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Post by sean on Dec 4, 2022 19:54:29 GMT -6
You should have the redd on your list. Sure! Been interested in hearing that one as well
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Post by sean on Dec 3, 2022 8:07:45 GMT -6
I'm wanting to add another high end vocal options...mostly interested in something a bit more "modern" sounding to compliment my U67, M49, and a rather good sounding U87. Ideally interested in a Flea 48 and Upton 251 but would also consider an older Blue Bottle with B6 capsule or Soyuz 017 Tube. Maybe something else...figure 8 is a huge plus (although I know the Bottle and Soyuz are not)
Located in Nashville. Cheers!
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Post by sean on Nov 28, 2022 14:00:00 GMT -6
I love Jim’s work. He has opinions that can come across as strong but I don’t think there’s any denying the improvements he can make, especially to early op-amp/transistor designs. I think people who react negatively to the idea of modifying say a DBX 160 or 1178 or LA4 have never actually heard the difference or a side by side. I think you hear less about Jim now because those pretty mediocre pieces of gear not command a much higher premium than before.
A Designs doesn’t seem to get much attention any more. I was always interested in hearing their Ventura preamp/EQ
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Post by sean on Nov 28, 2022 8:04:21 GMT -6
I mean, if you click on "Ultimate Liquidsonics Bundle" it doesn't even tell you what's included...
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Post by sean on Nov 28, 2022 7:13:48 GMT -6
So is it a better deal to buy the complete bundle, or one at a time cheapest to most expensive?
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Post by sean on Nov 26, 2022 6:27:22 GMT -6
I’ll use Kramer PIE and Tape on occasion, RVox, RBass, Aphex, MV2, S1…but that’s about it.
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Post by sean on Nov 25, 2022 15:08:23 GMT -6
And only yesterday I posted here that I was going to be strong and ignore all Black Friday sales - now I've just succumbed to Fuse Audio Labs' VQA-154 EQ. Dagnabbit! That’s a great one! I’ve been resisting buying the few Fuse plugins I don’t own because they are very redundant to what I already have, but that EQ is special. I also really like the VPRE-562A…it does a great job of adding some grit to a DI Wurlitzer, and the VQP-582A can sometimes be the icing on a cake on the mix buss…a nice alternative to something like a Maag EQ.
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Post by sean on Nov 25, 2022 15:02:48 GMT -6
I usually have M160/M130 in MS in my 7'6" room. I have 3 stereo Samar options, vintage RCA's, Fatheads, and the Beyers are just usually the thing that works best. I bought my Beyers around 1997, never reribboned. They spend time on guitar amps occasionally too. When I was still trying to deal with SDC's, I frequently had them very much off axis shooting across the top of the cymbals and out into the room to try and tame them, never very good. I've been fighting an ancient remix with my old KM140's as OH recently, having to do lots of dynamic equalizer tricks to make the cymbals sit down and shut up in the mix. I'll use a condenser OH only after the drummer proves to be appropriately light touch on the cymbals. I can't imagine SPL killing a ribbon as OH. I recently for the first time had the pressure hole in the kick drum causing plosives in the M160 4 feet above it, perfectly positioned for a little air blast. Serious outlier there. There are a number of people I've heard comment about certain ribbons not being meant to face perfectly downwards parallel to the floor, like RCA 44's and 77's, opinion being they always sound better with some angle on them. I haven't pursued evidence of that. Do you the the M/S set up overhead or in front of the kit?
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Post by sean on Nov 23, 2022 14:59:46 GMT -6
Also sometimes changing the plugin Pro Tools uses for TC/E makes a difference.
Serato Pitch N Time does work well and I think it has a 30 day demo
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Post by sean on Nov 23, 2022 10:04:40 GMT -6
If you get weird artifacts with elastic audio you can try deleting the unused analysis markers and sometimes that will help
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Post by sean on Nov 23, 2022 8:56:38 GMT -6
I’m not going to use these any they expire today:
$50: 2022-11-50K7UKG8G5JZ
$25: 2022-11-25GS8P973iTw243
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Post by sean on Nov 23, 2022 7:22:16 GMT -6
Picked up the Harrison AVA De-Esser for $9.
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Post by sean on Nov 22, 2022 20:50:47 GMT -6
I’m at the point where everything I want for the studio is at least a couple of grand so trying to stay strong and save and not buy like, a snare drum that’s a good deal but I’ll never use has been tough
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Post by sean on Nov 22, 2022 14:55:50 GMT -6
Wow I can’t believe this finally exist for us mere mortals.
Yes, it’s a lot of money, like the Sontec plugin, but you get what you pay for and I’m sure it’s excellent
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Post by sean on Nov 22, 2022 7:24:43 GMT -6
Ordered a Curtis Novak JM-V neck pickup for my Jazzmaster to go with my JM-FAT bridge...big Novak fan.
