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Array of 500 modules/pres/eqs or a 1608

Post by @?,*???&? » Thu May 19, 2011 8:42 am

If you guys had a choice of two racks of twenty 500 series modules- think pairs of brands- would you rather have that or a simple 1608 API sidecar?
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Post by kslight » Thu May 19, 2011 9:54 am

Neither seems objectionable to me but given a choice the 500 series racks would be interesting.
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Post by chris harris » Thu May 19, 2011 10:13 am

If you guys had a choice between a dozen Italian sports cars, or a tank and a fighter jet, which would you choose?
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Post by weatherbox » Thu May 19, 2011 10:55 am

definitely the fighter jet.
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Post by Marc Alan Goodman » Thu May 19, 2011 4:45 pm

italian tanker jet


if I had the money all at once? No brainer, the desk. You can't buy the desk piece by piece over the next ten years. But I hate working without a console.
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Post by nick_a » Fri May 20, 2011 5:37 pm

I'm with Marc.
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Post by No Wave Casio Kitsch » Tue May 24, 2011 9:13 pm

1608, no question
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Post by markjazzbassist » Tue May 24, 2011 11:20 pm

the 500 series. more color and tonal variation. the api mid forward sound is akin to rock, i don't record rock. i feel the more variety, the better you'd be able to cover all the bases.
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Post by Recycled_Brains » Wed May 25, 2011 6:52 am

No Wave Casio Kitsch wrote:1608, no question
The more I record stuff, the less I want "options" and "different flavors".

Give me 16 channels of Daking or API pre/EQ and maybe 2 TAB V78s and I'll be a happy man.
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Post by Marc Alan Goodman » Thu May 26, 2011 6:43 am

markjazzbassist wrote:the 500 series. more color and tonal variation. the api mid forward sound is akin to rock, i don't record rock. i feel the more variety, the better you'd be able to cover all the bases.
Just wondering, and I promise this is a genuine question and not a dig, but have you spent a lot of time working on API boards? That sounds a bit to me like messageboard rehash. I would pick an API desk to record jazz over no desk any day of the week. Maybe I'd skip the board for location classical work.
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