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Post by sam on Jan 23, 2019 9:38:27 GMT -6
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Post by sam on Jan 22, 2019 7:40:06 GMT -6
These look great. Could there ever be an option with a push button 80hz hipass or even an 8ch version?
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Post by sam on Jan 21, 2019 7:50:13 GMT -6
Do you happen to remember which dinosaurs were still alive when first placed the order for it?
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Post by sam on Dec 31, 2018 8:30:34 GMT -6
I have been very happy with the performance of my MOTU Avb but I just had my monitor 8, after 3 years die. It won’t turn on. This is the 4th unit I have had repaired/replaced by MOTU. That is 2 24ai’s 1 24ao, and 1 monitor 8. 2 units power failure 1 unit bad connection on the Phoenix connector and 1 issue I don’t remember. The good news is that MOTU does a flat replacement for $96 the bad news is that’s 400$ in 3 years. Has anyone else had these issues with their MOTU Avb? I do leave everything turned on 24-7 so maybe I’m a bad person for that. I definitely don’t want to blame the power where you are, but something might be up with that if half the problems are power supply based. Mines been going strong for almost four years now, however I turn it off every night.
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Post by sam on Dec 24, 2018 8:15:19 GMT -6
Well would you look at that. Curious how close it gets, although I believe most, if not all EQ has been nailed ITB
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Post by sam on Dec 6, 2018 8:26:48 GMT -6
Tried the KM84 on male spoken word yesterday (me!) Jaw droppingly good. Best recorded vocal sound I have ever got. Bear in mind it is the most expensive/supposedly best mic I have ever owned, and I don't have much mic experience, but even still. First take was full of plosives, but then remembered reading how sensitive it was to these, so for the next take I put a Rycote pop shield in front of it and spoke a few inches above the mic (pointed at my throat, on axis). Tiny bit of EQ, compression and reverb and have been flawed. You could probably do everything with this mic. Man lets keep this quiet or the price will go up! New unofficial RGO policy the KM84 sucks until we all own at least 2 good ones. You mean two bad ones
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Post by sam on Dec 2, 2018 9:54:25 GMT -6
I’m so excited in just the sheer value this upgrade offers. Sometimes I’d use two de-essers and then an EQ (usually ProQ2) on a vocal. Now I can just use ProQ3. Or doing my bass guitar EQing and helping that one unruly low note not peek out without resorting to weird techniques. Or cymbals in room mics. Or that one freq in twinkly tele riffs.
I’m so happy!
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Post by sam on Nov 16, 2018 9:35:43 GMT -6
Soundtoys are one of those staple, undeniably necessary plugin packs for me. Yeah there's probably 6-8 I never open, but the ones I do make everything worth it. And they always offer crazy discounts that make getting the whole bundle still better than buying only what you need.
Decapitator, Echoboy, Little Plate, Microshift, Tremolator, Little Altar Boy, Devil-Loc, Radiator, Pan-Man. Holy...
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Post by sam on Nov 14, 2018 22:59:31 GMT -6
Surprised no one mentioned the Avedis MA5. A lot of people go "oh Neve clone" but personally I think it's far from it. One of the best pres ever made IMO. A Hairball Lola could be a nice flavour as well! That is definitely far more than a Neve clone. The clipalator clips show it off well. It's an incredibly polished and finished kind of sound. Almost saccharine to my ears. Neat sound. Course I've never actually used it. I heard it against the DRS which I own, vintech, BAE etc. I have two and would sell everything in my studio before even thinking of selling them. In fact I want two more and I don’t even need them
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Post by sam on Nov 9, 2018 8:31:53 GMT -6
Makes total sense to have this in the UAD universe but I can’t imagine it really sounds leaps and bounds better than the Relab one. And man, do I miss the Relab one when it was part of the Slate stuff. There was something super special about it that the VSC just doesn’t capture.
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Post by sam on Nov 2, 2018 11:56:03 GMT -6
24/48. If it ain't broke!
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Post by sam on Nov 1, 2018 10:39:36 GMT -6
The MOTU 112D comes in at $1500. Basically a hub to take your Audient and Profire to the computer, and then some! No analog ins though I’m a little concerned that OP might be asking a confusing thing. See the audient and the profire both have their own conversion but need ADAT to work. So, OP, I don’t think you need 16 ins for your pres, you just need something for your pres to interface into your DAW. I’m almost positive both the Audient and the Profire can’t be used as just pres anyways; they’re ADAT units. Although if I’m wrong and you’re looking to add 16 MORE pres down the line, so you want line in, then my suggestion is a MOTU 16a. Same price as the 112D, with 16 analog I/O and two ADAT ports. So ideally you could hook up the Audient and the Profire to the ADATs of the 16a, and run line in with the AxeFX. Someone please correct me if I’m wrong here!
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Post by sam on Oct 31, 2018 21:15:55 GMT -6
The MOTU 112D comes in at $1500. Basically a hub to take your Audient and Profire to the computer, and then some!
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km84s
Oct 26, 2018 8:28:11 GMT -6
Post by sam on Oct 26, 2018 8:28:11 GMT -6
Finally scored a pair for 1800 EUR. Pretty stoked, I hope they don't need any servicing
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Post by sam on Oct 19, 2018 8:12:02 GMT -6
Not the biggest Metallica fan, but I do own a few of their records and have seen that documentary a few times. It's incredible. I can't believe its real at some points.
