Hi,
I'm getting ready to do some serious investment in my home studio and I've ultimately come to the conclusion that for the music I'll be doing (mainly rock, deftones sounding), I'll be requiring an SM57, a Neve 1073 / 1084 or 1290 (1073 no eq) and a UREI 1176ln, either the reissue or a vintage 'F' model - into a Protools 002 Digidesign setup.
I'd like to achieve exactly this signal chain and cut the costs down as much as possible but I haven't been able to reduce anymore. I know the SM57 is great for the type of effect I'm going for. As for the compressor, I figure that I can't cut the 1176 because 1) the plugin on Protools isn't as good and 2) I absolutely need a hardware comp to ensure that I'm recording with the highest gain possible to not lose resolution on the converters (vs. recording with no comp and then boosting everything via software). Could anyone tell me if I'm wrong or if hardware comps can be replaced nowadays with software?
But my biggest question is this: Can I save money and simply get the Neve 1290 and therefore get the same "Neve" coloring but drop the hardware eq on the much more expensive 1073s or 1084s? I'm really thinking that the software plugins these days should really do the job + I've heard that it's always much better to record with as little eq going in as possible to avoid printing a strong eq that'll later cause problems in the final mixdown - so why bother paying for a hardware eq at all?
So my final idea was to go SM57 -> Neve 1290 -> 1176 comp -> 002 Digidesign DAW.
Can anyone tell me if I could have done this better some other way?
Thanks
Ker
I'm getting ready to do some serious investment in my home studio and I've ultimately come to the conclusion that for the music I'll be doing (mainly rock, deftones sounding), I'll be requiring an SM57, a Neve 1073 / 1084 or 1290 (1073 no eq) and a UREI 1176ln, either the reissue or a vintage 'F' model - into a Protools 002 Digidesign setup.
I'd like to achieve exactly this signal chain and cut the costs down as much as possible but I haven't been able to reduce anymore. I know the SM57 is great for the type of effect I'm going for. As for the compressor, I figure that I can't cut the 1176 because 1) the plugin on Protools isn't as good and 2) I absolutely need a hardware comp to ensure that I'm recording with the highest gain possible to not lose resolution on the converters (vs. recording with no comp and then boosting everything via software). Could anyone tell me if I'm wrong or if hardware comps can be replaced nowadays with software?
But my biggest question is this: Can I save money and simply get the Neve 1290 and therefore get the same "Neve" coloring but drop the hardware eq on the much more expensive 1073s or 1084s? I'm really thinking that the software plugins these days should really do the job + I've heard that it's always much better to record with as little eq going in as possible to avoid printing a strong eq that'll later cause problems in the final mixdown - so why bother paying for a hardware eq at all?
So my final idea was to go SM57 -> Neve 1290 -> 1176 comp -> 002 Digidesign DAW.
Can anyone tell me if I could have done this better some other way?
Thanks
Ker