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You can use Marc Brevoort's HD24Tools. http://ringbreak.dnd.utwente.nl/~mrjb/hd24tools/download.html They've been widely discussed in the HD24 group over the past year or so. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/hd24/

:) Indeed! I didn't mention the fact that the core of the group was made up of banjo, fiddle, ukelele, and accordion. I figured that might give someone the wrong idea of what was in store. It sure isn't the usual usage of those instruments. And Chessrock, I agree with you completely about...

Here's a sample track that features drums that were tracked with the SP828. However, it's not a standard drum kit by any means. http://users.adelphia.net/~gilliland/Gray.mp3 Every instrument and vocal came through my SP828s. Though it may not be obvious from this excerpt, this was recorded...

I don't find the Brick to be particularly colored. In fact, it's surprising to me how little color its transformers impart on the signal. It's pretty transparent.

There are probably lots of ways to mic this, but consider this one: Use the ADK for the vocal, then put the 4050 in figure-8 mode and use it for the guitar. Position it so that the null of the pattern is facing the vocalist. This should keep nearly all of the vocal out of the instrument...

These stands are OK. They won't stand up to a ton of abuse, but there's nothing wrong with them for light duty usage. And the mic wire will probably be OK. The mic itself, though, you'll probably want to throw away.

It's a law that exists only in your (or your manager's) mind.

There is no such law. Just because someone mentions it on a website or on a showroom floor does NOT mean that it actually exists. It's a blatant lie used by certain vendors to keep people from buying mics, using them briefly, then returning them. Admittedly, people shouldn't do that, but...

At their labor day sale yesterday, they were $199. You might want to try again, maybe ask for the manager in the pro audio dept. As of yesterday morning, there were over 100 left in the GC chain, but I bet the number is a lot lower now.

I bought one for $199 last week.

Yes, I'm still using them - probably will be for a long time. I'm adding some other pres to my collection, though - some tube pres that I can use along side the 828s. All of my work with them has been in live concert settings. Only one of those recordings has included drums, and frankly I...

Really? Maybe it's a reading comprehension issue. Seems to me that I contradicted him rather directly on the C3000b - he said that reviews were mixed, and I assured him that they weren't. And more importantly, I asked him a very relevant question.

I've never seen a good review of the C3000b - they are pretty consistently panned. The AT, on the other hand, gets pretty good reviews. I've never used an SM87, but the Beta87 is a pretty decent mic. Why are you limiting yourself to this particular selection of three mics?

A friend lent me his TL Audio pres for a concert recording a few years ago. He likes them a lot, but I found them very disappointing. Slightly veiled, and generally flat sounding. I'd have been better off just using my mixer pres. Just one man's opinion.

So go to Guitar Center and buy yourself a Brick. They're closing out that product at GC, and you can get them quite cheaply at the moment. Assuming, of course, that there are any left in your neighborhood. They won't last long.

I'd be careful with that. When I was shopping for them, a lot of places still showed the old unit on their website, but actually had the newer one in stock. I'm surprised to hear that the older unit worked better than the newer one. I didn't think that there was any major change in circuitry...

Well, not exactly new. They've been shipping for a year or so, and PMI has been talking about them for quite a few years before that. They were originally planned to come out under the Joe Meek brand, but PMI decided to sell them under the Studio Projects name instead. I've got three of them...

I had a Rolls RA53b for a short time. It sounded great as long as you didn't hook up too many pairs of headphones at the same time. It has outputs for five pairs, but I found that if you tried to drive more than two or sometimes three, it would distort severely. At first I thought it must be...

There are lots of good condenser mics for stage use. The KMS105 is the usual favorite. The Beta87 is a solid workhorse. The 535 is a decent mic as well, but watch out for sibilance. On some voices it's perfect, on others not so good. One that hasn't been mentioned here is the excellent...

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