I was rewatching it on Netflix one day a couple years ago and my wife walked in the room and sat down to watch some of it with me. About 15 minutes into sitting down, she paused it and looked at me and asked "so this is Metallica? Is this a mockumentary?!" I burst out laughing.
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Post by sam on Oct 14, 2018 12:00:39 GMT -6
Curious how it holds up to the Warm. Swappable op-amps?
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Post by sam on Oct 13, 2018 7:15:37 GMT -6
Any reason you’re changing the badges? Are they in rough shape/broken?
Wanna maybe sell me your old ones if they’re not snapped or whatever?
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Post by sam on Oct 10, 2018 18:39:34 GMT -6
So no regrets Sam for the 16a instead of the bla 002r signature ? Absolutely none. I’m sitting in front of it right now and loving every second of it! I’m thinking of picking up that new MOTU monitor/headphone monitor ditty in a few months to add to this
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Post by sam on Oct 10, 2018 12:56:12 GMT -6
I've always heard that clocking a single interface with an external clock is never really better than just rocking the main interface's clock, provided that clock isn't TOTAL garbage. It has something to do with the clock not being as important until you introduce a second piece of gear to, you know, clock them together. But I dunno if that's some internet magic or the truth. There was a Lavry white paper that was published that, to my understanding, said just that. That clocking externally was worse than internally. Now, imho, thats the "technical" answer but not the only answer. In real life its been my experience that clocking can make a big difference. I've setup tests with a room full of engineers who could all hear the differences, which were sometimes not subtle. I like to think of it similarly to preamps. We know that a preamp can have better specs (noise, distortion etc) than say a Neve, but does that mean it sounds better? Admittedly, this is a topic of great debate, and one that I only know a little about other than that there have been times when I much prefered externally clocking an interface. So, YMMV. Among the pages of drivel, one of the few great threads on GS is the 2015 thread talking about this. It seems that the science would just equate to “internal is better unless the clock in there sucks”. It seems that it’s more placebo or performance bias, or a justification of the clock’s price (great ones aren’t cheap), that leads to a single unit sounding objectively better with an external clock. But the Dan Lavry quote below makes me think he’s on to something. “It is always difficult to present technical facts to people with less background in science or technology. It is impossible to counter arguments about what one likes or dislikes. Most often, those that made up their mind, and bought gear, tend to cling to thier opinions.” I’m guilty of this in SO many ways. Yes, my 1176s sound better than the latest plugins, yes, my Neve clones are 1:1, no, how can the Warm 412 sound as good as a CAPI or a real API (even though I own the Warm). But I’m not guilty of it when it comes to clocking.
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Post by sam on Oct 10, 2018 9:17:57 GMT -6
I don’t have an external clock. I hear BLA makes a nice one, but I do t have it. I don’t think it’s a world of difference, but I could be wrong. I would guess micro improvements. I clock my 16a to the bla mkii word clock and you're right, it's not a world of difference, I'd say an extra few percentage points better. but this is all a game of inches, right? I've always heard that clocking a single interface with an external clock is never really better than just rocking the main interface's clock, provided that clock isn't TOTAL garbage. It has something to do with the clock not being as important until you introduce a second piece of gear to, you know, clock them together. But I dunno if that's some internet magic or the truth.
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Post by sam on Oct 10, 2018 9:15:16 GMT -6
After listening to the two files posted by Indiehouse for about an our on my MacBook Pro with Sony MDR7509 while surfing on the net. I couldn't hear much difference after switching back and forth. I think it is about small nuances not as big as an putting an la2a on your vocal channel. Symphony MKII: www.dropbox.com/s/vh5tv8ryb9vjuob/AC_SYMPHONYMKII.wav?dl=0Motu 16a: www.dropbox.com/s/ajz9kbq1avea4ts/AC_MOTU.wav?dl=0 I'm still in the market to replace my BLA 002R Signature, narrowed it down to the 16a/24ao with a BLA Sparrow(use this clock) or a Symphony mk1 16x16. I did this exact swap. I had a Sig BLA 002, and I auditioned a MKi Symphony, MKi Apollo, and a Lynx Aurora (This was about 4-5 years ago). The Symphony was on par with my 002. The Apollo was awful, and the Lynx was ok but nothing mind blowing. I then found a ton of people comparing the MKi Symphony with the "new MOTU 16a" and saying in blind tests they just simply couldn't tell. I couldn't get my hands on a MOTU 16a to test, so I took a HUGE chance. I haven't looked back.
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Post by sam on Oct 8, 2018 21:34:39 GMT -6
I think he just doesn’t want to bother dealing directly with customers anymore ? So, a retail layer, creates a barrier/buffer and he can focus on designing and building the gear ? Yeah I don't blame him, he was so overwhelmed his customer service started to majorly suffer
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Post by sam on Oct 5, 2018 14:18:15 GMT -6
This exact thing happened to someone and they posted it on Reddit, right down to the area you're in and the GC part. They fell for it and it was a total scam. Scammers are getting smarter...
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Post by sam on Oct 3, 2018 22:38:50 GMT -6
I'm hijacking this thread. If two of you hated your KM84 on vocals, ship them to me! I'll even give you dollars! Or maybe you have two you're about to throw out? Never fear! Again, for dollars, I will take them off of you!
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Post by sam on Oct 3, 2018 8:20:34 GMT -6
Curious how this holds to a FET 47. I want some iteration of a 47 for kick out and strings. But I don't wanna spend FET 47 prices. Can you help me, Batman?
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