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Post by ericn on May 4, 2024 16:53:37 GMT -6
View AttachmentOk, my Jet. The top is a drum wrap. Also the little one watt Marshall head I picked up only has a 16 ohm out and my cabs are 8 ohm. Most things I have read suggest running it into my cab shouldn’t be a problem. Not ideal perhaps, but probably won’t blow it up. Thoughts? Cheers, Geoff It shouldn’t, speakers rated impendance is always “ nominal” the actual load is all over the place depending on frequency. So a nominal 8 ohm speaker is all over the place. Decent amp and transformer designers take this into account, so the 16ohm tap on a particular amp may in fact be a better choice for a nominal 8 ohm cab depending on design choices and the actual load.
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Post by ericn on May 4, 2024 13:20:09 GMT -6
Love factory preset videos…cuz it’s just how Johnny would use it! Lol Everything Dan says is true the original didn’t quite nail the H3000 sound, but damn if it wasn’t 1000 times easier to program!
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Post by ericn on May 4, 2024 13:17:18 GMT -6
Hello I'm trying to buy audio gear from a US second-hand store, but the people there won't send to Europe, as they told me, europeans are thieves. Things escalated, & now a sale ain't happening in my wildest dreams. But I need the gear. I thought that maybe someone in the forum could help me, by having the gear delivered to their place, & then send the gear to France. I'd send the money prior to the buy and the shipment of course and would make sure 50$ goes her/his way, as a sign of my gratitude. I won't go with a brand-new low-message-count RGO account, but I get the sense that RGO regulars are great people. If someone feels like helping, please send me a PM ! Many thanks in advance ! xxxxx Cheers Louis Damn. That was odd hill for dude to die on. Continent hate is a new one. “Stupid Europe with all those dumb peninsulas and old buildings…” Every dealer has a horror story about their first couple of non domestic sales and losing money because of customs, shippers, taxes etc. The problem is the little guys see it as a pain, don’t care to learn how to do it. I would like to say it’s as simple as calling your UPS or FEDEX rep to walk you through it, but the biggest hurdle there is if your not doing a million dollars in shipping costs a year getting the call back.
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Post by ericn on May 4, 2024 13:10:15 GMT -6
On that score the other day I saw Rode Podcasting gear at Target, we are all heading there. I mean, once upon a time, Sears was a go-to spot for buying your kid's first guitar, so in a way, I guess an argument could be made that we're really heading * back* there. I'd rather see the budget entry-level stuff in stores like Target anyhow; put entry-level music-making in 'every day' places where parents can easily buy in, let it get re-normalized, and then maybe (just maybe) there's an eventual demand for higher-quality instruments that specialist mom n pop shops can sell, just like the ol' daze. Wouldn't that be swell? From a traditional MI perspective, absolutely, from a tech perspective, it’s the after sale support that matters exponentially more with new users ( exhibit A all the UAD support complaints as they move down market). Remember Sears never sold Multi tracks😁 Now one of the traditional reasons for MI coveting entry level instrument sales has always been that while these sales didn’t mean much for the bottom line, but the lessons these sales generated were a cash cow. GC has suddenly discovered this strategy over the last 6 years, but a Music store here in KC where one of the instructors was having inappropriate relationships with minors may have saddled that cash cow with a whole bunch of liability insurance costs and the need for increased supervision.
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Post by ericn on May 4, 2024 10:19:55 GMT -6
Good riddance. The music instrument equivalent to Walmart drive the proper mom n pop stores out of business. Let them rot. I hope the local shops make a come back. I want to buy from people who give a damn. On that score the other day I saw Rode Podcasting gear at Target, we are all heading there.
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Post by ericn on May 4, 2024 8:56:12 GMT -6
Got that PMC superstack as my main set up. Gives a sense of scale and reads out very accurately on depth of the recording. Very low distortion monitors. Mix is then adjudicated and quality controlled on the revealing Meyer AMIE monitors. I use ProAc Response 2S hi-fi speakers at home. I do like the overall design heritage of Hudson’s monitors The PMC’s are the magic of great Volt drivers in a Transmission line cabinet, the Meyer’s .are from the Just as brilliant but more as a speaker system designer John Meyer. ProAc fit Hudson casual the guys who were building ATC systems before ATC.
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Post by ericn on May 3, 2024 21:36:40 GMT -6
Such a bummer. The CEO of Guitar Center actually did an interview just last week about making changes to their current strategy, basically saying they've become too focused on entry level gear and plan to refocus on premium gear. Not sure that will actually solve anything, but I hope they find a way to stay afloat. finance.yahoo.com/news/guitar-center-ceo-explains-why-161149551.htmlHe might want to refocus but considering GC got Fender to agree to taking Pennie’s on the dollar for their debt, I doubt anyone in the high dollar world is going to take the risk. My local MI guy was telling me their Fender rep was apologizing for basically shitting on them for paying on time. GC’s biggest issue is pretty simple, they like to strategize about what they want to be instead of looking in the mirror and seeing who they really are. I’ll say it again: it’s not about the market you want but it’s all about the market you got. ( That rule got me an A+ in understanding markets).
