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Acoustic drums are the shit for all types of music. Electronic dums suck ass. Don't mind your neighbour. Everyone knows it and if you disagree you are wrong.

I know that, but: For the price paid, people shouldn't have to start soldering stuff to make the unit work in a recording situation.

It was me who said they sound like shit.. and I'm sticking to that opinion. However, what is really important is how they sound to you and nobody else. I, just as anyone else, could always be wrong, or we could have different opinions what is a good sound. Chances are big we do. Try them out, if...

Pro's: Good sound. Con's: No pads combined with very hot preamps make it impossible, yes impossible, to record high SPL instruments with hot mics. In test, recording overheads with Earthworks or TLM103 ends up clipping all the way at the lowest gain setting. With the cost of pads in mind, this...

Also remember that on Gearslutz, for good and bad, people do have a higher standard, especially in the highend forum. If they say product X sucks, you should keep in mind that they compare it to product Y that costs $5000 or so. The ISA is a fine preamp, and is being used daily at not-so-shitty...

No, but maybe latency? In whatever the case, it's the weak point of the product IMO, and not a standard you'd expect from Apogee, since the 2.0 protocol was out well before the Minime launch.

Also, on the downside... the USB is version 1.0, if anyone assumed it's 2.0 which can mean anything from performance to compability issues.

The setup sounds reasonable, BUT if those "ADK Small capsule condensers for overheads" is ADK SC-1 I would advise you to replace them ASAP. ADK SC-1 sounds like shit on everything imo, yes I got a pair, and the overheads are just soo important for creating the whole picture of the kit. At...

As long as there are downhills, always the wheels.

Can't you send them an e-mail and requests them to send you some stickers? Really. BTW, the Minime is a good product, but I hate the format.

Rarely have I read a sentence in more need of the words "in my opinion". There are alot of uses for the SM7, including worldclass vocal takes.

Then you pass up a lot of great oppurtunities to learn your monitors.

Came into this thread when the answer was already posted, but I'd like to point out the fun if you add another file to the contestors, that are an exact copy of one of the others. Makes people listen harder, can say alot about some opinions people have.

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As an answer to the original question, I would suggest different pre's. But since the thread has been mostly about 8-channel preamps, I thought I'd mention the Line Audio OMP, which is 8 channels in a rack unit at a list price of $795. Delivery time is about a month though, as people line up for...

I have 2 dbx 242's which I paid about $100 each for in mint condition. Good sounding 5-band EQ, with nice overlapping and for the price I just don't see what else could compare?

These mics should give a good result, if everything else is up to a high enough standard: Kick: ElectroVoice RE20 Toms: 3x Sennheiser MD421 Snare Top: Beyerdynamic M201 Snare Bottom: AKG C-414B/ULS (hypercardiod + PAD) Overheads: 2x Neumann U87 Room mic: Coles 4038 ;)

Try a SM7 instead. :)

But still, you wont hear how the old tubes degraded until you swap them for new ones. Much like guitar strings. They dull very slowly, so you could have the same tubes all your life and never get that "today they really sounds like shit" feeling. It creeps up on you like a bad hangover. I...

I haven't tried the KSM, but the SM81 is a very good overhead mic. If your kit sounds good. They deliver a very true sound of what you got.