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Good Budget Gear Article
I'm an established engineer/assistant engineer in LA that works at major
studios with major artists. I was recently asked to do a series of Pro Tools articles for a website. They also want me to do an article on cool budget gear ($500 or less, give or take). You know, mics, compressors, pres, really anything audio and producer related. Good bargin gear for people on budgets. Since I primarily work out of Class A Studios, I'm a little out of the loop on budget gear. If someone on here could give me some cool leads on budget gear, it would be appreciated. Thanks, John D. Norten |
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Good Budget Gear Article
FMR RNC 1773 compressor.
John A. Chiara SOS Recording Studio Live Sound Inc. Albany, NY www.sosrecording.net 518-449-1637 |
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BEC wrote in message ...
If someone on here could give me some cool leads on budget gear, it would be appreciated. Are you only interested in NEW gear or are you open to suggestions for older/used gear as well? Used gear suggestions could really open the floodgates because there's tons of cool things to be found cheap at places like eBay and used musical instrument stores. The problem with mentioning used gear in an article like you might be writing is the issue of said gear's availability... |
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Good Budget Gear Article
BEC wrote in message ...
I'm an established engineer/assistant engineer in LA that works at major studios with major artists. I was recently asked to do a series of Pro Tools articles for a website. They also want me to do an article on cool budget gear ($500 or less, give or take). You know, mics, compressors, pres, really anything audio and producer related. Good bargin gear for people on budgets. Since I primarily work out of Class A Studios, I'm a little out of the loop on budget gear. If someone on here could give me some cool leads on budget gear, it would be appreciated. Thanks, John D. Norten The FMR Audio stuff (RNC compressor, RNMP mic pre) is definitely bang-for-your-buck cool audio gear that belies its price. www.fmraudio.com RP |
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Good Budget Gear Article
"BEC" wrote in message ... I'm an established engineer/assistant engineer in LA that works at major studios with major artists. I was recently asked to do a series of Pro Tools articles for a website. They also want me to do an article on cool budget gear ($500 or less, give or take). You know, mics, compressors, pres, really anything audio and producer related. Good bargain gear for people on budgets. Since I primarily work out of Class A Studios, I'm a little out of the loop on budget gear. If someone on here could give me some cool leads on budget gear, it would be appreciated. Shure SM 57s & 58s Behringer ECM-8000s Mackie or Behringer mixers as banks of mic pres and for monitoring Sony 7506 or Sennheser HD 580 phones Midiman and Echo sound cards Dell or generic clone PC Adobe Audition or N-Track software IMO Pro Tools ain't true budget gear, so the pretext of your article series is arguably an oxymoron. |
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I thank everyone so far for their posts, a couple of coments. I'm very
familiar with the FMR website, I own an RNC compressor and it's one of my top choices. The AT mic choices were great also, I just finished some sessions with a huge R&B producer using an AT mic instead of a Sony C800G. I know it's a big step down, but it actually sounded real good. We switched out cause we were getting a grounding buzz from the C800G. We ended up with the 4030 into an API Mic Pre into a Distressor. The Distressor is wierd, cause it seems to be gaining popularity as a vocal compressor, where as before it was known mainly for kick drums and drum subs. Anyway, I'm not only looking at budget gear, but also looking at what applications certain pieces of budget gear is good for. Sometimes, the cheap stuff is great for 1 or 2 applications. JDN BEC wrote: I'm an established engineer/assistant engineer in LA that works at major studios with major artists. I was recently asked to do a series of Pro Tools articles for a website. They also want me to do an article on cool budget gear ($500 or less, give or take). You know, mics, compressors, pres, really anything audio and producer related. Good bargin gear for people on budgets. Since I primarily work out of Class A Studios, I'm a little out of the loop on budget gear. If someone on here could give me some cool leads on budget gear, it would be appreciated. Thanks, John D. Norten |
