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Thu, 07 June 2007 18:21

Bill L

Messages: 766
Registered: August 2006

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I've tried to put these incident behind me, but I can't seem to forget
about them and I have to come clean it to the only people I know who
might understand.

When I worked as Chick Corea's studio manager we did a crazy little
experiment. We decided to see how good the Yamaha 02R96 mic pres are
compared to pristine vintage Neve 1073 modules. We used a 9 foot Yamaha
grand with Yamaha's mechanical recording/playback system (can't remember
the name of it) into 2 AKG C12s. We were able to get the exact same
performance on each take with the playback system.

In the end, we could hear that the Neve was ever so slightly warmer than
the 01v96, but we were shocked at how unremarkable the difference was -
really shocked. Bernie Kirsh, a true golden ears, and a world famous
engineer who has done virtually all of chick's records could not hear
much difference either, and I gotta tell you he is a real snob when it
comes to equipment.

In a similar vein, when I listened to the first Lynn Fuston mic pre CD
of female vox, I blindly picked the Mackie mic pre as my 3rd favorite.
However I must say that that comparo is not as accurate as the one with
the piano because despite how good she was, she could not do the exact
same performance every time, while the piano could.

Does that make me a bad person?

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		Audio Confessions By: Bill L on Thu, 07 June 2007 18:21
		Re: Audio Confessions By: Ted Gerber on Thu, 07 June 2007 18:56
		Re: Audio Confessions By: Bill L on Fri, 08 June 2007 05:16
		Re: Audio Confessions By: Ted Gerber on Thu, 07 June 2007 18:58
		Re: Audio Confessions By: LaMont on Thu, 07 June 2007 19:01
		Re: Audio Confessions By: audioguy_editout_ on Thu, 07 June 2007 22:05
		Re: Audio Confessions By: Aaron Allen on Thu, 07 June 2007 22:20
		Re: Audio Confessions By: Deej [4] on Tue, 12 June 2007 22:25
		Re: Audio Confessions By: Bill L on Fri, 08 June 2007 05:23
		Re: Audio Confessions By: wireline[15] on Fri, 08 June 2007 05:02
		Re: Audio Confessions By: Neil on Fri, 08 June 2007 10:36
		Re: Audio Confessions By: LaMont on Fri, 08 June 2007 12:47
		Re: Audio Confessions By: TCB on Fri, 08 June 2007 13:07
		Re: Audio Confessions By: Neil on Fri, 08 June 2007 14:07
		Re: Audio Confessions By: TCB on Sat, 09 June 2007 05:40
		Re: Audio Confessions By: Bill L on Sat, 09 June 2007 06:11
		Re: Audio Confessions By: Neil on Sat, 09 June 2007 08:18
		Re: Audio Confessions By: Bill L on Sat, 09 June 2007 12:28
		Re: Audio Confessions By: Neil on Sat, 09 June 2007 12:45
		Re: Audio Confessions By: Cujjo on Sat, 09 June 2007 16:02
		Re: Audio Confessions By: IOUOI on Sat, 09 June 2007 23:30
		Re: Audio Confessions By: Bill L on Sun, 10 June 2007 06:18
		Re: Audio Confessions By: Nil on Sat, 09 June 2007 08:21
		Re: Audio Confessions By: TCB on Fri, 08 June 2007 07:19

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