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I am reluctantly having to sell a few things to finance a headphone system like Hearback of Furman for a big session I have coming up in a month or so. All the gear has been well looked after and never been out of the non smoking studio. I used plastic washers on all of the rack gear so there...

There are better dynamic mics than the SM57 but it works on so many different sources and that's why I have 4 of them! If I have plenty of time I will try out a MD421, Beyer 201, EV RE20 etc but if I need a useable sound in about 10 seconds the SM57 is always there.

No way, I have yet to here plugins anywhere near as good as my outboard. Lexicon PCM70 Sony R7 Orban 111b Spring Roland R-880 Symetrix 606 Delay Bel BD80 Delay Most of those cost me less than good plugins would have!!

Here's a picture of mine. Cost me about £75 ($150) The XLR's are all Neutrik but PCB mount which I got for under a £1 each as a job lot of eBay and the blank panels from Thomann for roughly £5 each. The 32 Male XLR's at the top are, 16 from the live room, 12 from the dead room, 4 from the 2...

I've done exactly the same thing at my place using virtually the same blank panels. I've got all my preamps on Male XLR's and the tie lines in the live room, booths, lounge, hallway on Female XLR's. It is far better than having to rememeber to switch the phantom power off before plugging into a...

I'm a fan of Soundcraft desks. I had a Ghost many years ago and now have a Sapphyre. The Sapphyre is beautiful, don't get me wrong I really liked the Ghost but it is a big step up. The Ghost has about 60dB crosstalk compared to over 90dB in the Sapphyre for example. I believe the Delta's were...

I've got the following items for sale on eBay.co.uk A Designs Pacifica (mint) x2 URS Classic Compressor Bundle URS ANS EQ Bundle Shinybox 46MXL Mosses and Mitchel 96 TT Patchbay Wilmslow Audio 'Prestige' 3 way passive crossover http://search.ebay.co.uk/_W0QQsassZtornadotedtyllwyd

It was the power supply that went. I had the internal battery changed not that long before.

Cracking = Really good :)

I think the DP Pro is a cracking reverb also. I used to own one but it died, I WILL get another one day. I've tried quite a few reverbs, my favourites are these that I have kept, Roland R-880 Sony R7 Lexicon PCM70 Orban 111b Spring Reverb

On eBay at the moment. Kurzweil KSP8, RSP8 and ADAT board http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...55&rd=1 &rd=1 Nord Lead Rack synth http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...58&rd=1 &rd=1 Mackie HMX-56 Headphone Matrix Mixer http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...93&rd=1 &rd=1 Sennheiser...

TLA C1 Compressor http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230000291683&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&rd=1 Another TLA C1 Compressor http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230000292035&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&rd=1 Focusrite Green EQ...

One intersting comment I saw on this method is using a 6" speaker. The majority of hi-fi's have 6" woofers so by using a 6" speaker as your 'mic' it translates well in the real world. I don't know how true this is but the Yamaha SubKick is a 6" speaker a lot of people I have heard who have made...