acupunk wrote on Thu, 10 June 2004 17:47 |
I just purchased the 3d audio mic pre CD. there are several mic pre's to listen to. High end. They all sound very similar, however the GML 8302 stood out. Just beautiful. Does it really that much what pre you have if it is clean? or are the mics are more important?
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Huh,
hmmmm,
I have to chime about this, I mean, I understand my opinion about this cd might be misunderstanded, but frankly ...
What is the point of this CD ????
I mean, I don't get it ...
here's why:
1) some pres might suck ass on several situation, and be great on others. One pre you would use on electric gtr might not be the one you pick for recording a tambourine. You would need like 10 CD (at least) to get the full idea ...
2) some mic are suiting a pre and some don't. I mean, I never use my TLM 193 anymore until I found a great combination for instance ...That's just an example. So basically, you would need like a hundred time the original amount of CD (10 >>>see paragraph 1: that would make 1000 ...)
3) Some pres have features that would change the tone for a given mic. Like the VIPRE for instance (that have adaptative impedance load) or the Requisite Pal+ (that have a feedback knob that add second order harmonics), most of them you can really change the tone by messing with the input/output level (like Summits Audio for instance).
Basically the different settings would lead to try like 3 or 4 different take per pre ... Huhhhhhh, that would make, hmmmmmm 3 to 4000 cds ????
4) Let's say that I just mentioned three brands not even represented, and that a quick look at the advertising at Lynn's site led me to the conclusion that we could name like 50 missing beauties at least ...
Huuhhhh, that would make (damn, I'm tired today)
hmmmm : 20,000 cds ...
and I'm being modest
A lifetime to try and record ...
precisely my point
malice