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I always mic the bottom. If I get tracks from somebody with no mic on the bottom I re-amp the snare track with a snare drum sitting on top of a Fender Pro Jr and mic the snares there. I almost always have an 1176 plug on the bottom snare fast attack/slowest release. I'm gonna try that compression i...

This is another pre I’ve been thinking about. I’ve heard nothing but good things about it.

Oh that’s interesting. I was reading that going Ethernet into the PC and having to the virtual sound card negates some of the benefits of Dante as opppses to using a PCIe card.

So that hasn’t been your experience?

OMG yes. That’s another consideration. With my desk my iMac sits higher than I’d like and I can’t wait to get a tv on the wall at the right height.

I really should just buy a couple of these. https://www.seventhcircleaudio.com/product-page/sca-n72-500-series-microphone-preamp-module It really is a fantastic sounding pre. Or that’s how I remember it, it was my first nice pre. I’d love to hear one now and compare it to some of the modern offerin...

Ok, the Benson is also awesome. Right? I have the studio plugin version, there is a guitar one as well I think. I wanted the real thing, but I they were so backlogged with orders they weren’t making any and the few I found were hella expensive used. While looking I came across the plugin and though...

In the past I had two smaller monitors up close, one for the edit screen and one for the mixer, which was cool. Then I went to one decent size tv, like 40” maybe, a bit further back on an arm. Now I’m on a 27” iMac. I do miss the bigger screen. I have been on a monitoring (speaker) set up mission of...

I’d actually really like to hear the undertone pre’s and Eqs. I see that unfairchild in a lot
Of nice studios online.

I think with anything that is truly vintage (like a real 1073 from a console) you are going to have maintenance - recapping, replacing pots, any other mechanical parts (buttons, etc.). I love vintage gear and I also hate vintage gear (if it's not working). Sometimes the clones are really good, or g...

So this looks like just the ticket. https://en.antelopeaudio.com/products/orion-studio-synergy-core/ These are on reverb for around $1200 and the synergy core sounds like the Apollo except with additional or the same 16 analog ins and outs for cheaper. Onboard DSP for low latency etc. Dante seems su...

Are you using PCIe cards with your Rednet, I assume? With my Mac that’s not currently option. Although there is an RME Dante that is USB apparently.

I tried Reaper a few years ago, I may give that a shot too at some point.

Yeah I can’t see dropping a ton of money on Pro Tools. I bitch about this aspect of Logic but I really do love Logic. And a one time price if $199 is ridiculously low. So I probably just need a better interface.

Nick, you are right about that. They are littered all over Reverb. Some really good deals and that’s actually tempting since I am a glutton for punishment and would like to try pro tools at some point. But I don’t trust avid and as soon as I went that way, they would ditch support or something knowi...

This might not be the most helpful post here — but just to make sure we get you feeling less gas-lit by your hardware.... You're NOT missing anything — the focusrite stuff sounds good, but their monitoring control panel is straight up garbage. I've used a lot of brands of I/O control panel before: ...

Got the new Tape Op issue today and I don’t know if anyone here has used Mixwave plugins yet? In my search for a decent spring plugin I ran across the Mixwave Bensen Tall Bird and personally, I think it sounds fantastic. I’ve used it on guitars in every mix since I got it which I think was $49 on sa...