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BEC wrote:
I thank everyone so far for their posts, a couple of coments. I'm very familiar with the FMR website, I own an RNC compressor and it's one of my top choices. The AT mic choices were great also, I just finished some sessions with a huge R&B producer using an AT mic instead of a Sony C800G. I know it's a big step down, but it actually sounded real good. We switched out cause we were getting a grounding buzz from the C800G. I'm confused, then. Was the microphone broken, or d'ya have a bad cable? We ended up with the 4030 into an API Mic Pre into a Distressor. The Distressor is wierd, cause it seems to be gaining popularity as a vocal compressor, where as before it was known mainly for kick drums and drum subs. Anyway, I'm not only looking at budget gear, but also looking at what applications certain pieces of budget gear is good for. Sometimes, the cheap stuff is great for 1 or 2 applications. Just about everything mentioned in the thread so far is probably good for multiple applications. The only thing a Marshall 67 hasn't worked on for me is kik drum, and that's only because it got too much snare. Which could actually be a style choice. I'd throw in the Symetrix SX-202 mic pre. They're out of production but EBay-available. JDN BEC wrote: I'm an established engineer/assistant engineer in LA that works at major studios with major artists. I was recently asked to do a series of Pro Tools articles for a website. They also want me to do an article on cool budget gear ($500 or less, give or take). You know, mics, compressors, pres, really anything audio and producer related. Good bargin gear for people on budgets. Since I primarily work out of Class A Studios, I'm a little out of the loop on budget gear. If someone on here could give me some cool leads on budget gear, it would be appreciated. Thanks, John D. Norten -- Les Cargill |
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So are you looking for somebody who's qualified to write the article
for you, since you're apparently not? ulysses In article , BEC wrote: I'm an established engineer/assistant engineer in LA that works at major studios with major artists. I was recently asked to do a series of Pro Tools articles for a website. They also want me to do an article on cool budget gear ($500 or less, give or take). You know, mics, compressors, pres, really anything audio and producer related. Good bargin gear for people on budgets. Since I primarily work out of Class A Studios, I'm a little out of the loop on budget gear. If someone on here could give me some cool leads on budget gear, it would be appreciated. |
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"BEC" wrote in message ... producer related. .....producer related? -- Rick Knepper MicroComputer Support Services Knepper Audio Ft. Worth, TX 817-239-9632 413-215-1267 Fax PC Tech Support & Equipment Sales CDR Duplication & Audio Mastering Recording http://www.rknepper.com |
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Good Budget Gear Article
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Willie K.Yee, M.D. wkyeeATbestwebDOTnet wrote: On Tue, 09 Sep 2003 19:02:53 -0700, BEC wrote: If someone on here could give me some cool leads on budget gear, it would be appreciated. Marshall MXL 603 and MXL V67G mics. Both less then $100. Both reviewed on the NG by Harvey Gerst, and considered to offer much value for low priced stuff. Confirmed by me. EV 635A. If you don't do a review, I might. Somebody needs to. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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On Wed, 10 Sep 2003 03:40:02 -0700, BEC wrote:
Anyway, I'm not only looking at budget gear, but also looking at what applications certain pieces of budget gear is good for. Sometimes, the cheap stuff is great for 1 or 2 applications. The dbx 286A mic processor. As a vocal channel, it sucks, but it makes a brilliant kick drum channel. Re-label the "LF Detail" knob as "thud" and the "HF Detail" knob as "Click". Mike T. |
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BEC wrote:
I'm an established engineer/assistant engineer in LA that works at major studios with major artists. I was recently asked to do a series of Pro Tools articles for a website. They also want me to do an article on cool budget gear ($500 or less, give or take). You know, mics, compressors, pres, really anything audio and producer related. Good bargin gear for people on budgets. Since I primarily work out of Class A Studios, I'm a little out of the loop on budget gear. If someone on here could give me some cool leads on budget gear, it would be appreciated. Why are you trying to learn about budget gear for a web article if you're busy working in "A" studios? Why not take jobs writing about what you know rather than trying to learn from Usenet what would pass for information on a web site? -- ha |
