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Post by kcatthedog on Jul 19, 2024 17:59:41 GMT -6
Introducing MBSI
A Modern Classic
MBSI is a loving and faithful recreation of one of the most successful custom built consoles in the United States.
Custom built by the technicians at MCI for studio C at Criteria Studios, Miami FL, this console was used in the production of dozens of hit records that sold millions of copies.
Artists such as Eagles, Eric Clapton, the Bee Gees, and Grand Funk Railroad chose this room and this Console to work with some of the world's best producers including Tom Dowd and the legendary Bill Szymczyk.
We teamed up with Make Believe and Bill Szymczyk to bring this legendary console to your DAW for the first time.
You can learn more about MBSI and get a free 30-day demo here.
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Thank you so much for being a Metric Halo + Make Believe customer! We appreciate the ongoing support you have shown by purchasing our products.
As a customer, you can purchase MBSI during the intro period for only $75 using your personal link below. The list price for MBSI will be $179 after the intro period ends.
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“I wanted a sonic recreation of my all-time favorite analog board, and I believe we got it. The past is not dead; it’s here now!”
Bill Szymczyk
Grammy Award Winning & Multi Platinum Engineer / Producer
Credits: B.B. King, Eagles, The James Gang, Joe Walsh, The J. Geils Band, Bob Seger, The Who, Santana, and many, many more
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Post by ragan on Jul 19, 2024 18:06:02 GMT -6
If I could pluck one engineer from the pantheon and work with them it would probably be Bill Szymczyk. So, of course I'm gonna check this out.
Got a link?
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Post by kcatthedog on Jul 19, 2024 18:13:18 GMT -6
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Post by russellcreekps on Jul 19, 2024 19:35:02 GMT -6
Interesting!
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Post by ragan on Jul 19, 2024 20:00:05 GMT -6
Sounds kinda cool. If I bought it, it would be because of lore and personal vibe bias, not because it does anything I can’t already do in the DAW.
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Post by ragan on Jul 19, 2024 20:02:27 GMT -6
Or, “hey, these very limited choices played a role in Bill S. crafting these sonics that I love, so maybe there’s something to these particular limitations” to put a sunnier framing on it.
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Post by nomatic on Jul 20, 2024 6:59:42 GMT -6
I was on the beta team and I will say this plug-in is really great and is on every mix I do.
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Post by fellowshiphallsound on Jul 20, 2024 7:25:14 GMT -6
I was on the beta team and I will say this plug-in is really great and is on every mix I do. Is the fader "reversed?" ~ curious regardless, but that would be an interesting touch! I have another console built for Tom Dowd ca 1968 (Phil Iehle designed CADDCO from Atlantic C), and the faders are reversed. |
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Post by Quint on Jul 20, 2024 7:44:30 GMT -6
Looks like my MCI 416b. I'll have to check this out. |
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Post by nomatic on Jul 20, 2024 9:43:35 GMT -6
Once you get your head around it I bet you will find it produces a very classic sound that is quite useful.
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Post by drumsound on Jul 20, 2024 10:21:32 GMT -6
I was on the beta team and I will say this plug-in is really great and is on every mix I do. Is the fader "reversed?" ~ curious regardless, but that would be an interesting touch! I have another console built for Tom Dowd ca 1968 (Phil Iehle designed CADDCO from Atlantic C), and the faders are reversed. I remember reading, or maybe in the movie, that Tom Dowd said the idea was that you were bringing the sound closer or further from the listener. Somehow that didn't catch on. |
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Post by Johnkenn on Jul 20, 2024 10:54:16 GMT -6
Sounds kinda cool. If I bought it, it would be because of lore and personal vibe bias, not because it does anything I can’t already do in the DAW. Yeah same...love all the Bee Gees and Eagles stuff. But I really don't need another console type plugin. |
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Post by Johnkenn on Jul 20, 2024 10:54:53 GMT -6
I was on the beta team and I will say this plug-in is really great and is on every mix I do. What's special? |
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Post by Dan on Jul 20, 2024 11:26:08 GMT -6
Sounds kinda cool. If I bought it, it would be because of lore and personal vibe bias, not because it does anything I can’t already do in the DAW. Yeah same...love all the Bee Gees and Eagles stuff. But I really don't need another console type plugin. where are the drugs? does it include drug settings that change the audio playback through the plugin but not how the signal is processed through it? That should be a new frontier of plugins. The channel strip could easily control a monitoring insert. |
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Post by chessparov on Jul 20, 2024 11:46:37 GMT -6
Doesn't yet. Tragedy.  |
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Post by nomatic on Jul 20, 2024 15:19:11 GMT -6
Yeah same...love all the Bee Gees and Eagles stuff. But I really don't need another console type plugin. where are the drugs? does it include drug settings that change the audio playback through the plugin but not how the signal is processed through it? That should be a new frontier of plugins. The channel strip could easily control a monitoring insert. The way it pockets the midrange in a mix and the distortion character is very present. The compression sounds old in a good way as well.... |
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Post by seawell on Jul 21, 2024 0:35:30 GMT -6
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Post by Mister Chase on Jul 21, 2024 0:37:49 GMT -6
Very cool. My guitar teacher used to do session work at Criteria. Some cool stories.
