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Post by ericn on Oct 24, 2023 18:45:40 GMT -6
If you go slant a trick I learned long ago and I believe Ward believes is my moment of genius, put a drawer in the otherwise wasted space at the bottom instead of a kick plate. That is genius. Nah, it’s just an old road warrior who knows each and every square inch is a very very valuable commodity.
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Post by ericn on Oct 24, 2023 17:45:36 GMT -6
I’ll contradict everyone straight, easier to load, don’t have to think about chassis depth, cable organization with rear rails. I hear you about rear rails. The other reason it might be good is rack drawers. I got a few of the Middle Atlantic ones I expect to go in. HMMMM If you go slant a trick I learned long ago and I believe Ward believes is my moment of genius, put a drawer in the otherwise wasted space at the bottom instead of a kick plate.
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Post by ericn on Oct 24, 2023 17:24:15 GMT -6
Be afraid, be very afraid ! Don’t fear the Reaper? Had to for Don😜
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Post by ericn on Oct 24, 2023 11:21:15 GMT -6
No price, oh oh! If you have to ask….
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Post by ericn on Oct 24, 2023 10:09:43 GMT -6
I think it looks $200 better (see my previous post). It certainly looks weird, but I wouldn't pay $200 for aesthetics. I ain't wearing it. I can buy a nice pair of sneakers with the extra money. Hell, I think the Coles 4038 looks horrendous. Actually, now that I think of it, most mics are eyesores. What phallic shape isn't? The only exception I can think of is the Soyuz 017. I think that's a beauty. The RCA 44 doesn't look bad either. I have not experimented with it but logic says at these prices the mic body has to be a generic OEM so there has to be a more attractive/ appropriate head basket. I get that the basket being used keeps them from getting sued, but that doesn’t mean you can’t play around 😁
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Post by ericn on Oct 24, 2023 10:01:25 GMT -6
Just browsed some of the comments on that video..man....I think you could do a comparison of three totally different models, and most YouTubers would declare as loudly as possible that they sounds within 10% of each other. Hell...I practically wanna do an 1176 vs CL1B vs dbx160 video just to prove that point. 🤣 I've found that most people that make those kinds of comments can't hear 90% of what's going on due to their monitors(if they even have any) and lack of room treatment 🤣 It’s always the guy running 3in KRKs who comments about the “Monster Low end”😁
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Post by ericn on Oct 24, 2023 9:48:28 GMT -6
I’m going to put this as simple as I can. If you like it keep it, use a pop filter / spit guard store it in a ziploc with a Silica pack. I use the ones that change color as they lose effectiveness because the 1 year thing makes no sense when you don’t know how long it sat on the shelf before you got it. Aye aye, understood! I keep my place around 45% relative humidity for the health of some guitars, but I like your silica idea. In fact, I have some humidipaks that do two-way humidification/de-humidification (typically in guitar cases) that get hard when they're used up, and I may store all the mics with one of those in a single case. And yeah, of course a pop filter and gaurd. The mic is only a year or two old...I don't know why anyone wouldn't use those things on something like a U87ai. No matter my opinion of the mic, Neumann seems to do pretty precise work - nothing I'd let anyone walk up and spit into. Goofy! Your doing it right, I do purposely dumb down some of this advice because as I’m sure Tim, OPR and just about everyone in the mic buisness or any biz for that matter will tell you, some of the smartest people I know do some of the dumbest shit ( myself included). Also even if you know this stuff, we might just teach a guy who’s lurking something and save some of our favorite mic builders hair.
