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| Re: OT: really really cheap Matrox G450 cards [message #67807 is a reply to message #67712] |
Sat, 06 May 2006 18:12   |
Craig Mitchell
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c out the door I will post the
>>>>> >>>> details.
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>> Paris lives!
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>> DC
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Ab,
Nice hair too.
Tom
"Ab" <ab.vangoor@wanadoo.fr> wrote in message news:447a1846$1@linux...
Thanks Sarah, Tom, DJ for your reactions.
Ab
"Sarah" <sarahjane@sarahtonin.com> wrote:
>Hey,
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> That was groovy, and I mean that in the fullest sense of the =
word.=20
I=20
>watched it twice.
>
>Sarah (stuck in the '70s)
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>
>www.sarahtonin.com/wayward.htm
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>"Ab" <ab.vangoor@wanadoo.fr> wrote in message =
news:447827a2$1@linux...
>>
>> I hope you don't mind me sharing this with you.
>> http://youtube.com/watch?v=3DQW_6iwi1Zs0&search=3Derwin% 20musper
>> Our first hitsingle in the Netherlands when we still had hair.
>> The guy on Fender rhodes is Erwin Musper who nowadays owns a studio =
in
>> Cincinnati.
>> http://www.studiothebambooroom.com/
>> Shortly I came back in contact with him and we decided to do some =
new
>> stuff
>> on
>> which I'm working now. I guess some relationships never end, no =
matter
the
>> distance.
>>
>> Greetings,
>>
>> Ab=20
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| Re: really really cheap Matrox G450 cards [message #67809 is a reply to message #67712] |
Sat, 06 May 2006 19:22 |
Edna Sloan
Messages: 304
Registered: October 2005
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rice would
>be around the same for this as for the NEVE, I think, and if you are looking
>for something like this, you really *need* to hear this thing. No **** man.
>I'll stake what meagre reputation I may have here on this. To say it's *high
>end* is an understatement.
>
>Call me if you're seriously interested in something like this and want a
>test drive......970-375-7081
>
>Deej
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>"Neil" <OIUOIU@OIU.com> wrote in message news:44794f05$1@linux...
>>
>> So far have used this on two tracks by the same male
>> vocalist... one was a soft vocal track using my "Claytor-67"
>> tube mic, and as I said in a previous post, I was thoroughly
>> unimpressed & immediately went back to the Chandler TG2 for
>> that application. Tonight I had a chance to try it on a harder-
>> edged vocal track with a TLM-103, and it worked out pretty good
>> for that. The previous mic pre we'd been using for this was the
>> Focusrite ISA 428 on the ISA 110 impedance setting, and the
>> Portico definitely imparted a slightly thicker or richer, and
>> also a little bit smoother, quality to the track, but I
>> wouldn't call it a "warm"-sounding pre, necessarily. I liked
>> the "silk" setting - not sure what that circuit's all about,
>> but it worked for this application, and imparted a little bit
>> of color to what I'd consider to otherwise be a fairly dry-
>> sounding preamp.
>>
>> I am tending to think that the Focusrite is a much faster preamp
>> than the Portico, because some rasp inherent in this guy's
>> voice was reduced (in a positive way) with the Neve, whereas
>> with the ISA it was VERY apparent, and in fact, I'd say it was
>> even emphasized (this was one of the things that guy liked
>> about the 428, actually, until he'd heard the takes a few times
>> & started "not" liking the emphasized rasp so much. The Portico
>> let some of this through, but it definitely had a smoothing
>> effect on it.
>>
>> So in my first good use of the Portico, I'd say my first
>> impressions are that it's:
>>
>> * Pretty clean, with little coloration
>> * Almost drab with the "silk" button disengaged
>> * Pretty Smooth
>> * Seems to have no shortage of headroom
>> * Is definitely what I'd call a "soft" sounding pre
>> * Has the potential for some "air" - I could hear it wanting to
>> try & throw some stuff around up there, so maybe with a
>> different mic, it would be more effective for this. Like
>> maybe Deej's Stephen Paul U-87, or my modded M-147 (going to
>> try this mic next).
>>
>> Overall, I was hoping for more coloration & character, I guess,
>> but I think I could definitely find some uses for it,
>> regardless of that. So I'm right now I guess you could say I'm
>> in the "not blown away, but not disappointed" category with
>> regard to this pre. lol
>>
>> Judging from using it with a -103, I think it would sound great
>> for overheads with this mic, and if you have a u-87, I have a
>> feeling it might take away some of the "honk" & add some air to
>> that one. I have a feeling it might be too smooth for a lot of
>> rock or metal guitar, but not having tried it on that yet, this
>> is just speculation based on what I heard tonight.
>>
>> Bottom line - If you're expecting a classic "Neve" sound, this
>> ain't it... there's no wooliness in the lower mids, it's
>> not "mushy" or "creamy", and it's MUCH quieter & cleaner, IMO.
>>
>> It sounds familiar to something else I've used before, but I
>> can't put a finger on it... it's the type of "smoothness"
>> quality it has that makes me say this; it's reminiscent of
>> something, but I can't figure out what just yet.
>>
>> Anyway, there it is so far.
>>
>> Neil
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"steve the artguy" <artguy@longtimenosee.net> wrote:
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>Folks-
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>I haven't contributed any entertainment here in a long while.
>Here's a little story from a couple of days ago.
