Warm Audio WA76 Demo/ new video up on youtube

Well thanks my man.

You're totally right m57. I used the same tracks, which were recorded simultaneously with the WA76 and without. The bass was the only problem. It was done (beautifully) by Anton Evans, (Henge) from Village Works studios in Canada. He did the track first, and then later on when I decided to do the video, I realized I needed a "without" bass track. He recorded a short piece later, with exactly the same instrument and signal path, but without his WA76 this time. Unfortunately, the difference in playing from one day to the next is obvious. I did my best, and hope t doesn't become a big nit to pick when the youtubve comments come rolling in. Other than that, I think the level matching went well.

The last video I did got more than 10,000 views, and that's a lot of eyes to answer to ;-)

Thanks bro, much appreciated.

Thanks so much Tony. there's definitely room for improvement on my part, but your support is truly appreciated, because I know you really mean what you say.

I've been seriously considering whether to get a Warm WA76 or a UAD Satellite or a Softube Console 1. I like the idea of tracking into the box so that it sits well in the mix rather than the other way around and your video and song demonstrate this very well. Nice tune BTW. The issue is the preamp. If you don't mind me asking, what preamp were you using? I have an Apogee Quartet which is an excellent interface but because the WA76 is a line level unit it has been recommended that I use a dedicated preamp before the WA76 then into my Apogee. Is this the line you were using?

Very nicely done, Martin.

I would love to hear any other mixes you did on the uncompressed tracks, such as the WA76 on the 2 buss.

I have 2 WA76 if you want to send a wav file be happy to run it through.

A couple of thoughts.
1. Your voice is pure americana. Love it. It borders on the "about to fall apart at any moment" with a compelling tone and emotive quality.
2. The WA76 adds a beautiful yet almost transparent weight to almost every source.
3. Bryce is the man!! warmaudio

I don't like the logo, but grabbed one anyway. Haha. It does look amateur, but the sound is there.

Thanks so much, I love youse guys!

As for the logo, please don't let that stop you from getting the WA76, A simple piece of black tape fixes that in a minute, or if you must, tape around it, carefully spray a pinch Rustoleum semi-gloss black, which is the most pro DIY finisher I've ever seen, and your good to go.

I don't mind the logo, but can understand why some hate it. Bryce is smart, he's always open to suggestions.

B1, it's complicated enough getting all those tracks done twice, with and without the WA76, keeping track of it all, and then level matching, so I didn't save any alternate mixes. I believe in the video, the "mix with and mix without" parts have no 2 bus processing, but of course, the final mix does, but that's in the box. I'd need two 76's to use it on the 2 bus. These days I've gone minimal in the 2, use Slate's VBC, and UAD's ATR-102, and a little of Apple's compression, which are outstanding by the way. Sometimes I don't use the Slate VBC, just tape, com press, and print.

Ward, thanks for the supportive comments. I so appreciate you finding my vocal "Americana". I have some connections in that genre, and plan to solicit my songs soon, but was concerned I was too folk rock to be considered "true Americana". I have have some Americana style songs, but many Alt-Country, and Folk-Rock style too, along the lines of The Byrds, Ryan Adams, Emmylou Harris, Lucinda Williams and Tom Petty, and I sincerely hope they fit in. I am trying to take the genre to new places, so I hope I find those with the ears to hear. There's a certain snob element to those people in powerful positions to help a new Americana artist.

Sweet vid Martin John Butler !! Great demonstration of the WA76 in use. Also I love this tune man.