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It used to make my bedroom all dirty brown and sticky. I never smoked in my studio so I can only tell you what it did to my bedroom paint and especially the window AC unit. Sticky and brown and brown dust or buildup on everything including the TV screen. My old Dell PC from back when I smoked turned...

I have 2 Echo Audiofire 12s. Perfect number of channels, great converters for the $$, and will work with newer Pro Tools or anything else. I have Logic and Reaper on my Macbook Pro and Reaper on Windows 7. The Audiofires like both setups just fine. Audiofires also don't have any pres or other carp y...

+1 on the Wedge. I still have one and use it for monitoring reverb when tracking mainly. Still, I think it sounds really good and I paid like $75 for it! I have to agree on the price hype thing too. I bought a Dynamite probably 8 years ago and liked it OK for smashing drums and guitars. I think I pa...

+1 on Symetrix 501 or CL 150. Love my 501 and it's a newer one. Smash city but sounds great on rock vocals even. Also the old Ashly compressors are pretty good for the money. I paid $75 for one of those about 8 or 9 years ago and sold it for closer to $150 which was still inexpensive. I can't rememb...

I've had one of these for about 20 years and I absolutely LOVE it. It does a lot of different things well and I ALWAYS get asked about it if I'm playing on a session for someone else and put it up. It's a very identifiable drum with a cool sound. My Dad got this drum back in about 1967 and passed i...

It doesn't exactly look like any Alice I've ever seen either. Judging from pictures only, it looks like a Soundcraft. Alice did make a lot of custom consoles though. All the Alice customs I've seen look similar to this. http://i788.photobucket.com/albums/yy165/Fizmo100/AliceLittleandLarge.jpg The bi...

I always thought Lee Perry had an Alice when he started out and soon after went to Soundcraft in 1975. In fact that thread is here on TOMB, http://messageboard.tapeop.com/viewtopic.php?p=121945&sid=bed252392e91f93fc5cde5b084cd6045 That mixer in the video looks like a Soundcraft but it has 4 VU meter...

Great article by the way! I enjoyed reading that one!

I have an Acrolite and it's great! Nice sounding snare for all kinds of things. My other snare and my favorite that I own is the less expensive alternative to the Rogers Dynasonic. It's called a Power Tone. These sound really good but I'm not sure ow available they are. I inherited mine along with m...

The Beyer M88 has been on my list for a long time along with a 201. I have a few Audix mics which I think are fantastic. I regularly use a D1 on snare, D6 for kick or low toms, and an i5 on guitar cabs. I've got a pair of 57s, the Raven, and the 421 U5 that I use on every project. The Raven is a gre...

So, I'm a dynamic mic junkie, I'm afraid. I love my old Sennheisers and even old funky EVs and odd AKGs from the 70s and 80s. I got rid of an EV 660 a few years back and still miss it. I've had D19s, RE11s, and all sorts of old Shure dynamics. Currently rebuilding an MD 409U3 which is an awesome mic...

Still trying to finish up a few things on the Alice 828 and rebuilding an MD 409U3. I've always wanted one of these great mics and soon, I should have a functional one to keep my 421U5 company.

They are still on the Equation web site, but I got the last pair from the music store where I work, Encore Music. We haven't got anymore in, but I don't know why. I am not involved with ordering for the store or anything. You might look on eBay or something. They have a lot of low end but no hype on...

I didn't get it because I didn't have the ability to go pick it up. It was actually a 1532? The bigger one. If and when I see a 1516 or even a 916 close enough, I will probably grab it!

The hundreds of hours was just an expression. Probably nowhere near that invested. I was exaggerating I guess. It's been more like get a few things done, wait, find parts, order parts, do a few more things, etc so more like hundreds of hours waiting.... Not a big Lee Scratch Perry fan though I do kn...