>
>I got a call a few days back from a drummer I haven't seen in years, but
>who I played with a
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| Re: OT: really really cheap Matrox G450 cards [message #67836 is a reply to message #67807] |
Sun, 07 May 2006 12:17 |
Aaron Allen
Messages: 1988
Registered: May 2008
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gt;nicely,=20
>but the whole process is tedious to say the=20
>least.<BR>>>>><BR>>>>>Sounds great=20
>though.<BR>>>>><BR>>>>>DC<BR>>>>><BR>=
>>>>><BR>>>>>"RiverLake=20
>Farms" <</FONT><A href=3D"mailto:edna@texomaonline.com"><FONT =
>face=3DArial=20
>size=3D2>edna@texomaonline.com</FONT></A><FONT face=3DArial =
>size=3D2>>=20
>wrote:<BR>>>>>>Is the Paris EQ plug still=20
>available?<BR>>>>>>Thanks,=20
>Edna<BR>>>>>><BR>>>>>>"Aaron Allen" =
><</FONT><A=20
>href=3D"mailto:nospam@not_here.dude"><FONT face=3DArial=20
>size=3D2>nospam@not_here.dude</FONT></A><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>> =
>wrote in=20
>message<BR>>>>>>news:447948de$1@linux...<BR>>>>&g=
>t;>><BR>>>>>>>=20
>> I'm going to skip over a million details and just say that the=20
>secret<BR>>>>>>> > is bouncing each stereo freq =
>band with=20
>EQ only and then the next<BR>>>>>>> > set etc until =
>all are=20
>done. Then you bring the bands back to =
>the<BR>>>>>>>=20
>> editor, shut off the EQ and start working on your comp=20
>settings.<BR>>>>>>> > (yes you have to do 4 passes =
>to just=20
>create the files to do=20
>this!)<BR>>>>>>><BR>>>>>>> DC, this =
>can be=20
>achieved SO much faster using the Matt Craig Paris<BR>>=20
>VST<BR>>>>>EQ,<BR>>>>>>> and in real =
>timeif you=20
>want to adjust your bands. Have you tried the<BR>>>>=20
>VST<BR>>>>>>> Paris EQ for this application=20
>yet?<BR>>>>>>> It doth rock=20
>much.<BR>>>>>>><BR>>>>>>>=20
>AA<BR>>>>>>><BR>>>>>>><BR>>>>=
>;>>><BR>>>>>>>=20
>"DC" <</FONT><A href=3D"mailto:dc@spammersinhell.com"><FONT =
>face=3DArial=20
>size=3D2>dc@spammersinhell.com</FONT></A><FONT face=3DArial =
>size=3D2>> wrote in=20
>message </FONT><A href=3D"news:44793f10$1@linux"><FONT face=3DArial=20
>size=3D2>news:44793f10$1@linux</FONT></A><FONT face=3DArial=20
>size=3D2>...<BR>>>>>>> =
>><BR>>>>>>> > Ok,=20
>here's the short version. I've been working on this most =
>of<BR>>=20
>the<BR>>>>>>> > day and am about to turn in, so =
>this is=20
>very incomplete.<BR>>>>>>> =
>><BR>>>>>>>=20
>> It is a version of Sakis' band-split technique where you use 4=20
>stereo<BR>>>>>>> > bands and 8 channels and 8=20
>compressors.<BR>>>>>>> =
>><BR>>>>>>> >=20
>I'm going to skip over a million details and just say that the=20
>secret<BR>>>>>>> > is bouncing each stereo freq =
>band with=20
>EQ only and then the next<BR>>>>>>> > set etc until =
>all are=20
>done. Then you bring the bands back to =
>the<BR>>>>>>>=20
>> editor, shut off the EQ and start working on your comp=20
>settings.<BR>>>>>>> > (yes you have to do 4 passes =
>to just=20
>create the files to do this!)<BR>>>>>>>=20
>><BR>>>>>>> > It is complicated, time-consuming, =
>and a=20
>general PITA.<BR>>>>>>> =
>><BR>>>>>>> >=20
>HOWEVER, if you pay attention and are patient, the results=20
>are<BR>>>>>>> > friggin'=20
>fabulous.<BR>>>>>>> ><BR>>>>>>> =
>>=20
>Sweet, huge and detailed. Just amazing =
>really.<BR>>>>>>>=20
>><BR>>>>>>> > There is much more to say. =20
>Later. BTW, you must leave some<BR>>>>>>> =
>>=20
>headroom in your mixes to get the most out of this (but=20
>the<BR>>>>>>> > mastering guys have been saying =
>that for=20
>years). This technique<BR>>>>>>> > works so =
>beautifully=20
>with slamming the Paris mix buss that it =
>seems<BR>>>>>>> >=20
>like it was designed to do this. Somewhere SSC is=20
>grinning...<BR>>>>>>> ><BR>>>>>>> =
>>=20
>Paris for mastering. wadda concept.<BR>>>>>>>=20
>><BR>>>>>>> > DC<BR>>>>>>>=20
>><BR>>>>>>> > DC<BR>>>>>>>=20
>><BR>>>>>>> ><BR>>>>>>> =
>>>Rob=20
>Arsenault" <</FONT><A href=3D"mailto:mani2@nbnet.nb.ca"><FONT =
>face=3DArial=20
>size=3D2>mani2@nbnet.nb.ca</FONT></A><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>>=20
>wrote:<BR>>>>>>> >>>Yes DC, please do=20
>share...!!<BR>>>>>>> =
>>>><BR>>>>>>>=20
>>>><BR>>>>>>> >>>"DC" <</FONT><A=20
>href=3D"mailto:dc@spammersinhell.com"><FONT face=3DArial=20
>size=3D2>dc@spammersinhell.com</FONT></A><FONT face=3DArial =
>size=3D2>> wrote in=20
>message <BR>>>>>>>=20
>>>>news:447
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