I'll check this out.
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Post by ragan on Jul 21, 2024 16:27:06 GMT -6
The more I'm getting to know this thing, the more I am digging it. It really does sound very good.
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Post by Dan on Jul 21, 2024 16:58:55 GMT -6
Distortion is slightly interesting.
EQ is interesting but very limited.
The Suppressor is totally useless. Their marketing was right.
Unfortunately the replacement compressor is also almost totally useless. Only slow isn't massively distorted and you already own a ton of things better than it for smacky overshoots.
The plugin seems to get in the way. Like the rest of the Make Believe plugins, it feels rather silly.
The plugin reminds me a lot of the Fuse TCS-68 Tascam MIDISTUDIO 688 channel strip strip which I own which is quite silly and cumbersome but has better metering.
Like the Tascam strip exists, it's cool that it exists, I've used it on lo-fi, it would've been better if I hadn't use it, and it's very stupid.
Dan
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Post by ragan on Jul 21, 2024 17:02:21 GMT -6
lol
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Post by nomatic on Jul 21, 2024 18:17:37 GMT -6
Distortion is slightly interesting. EQ is interesting but very limited. The Suppressor is totally useless. Their marketing was right. Unfortunately the replacement compressor is also almost totally useless. Only slow isn't massively distorted and you already own a ton of things better than it for smacky overshoots. The plugin seems to get in the way. Like the rest of the Make Believe plugins, it feels rather silly. The plugin reminds me a lot of the Fuse TCS-68 Tascam MIDISTUDIO 688 channel strip strip which I own which is quite silly and cumbersome but has better metering. Like the Tascam strip exists, it's cool that it exists, I've used it on lo-fi, it would've be better if I hadn't use it, and it's very stupid. Dan dude....... Why so negative.... This is a really great piece of software if you would take the time to mix with and not analyze so much. |
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Post by seawell on Jul 21, 2024 23:39:07 GMT -6
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Post by Dan on Jul 22, 2024 7:19:32 GMT -6
Distortion is slightly interesting. EQ is interesting but very limited. The Suppressor is totally useless. Their marketing was right. Unfortunately the replacement compressor is also almost totally useless. Only slow isn't massively distorted and you already own a ton of things better than it for smacky overshoots. The plugin seems to get in the way. Like the rest of the Make Believe plugins, it feels rather silly. The plugin reminds me a lot of the Fuse TCS-68 Tascam MIDISTUDIO 688 channel strip strip which I own which is quite silly and cumbersome but has better metering. Like the Tascam strip exists, it's cool that it exists, I've used it on lo-fi, it would've be better if I hadn't use it, and it's very stupid. Dan dude....... Why so negative.... This is a really great piece of software if you would take the time to mix with and not analyze so much. It’s another very limited piece of software based off an old channel strip from way back when with very limited utility, filled with both emulated analog and digital artifacts included. It will neither solve the frequency problems with modern recordings nor control their dynamics. It will not bring back the musicians who didn’t need such control and for people like them, is just another thing that gets in the way. If you stack up instances to try to establish more control with its limited filters and mostly defective dynamics, you will get unwanted distortion and phase shift. |
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Post by ragan on Jul 22, 2024 8:01:05 GMT -6
Counterpoint: it sounds good.
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