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Post by scumbum on Nov 7, 2015 13:54:58 GMT -6
Today my cp5 box arrived and tonight I built the first preamp in around 2 hours. yep i'm slow.
should be able to give them a spin on Saturday as I'm booked to do an EP with a band. I've pencilled the CP5 in for drum room mics. The band is talking overdubbing an acoustic for one song and if that happens i'll shootout the CP5 against the Syteks.
time will tell. first CP5 didn't blow up when I powered it up. 
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Post by gouge on Nov 9, 2015 23:57:02 GMT -6
Will use 2 mics for comparison.
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Post by jcoutu1 on Dec 16, 2015 11:11:57 GMT -6
How you guys liking these CP5's?
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Post by scumbum on Jan 27, 2017 1:10:50 GMT -6
Will use 2 mics for comparison. Ever do the comparison ? |
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Post by gouge on Jan 27, 2017 2:33:02 GMT -6
I still haven't done it. I'll use one tomorrow.
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Post by scumbum on Jan 27, 2017 10:22:24 GMT -6
I still haven't done it. I'll use one tomorrow. Haha , cool ! Whats your overall impression of the CP5 mic pres ?? |
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Post by gouge on Jan 28, 2017 8:03:10 GMT -6
They are clean and quiet, prob not as open as I would like. If the source sounds good then they are fine but there is no help.
I compared to the sytek tonight. I left my hard drive at home so need to wait till next weekend now to upload files.
I used an sm57 pair. Comparing them makes the sytek seem coloured. The cp5 is pretty much flat, so the sytek sounds brighter with more body in the mids.
The sytek sounded bigger.
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Post by scumbum on Jan 28, 2017 16:36:14 GMT -6
They are clean and quiet, prob not as open as I would like. If the source sounds good then they are fine but there is no help. I compared to the sytek tonight. I left my hard drive at home so need to wait till next weekend now to upload files. I used an sm57 pair. Comparing them makes the sytek seem coloured. The cp5 is pretty much flat, so the sytek sounds brighter with more body in the mids. The sytek sounded bigger. Thanks for doing this . It will determine for me which mic pre to get . I'm thinking its now the Sytek but I wanna hear the difference myself . |
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Post by gouge on Feb 6, 2017 20:51:36 GMT -6
They are clean and quiet, prob not as open as I would like. If the source sounds good then they are fine but there is no help. I compared to the sytek tonight. I left my hard drive at home so need to wait till next weekend now to upload files. I used an sm57 pair. Comparing them makes the sytek seem coloured. The cp5 is pretty much flat, so the sytek sounds brighter with more body in the mids. The sytek sounded bigger. Thanks for doing this . It will determine for me which mic pre to get . I'm thinking its now the Sytek but I wanna hear the difference myself . hi scumbum,
i'll upload tomorrow the files for you. I have been very busy with recording and work so haven't had the time as yet. doing more tonight but tomorrow is free. :-)
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Post by gouge on Feb 8, 2017 4:44:28 GMT -6
the 4 files are not levelled matched 24/44.1 wave files.
there are 2 different guitars. a 70's grecco sg and an ampeg les paul modified with p90's. all sm57 mics.
I setup the les paul with 57/sytek first just off centre and placed a 57/cp5 beside it. hence the cp5 is darker. I felt this was a little unfair so doubled the guitar part with the grecco but this time set the 57/cp5 first then put the 57/sytek beside it.
all up the sytek is brighter and has more mids.
https%3A//soundcloud.com/studiogestalt/grecco-57-cp5
https%3A//soundcloud.com/studiogestalt/grecco-57-syt
https%3A//soundcloud.com/studiogestalt/les-paul-57-cp5
https%3A//soundcloud.com/studiogestalt/les-paul-57-syt
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Post by scumbum on Feb 11, 2017 0:57:55 GMT -6
Thanks for posting this !
I can download these right ? I'm gonna try tomorrow .
Looks like an Orange AD30 single channel . I bought one back in 2000 and still have it . Its been my main amp for years .
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Post by scumbum on Feb 12, 2017 13:12:25 GMT -6
Sytek sounds the best . I like the Les Paul Sytek take . Thanks for doing that !
Picking up a Sytek is even more on my radar now .
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Post by gouge on Feb 12, 2017 22:08:04 GMT -6
i like the sytek a lot as well. especially on acoustic.
i tracked some drums on the weekend and used the cp5 on snare. it sound pretty good but again is missing some air. i'll upload a clip tonight is i can.
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Post by gouge on Feb 13, 2017 5:27:39 GMT -6
here is the cp5 on snare from a session on the weekend. first file is the entire kit. second file is the solo snare.
glyn johns setup. pm860 pair into lola on overheads; beta 52a into vocoloco on kick; snare mic into cp5.
this is raw, I haven't edited out the miss hit at the end.
https%3A//soundcloud.com/studiogestalt/outro-kit
https%3A//soundcloud.com/studiogestalt/outro-snare
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Post by scumbum on Feb 13, 2017 23:06:46 GMT -6
Snare sounds good ! Its very 70's . The CP5 sounds very clear and for $150 its nice . I'd leave that hit at the end for sure , don't edit it out . It adds engery/excitement to the climax at the end .
I see you have asteroids on the wall . I used to own Asteroids Deluxe the actual arcade game . I've had many arcade games over the years but recently sold them all off .
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Post by gouge on Feb 14, 2017 5:23:00 GMT -6
I guess it is 70's sounding. the snare had a muffler ring on it. I found a nice spot in the room for the snare and setup the kit there. I tried it without the muffler ring but there were to many overtones so I put it back on and recorded it that way. don't know to much about the kit. it was what was there. pearl export lacquered shells with iss mounts.
the asteroids were my music partners idea. he is a big vintage game fan. there are two pin balls machines in the live room and a table arcade game. lots of fun. doctor who and twighlight zone.
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