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Post by mrholmes on Sept 12, 2015 19:15:23 GMT -6
Never had an eye on a DBX 160 but today I read that some AE love it.
Anyone on this board who knows the feel of the 160.
How close do the Waves gets in your opinion?
Cheers Holmes
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Post by rickcarson on Sept 13, 2015 0:10:29 GMT -6
I use the 160 from waves but if you watch In the lair's from pensado he has settings he uses for the Focusrite plugin and tha works really well as well.
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Post by mrholmes on Sept 13, 2015 5:37:39 GMT -6
I use the 160 from waves but if you watch In the lair's from pensado he has settings he uses for the Focusrite plugin and tha works really well as well. Sorry which plug in by focusrite acts like the 160? |
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Post by jazznoise on Sept 13, 2015 5:56:53 GMT -6
The red compressor, I assume? It's okay. Any fast peak compressor should be able to do the DBX thing to some extent.
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Post by stratboy on Sept 13, 2015 6:11:16 GMT -6
I have the UAD 160. It's my fave on kick, bar none.
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Post by rickcarson on Sept 13, 2015 6:57:32 GMT -6
yeah the D3 works great.
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Post by Bob Olhsson on Sept 13, 2015 6:59:23 GMT -6
I saw one at Bill Szymczyk's Bayshore studio in Miami and was surprised to find out that he had made a lot of incredible sounding records with a 160 on his mix buss!
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Post by jimwilliams on Sept 13, 2015 9:58:35 GMT -6
I bought the originals when they came out in 1983. One session back then brit AE/producer Dennis Mckay made me strap a pair across the mix buss on an album by jazz-fusion artist Steven Bach. It was called "Zero Gravity".
I had to ask him, "tape feed or monitor feed?" as I knew what was inside those things and what it would do to reduce the quality of the mix I worked hard on. I hoped he just wanted to hear the effect to determine radio readyness but he wanted to print them to the JH-110C 1/2".
Sessions that ended up like that helped feed the desire to make those things musical. It also had me use an occasional 'ghost writer' name as I didn't want my real name associated with what I considered a career reducing release.
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Post by tonycamphd on Sept 13, 2015 12:00:41 GMT -6
I think they're talking about the original DBX160vu which came out in 1976
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Post by mrholmes on Sept 13, 2015 12:56:01 GMT -6
The red compressor, I assume? It's okay. Any fast peak compressor should be able to do the DBX thing to some extent. Ok if thats the case I have that already. Thx. |
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Post by rickcarson on Sept 16, 2015 8:20:05 GMT -6
Not the new red plug that came out. Although it should work. Im talking about the ancient avid plugs D2 and D3
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Post by rickcarson on Sept 16, 2015 8:53:01 GMT -6
I saw one at Bill Szymczyk's Bayshore studio in Miami and was surprised to find out that he had made a lot of incredible sounding records with a 160 on his mix buss! Bob you have anymore awesome stories about Bill? This post has made me do some serious digging this morning. Man there were a ton of great engineers from Michigan. haha one of the things that makes me proud to call it my home state. |
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Post by Bob Olhsson on Sept 16, 2015 9:12:39 GMT -6
Bill stole my favorite assistant in California and made him a first engineer. I guess the best feature of Bill's studio was a switch under the console that made the words "Go Home!" flash in nixie lights on the meter bridge.
What blew everybody's mind is that Bill's studio was built from the ground up as one floor of an apartment complex. A few years after it opened Bill was evicted in spite of his 20 year lease so the building could be bulldozed and replaced by a high rise. His monetary compensation was insufficient to build another studio.
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