Otherwise...trying to decide on my next microphone purchase. I think it's between a Soyuz 017, Wunder CM7, Blue Bottle, or Upton 251. I need to get them side by side somehow. I'd like something a bit more "modern" sounding to use when a U67 or M49 aren't the vibe. I often use figure 8 polar patterns which makes the Upton appealing...but maybe one day they'll have a figure 8 capsule for the Soyuz? The Blue Bottle is pretty inconvenient to place but I do like the way they sound.
Decisions, decisions.
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Post by sean on Nov 20, 2022 21:26:36 GMT -6
I'll on occasion make 2 mono aux tracks and make their inputs the analog inputs, and make the outputs a buss that feeds an audio track. That way you could get your blend with the aux track faders and that blend is committed when you record. It also be handy if you need to flip the phase and your preamp doesn't have a phase switch (you never know...my GML's don't).
But feeding those to a hardware compressor add a bit of a wrinkle... but this should (maybe) work
1) Make 2 mono aux tracks and make their inputs your preamps, then make the output an analog out that is feeding your compressor's input, and then make a mono analog track with the input the output of your compressor. The aux track faders would be the level of each mic feeding the compressor.
2) Make 2 mono aux tracks and make their inputs your preamps and the outputs a buss, then make another mono aux track with the input that buss and use a hardware insert for your compressor, and then make the output of that aux track another buss, and then make a mono audio track with the input that. That was you could EQ the blend with a plugin before it feeds the compressor if needed.
Not sure what latency would be like in those two scenarios.
Or Radial Mix 2:1 is a really good solution; having a output level control is like having a fader on a console and will allow you to drive the preamp as hard as you want but have control of the output feeding the compressor.
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Post by sean on Nov 18, 2022 7:40:15 GMT -6
I wasn't a huge fan of the originals and sold all mine when I realised they weren't getting used and were worth a lot more than I'd paid. They lost too much low end for my stuff and I had modern stereo compressors that I preferred. If these have less low end then...... Jim Williams at Audio Upgrades definitely fixes this. I sold my pair of DBX 161’s I had Jim work on to my buddy Jamie Lidell and he’s obsessed with them on drum machines. If I didn’t have another pair of 160’s I would have kept them for sure. The Audioscape will likely be great and is definitely priced right
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Post by sean on Nov 12, 2022 12:32:29 GMT -6
And a seller took my lowball offer on a 1963 Epiphone Bard 12 string. Hope it’s not a dud!
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Post by sean on Nov 12, 2022 7:31:56 GMT -6
Pair of passive Auratones for $100 to replace my Reftones, which I smoked working on my Auditronics console. Whoops!
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Post by sean on Nov 10, 2022 10:45:48 GMT -6
if i didn't own so many damn UAD plugs, their sale for the bundles is easily the best deal i've ever seen them have. Definitely tempted as a way to pick up the AMS reverb and delay but I’m not sure there are 6 plugins I want/can justify since I have Ultimate 11 and don’t use Luna.
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Post by sean on Nov 9, 2022 7:35:26 GMT -6
Question for the ones who have responded mentioning M582s. Do you guys use them on drum overheads? I’m sure they would sound great, I guess I’m more asking do you feel comfortable putting them up in that application? Nickel capsules and no pad makes me wary of using mine there M62 capsules are what I have with mine You shouldn't have any problem using them as overheads. You might overload the electronics if it's a really loud drummer, but you aren't going to damage the capsule. Usually what causes damage is a strong burst of air that causes them to collapse...the death of most kick drum microphones is from being placed where the air burst coming from the port in the head is hitting the capsule. Or being dropped. Microphones don't like that haha
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Post by sean on Nov 9, 2022 7:25:51 GMT -6
A nice treat for those of us who bought Ultimate 10 while it was on sale. It was a hefty chunk of change ($999) but I hadn't bought a UAD plug-in for several years and it includes pretty much everything I'm interested in (and now the Hitsville EQ as well, which is really great) and I've been using the shit out the plug-ins with the introduction of Spark.
I love Capitol Chambers for longer, lush chamber sounds but on a quick test the Hitsville really works great on percussion, hand claps, snare drum, and horns. Not surprising! But I have found it to be a really hard to get good, convincing short and bright reverb sounds in the box and this does it really well.
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Post by sean on Nov 4, 2022 20:35:05 GMT -6
There are so many cymbal lines from each manufacturer I think generalizing any brand as this or that is unfair.
Honestly I’d just go to your local drum shop and even if you aren’t a drum hit a bunch of cymbal and let your ears decide.
This coming from someone who has a variety of Paiste, Zildjian, Isntabul Agop, and Bosphorus cymbals…and there are several Meinl, Sabian, and Istanbul Mehmet cymbals I’ve heard and love (Meinl Jazz and Sabian Artisan in particular)
Also, I agree A Custom a definitely designed with cutting through in heavy guitar music and are pretty genre specific
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Post by sean on Nov 3, 2022 18:05:02 GMT -6
SSL Violet stereo EQ on sale for $500. Woah, that's a BIG price drop
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Post by sean on Oct 31, 2022 7:38:57 GMT -6
It’s $10 at Plugin Boutique and they give you “bucks” when you buy through them and I had a few to put towards it. Haven’t had a chance to try it…out of town this weekend
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