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Good Budget Gear Article
Oktava MC012 (Sound Room version)
Beyer M-160, M-88, M260, M201 Shure SM-81 Chinese mics with the Dorsey mod Peace, Paul |
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Good Budget Gear Article
First of all, I'm not going to recommend products I haven't actually used,
that would be ridiculous. I do have several ideas of gear that I own and use (jomeekVC3 for bass, RNC for vocals, etc) but I was simply asking other people what they liked, if I try it and like it, I'll write about it. I wouldn't say a mic was warm and had great presence if I never used it. The articles will have links to buy gear, so they wanted to make sure I mention current products and steer away from products that are too obscure. I used to be a regular on this site, haven't been around much the last year or so. I didn't expect the flames, this place used to be different. As far as why I'm writing this article, I'm primarily doing pro tools articles for them (which i'm very qualified to teach), and their demographic is more project studio oriented, so I thought this would be a nice tie in. JDN LeBaron & Alrich wrote: BEC wrote: I'm an established engineer/assistant engineer in LA that works at major studios with major artists. I was recently asked to do a series of Pro Tools articles for a website. They also want me to do an article on cool budget gear ($500 or less, give or take). You know, mics, compressors, pres, really anything audio and producer related. Good bargin gear for people on budgets. Since I primarily work out of Class A Studios, I'm a little out of the loop on budget gear. If someone on here could give me some cool leads on budget gear, it would be appreciated. Why are you trying to learn about budget gear for a web article if you're busy working in "A" studios? Why not take jobs writing about what you know rather than trying to learn from Usenet what would pass for information on a web site? -- ha |
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You have to beware of what you ask in here or you might get the wrath.
Is that good or bad? I am not sure. The Yamaha spx-90 is a good cheap effect unit. Todd Fitzgerald Chief Engineer OarFin Studios Minneapolis www.oarfinrecords.com |
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John Cafarella wrote:
says... I'm an established engineer/assistant engineer in LA that works at major studios with major artists. I was recently asked to do a series of Pro Tools articles for a website. Used gear: Symetrix sx202 and 302 Sennheiser MD421 Include the Senn. 441; expensive new but sometimes found nicely on the used market. Hell of a mic. Old electrovoice dynamic mics Including the omnis. Old AKG dynamic mics B&O ribbon mics New gear Marshal MXL603, V67 Behringer ECM8000 Oktava MC012 Shure 57 Behringer HA4600 Opamp labs 360BM preamp modules ( if you like building things) And I wonder what's really "budget" pricing. RNC & RNP are givens, and for EQ power the Speck ASC roars while their Mic Pre 5.0, though not a basement priced goodie, is pretty danged keen. -- hank alrich * secret mountain audio recording * music production * sound reinforcement "If laughter is the best medicine let's take a double dose" |
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Good Budget Gear Article
In article , Scott Dorsey
wrote: In article , Willie K.Yee, M.D. wkyeeATbestwebDOTnet wrote: On Tue, 09 Sep 2003 19:02:53 -0700, BEC wrote: If someone on here could give me some cool leads on budget gear, it would be appreciated. Marshall MXL 603 and MXL V67G mics. Both less then $100. Both reviewed on the NG by Harvey Gerst, and considered to offer much value for low priced stuff. Confirmed by me. EV 635A. If you don't do a review, I might. Somebody needs to. --scott So Scott, tell us about what you get great results with with this mic. I remember you mentioning it in another thread recently. (pretty cool saying with with eh?) David Correia Celebration Sound Warren, Rhode Island www.CelebrationSound.com |
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New Gear:
Q-mix Used gear: Senn 421 Akai Dr8/16 Symetrix 501 Urei/JBL 7110 Rob R. |
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