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Post by ericn on Oct 24, 2023 9:38:16 GMT -6
Just browsed some of the comments on that video..man....I think you could do a comparison of three totally different models, and most YouTubers would declare as loudly as possible that they sounds within 10% of each other. Hell...I practically wanna do an 1176 vs CL1B vs dbx160 video just to prove that point. 🤣 YouTube is the new Mix, recording etc. In the old days Magazines and A listers, now it’s everyone with YouTube subscribers, is it better? Well in the old days I could usually score a couple of days with the latest and greatest because I was the conduit to a number of clients. I can’t say who but a manufacturer had a new line of studio amps and they wanted the sample in couple of important peoples hands after the reviewers were done. Well this was a handmade prototype, plug it in and one ch is inverting phase, really obvious on near fields and confirmed with the phase checker. Turns out the bridge switch was mounted upside down, nobody noticed and I know of at least 4 great reviews of this very sample, that had one channel out of phase till I opened it up and literally “ flipped the switch “.
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Post by ericn on Oct 24, 2023 8:07:32 GMT -6
Overprocessing is a thing I'm guilty of ^^. I love processors too much for my own good. Thanks Dan . No problem. Another thing to watch out for is fake stereo mastering gear with stereo input and output pots, two sets of pots for attack and release, or stepped potentiometers. You cannot match them even with test tones. Your image will drift. You’re better off with any switched (and I mean any. Even the cheap Dav eq or something colored like the curve bender) or most modern digital eq or that normally priced Daking Comp that ericn pointed out because it has push buttons for the different settings, and mono input and output pots that can be matched with test tones and the Daking doesn’t have a lot of distortion in sharp contrast to say Neve’s classic diode bridge designs which will all eventually drift into thuds. Matching attack and release pots with test tones like on the Dangerous is much harder and will require you to break out audio analysis tools like plugin doctor should you wish to change them rather than just controlling the send volume. And even if you want that thudding diode bridge sound, you’re better off with a real 33609 or that Buzz DBC-M because they use switches rather than the well-advertised RND gear’s stepped pots. And besides, still manufactured hardware will neither be as surgical nor as program dependent as the MDW and the TDR plugins. Dan Dan is absolutely right stepped pots = never being able to recall or match up, but I am going to point one thing to my friend Dan, pots have one advantage. Pots let a mastering engineer make tiny corrections to an individual channel, you know correcting for that slightly miss matched EQ with stepped pots the mix engineer put across the mix bus😁 Now if you did a survey you would find that the majority of AES don’t really factor the type of controls into most of their choices but mastering guys are going to make it a priority. An interesting simple experiment is if you ever get to use a large console with recall is to EQ a channel run pink noise and look at it through a RTA/ FFT save it, zero out the console recall it measure and compare, you will most likely see some slight differences, now bring that saved setting on a different channel, measure and you will definitely see some differences. I can’t put enough emphasis on how much you can learn playing around with the most basic measurement tools.
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Post by ericn on Oct 24, 2023 5:43:48 GMT -6
So the reference to the Softtube powercore was not the plug in but its format ? I am demoing the current plug in, i’ll watch the price on Black Friday, just had a $2700 car repair: ouch! Yeah, I just remember a couple of years ago I had to help a guy with a Softube setup and the easiest way to find anything was a google search 😎 Sorry about the repair bill good luck.
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Post by ericn on Oct 23, 2023 20:38:05 GMT -6
The question is, is the Serrano $200 better? I think it looks $200 better (see my previous post). Definitely!
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Post by ericn on Oct 23, 2023 20:37:30 GMT -6
Just had an offer excepted on another Graphic for the live rig. While not my favorite sonically on wedges the TDM designs 30 ge2 is one of my favorites, besides being a decent Graphic it has 3 Notch filters per ch on sliders. I really don’t want these to go up but, imagine how quickly you can make a howl disappear before it starts just sliding the notch filter. Then you can cut the appropriate fader reset the notch filter for the next one. My BSS will live on mains, a XTA Audient, KT or BSS definitely better fidelity but for a world of one nighters TDM on wedges every night.
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Post by ericn on Oct 23, 2023 7:35:12 GMT -6
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Post by ericn on Oct 22, 2023 11:12:11 GMT -6
When watching any of the YouTube demo reviews do realize even the best reviewer has to be careful not to upset the manufacturers and distributors because otherwise the flow of review samples drys up. The Manufacturers and Distributors know it and know they have the power. So take it all with a grain of salt.
