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I recently acquired a BAE 1073 DMP, and I have a used Manley Dual Mono Mic Preamp on the way. In my reading, I've seen several people say this or that preamp's DI is great for bass. When people use bass with a given preamp's DI's, are they then running the signal through other plugins like say...

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I'm considering a used DBX 160X as a general use compressor. I see from images that it doesn't have XLR connectors. Are the in and out of this unit balanced, i.e., useable with a couple of XLR to TRS connectors?

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I'm in the market for a new 2 channel mic preamp. Some come with Eq's, and I'm having a hard time understanding why one might want Eq on the way in. Doesn't the ability to Eq afterwards make the EQ on the preamp totally redundant? Why would one want an Eq on the way in?

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In casual searches of videos of even top singers recording in a studio, I don't know if I've seen one where two mics were used. Is there a reason for this? Naively, I would have thought there would be some advantage to recording vocals in in stereo, but the lack of videos showing same seems to...

I'm fascinated by plug-ins that emulate real hardware. By my quick tally, there are at least 4 different developers of a Fairchild 670 plug-in, but there's probably more. I'm curious to know if anyone has ever done any head to head comparison of these different products, to see how they compare...

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I just did some listening experiments on spoken word using four LDC's, 2X Aston Origin's, SE X1 (dumb name for a mic), and an AKG C414 b-uls (on loan from a friend), and the results surprised me. The two origins sound like two completely different mics, and the C414 has perhaps half or less self...

General use compressor. I'll try some of the ideas suggested.

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I want to record bass. I'd like to use my new BAE 1073 preamp's DI, and perhaps gain it up in the DAW with an Amplitube bass plug in, but I'm wondering where I would put an outboard compressor in this situation, if I was to use one. Would it go between the bass and the BAE, or between the BAE...

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Thanks for the reply. The Tascam 16X08 specs say it has eight 1/4" balanced outs, but curiously, it doesn't if they're digital or analog. I trust it's more likely that they're digital outs. Perhaps solving another mystery for me, if they are digital outs, would this be a case where a digital...

I'm resuming recording after a layoff, and I'm still at a very early stage of understanding digital recording. I've been playing music for a long time, so I've acquired some outboard gear over the years, an eq, a noise gate, compressor, etc., but I'm confused as to how I would actually integrate...

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I recently set up a new small studio. I bought a Tascam 16X08 interface, and so far it's working well, however, I am buying a used BAE 1073 DMP for use with my better condensor mics. I also have a set of Roland TD30KVS, which I'll be recording either with the midi out, or the 8 line outs, to...

I apologize for not posting this in VST/simulators plug ins, etc., but I thought I might get a few more eyes on it here. I know nothing about virtual amp software, but I'm curious to know about what product would have the best chance of capturing Jimi Hendrix's sound, or rather Strat through...

Do various cd players play music at slightly different rates, like say uncalibrated turntables might, or are all modern cd players dialed in to perfect time?