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specifically just drum samples. just polling a little - new territory for me. thanks, all

curious about security for this kind of thing. making a plan with a friend. want it to be affordable, but want to have some kind of security for it, though we are thinking pretty small in scale.

went a bit nuts buying pres lately. This works just fine, but I never have a need for it - too many others to choose from.

I believe this is the MKI version - no rack ears, wall wart power supply, etc. happy to send pics to interested parties.

$275 shipped.

+1 on just getting something else.

i recognize you may not have a 500 rack (can be had used for fairly cheap), but you can get used capi modules for around $300 all the time, already assembled and they rock

but ribbons are dynamic mics also!

news to me that they effect condensers with transformers. I guess I've never thought to check, admittedly.

the tone button is just an impedance switch, yeah? should only effect your dynamic mics.

most things i work on are loud and distorted as hell, so bear that in mind. but the things that helped me the most to get my level up without ruining my mix are the ProAudioDSP DSM-3 and the Oxford Inflator. though i'm curious, if you're also mixing them, are there things you "save" for mastering in...

I have owned two 506s and had no issues at all - i only sold the one because i bought an 11 slot JLM (speaking of killer 500 series gear!). i don't think you'll regret it! now i'm curious about the a-designs, but i have plenty of preamps these days, admittedly!

currently a lindell 506 on reverb with 2 capi VP26 and two Golden Age Pres. never heard those GAPs before, but even if you hate them, you could probably sell them and get enough to add a third CAPI. not bad for $1200

i apologize in advance for muddying the waters further, but have you thought about going 500 series and going with CAPI? a lot of people like them better than current API offerings and if you aren't handy with a soldering iron, you can usually find them for $300ish a piece used - sometimes less. Add...

I admittedly haven't tried 10.5, but i did finally switch over to 10 last year, after being on 6 since maybe 2012? it definitely took some getting used to, but wasn't as great a leap as i feared. i was a little clumsy tracking at first, but a couple quick google searches had me back to my speedy nor...

A.David.MacKinnon wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 16, 2020 2:48 pm

Hopefully that means we'll have a bunch of records to mix/rescue in 6-8 months.

+1

i'm sure i'm not alone in fielding a million recording/gear questions since the lockdown started. i hadn't looked for an interface for anyone for probably a month, but it looks wildly different since i last looked - all the cheap stuff is long gone.

part of me finds this encouraging.

Chris Garges, thank you! just the kind of solution i'm looking/hoping for! gonna start putting something like that together.

+1 for PCM60. i only sold it cuz I'm all ITB these days and hadn't used it in a long time. but it sounded great and was so damn simple and easy to dial in.

got to use a Klark Teknik DN780 once and was blown away. if i was investing in outboard again, i'd start saving for one of those!