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Post by ericn on Oct 22, 2023 11:07:45 GMT -6
What about the Samar MG20 mics? Excellent choice, totally different price point.
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Post by ericn on Oct 21, 2023 16:41:02 GMT -6
John for that price get yourself a Universal Audio SP-1. We just auditioned some beside some real KM84s and everyone was impressed especially for that money. Interesting, not that I need SDC’s.
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Post by ericn on Oct 21, 2023 16:40:18 GMT -6
Hard to “steal” something that’s open source. Choose to profit from it, not the coolest, but commerce is never “cool”. Well if your the one making the profit it’s really cool 🤪
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Post by ericn on Oct 21, 2023 16:38:39 GMT -6
Fair enuff, but atypical with vintage gear ? my main point was working with the sound of the Warm or , of course, peeps can buy whatever comp they want ! Atypical of vintage gear where no two units sound alike, not even most matched pairs! But then the CL1b and its predecessor the CL1a aren't vintage. They are made to modern exacting standards, and better quality control. Annnnnddddd . . . I still find them boring and tiresome sometimes Great on Femvox. I don’t think people realize how much tighter most component tolerances have gotten in the last 50 years.
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Post by ericn on Oct 21, 2023 13:44:27 GMT -6
Replica Mic makes the capsule. Never heard of it. My gut tells me “ makes” means import from China, but we shall see.
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Post by ericn on Oct 21, 2023 13:05:57 GMT -6
I’ll contradict everyone straight, easier to load, don’t have to think about chassis depth, cable organization with rear rails.
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Post by ericn on Oct 21, 2023 13:02:44 GMT -6
Just arrived today - Revive modded DBX 160a with new VCA and Jensen transformer etc. The Reverb price was too hard to pass up. Not an Unfairchild I know, but I've been researching and listening a lot to DBX comps lately and this will be a good way to dig in to the hardware without going into four figures on the new AudioScape 260VU. The Analog Obsession DBComp plugin really helped me understand the sonics too. And a video comparing the Revive modded 160a to the stock version on the Mixing Music Analog YouTube channel was helpful too - a real upgrade. View AttachmentThe one 160 meters will teach you more about outboard compression than any other.
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Post by ericn on Oct 21, 2023 10:52:22 GMT -6
The CL1Bs are surprisingly consistent from unit to unit Fair enuff, but atypical with vintage gear ? my main point was working with the sound of the Warm or , of course, peeps can buy whatever comp they want ! As a current in production product it’s really hard to call the Tubetech vintage. Of course if you consider it vintage what are you sayin about some of us 😁
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Post by ericn on Oct 21, 2023 9:45:38 GMT -6
I'd be surprised if a simple change of tube would give it the smoothness of or like the original. While I'd agree a tube change won't make it identical to the original because of other factors, I've never heard tube changes in any Valve gear not make a difference IME. It will never be identical, but if there is something tone wise that you want from a CL1B and the Warm doesn’t deliver experimentation with tube choice and guidance is certainly the easiest and probably most affordable way to move the needle.
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Post by ericn on Oct 20, 2023 19:11:37 GMT -6
Of course tone wise a lot of this could have to do with tube choices, I’ll be blunt does anyone not believe the tubes shipped with the Warm have as much or more to do with price point than tone. Good point Eric, tube choice in any tube gear I've ever used always made a difference. I would guess Warm is using JJ's, ....... .......but can anyone educate me on what tubes in the audio path were used in the Tube-Tech both back in the day and currently? I don’t know, that’s why we keep Bowie happy😁
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Post by ericn on Oct 20, 2023 12:53:45 GMT -6
I already own 4 Harrison consoles. At $90K, I'll keep my hand wired Harrison MR-3. with the built in patchbay. The MR-3 is in the same league sound wise as the original MR-2. I already have enough converters. And when and if I find the space and $ I have dibs on the Raven 😁 Think Flyht Tyne West will buy one and return to the Harrison Family?
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