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Fri, 22 July 2005 11:04

Gantt Kushner

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dbx 386
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> In long... Mic pre wise at the moment I have only a F

Gantt Kushner
Gizmo Recording Company
Silver Spring, MD
www.gizmorecording.com

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Fri, 22 July 2005 12:17

Gantt Kushner

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ocusrite Platinum
>>
>>>> Voicemaster
>>>> and a Soundcraft Spirit Folio Desk. I suspect the desk is the weak link
>>in
>>>> my studio, and so am after some replacement pres. The budget's limited
>>
>>>> (ideally
>>>> $600 ish, but may be able to stretch). Ideally it would have 8 channels,
>>>> but some have suggested I'd be better buying a decent 2 (or 4) channel
>>
>>>> unit,
>>>> and using the desk f

Gantt Kushner
Gizmo Recording Company
Silver Spring, MD
www.gizmorecording.com

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Re: I Love Paris in the Summer... [message #56154 is a reply to message #56153]

Fri, 22 July 2005 13:05

Tony Benson

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Registered: June 2006

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or the rest. That way acoustic guitar could be
>>>> recorded
>>>> with 3 mics through decent pres. I'd only need to use the desk pres
for
>>
>>>> extra
>>>> drum mics beyond the 3 channels (each instrument tracked individually).
>>
>>>> It'd
>>>> only be worth investing the money in an 8 channel pre if they're going
>>to
>>>> be a fairly significantly better than those in the desk.
>>>>
>>>> Many thanks for any advice / suggestions.
>>>>
>>>> BTW, mic wise I'm using AT4033a's as O/Hs / Vocals / acoustic guitar,
>>
>>>> C418s
>>>> on toms / snare top, SM57 (underneath snare), D112 kick. I *may* buy
>a
>>
>>>> Rode
>>>> NTK (valve) for vocals / acoustic guitar.
>>>
>>>
>>
>anyone read that end article in the new Tape Op? great I love it..I tlak about
this all the time...I HATE the word BIG..I WANT A BIG GUITAR SOUND!...eek.
Some of the greatest guitar sound ever were pretty small.
He hit the nail on the wor

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Fri, 22 July 2005 15:20

Gantt Kushner

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Registered: June 2006
Location: Silver Spring, Maryland, ...

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d "warm" too..telecater through a JC120 slice!

OH another tape op comment..I am starting to really bum out about the gear
reviews.
The AH review of the SE mic smacked of an endorsment trade..Then in one article
about Peter Gabriel's studio..

I quote froma page 42:" We've go a bit of a deal with focusrite. We've written
some reviews of their gear, so they've been kind enough to give us some gear
in exchange"

I'm not saying they gave bad gear a good review for trade, but it certainly
raises more suspicians eh?I too was hopeful in this matter. It does help the monitoring, but not the
processing.
tracking is anothert matter

"RZ" <pearlmusic@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>I've seen someone mention that adding an external clock to Paris made the
>reverb tails sound smoother. Is this just a benefit to the D/A converters
>that allow you to hear more clearly or does it have any effect on internal
>processing?
>
>Can an external clock help the sound of already recorded tracks being
>internally printed?
>
>RZ
>
>Ok, I'm going to stick my neck out on this, but the Behringer ADA8000 sounds
really good and works perfectly with the ADAT card.

The mic pres have a dark 70s vibe and sound compeltely different from the
latest Mackie or Presonus Mic pres, which I thin

Gantt Kushner
Gizmo Recording Company
Silver Spring, MD
www.gizmorecording.com

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Re: I Love Paris in the Summer... [message #56156 is a reply to message #56155]

Fri, 22 July 2005 15:50

Deej [1]

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Registered: January 2006

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k sound brittle. I would
prefer the ADA 8000 over the Presonus pres even if they cost the same - or
more, even.

Just my 2 cents.

Mike

DImitrios <musurgio@otenet.gr> wrote:
>Hi,
>I don't aggree about the 386 and the 376 as a matter of fact from DBX.
>With some upgrade they sound very very good, very sweet almost remind me

>the analog tape recording thing.
>The only major upgrade should be replacing the ECC82 tubes to original
>Telefunken ones.
>Change some caps inside (not radical chnages here) and you have a very
>good preamp.
>I tried changing all or some of the opa's too but found the stock ones
>sound the best.
>You kn ow they use same chips as RME uses and most others.
>It is the tubes that make all the difference.
>The best mic form the cheap models (not chinese) that compliments
>perfectly the 3xx line pf preamps is AT4033.
>This combination was preffered from a client instead of AT 4066 using
>Avalon M5 preamp.
>It makes you sound sweet warm with no hint of ahrshness at all and
>sibilance !
>Regards,
>Dimitrios
>
>Dave Parkin wrote:
>> Howdy all.
>>
>> Thought I might put my 2 cents in...
>>
>> I feel you will be let down going for 8 more budget channels. I dont
think
>> you will hear a significant quality change in relation to the spirit.
A couple
>> of years ago, i bought a whole heap of focusrite platinum things, (Penta,
>> voice master, tracmaster, ect), and was quite upset when i didnt notice
a
>> decent sonic change from my eurodesk M5000. I was trying to convince
myself
>> that is was better.. It wasnt until i bought some more pricey solid state
>> class-a transformer based pres, that i noticed a better quality coming
through.
>>

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