Any Happy users? Cheap and Degraded Gear Post
Any Happy users? Cheap and Degraded Gear Post
Just post gear your Happy about using that isn't sought after or others hate just because everyone else hates it. Behringer and cheap gear are good examples, I guess. Give thougts on any Pro Audio gear: Mics, Speaker, Mixers, Rack Units, etc...
Go on, post.
Go on, post.
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No. I refuse. REFUSE, YOU HERE ME?!?!texlop wrote:Go on, post.
I'm going to give this thread a twist by telling you what gear I've used that is fairly widely dismissed and yet which I have managed to adapt in ways other than which it was intended and, consequently, got some results I'm really surprised and pleased with. And that was the Line 6 POD. This thing is so bad for big distorted guitar sounds, imo (which is probably a big part of what it was designed for) but bloody hell. If you try running anything other than guitars through it, it can be a ace. Having said that, I do actually like it for some semi-clean giutar stuff too.
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I've found the Aphex 107 to be a quite decent pre. There's actually an old Mix in which Stepen Paul says that too.
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Alesis 3630.
Other good ones that aren't really "sought-after:"
Ashly SC-66
AudioArts 4200
MXR Stereo Limiter
Audion compressor
Tokai distortion pedal
Kent snare drums
Juster 95A speakers
Klark Technik DN780
Altec 633A
Akai DM11
AT 4031
Neve 3310
Sony DPS-R7
Shure SM77
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Other good ones that aren't really "sought-after:"
Ashly SC-66
AudioArts 4200
MXR Stereo Limiter
Audion compressor
Tokai distortion pedal
Kent snare drums
Juster 95A speakers
Klark Technik DN780
Altec 633A
Akai DM11
AT 4031
Neve 3310
Sony DPS-R7
Shure SM77
Chris Garges
Charlotte, NC
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another vote for the 3630 --- I don't understand why everyone hates this compressor so much.
Also, I LOVE the little DBX 163x half rack compressors. I don't know if people dis these or not, but they are way underrated IMO.
Also, I LOVE the little DBX 163x half rack compressors. I don't know if people dis these or not, but they are way underrated IMO.
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Yamaha EMT-10 midi module. Cheese city, but the piano sounds great in a mix.
Alesis nanocompressor. Crush those drum machines?
EV 635A mic. Sounds good on my voice...
AKG C1000. Use 1 as a drum overhead its great - use 2, its sounds horrible.
Alesis nanocompressor. Crush those drum machines?
EV 635A mic. Sounds good on my voice...
AKG C1000. Use 1 as a drum overhead its great - use 2, its sounds horrible.
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deltalab effectron ...best $30 I ever spent on ebay
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Valley people 440 (I love this compressor)
Sony DPS-V77 (a little bright sounding, but good)
Sony MUR201 (favorite reverb for vocals)
Sequential Circuits Six-Trak (only in unison mode, great bass)
Behringer ADA8000 (really isn't too bad)
Wein Bridge EQ modules from a Sony MXP-3000 console (These sound similar to the JH500 EQs)
Sony DPS-V77 (a little bright sounding, but good)
Sony MUR201 (favorite reverb for vocals)
Sequential Circuits Six-Trak (only in unison mode, great bass)
Behringer ADA8000 (really isn't too bad)
Wein Bridge EQ modules from a Sony MXP-3000 console (These sound similar to the JH500 EQs)
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I'm a big fan of those $40 omnis that Behringer makes, ECM8000. And the MCA SP-1 is another $40 mic I sometimes dig. Also, I really like mixing in the box (PT LE 6.4) these days and that's something most here are against, right?
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Alesis Midiverb 4 - as long as you ignore the presets and program your own, it can sound quite decent.
Boss GT4 multi-effects pedal - same as the MV4. The presets make me wanna puke, but you can get some good sounds out of it.
Alesis Microlimiter - it just makes things sound so... messed up.
Mackie mic preamps in a 1202vlz- they can make a kick drum sound very in-your-face slappy. Anything I want to sound uptight goes through those.
Boss GT4 multi-effects pedal - same as the MV4. The presets make me wanna puke, but you can get some good sounds out of it.
Alesis Microlimiter - it just makes things sound so... messed up.
Mackie mic preamps in a 1202vlz- they can make a kick drum sound very in-your-face slappy. Anything I want to sound uptight goes through those.
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ADK mics, Mapex drums, FBB bass guitars.
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You see that wasn't too bad now was it. Don't you feel good about yourself. I now know not to be bummed if I ever decide to use a Line 6 POD, because I now know it has a million other uses. Now lets all gather in a circle close our eyes and breath. Take away all the negative vibes and let the good vibes come in. Breath in and out, in and out. Aahh.bobbydj wrote:No. I refuse. REFUSE, YOU HERE ME?!?!texlop wrote:Go on, post.
I'm going to give this thread a twist by telling you what gear I've used that is fairly widely dismissed and yet which I have managed to adapt in ways other than which it was intended and, consequently, got some results I'm really surprised and pleased with. And that was the Line 6 POD. This thing is so bad for big distorted guitar sounds, imo (which is probably a big part of what it was designed for) but bloody hell. If you try running anything other than guitars through it, it can be a ace. Having said that, I do actually like it for some semi-clean giutar stuff too.
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i had a zoom studio 1204 p.o.s. rackmount multi fx that i used to get some awesome delays, flanging and wierd doubling stuff... particularly good for electronic stuff.... but it died in the flood. so no i have to find a new shitty fx box for mangling synths with. actually, the reverbs in it were really cool... really impressionistic washes of sound.
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i second the ada8000. it's not bad at all.
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I 3RD the ada8000
hell all my shit is cheap and degraded
let's see
alesis smashup, crazy pumping drums
3630. I don't hate it, it has it's uses here and there, but the gates really are worthless
those funky looking shure unidyne 515 s something or others, I've got about 6 of those and find them quite useful
marshall mxl 990's I use them on every project
hell all my shit is cheap and degraded
let's see
alesis smashup, crazy pumping drums
3630. I don't hate it, it has it's uses here and there, but the gates really are worthless
those funky looking shure unidyne 515 s something or others, I've got about 6 of those and find them quite useful
marshall mxl 990's I use them on every project
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