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Thanks so much everyone! This is incredibly helpful. I didn't realize how many subscription models there were now - I've mostly bought plugins one at a time from smaller companies, here and there. The irony is that in light of that, it's looking as though the bulk of the expense will be a UAD satell...

+1 for plugin alliance subscription, though I would really miss my UAD comps - esp 33609. over the years, i've acquired an awful lot of UAD plugs buying second hand cards. plenty of deals out there if you're patient, especially as studios need to rely less and less on unloading CPU processing power...

Thanks so much for these! Plug-in alliance bundle looks like a good move - lots of great stuff in there. Looking at UAD satellite it seems that comes with a pretty solid basic set of plugins - might be a good idea to do that then supplement with a few handpicked additions? Any UAD favorites? I will ...

But seriously, it seems like you have a ton of color and control out of the box for eq and compression, I would think some more utilitarian in the box eq and compression for easy work flow, and a couple versatile reverbs would leave you with plenty of powerful options. Sure! I guess I'm getting at ...

Hey all! I am (with a little luck in the vaccine department) moving out of the country soon, which means that at least temporarily, I will be leaving the comfort & familiarity of my analog console, outboard racks, synths etc behind. I'm planning on renting a mix room so that I can pay for my life an...

Chiming in to add that if you do go the multichannel monitor mixer route... make sure to leave one in the control room so you can take a peek at what people are hearing and tune it up in realtime!

Cheers

gravitychapters wrote: ↑

Thu Dec 31, 2020 10:27 am

It bothers me tremendously that my iphone as a more solid (and more considered, more thoughtful) power supply than my Neve mic pre. I want to feel like someone really cared about the unit's creation and put endless thought into it.

This speaks volumes - follow your heart!

T

I have used both and prefer the Shelford channel (which shouldn't be a surprise considering the difference in price). But I'd like to qualify that a bit - all of this crap is so goddamned psychosomatic, and the real head-twister is that it can be actual and psychosomatic at the same time . I have tr...

Oh man. This one really hit home for me in a number of ways. What a conundrum! Reverb... I'll try to offer what little perspective I can, as I've sort of grappled with this from the other end - maybe we can sail in opposite directions here, meet in the middle, we'll both drown and they'll write a so...

Sorry to hear about your MS16! Great machine. What went wrong? Shouldn't be much that can't be fixed, especially if you can sort out an 'as is' backup deck for parts... they do show up sometimes! Did it catch on fire?? I know Pierre de Reeder & Curt Anderson at 64 sound were planning on starting up ...

digitaldrummer wrote: ↑

Mon Dec 14, 2020 6:22 am

drumsound wrote: ↑

Sun Dec 13, 2020 1:46 pm

On the 421, I remember an ad in Modern Drummer that has 421 set up as side address overheads once.

aka "the indirect room mic" method.

I only wear side-address overalls

Around 2006 / 2007. Borrowed a 421 from a friend to use on vocals, recording a touring band live to 8-track 1/2" in my Chicago basement "studio." This was a Good, Expensive Microphone. Also not an SM57. Also a Real Touring Band. VERY exciting. I think I was 19 - I ask the singer to sing a little so ...

Of course it depends. But I think a good rule of thumb is - always act decisively. A considered EQ move that produces the result you were hoping for is decisive. A drastic EQ move that produces the result you were hoping for is decisive. No EQ is also decisive (and often the subjective most 'right' ...

I'm sure I'll get raked over the coals for this one, but... I've tried most of them at various studios in LA at some point - and for one thing, often working on an 8068 loaded with a bunch of 31102s and some 1073s - I prefer the 31102s - but, I digress, and at 5k+ a pop neither of those preamps real...

Things got very busy for a minute there - sorry to have checked out on the thread I started! But, thanks so much for contributing these perspectives - you all are the best