What Outboard Preamps, Compressors, and EQs are you using? - Page 5

lkingston · #61 11-03-2020, 11:13 AM

I don’t worry about outboard compressors since I started recording at 24 bits. It used to be necessary to reign in the dynamic range with 16 bits, but at this point, recording with no compression, then using a software plugin in post works fine.

midwinter · #62 11-03-2020, 03:11 PM

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then I saw midwinter lust-filled admiration of the Neve Shelford and started wondering how much money this thread cost him.

Hahahahahahahahahaha

jim1960 · #63 11-03-2020, 03:37 PM

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Hahahahahahahahahaha

That's what Woodward and Bernstein would call a "non-denial denial."

midwinter · #64 11-03-2020, 03:57 PM

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That's what Woodward and Bernstein would call a "non-denial denial."

/me quietly closes tab with Audio-Scape buss comp on it....

jim1960 · #65 11-03-2020, 04:06 PM

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/me quietly closes tab with Audio-Scape buss comp on it....

Hey... I don't want to be the one to stand between you and an AudioScape buss comp.

midwinter · #66 11-03-2020, 04:21 PM

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Hey... I don't want to be the one to stand between you and an AudioScape buss comp.

I love this little Audio-Scape V3a despite the controls not making sense.

AcousticDreams · #67 11-03-2020, 04:37 PM

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Hey... I don't want to be the one to stand between you and an AudioScape buss comp.

Hey Jim1960.... is that an
xpressor 500 in your rack? I am dying to know about this unit. Have you tried it on Acoustic guitar?

jim1960 · #68 11-03-2020, 05:17 PM

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Hey Jim1960.... is that an
xpressor 500 in your rack? I am dying to know about this unit. Have you tried it on Acoustic guitar?

No, it's an xfilter.

Woodstock School Of Music · #69 11-03-2020, 05:47 PM

Nice gear guys

I guess you could say I went a little Audioscape crazy this year. Off in another rack is a pair of Audioscape EQPA's, Lexicon MPX1 and a pair of ADL 1000's. I have a 500 series lunchbox with an AEA RPQ500, DBX 560A and Audioscape V3A. I also have a Schertler Arthur mixer that I use for various tasks. Sorry for the bad pic

midwinter · #70 11-03-2020, 06:10 PM

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I have a 500 series lunchbox with an AEA RPQ500, DBX 560A and Audioscape V3A.

I replaced a 560a with that V3A. Took a hot minute to figure out that when the BYPASS is *in* the unit is OFF—and then why does the meter still work in Bypass when viewing GR???

Y'all have me thinking hard about that AudioScape buss comp.

Woodstock School Of Music · #71 11-03-2020, 06:33 PM

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Originally Posted by midwinter

I replaced a 560a with that V3A. Took a hot minute to figure out that when the BYPASS is *in* the unit is OFF—and then why does the meter still work in Bypass when viewing GR???

Y'all have me thinking hard about that AudioScape buss comp.

Yes the VL3A was a bit confusing at first

I would highly recommend the buss compressor. It hasn't been off my master buss since I got it.

midwinter · #72 11-03-2020, 07:21 PM

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Yes the VL3A was a bit confusing at first

I was so glad that he published a guide to the counter-intuitive controls.

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I would highly recommend the buss compressor. It hasn't been off my master buss since I got it.

I've always run outboard gear/channel strips into my interface, but I haven't done anything like running an outboard compressor on my 2bus, so I'm a little hesitant...

(I reamp all the time, though)

DukeX · #73 11-03-2020, 08:10 PM

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(I reamp all the time, though)

Electric guitars? if so, what do you use for this?

I've been looking at the Radial ProRMP.

midwinter · #74 11-03-2020, 08:30 PM

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Electric guitars? if so, what do you use for this?

I've been looking at the Radial ProRMP.

It depends. Today, I was sending TERRIBLE sounding piezo pickups (my guitar recorded from the FOH board) through my ToneDexter to make it useable. We reamp keys all the time.

I have the Radial Reamp box but usually I just send a signal out of the back of my Apollo 8 directly into an amp and forget to use it!

DukeX · #75 11-04-2020, 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by midwinter

It depends. Today, I was sending TERRIBLE sounding piezo pickups (my guitar recorded from the FOH board) through my ToneDexter to make it useable. We reamp keys all the time.

I have the Radial Reamp box but usually I just send a signal out of the back of my Apollo 8 directly into an amp and forget to use it!

Thanks, midwinter!