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Post by john on Nov 16, 2016 15:39:36 GMT -6
Wait...you've been here for a while...I take that back its nice to be welcomed. even if its every time I post somethin haha
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Post by john on Nov 16, 2016 15:26:24 GMT -6
I actually enjoy the 305s but I heard the 308 at a friends house and they seemed much more effortless, not just louder. The 305 make me lean forward to pick out the detail so I've been looking to upgrade for awhile. I know they are cheap but worked better for me than the Yamaha I had previously. Hopefully I will find the 4328 'better' with or without the room correction. The price was too good to resist and I am not quite ready to take the Amphion etc.. leap.
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Post by john on Nov 16, 2016 11:25:17 GMT -6
I just scored a new pair of these from sweetwaters early bird black Friday deal. I'm very excited to upgrade from the 305s. I don't fully understand the room correction stuff. Can anyone share some insight on how this works and how valuable of a tool it is? I'm in a medium-sized room with some DIY treatment. Guess I should read the manual but I prefer to talk with you all
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Post by john on Nov 10, 2016 9:19:20 GMT -6
guitfiddler: I got mine on ebay for 1800. I recently began using the cue send feature to send my drum tracks (kick, snare and overhead) to a group parallel compressor, either the wa-76 or dbx 560, and return that summing to the board on input 16. Its a great feature to have. I only wish there were 4 aux sends but I make it work with the 2. The direct outs of 1-8 are at my patchbay so I can I have any additional fx inline and return them to inputs 9-16. Usually my songs are 8-10 mono tracks so that leaves me at least 6 extra inputs for fx or parallel stuff. I am not doing anything on the computer other than recording the stereo track.
martin: thanks!
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Post by john on Nov 9, 2016 15:08:17 GMT -6
I don't think there is anything truly comparable as an alternative. The biggest difference I have found on it is the stereo output is so good. Prior to this I had mixed a project on a Soundcraft series 600. It was fun but the mix downs always lacked. I replaced it with the x-desk, recalled a song as close as I could (minus the board eqs) and the difference on the stereo track was night and day. It does seem expensive but with any analog board at or below its price I suggest that headroom on the master is where the money is. I got mine used for nearly half-off the store price.
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Post by john on Nov 1, 2016 10:08:08 GMT -6
yeah I am not really interested in the fx at all. was mostly thinking of it as a bright and clean contrast to my Vox which is dark and grimey. the chorus effect on rhodes reminds me of the Doogie Howser MD theme. not my cup 'o tea maybe I should look elsewhere for bright and clean and small and cheap(ish)...? or maybe I should just stick to grimey.
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Post by john on Oct 31, 2016 8:48:09 GMT -6
...which I'm not sure how they'd do with the low end of the Rhodes' range... ah yes, very good point.
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Post by john on Oct 27, 2016 11:04:09 GMT -6
I almost picked up the 40 last year. I think I am going to grab one of these for recording as a contrast to my Vox tube amp. Anyone else use a Jazz Chorus for recording Rhodes?
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Post by john on Oct 24, 2016 19:56:52 GMT -6
That's cool John. I'm about half-way there on the savings train. Sold a few of my 500 series to get the ball rolling. I intend to track guitars, keys/synths, snare and percussion with it and then use the compressor on drum bus mix down. Still hoping that demo video is in the works.
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Post by john on Oct 18, 2016 12:27:37 GMT -6
I'd love to see/hear a demo with the Microphone Cassette's ability to work like the TG on drums.
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Post by john on Oct 17, 2016 22:26:53 GMT -6
I've been using the Samson bays (3 of them) going on 4 years now. No problems. Well, one problem... every 6 months or so I come up with a new "better" way and end up spending a day resetting everything. One of these days is coming up as a matter of fact.
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Post by john on Oct 13, 2016 9:35:27 GMT -6
Cool I like Instagram. I was hoping to check it out at AES but either I am going blind or Chandler wasn't there. I'm considering shedding some of my 500 series back end stuff for a stronger front end. The mic cassette looks like a great option.
Hey Spock, is a REDD strip on the drawing board? It would be rad to have both the TG and REDD on hand.
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Post by john on Oct 12, 2016 11:29:26 GMT -6
is anyone using a mic cassette on a regular basis? not much user review out there yet. considering taking the plunge.
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Post by john on Oct 7, 2016 13:27:47 GMT -6
sold a few mics to pick up a Coles 4038. it was a good idea had a line on a Yamaha CP70 but I missed it by a hair. good deal too. semi-devastating. eyeing the chandler mic cassette but I would have to sell 4-5 units to get it. still weighing the pros and cons of that move. id much rather a 'redd47/rs124/whatever eq matches' strip. it would suck to go tg only for the redd to follow soon after.
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Post by john on Sept 19, 2016 9:18:35 GMT -6
I've been enjoying mine since its release. Bass DI is great and throwing a Royer in front of an Ampeg has lead to some great bass results as well. Lately I have been using it for percussion that has a lot of high end like tambourine. It certainly tames some of that unwanted ringing along with a ribbon mic. On kick with a ribbon...boom! Haven't tried it on much else because I have a D4 and Neve 511 that does most other work. The compressor has also become my bass' best friend. The growl and glow switch is amazing. There have been a few instances where I had both switches engaged and wow! These features help the bass go from distant to forward instantly. On other occasions the compressor has helped turn the bass into a beautiful gooey pillow. It may not be a swiss army knife for all instruments but on bass it has been very versatile and is used constantly. Looking forward to the eq that is next in line!
