Latest gear you've acquired.....

[trodden]

RYAN WAS TOTAL CEREAL and put together one of my kits.

if I recall, the subject here was the Hairball Copper preamp. Besides using a pair for room mics all the time, it is my go-to pre for just about anything. Used one yesterday with a Weird Audio W47 mod2 (M7 style capsule) to track male vocals, tenor sax, and guiro and it was fantastic.

I've only got it on a room mic for some high gain guitar, which is a pretty "boring" application, but I wanted to keep the same close mic pres that I had already started with, so I just swapped out the room mic pre, and even on that, it's a noticeable difference. To his suggestion, dialed in the input until it started distorting, and then two clicks back. Voila!. Can't wait to move it onto a close mic for next round of guitars.

[Nick Sevilla]

I am so stoked.

I re acquired "Recording The Beatles" by Curvebender publishing. With all the extras, and in near mint condition. Under 1K USD. ($750 plus shipping.)

I was so angry at myself because my original book got waterlogged in our last move, and I thought I would never ever get another copy.

http://www.curvebender.com/recordingthe ... ition.aspx

If any of you get a chance to buy one if they ever release a second edition, do so. It is an amazing book.

[The Scum]

Idiot Box Blower Box, v.1.

You never struck me as a Voivod fan!

[vvv]

Yeah, I read that origin story.

I never heard that band, actually.

But I do like the pedal.

But on guitar, which is where I read somewhere it was recommended.

[Recycled_Brains]

Idiot Box Blower Box, v.1.

A guy sold it to me cheap and I don't understand why; it's like the opposite of the Iron Horse in that's is a less-bright, bigger-bottomed Rat with kinda like Muff-sounding EQ (but still reversed) and a blend.

I believe the inspiration was a RAT + HM2. That pedal is the shit on bass for heavy stuff.

[vvv]

I recorded with it today on guitar, may use it on bass tomorrow.

[digitaldrummer]

Just got one of these Klark-Teknik Mic Boost (like a Cloudlifter but way cheaper @ $35). interested to see how it works or if it is noisy - reviews seem to be good though. Plan to use it to boost a low output ribbon so I can drive the preamp a bit more sometimes. +25dB should do it...

https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail ... ne-booster

[joninc]

RE-11. I want to use it on everything but tell me what's YOUR favorite use for it?

[drumsound]

RE-11. I want to use it on everything but tell me what's YOUR favorite use for it?

Guitars, bottom snare.

[Recycled_Brains]

Just got one of these Klark-Teknik Mic Boost (like a Cloudlifter but way cheaper @ $35). interested to see how it works or if it is noisy - reviews seem to be good though. Plan to use it to boost a low output ribbon so I can drive the preamp a bit more sometimes. +25dB should do it...

https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail ... ne-booster

Mine is pretty damn noisy. Hopefully they're not all that way.

Cloudlifter is noticeably more invisible.

[A.David.MacKinnon]

RE-11. I want to use it on everything but tell me what's YOUR favorite use for it?

Guitars, bottom snare.

Acoustic guitar, bass cab, rack tom, snare

[vvv]

Idiot Box Blower Box, v.1.

You never struck me as a Voivod fan!

Here's what the Peavey Transtube Audition 110 sounds like - lotta EQ in mixing - I shoulda used a ribbon instead of a 609, heavy distorted tones are a pedal (Idiotbox Blowerbox) ...


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viewtopic.php?f=14&t=44605&p=725436&hil ... od#p725439

[alexdingley]

Grabbed a stream deck XL. This thing is crazy-useful!

Still slowly adding shortcuts to it as I run into repeat functions in PT & Logic.

[digitaldrummer]

I got a pair of Samar Audio AL95 ribbon mics. very natural sounding.

[digitaldrummer]

I picked up a Meris 440 preamp (500 series) the other day. It's a pretty nice "API flavor" preamp as is (used it with a ribbon mic to record a pedal steel this week) and I'm looking forward to using the effects loop for recording or mixing purposes...