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If you could only have
3 preamps in your studio. What would they be and why.
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If you could only have
Max Arwood wrote:
3 preamps in your studio. What would they be and why. Max Arwood 1 and 2 would be a Great River. 3 would be this Gates PGM-4 I pulled out of a dumpster. It has 3 12AU7's in parallel pushing an output transformer the size of what you find in a 50W guitar amp. Why? Idunno. If you could only have three brands of beer to drink, what would they be and why? Because I like them. ulysses |
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Justin Ulysses Morse wrote:
Max Arwood wrote: 3 preamps in your studio. What would they be and why. Max Arwood 1 and 2 would be a Great River. 3 would be this Gates PGM-4 I pulled out of a dumpster. It has 3 12AU7's in parallel pushing an output transformer the size of what you find in a 50W guitar amp. Why? Idunno. If you could only have three brands of beer to drink, what would they be Holsten, Carlsberg and Fullers ( London ). and why? Because I like them. Ditto. Graham |
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In article , "Max Arwood"
writes: 3 preamps in your studio. What would they be and why. Max Arwood Great River for sure because I can totally count on them to handle and incoming level, stay clean and add no noise. Some sort of Neve or API for an "in your face" kind of sound. Manley because it just sounds great on so many things, e.g. elec guitar and drums. **** If it was 4 preamps I would add a Grace Design because its clean like the Great River but maybe even a little smoother in the highs. Good for acoustic guitar, hand percussion etc. **** As for beer it would be Bass Ale, Spaten and Negro Modelo. Garth~ "I think the fact that music can come up a wire is a miracle." Ed Cherney |
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In article ,
Justin Ulysses Morse wrote: Max Arwood wrote: 3 preamps in your studio. What would they be and why. Max Arwood 1 and 2 would be a Great River. 3 would be this Gates PGM-4 I pulled out of a dumpster. It has 3 12AU7's in parallel pushing an output transformer the size of what you find in a 50W guitar amp. I'd take three of the 8-channel Millennia Media boxes, because that way I'd have 24 channels... --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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If you could only have
A Telefunken/Tab/Siemens V72, V77, V77b. Because they sound better than
every thing else I've heard. I"m sure a V76 wouldn't suck either. Twist Turner http://tinyurl.com/ul70 |
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In article , "Max Arwood" writes: 3 preamps in your studio. What would they be and why. Since I almost always record more than three sources in a pass, I'd want them to be at least dual-channel preamp, maybe even 8-channel preamps. Does that change or violate the rules of your little game? If "a preamp" could be considered a rack of similar modules, I'd go for at least one, maybe two racks of API 212L's (that's 12 to a rack) because they sound good on just about anything I record. Others might be the Millenia Media 8-banger because it's so clean, and the Cranesong Spider because it's a little different. Those should give me enough channels and a little variety. If you really meant 3 channels of mic preamp, well bless your heart. In that case I'd probalby take a two-channel Great River MP2H because I know it works and it's built so well it'll probably last longer than I will. For the third channel, I'd take a Vipre becaue it's so cool and I could have a lot of fun playing around with it. And if I ever wrote a review of a microphone (something I hope never to have to do) I can write "...and when I plugged it into my Vipre, it opened up a whole new pallete of sounds." -- I'm really Mike Rivers - ) However, until the spam goes away or Hell freezes over, lots of IP addresses are blocked from this system. If you e-mail me and it bounces, use your secret decoder ring and reach me he double-m-eleven-double-zero at yahoo |
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If you could only have
"Max Arwood" wrote in message
. .. 3 preamps in your studio. What would they be and why. Sorry, but it's a stupid question. Or at least it's a stupid question to me. If all I have is one pre, obviously I'm doing one thing at a time. So how is three that much different? What kind of question is this? If I could only have three mic pres then I'd have to be very careful on what I picked, but it would have to be determined by what I do. If I do a lot of acoustic recording then the three different mic pres would be based on the instrumentation I'd be working with and what type of mic closet I had. If you're only doing yourself then why spend the money on three mic pres when one will do, again, depending on the mic closet. I thought I'd been bringing up how to ask a question for years on this group as well as years on Compuserve. Garbage in, garbage out. Why don't you really get to the point? Tell us what you have, what you want, what you have a budget for, and what you plan to do with it. Otherwise it's just an inane question. And yes, I realize that it sounds like I'm coming down on you. The fact is that I AM coming down on you. Real world situations don't play out this way. Learn what real world situations are and you'll have a much better starting point for asking pertinent questions. I mean, if I had three wishes for a desert island experience they'd probably be for water, food and shelter, not a stack of 65 favorite albums I couldn't play. -- Roger W. Norman SirMusic Studio RAP FAQ and Purchase your copy of the Fifth of RAP CD set at www.recaudiopro.net. See how far $20 really goes. Max Arwood |
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If you could only have
Mike Rivers wrote:
I mean, if I had three wishes for a desert island experience they'd probably be for water, food and shelter, not a stack of 65 favorite albums I couldn't play. I'd take food, water, and . . . uh . . . I'm too old to think of who. Does she hunt & fish? |
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Roger W. Norman wrote:
What kind of question is this? If I could only have three mic pres then I'd have to be very careful on what I picked, but it would have to be determined by what I do. If I do a lot of acoustic recording then the three different mic pres would be based on the instrumentation I'd be working with and what type of mic closet I had. If you're only doing yourself then why spend the money on three mic pres when one will do, again, depending on the mic closet. But Roger, I think you KNOW what you record and what's in your mic closet. So you're in a unique position to answer the question. What would YOU choose? ulysses |
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Scott Dorsey wrote: I'd take three of the 8-channel Millennia Media boxes, because that way I'd have 24 channels... Having one of them myself, I would say you couldn't go wrong there. Or maybe three 4-channel Hardy M1's. Twelve channels is probably plenty anyway, especially since your only using 2 or 3 on the drums  -Rob |
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If you could only have
Sorry, but it's a stupid question. Or at least it's a stupid question to
me. If all I have is one pre, obviously I'm doing one thing at a time. So how is three that much different? Yes it is a stupid question. What kind of question is this? If I could only have three mic pres then I'd have to be very careful on what I picked, but it would have to be determined by what I do. If I do a lot of acoustic recording then the three different mic pres would be based on the instrumentation I'd be working with and what type of mic closet I had. If you're only doing yourself then why spend the money on three mic pres when one will do, again, depending on the mic closet. I meant 3 boxes could be 8 pres per box or 1 pre per box. Your choice. I thought I'd been bringing up how to ask a question for years on this group as well as years on Compuserve. Garbage in, garbage out. Why don't you really get to the point? Tell us what you have, what you want, what you have a budget for, and what you plan to do with it. Otherwise it's just an inane question. Garbage to some may be treasure to others. And yes, I realize that it sounds like I'm coming down on you. The fact is that I AM coming down on you. Real world situations don't play out this way. Learn what real world situations are and you'll have a much better starting point for asking pertinent questions. That's ok - it's certainly not the first - nor will it be the last. I have gotten new insight from the responses so far. Thanks anyway Roger Max Arwood |
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If you could only have
3 preamps in your studio. What would they be and why. Max Arwood Great River With Hank option (Transformers and all that) Millenia media HV3 (Wire with Gain) Peavey VMP-2 Because it sounds so good on bass and guitar. Not enough gain though , for most ribbons. Richard H. Kuschel "I canna change the law of physics."-----Scotty |
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