about the Lynx Hilo. If I switched to solely mixing I would probably go for one of those
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Post by sam on Nov 1, 2023 11:55:10 GMT -6
The last song on the new Blink record is baaaad for this. Like I know Tom has a bit of a goofy voice, but someone should have caught that.
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Post by sam on Oct 15, 2023 15:29:25 GMT -6
I would love if the marketing around it was small batch and listed when physical units are available. They would absolutely sell out every time, dude does make a great product
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Post by sam on Oct 13, 2023 17:18:49 GMT -6
One person called SW and they honoured it
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Post by sam on Oct 13, 2023 16:21:26 GMT -6
There are tons of reports of people just picking that option without owning U10 and getting U11 for $249. Worst case they refund you, even though it says no refunds on software. Since you can’t redeem the code you never got the software
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Post by sam on Sept 23, 2023 18:21:41 GMT -6
Often something red or green
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Post by sam on Sept 22, 2023 15:59:09 GMT -6
Often at night when I’m alone in my bed
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Post by sam on Sept 20, 2023 10:17:50 GMT -6
Just played for a few minutes...but I couldn't get it to lose hats on snare...and keep the ghost notes. In fact, even with the GN thing on or off, I couldn't get it to take the hats out. That being said - I didn't read any instructions... Sonnox Oxford Drum Gate is the best I've heard on kick and snare. It really is but it lacks an indispensable and, imo, a feature every gate needs which is a sidechain. I beta tested Silencer and asked Jordan to put that in because it’ll do more than just the ghost note button and thankfully he did. I also asked him to put in faster attack and release times, it really needed that too. I don’t know if it looks ahead but I assume it does. I’m loving it so far and it does basically 90% of what I need it to do. For the record no gate is 100%
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Post by sam on Sept 7, 2023 9:48:19 GMT -6
No, just a dude. I’ve been lucky enough in my short time to have done some cool records and that’s led to some online course stuff like Nail The Mix, and then when planning a new record with the band I’m working with, they brought up Sweetwater to do it at, as SW is trying to get more modern bands through the door after redoing their whole studio. Then from there it led to “hey do you also wanna do a recording workshop after the record?” And I said hell yeah brother. The studio section is a massive playground and Shawn who runs it is an amazing dude. While I’m here they’re able to pull pretty much anything they have a demo of for me to use, so I thought I’d shoot out a few different ATCs Nice! Thank you! I’m grateful to be here doing what I love for sure
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Post by sam on Sept 7, 2023 9:47:19 GMT -6
I’m actually at Sweetwater doing a record for a couple weeks and today they pulled in some ATC 20 and 25s for me to shoot out. I really do like the 25s but I’m curious how they’ll pair with the 10s The SCM20s are more of a direct, ultra hifi replacement for NS10s. This is exactly what I found. At first I was shocked at how “hi-fi” the 25s seemed, but as I kept on the 20s I realized that they are trying to pull off a modern NS10 vibe and won’t be enough of a move considering I’ll probably keep my 10s in my setup. I found myself staying on the 25s longer and longer. The only problem I found with the 25s was a bit too much sparkly top, but I was testing the mk1s. What I liked about the 20s was the top wasn’t overbearing, and supposedly the new 25s have that same tweeter implemented. I’m trying to see if they have a demo pair of mk2 25s here to try out. All that being said it’s definitely a spooky thing to go from speakers I bought for $250 CAD over ten years ago to a pair that’s north of $10k. Gotta swallow that pill slowly
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Post by sam on Sept 7, 2023 7:43:45 GMT -6