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Post by john on Sept 13, 2016 21:10:08 GMT -6
Interesting that I have been reading up on ribbons this week, was randomly introduced to the Stagers so I come here to search. Meanwhile this bump! Cool! really digging the sound and aesthetic. Might have to give it a go.
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Post by john on Aug 16, 2016 13:38:30 GMT -6
getting the vinyl into the sampler I recommend the radial phono pre. super clean and lots of detail. from a technic 1200 with a shure cartridge of course. much better fidelity than a dj mixer in my opinion. occasionally I use an mpc to arrange my own recordings. basically sampling myself. I run the 8 outputs into my racks of hardware and mix on the ssl x-desk. the difference is insane. after spending my whole teenage life making beats and wondering how they made it sound so amazing when my sampler sounding so whimpy its easy to hear what all the hardware is doing. I would recommend looking at the Neve 511 which can operate at line level. it has the silk feature for adding extra umph, a useful filter and sounds soooo good. its also one of the most affordable 500 series pres out there. I recently mixed some beats for a guy producing on the sp1200 and he was very happy with the results and difference from his references. it still had the grit but it went from narrow and thin to wide and in your face Thanks for the reply. Are you going through 8x 511s into DAW? Or just mix out (mono)?
I'm going through a variety of eqs, compressors, fx and mixing at the ssl x-desk. I have used my 511 to thicken the thin but I only own 1 of them. a rack of 8 would be killer I bet.
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Post by john on Aug 16, 2016 13:24:33 GMT -6
I foolishly sold my chameleon labs 7720 a few months back thinking this would arrive any minute. Hope its awesome!
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Post by john on Aug 16, 2016 13:17:57 GMT -6
getting the vinyl into the sampler I recommend the radial phono pre. super clean and lots of detail. from a technic 1200 with a shure cartridge of course. much better fidelity than a dj mixer in my opinion. occasionally I use an mpc to arrange my own recordings. basically sampling myself. I run the 8 outputs into my racks of hardware and mix on the ssl x-desk. the difference is insane. after spending my whole teenage life making beats and wondering how they made it sound so amazing when my sampler sounding so whimpy its easy to hear what all the hardware is doing. I would recommend looking at the Neve 511 which can operate at line level. it has the silk feature for adding extra umph, a useful filter and sounds soooo good. its also one of the most affordable 500 series pres out there. I recently mixed some beats for a guy producing on the sp1200 and he was very happy with the results and difference from his references. it still had the grit but it went from narrow and thin to wide and in your face
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Post by john on Jul 18, 2016 20:14:40 GMT -6
Attachment DeletedStill a little spaghetti monster until I finalize the cabling but so far so good. The sound is awesome and it's very capable. In fact I have sold 4 pieces since getting it because they became redundant. In that sense it nearly paid for itself
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Post by john on Jun 29, 2016 16:56:00 GMT -6
I had been using a BlueSky System 2.1 for years, and when the tweeter finally went (for the second time) one on of the satellites, I "upgraded" to the KH120s. Love them.
I auditioned focal CMS65s, Event Opals, and a few other brands. The KH120s locked it in, for me. Was able to clear up a mix I had been struggling with very quickly, and went on to really start "listening" to my music. Paired along with the Mixcubes, these have been worth every penny.
ZZsounds got me the 12 payment plan, so the pocketbook pain has been much easier to digest.
Any particular reason you chose them over the CMS65s? I've been debating between them and the KH120s for a few weeks now. My small JBLs have run their course.
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Post by john on Jun 23, 2016 18:24:03 GMT -6
I used a 24 channel version of the same mixer last year for a few projects. I liked it but yes mine was noisy and also started to go down one channel at a time after about 6 months of daily use. I ended up selling it for about the same price as that eBay auction. Lost $100ish. It does have ok eq's and cool routing choices though. Decent faders too but the knobs are weak. Also the channels are modular and spares pop up on eBay often for cheap. If it means anything to you, when I was ready to sell it I had several people ready to fight each other over it. So, if you wanted to demo it I don't think resale would be an issue. Oh! Also, mine didn't have dedicated aux returns which for whatever reason I assumed it would and overlooked when buying.
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Post by john on Jun 11, 2016 11:39:03 GMT -6
Recently set up a fisher space expander on the patch bay to try different sources on. So far love it on accented percussion like clave and conga. Also sounds huge on Hammond and electric guitar. Imma keep it. Looking forward to the Bricasti M200. Hopefully that will be my reverb of summer 2017
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Post by john on Jun 11, 2016 9:42:47 GMT -6
One man band here as well. I too have considered selling the whole boat (8 mixing signal paths, 3-4 years of buying, close to 10k) in order to buy a zener, a curvebender and the tg pair of preamps and just be done with it. This would give me stereo tracking as well as stereo bus capability. I've had several people talk me out of it but I must admit the gas still lingers. This was prior to the microphone cassette release so maybe now I'll just try to add that to the fold and be able to see how compatible that sound is with me before i narrow it down to one channel strip. I LOVE mixing on my 8 channels but I'd eventually like to track through one strip and not have much to do in the mix other than get levels and fx.
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Post by john on Jun 7, 2016 10:11:50 GMT -6
Most my best deals would be on instruments rather than gear. For example a Farfisa Compact that I was set to pay $200 for ended up being free because one key was very out of tune. The guy literally said "ahhh just take it, it's broken..." I already thought $200 was a good deal but you could have seen a blur behind me as fast as I moved once he said "take it." Also recently scored a Rhodes piano for $200 which is pretty tough to do in Southern California. No issues with it other than being a later model. Sure would like to find a ecoplate for a few hundred. Wow!
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