stevieeastend wrote on Tue, 19 January 2010 11:46 |
Hey Fletcher,
is this also true for their consoles? The 8024 series aren´t really cheap though
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I'm not Fletcher, but I did overdubs and mixes on an Audient 8024 in Ontario for a few weeks (I believe those consoles are quite popular up there). I struggled with a lot of the tracks (simple 16-24 track rock four piece which I recorded, and was initially very happy with) for a lot of the time I was there...the 2mix seemed cloudy and without definition. You could kinda get a song to swing a little better with the buss compressor but overall it sounded quite grey. Fletcher is spot on with the "no balls" assessment.
The EQ's are pretty good, clean but quirky. Lots of routing and I/O. Build wasn't up to snuff for a desk that gets commercial use...this was/is a busy studio.
As soon as I got those tracks onto a Tonelux rig the whole thing opened up and sounded a lot more like it did when it was tracked, maybe a bit sweeter. Different room, but same monitors. The room in Canada did not seem to be the issue, in my opinion.
Grain of salt, as always...but I don't think I'd jump at the chance to sit at one of those consoles again.