I’m actually at Sweetwater doing a record for a couple weeks and today they pulled in some ATC 20 and 25s for me to shoot out. I really do like the 25s but I’m curious how they’ll pair with the 10s How does that work? The Sweetwater thing. Are you an influencer? (Not trying to start a beef, I’m legit curious). No, just a dude. I’ve been lucky enough in my short time to have done some cool records and that’s led to some online course stuff like Nail The Mix, and then when planning a new record with the band I’m working with, they brought up Sweetwater to do it at, as SW is trying to get more modern bands through the door after redoing their whole studio. Then from there it led to “hey do you also wanna do a recording workshop after the record?” And I said hell yeah brother. The studio section is a massive playground and Shawn who runs it is an amazing dude. While I’m here they’re able to pull pretty much anything they have a demo of for me to use, so I thought I’d shoot out a few different ATCs
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Post by sam on Sept 6, 2023 16:53:00 GMT -6
I’m actually at Sweetwater doing a record for a couple weeks and today they pulled in some ATC 20 and 25s for me to shoot out. I really do like the 25s but I’m curious how they’ll pair with the 10s
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Post by sam on Sept 3, 2023 22:36:02 GMT -6
For anyone interested, my guy is working on a pair of dipole 3-ways that are a little larger than the ones I have. He's trying to get them into some more professional studio people using them. He suggest them to be tri-amped and DSP-controlled. Hey I mean I’d love to give them a go. I do lots of work and I would really put them through their paces
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Post by sam on Sept 1, 2023 9:40:16 GMT -6
Ok I may have asked this question in a poorly worded way. How do people switch to using a different speaker after years of being on one type haha
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Post by sam on Sept 1, 2023 8:03:45 GMT -6
EDIT: I poorly asked this. What I meant was how does one move on to another speaker after years of using one type.
How does anyone switch speakers or add a second pair to their rig? I don’t know if y’all remembered but I asked recently for some speaker recommendations and guess what, I’m still just on my vintage white cones.
I would love something else but between being up to my ears in work, I don’t know how to slide a pair in and actually give them a real go, especially if I’m about to drop actual money on them. Help!
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Post by sam on Aug 6, 2023 13:27:39 GMT -6
I bought two Vintech X81s. I didn’t know this but they are a 73 preamp and 81 EQ, which I was hoping wasn’t the case because I actually prefer the 81 pre to the 73 pre. But the EQ makes up for it. I also chopped the dual pots down and put the metal CAPI Marconi knobs on it. I don’t know how to post a photo but it looks so good
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Post by sam on Jul 12, 2023 11:37:28 GMT -6
It's literally impossible to make a decent recording using a UA Arrow and a complete pipe dream to think you could do it on headphones. And wait... did I just read that you were using the stock headphone amp in your laptop? So you're not even using a dedicated headphone amp? What are you some kind of sorcerer or something?? I suppose next you're going to say that your arrangements are done by the reanimated corpse of George Martin. Yeah all true. But it’s not a race to the bottom is it? We could have a competition to see who can make a great sounding record on THE cheapest set-up. “I’ll raise you your Arrow interface, I made this track with a Behringer $40 interface …. and my cousin Jeff can’t tell the difference …. beat that” I don’t think it’s about Sam letting go, I think it’s about focus and ultimately budgets. If you want a decent budget set-up these days there’s great sound quality to be had and then rightly, focus on the music. And then there’s that other place to go where you’ve gone beyond that and you’ve had some budget available to explore the boutique gear and found there’s something special sonically to be gained that’s a thing in its own right and worthy of pursuit in the realms of mastery of sound. Personally, I don’t see any difference between my desire to own Crane Song converters and monitoring controllers and buying my first Martin D-18, Gibson Les Paul or Tone King Imperial Amp. In all my artistic endeavours, be it playing, writing or recording I’ve always tried to reach for the stars. Budget allowing. Just a different perspective. The crazy thing to me is it’s not even a budget thing. I owned a ton of outboard, solid clean conversion etc. When I moved to LA I slimmed down to an X6 and an Arrow. I’m slowly rebuying some key stuff but the quality of my work hasn’t dipped in the slightest.