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Post by ericn on May 3, 2024 21:30:41 GMT -6
Perhaps it isn’t closing due to necessity but more like now that Sam has passed it’s time to cash out and divvy. I could be wrong but…… In the past the number one asset of Sam Ash has been their real estate. Someone might have realized sell gear wasn’t the best use.
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Post by ericn on May 3, 2024 17:02:02 GMT -6
I've considered doing that on more than one occaision. You both are on FI-URRRR!!!! They hake a fantastic hammer as well. For harder jobs, use an SM7b Nah windscreens fail to easy the original 635 is a much better hammer.
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Post by ericn on May 3, 2024 10:05:59 GMT -6
It's a "PSVANE". I had never heard of it either. Current production, and they can be had for about $10. He promised me a NOS Mullard and a Theirsch capsule lol. Made by Changsha Hengyang Electronics Co., Ltd. You know, that manufacturer providing the "hand made German 7025" tube he says is in all of his 47s. And who needs Theirsch when you have his "dual back plate, dual diaphragm, capsule with FULL BLEED gold sputtered aluminized Mylar diaphragms". With all of that, what's a little duct tape? ;-) We are entertainment professionals at the very least I expect Gaffers Tape damn it😎
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Post by ericn on May 2, 2024 17:42:19 GMT -6
It's the one thing it does well! They work OK for propping old windows open. I have been told they are perfect for throwing at bad monitor engineers.
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Post by ericn on May 2, 2024 12:52:50 GMT -6
NT1 is a decent mic, it’s kind of a shame that the biggest limitation is the capsule, upgrade the capsule and your probably going to find it works on just about anything and won’t be the limiting factor. I have seen/heard this a few times and while probably a separate thread, I'd be curious what the go to recommended capsule is for this. I guess it depends on the sound one is after, but lets just say whatever circuit the NT1 is designed after, thats probably a good start - I think its a 67, but not certain. Well the NT1 is a FET so not a 67 circuit and if memory serves me I think the capsule didn’t require EQ for the HF so more of a 47fet or 414 lineage.
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Post by ericn on May 2, 2024 11:07:47 GMT -6
NT1 is a decent mic, it’s kind of a shame that the biggest limitation is the capsule, upgrade the capsule and your probably going to find it works on just about anything and won’t be the limiting factor.
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Post by ericn on May 2, 2024 10:24:42 GMT -6
Usually 3-4 pair are hanging around, post move only the Quested H208’s and F11a’s are set up.
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Post by ericn on May 1, 2024 21:24:44 GMT -6
Yeah it’s been a while I’ll send a couple of bucks.
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Post by ericn on May 1, 2024 14:31:26 GMT -6
I've been thinking about this and the red part might be a sleeve slipped over a mic to alter the polar pattern. 4 years later or someone painted the windscreen to easily ID it, seen some very bad attempts over the years.
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Post by ericn on Apr 30, 2024 21:54:38 GMT -6
One of the first things I learned in pro audio was as cool as they look the problem with 4x12 cabinets is there were 4 speakers in them. A stack can be cool and provide the power to knock your socks off, but in most cases if you ever measure the 4 12’s individually you will find the sound of a 4x12 is really the sound of comb filtering. I have yet to measure any 4 stamped frame guitar speakers that measure the same. So often the reason someone puts that 57 so close is to try to reduce the level of those other 3 speakers. Honestly the way I got heads to sound their absolute best was to have a couple of single driver cabinets to mic up.
The other thing about a single 12 vs 4 is the same gain settings you reduce the actual spl by 6 dB.
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Post by ericn on Apr 30, 2024 21:42:06 GMT -6
I’m going to go and recommend and old standby, actually the pre most credited with the resurgence of tubs pre’s the Demeter VMP2. Are there better today? Yes, but I guarantee you plug a FET LDC in it put the mic in front of a decent vocalist and you will instantly think “yup that’s what I was thinking tubes would do”. Literally just picked a VTMP-2B up again. U87, TLM49, Blue Kiwi, Lauten Atlantis, my ADK FET mics; 67T, 49T, 251T, it just takes them to a different level. Ummm who was it it who suggested you buy your first one😁 I know you are adapting the Kennedy technique to gear these days😎
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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 ericn on Apr 30, 2024 18:08:21 GMT -6
There was a joke, that wasn’t an actual joke, back in the early recording-forums days, that the AKG C1000 was extremely-excellent at exactly two jobs; one as a paper-weight, the other, to mic a ride. It is the worlds greatest mic as long as you don’t plug it in.
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Post by ericn on Apr 30, 2024 18:07:15 GMT -6
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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 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 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 ericn on Apr 29, 2024 18:13:48 GMT -6
You will be better off educating your client on the waste of his time and money. They are romanticizing an idea. Running audio signal through the I/O of a console at unity will not offer any reasonable benefit. And, it's not mixing.
^^^this right here. And I'm a guy who mixes on an analog console with a bunch of outboard gear. It's much more a workflow thing than a sonic thing, and at the end of the day, the mix quality is limited (or enhanced) by the person doing the mixing, not the equipment. Yup not about the console, it’s about what You or I can get the console and everything else to do.
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