Glenn Bucci wrote on Sat, 04 October 2008 11:47 |
...People like API pre's for rock n roll. It has a character that many like while it at the same time lacks the high end detail of a Neve 1073... |
wwittman wrote on Sun, 05 October 2008 11:27 | ||
With respect, I think this is completely untrue |
Glenn Bucci wrote on Thu, 13 November 2008 12:53 |
This forum is for discussing your impressions on gear, not complaining about a mic someone mentions they have in their studio.......you can do that at gearslutz. |
JGauthier wrote on Mon, 17 November 2008 07:36 | ||
Im glad you are here and not gearslutz but just fyi- this forum is for professional reviews- not home studio reviews. Maybe you didn't get a chance to read the charter. Im letting the thread stay because I think the review was well done regardless, but to be honest, the comparison/relativity in this case is not extremely helpful. And Burp182 is 100% correct- I liked the blueberry on my voice cause Im a puss and hate singing and sing softly when cutting scratch takes. I also have a big voice so it worked well with that mic- literally almost kissing it. And again it kicks ass on tambourine... But regardless of proximity and tuning its just an overall 2nd rate mic that sounds good on a fluke. Preferably some more mics in the locker for reference though. So don't take the shots at the Blueberry personally, its just not a good mic to use for relativity. Yes that mic and an Avalon 737sp made platinum records but I'd like to hear from people who are using mics in the same league- a step up isn't a comparison, its an improvement. I think theres a reason the Blueberry lost all its steam... Any other Valvet users who have any input? |
JGauthier wrote on Mon, 17 November 2008 07:36 |
fyi- this forum is for professional reviews- not home studio reviews. Maybe you didn't get a chance to read the charter. |
aamicrophones wrote on Sun, 26 April 2009 18:48 |
The API is more "HiFI" because they don't let the input transformer saturate like Neve As the PAD is before the transformer while in the Neve the Pad is after the transformer. |