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Post by sam on Jul 12, 2023 11:35:27 GMT -6
Yeah all true. But it’s not a race to the bottom is it? We could have a competition to see who can make a great sounding record on THE cheapest set-up. “I’ll raise you your Arrow interface, I made this track with a Behringer $40 interface …. and my cousin Jeff can’t tell the difference …. beat that” I don’t think it’s about Sam letting go, I think it’s about focus and ultimately budgets. If you want a decent budget set-up these days there’s great sound quality to be had and then rightly, focus on the music. And then there’s that other place to go where you’ve gone beyond that and you’ve had some budget available to explore the boutique gear and found there’s something special sonically to be gained that’s a thing in its own right and worthy of pursuit in the realms of mastery of sound. Personally, I don’t see any difference between my desire to own Crane Song converters and monitoring controllers and buying my first Martin D-18, Gibson Les Paul or Tone King Imperial Amp. In all my artistic endeavours, be it playing, writing or recording I’ve always tried to reach for the stars. Budget allowing. Just a different perspective. Actually I think it would be a fun idea to try a "best recordings with the worst gear" competition. I'm being sarcastic in my previous post but I do agree that if there are things you can hear, it's kind of like getting that D-18 or the like. But I also agree that if you can't hear it, it's not sensible to pay for it. So, for example, does a Martin D-18 sound and play 10x better than a $250 guitar... I would say YES. Does [insert high end converter] sound 10x better than my Motu 828es? I don't know, if it does I sure can't hear it. To me converters hit diminishing returns really fast. Maybe one day I'll hear the difference but, as of now, once you get to the MOTU or RME level it's all the same to me. Hahaha, I assumed you were being sarcastic. Last thing I want to share is how I record most of my strummy acoustic parts with my iPhone these days 🫣 (I do, it’s great)
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Post by sam on Jul 5, 2023 22:34:43 GMT -6
Honestly I wish I could say that I hear a difference sometimes. Yes I can hear a difference between good conversion and terrible conversion, but I can’t, nor will I ever really be able to hear the difference between say the latest UA Apollo and an Apogee Symphony.
And the truth is… it doesn’t matter. I get scared to tell people that some of the mixes I get the most praise for were done on my HD600s out of my laptop’s sound card. And some of the records I’ve produced have all been a UA Arrow minus the drums, and I didn’t even use a unison preamp.
I think the race is won. Can you get better conversion out of a $10k AD? Probably, but not $10k worth of conversion. I think I’ve finally let go
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Post by sam on Jun 25, 2023 19:11:32 GMT -6
bumpyy
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Post by sam on Jun 21, 2023 12:29:33 GMT -6
You set them up, listen to some music, and just go. The biggest change is going from mixing kick and bass visually from the movement of the woofer on ns10 and Proac 100 to using your ears. Monitors that use better drivers, eg higher end Focal and Dynaudio, ATC, Quested, and numerous passive crossover speakers will also be way less distorted than anything mass market with generic drivers. The Genelec One series for example are technically closer to Bose than a high end driver monkey coffin and many powered monitors use surround receiver and car audio chip amps. Yeah I’ve been thinking something ATC or PMC. I dunno it’s such a tough call
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Post by sam on Jun 21, 2023 12:28:42 GMT -6
48x's? Are you from Vietnam? Cause that would be the equivalent in Dong. Haha no I got my first pair of NS10s that I still use today for $250 CAD
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Post by sam on Jun 20, 2023 21:42:34 GMT -6
Many years ago: Had NS-10's ... Years later bought Genelec 1031's & kept the NS-10's ... Few years ago bought Dutch & Dutch 8C's & kept the NS-10's & Genelecs ... Add headphones & you can come close to something decent from the 3 sets of speakers to send off to mastering. Funny I was looking at the Dutch & Dutch. Something about spending 48 times as much as I spent on my NS10s and having people who own the Dutch and Dutch tell me they love my mixes really doesn’t help my decision haha
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Post by sam on Jun 20, 2023 10:33:48 GMT -6
I’m a diehard NS10 guy. And I’m also a diehard “if it ain’t broke”. But I will be the first to admit I do like the sound of ATC/PMC/Amphions when I’ve been other places.
Anyone here ever just launch into a new set of speakers? How did it go? What did you grab? Better? Worse?
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Post by sam on Jun 15, 2023 13:34:36 GMT -6
Selling a UAD Apollo X4. Thing is great, I just needed more IO! $1500 shipped OBO, located in LA
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