Christmas/2010 Wishlists

[mrlizard]

Originally Posted by ubermensch

Whaaaaaay.

Is your coffee machine still full of fluffy little friends? I never knew you were into colonisation!

nah, i've got a percolator and grinder these days, in perfect condition. that coffee machine is still growing somewhere i think, i guess i'll find it when i move house.

[ZippsInc]

Originally Posted by mrlizard

Yeah, the sm7 is very different to my ears. <snip>

Not aware of that DVD, sounds awesome!

Not going to go totally analog, i'd just love to track to a 24 track 2" studer. <snip>

BTW. I'm one down on my wishlist.... and my new studio's almost finished!

Cheers for that info on the sm7. Much appreciated. I took delivery of one on Monday past. You are absolutely spot on with the differences between the sm7 and sm57. I'm glad I bought it now. I think it's what I've been needing. I'll be using it flat with the windscreen off. Mind you it doesn't sound too bad with the screen on as well.

I liked the deal I got so much from the states that I took an open box Presonus Digimax FS off their hands for £348 (Inc shipping and duty) - street price £485 here in UK. Another good deal. I figured I would use it for the line inputs and run 8 more pres through it via ADAT into my RME. The quality of the pres and conversion are fin and wouldn't hurt anything I was doing so standalone the unit is totally usable but it's good to keep one's options open and have other pres to put through it.

Although I would like to have a high(ish) end vocal chain with an 1176 in there, I'm having second thoughts. I do have all the UAD stuff so I could use the software version which is cool. I'm having to be judicious about planned purchases due to rack space as I'm not having any overspill.

Regarding preamp purchases, I've still to get my Sytek. As well as this, I'm also considering a DAV Broadhurst Gardens No2 (4 channels). It's basically Decca heritage, built by Mick Hinton who was their maintenence engineer before they closed the studio. Here's a review of the BG1 two channel version. Incidentally, Broadhurst Gardens, was the address of Decca's London studio in West Hampstead. This post has some audio comparisons between the DAV, Sytek and Portico. It appears a lot of folks in the states are going after the DAVs for classical stuff, this being Decca's main forte latterly.

I'm also looking at the Golden Age Pre-73 as is Ubermensch. It's basically based on the preamp section of the Neve 1073 and is Transformer balanced. You can mod these by plucking out the stock Chinese transformers and replace them with the Carnhill/St Ives ones orignially in the Neves. This can double the GAP73's price if getting it done as a mod at the point of purchase. Personally, having heard comparisons between modded and unmodded I'm not convinced it's worth it. Comparison thread.

I would love a console (Daw Controller) of some kind but my desk space just wouldn't allow it and I'm not prepared to sacrifice any more space to recording than I already have.

Come on then mrlizard....tell me what you got?

[mrlizard]

R-121 got a pair now, yassss.

[ZippsInc]

Originally Posted by mrlizard

R-121 got a pair now, yassss.

Nice one.

[ZippsInc]

By the way...

I've only seen the first 6 available sections of the Alan Parsons DVDs.

Midi (29.03 mins)
EQ (38.16 mins)
Noise Gates (23.15 mins)
Delay (18.01 mins)
Drums (25.53 mins)
Recording a Choir (11.50 mins)

I would say these sections thus far range from beginner level to beginning/intermediate level. Good info in them none-the-less. Like all these productions, I'm always sceptical about product placement.

If you're into recording then it's all interesting stuff I guess.

I'll post a review once I've viewed all 24 sections. I'll hopefully get these during the next couple of months as it's released.

Then you'll know whether to get this or just opt for the Alan Partridge recording DVDs. Ahaaaaa

The Studio Stories section on the website have free interviews.
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