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by alexevansohio
Mon Mar 11, 2024 8:22 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: What preamps are y'all liking these days?
Replies: 51
Views: 4529

Re: What preamps are y'all liking these days?

Thanks for all the replies, y’all! Ryan—I’ll shoot you a message on IG re:new Hamptone stuff. Don’t want to go spoiling Scott’s release on the forums. For those excited about the germaniums, I’ve attached a photo of a prior one (mine are in lil walnut enclosures). The person who racked them (Sasha K...
by alexevansohio
Sat Mar 09, 2024 7:59 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: What preamps are y'all liking these days?
Replies: 51
Views: 4529

Re: What preamps are y'all liking these days?

sounds like a couple nice scores there. What would you be compressing with said compressor? Yeah! Not bad options, for sure. The germanium channel strips are really, really cool—like the Hungarian equivalent of early solid state EMI or Neve stuff but not $6000/channel. I’m tracking a lot of vocals ...
by alexevansohio
Sat Mar 09, 2024 6:33 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: What preamps are y'all liking these days?
Replies: 51
Views: 4529

Re: What preamps are y'all liking these days?

Well, it’s been a minute, so I figured I’d come back and give an update—it’s always a bummer coming across old threads where the OP never posts what they ended up with. I came very, very close to buying an Iron Age Audio QPP, and there’s still a good chance I’ll end buying some Hamptone stuff—when I...
by alexevansohio
Thu Feb 29, 2024 7:17 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Heritage Audio Britstrip
Replies: 17
Views: 1905

Re: Heritage Audio Britstrip

I wouldn't necessarily shy away from compressor tracking a singer-songwriter, but I'd be very cautious of the kind of compression you use. A Neve-style diode bridge compressor advertised as having "warmth, fatness, and characer" is a pretty distinctive (and potentially limiting) sound that wouldn't ...
by alexevansohio
Mon Feb 12, 2024 5:45 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Latest Gear You've Un-Acquired....
Replies: 147
Views: 142201

Re: Latest Gear You've Un-Acquired....

Today I finally shipped off six channels of Neotek Series I strips that someone mounted in a plywood box and soldered to a power supply and a snake. Pretty it was not, but they sounded good. I kept threatening to get them cleaned up and rack-mounted in a nice enclosure with phantom power and a new P...
by alexevansohio
Thu Jan 25, 2024 8:17 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: What preamps are y'all liking these days?
Replies: 51
Views: 4529

Re: What preamps are y'all liking these days?

I should add, I did a shootout not so long ago on distorted guitar with a bunch of my different pres (chandler, capi, hairball, jlm, etc) and I was shocked by how damn close all my pres sounded. I was debating selling my UA 2018 - was testing it against the Audioscape V108 and decided to toss in so...
by alexevansohio
Thu Jan 25, 2024 4:53 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Latest gear you've acquired.....
Replies: 5263
Views: 2098881

Re: Latest gear you've acquired.....

I seem to go through alternating waves of not buying any gear for a few years and then selling a bunch and buying some new stuff in one short burst. In the midst of that short burst right now, so I've been selling a ton of the gear I've used less over the past few years, but some cool new arrivals h...
by alexevansohio
Thu Jan 25, 2024 12:21 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: What preamps are y'all liking these days?
Replies: 51
Views: 4529

Re: What preamps are y'all liking these days?

Without trying to sound like too much of a grumpy uncle... Elsewhere, a bit of a discussion came up about direct boxes. A couple of the folks have done quite a bit of live sound. What it came down to was a touring band showed up the the REDDI Tube DI, and it really was not a "Night..."/"Day..." dif...
by alexevansohio
Sun Jan 21, 2024 1:39 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: What preamps are y'all liking these days?
Replies: 51
Views: 4529

Re: What preamps are y'all liking these days?

I wish I had at least 8 channels of Hairball Coppers. Excellent preamps. Between them and my ShinyBox Si4, I'm stoked. I do have two Burl B1d pres, and they're fucking awesome, but expensive and I'd be happy with just the Coppers. I'm really really interested in the Iron Age Audiowork QPP, which ha...
by alexevansohio
Sun Jan 21, 2024 10:48 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: What preamps are y'all liking these days?
Replies: 51
Views: 4529

Re: What preamps are y'all liking these days?

What's the preamp that makes you think "I wish I had a whole console full of these"... If I was actually buying a console, Daking. No question. The EQ is outrageously good, pre rules. would gladly sell all my other shit, except... Hamptone. Fucking great. They don't seem to be talked about here lik...
by alexevansohio
Sat Jan 20, 2024 5:04 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: What preamps are y'all liking these days?
Replies: 51
Views: 4529

Re: What preamps are y'all liking these days?

McCurdy ever time. Ward Beck is a close second. I really regret not buying some racked Ward Beck pres when they were more plentiful and affordable. I can’t seem to find any for sale online (though someone is selling some 460 strips—unracked—on eBay). McCurdys seem to be similarly difficult to find,...
by alexevansohio
Sat Jan 20, 2024 2:41 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: What preamps are y'all liking these days?
Replies: 51
Views: 4529

What preamps are y'all liking these days?

Hi, gang. It's nice to see that this forum is still up and running, albeit a bit quieter than it used to be. When I was first getting into recording, more than a decade ago now, you all gave me some really good advice (some of which I probably should have taken to heart a bit sooner than I did, haha...
by alexevansohio
Wed Feb 10, 2016 5:40 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Cue systems, Headphone amps, etc.
Replies: 6
Views: 2523

It's worth it to really put some time into the gain structure on the Furman rack part of the show. If you can find the sweet spot on what you are sending to that stereo channel that system can sound really great. Good luck. Hey! My Furman actually just arrived last night, so I'll definitely put som...
by alexevansohio
Thu Feb 04, 2016 5:27 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Cue systems, Headphone amps, etc.
Replies: 6
Views: 2523

As always seems to be the way with these things, shortly after posting this topic, someone offered me an excellent deal on a well loved HDS-6 with 3 remotes. Cue mixes here I come! Thanks all! Tape Op and this forum continue to be the absolute best sources of real world knowledge and help for folks ...
by alexevansohio
Thu Feb 04, 2016 2:42 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Cue systems, Headphone amps, etc.
Replies: 6
Views: 2523

Cue systems, Headphone amps, etc.

Hey TOMB folks, I'm hoping you guys can help me once again. After not recording for a few years, I'm building my studio back up a bit to start taking on clients again in my own space. I have an Apollo 16, a handful of pres I like, a selection of cool instruments (60s Ludwigs, 70s Fenders, old Roland...