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Post by gravesnumber9 on Apr 30, 2024 13:04:12 GMT -6
Don't know the Scheps Bounce Factory, but an extra run thru the Silver Bullet will net you quite a bit. It was designed to do exactly what you are describing and will sound subjectively better than the SSL;s (IMO). Good luck with your project. I think I’m probably just gonna go for this because I’m telling myself transformer-less is my problem with the console And I’m sitting at home with a literal transformer box. Hell, I got the Hitmaker4000s too if I want the SSL sound. I appreciate all the input and was likely fetishizing the idea of a console! Also, The Scheps Bounce Factory is a serious must-know for printing stems! Miles better than anything else that’s come out for this, works with SoundFlow to click around your screen in your sleep (even opening/closing/saving different projects!) Good solution. This is probably what your client is going for but doesn't know how to say it. Plus, it doesn't hurt that the Silver Bullet is a cool box that is expensive enough that it's out of reach for most bedroom hobbyists. I know that shouldn't matter but I suspect that you're reluctant to say "hey, I ran this through a $49 plugin that you could have bought yourself and it sounds great! Now that'll be $500 please!" This is not an ITB vs OTB vs Hybrid question. If you were mixing this anonymously it wouldn't matter. But you're not. You have a client who wants to pay you to do something through a physical device. They may be right or wrong. Doesn't matter. But SB solution solves both problems. Gives the client the feeling that they did something analog to make it cool and it also has the benefit of actually sounding good! Also... looked up "Bounce Factory." Wow. Too bad it's PT only, what a great idea! |
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Post by chessparov on Apr 30, 2024 13:06:30 GMT -6
Two words. TC Finalizer. (Drops Mic)  |
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Post by chessparov on Apr 30, 2024 13:10:40 GMT -6
Hey all! A client asked about mixing on a vintage console, but can’t pay the price tag for me to be in a room like that for a while. I know the outboard EQs/comps and center section is where the real magic is, but I’m considering a super-short booking in which I throw faders to Unity with the directs opened up and “commit” a previously prepped session with ProTools IO inserts across every track. Nothing aggressive, just a simple pass of the stems through one round of channel strip. Alicia Keys meets Jack Johnson kinda songs. That said, my place of work (where I’d get best deal) only has 9000J and 4000G consoles and I have a Silver Bullet at home (which I’ll be mixing through). My contemplation is that one pass through a transformer-less console might be a little vanilla compared to simply letting Scheps Bounce Factory run the stems through my Silver Bullet overnight? I’ll probably have to do both to know for sure, but any thoughts? I asked Andrew himself at NAMM, if he could recommend any good Mixers. Other than Vodka. Chris |
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Post by thehightenor on Apr 30, 2024 13:11:59 GMT -6
Two words. TC Finalizer. (Drops Mic) TC isn't a word - it's an abbreviation  (Picks up Mic) Walks off into the sunset .... |
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Post by ericn on Apr 30, 2024 13:17:20 GMT -6
Two words. TC Finalizer. (Drops Mic) Finally we get the answer. |
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Post by chessparov on Apr 30, 2024 13:37:05 GMT -6
Two words. TC Finalizer. (Drops Mic) TC isn't a word - it's an abbreviation (Picks up Mic) Walks off into the sunset .... "Shane!" "Come back!" |
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Post by Shadowk on Apr 30, 2024 13:37:11 GMT -6
There’s just no romance left in pro audio. I remember back in the day when we used to sit around an open console at xmas blindly smiling at the shrieker next door butchering a classic. We’d often search for the escape fire axe and that was for us not them.
Oh, oh and what about family pancake breakfast club? It’s weird I never got invited to these, maybe they didn’t like me or I wasn’t important enough but it must have happened because they used to spill flour everywhere.
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Post by chessparov on Apr 30, 2024 13:42:00 GMT -6
It's because they were critically... Panned. Sorry if my posts are making all this worse. I was a... Battered child. It was a bad Mix at home. Chris P.S. But "abbreviation" IS a word. Gimme my mic back! |
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Post by ericn on Apr 30, 2024 14:17:29 GMT -6
What this is most likely really all about is this : band knows their stuff kind of sucks. They go to expensive room with a console, they are sold on the idea that the console is the key to reducing the suck. Band can’t afford the place with the magic de sucking console, but they bought the concept that a console can take away the suck.
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Post by Ward on Apr 30, 2024 17:15:22 GMT -6
Two words. TC Finalizer. (Drops Mic) I have one of those! I don't even use it anymore . . . I should sell it. Is it a Consolation prize? |
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Post by ericn on Apr 30, 2024 18:01:37 GMT -6
Two words. TC Finalizer. (Drops Mic) I have one of those! I don't even use it anymore . . . I should sell it. Is it a Consolation prize? If you have a client who uses IEM’s live they are great DSP front end for IEM’s. |
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Post by ericn on Apr 30, 2024 18:15:33 GMT -6
Two words. TC Finalizer. (Drops Mic) I have one of those! I don't even use it anymore . . . I should sell it. Is it a Consolation prize? You know I am proud to say the only Finalizers I ever sold were on bids. |
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Post by Dan on Apr 30, 2024 20:23:23 GMT -6
What this is most likely really all about is this : band knows their stuff kind of sucks. They go to expensive room with a console, they are sold on the idea that the console is the key to reducing the suck. Band can’t afford the place with the magic de sucking console, but they bought the concept that a console can take away the suck. this wins the thread. This is the answer. |
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Post by doubledog on Apr 30, 2024 21:52:42 GMT -6
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