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I have a 104 input console in my studio and love it. I do understand both sides of the argument. My console is inline and it makes tracking much easier. I use the top channel section for all mic inputs and tap either a direct out from the channel or a group out (its a 24 bus console) for...

So has this board ever been recapped? At its age, I would not be at all surprised if you were to buy it and immediately have to dump a bunch of money into recapping. Caps go with age as well as use, so to some extent they are a fact of life type of issue. I used to own a System 8 as well as a...

All Allen Heath consoles are kind of known for their noise;) Then again, most all consoles back then had a fair amount of noise anyhow. Granted some of what we hear nowadays as noise from consoles is from pushing too hard from the get go. As for comparing a system 8 to a Calrec or Neve, thats...

First off, the sideways prong on that amp desigantes a 20 amp plug. Many people do not realize it, but most all of the cords we use are actually only 15 amp rated. You will notice that often times you will see plug outlets, especially in commercial or business areas that have recepticles that...

Regardless of the shell origination, I have heard a few nice sounding SJC kits. Sadly though, one of the worst sounding kits I have ever heard was also an SJC kit. The drummer in this instance had ordered some odd sizes, but still, it just sounded horrid. It wasn't the heads or the tuning...

A few quick ways I can think of.... 1 - Route the track through a bus so that the buss can be used for manual ( and more global) changes. 2 - Try highlighting the whole automation section of that track and applying gain through a software command ( either positive or negative gain ) 3 - see...

Are you talking a Musicman Stingray? Or an Ernie Ball Musicman stingray. his makes a huge difference in my opinion.

A Mullard and a Telefunken should yeild pretty different results though. However, keep in mind, like was mentioned before, I am not sure how much difference the tubes will make in a unit like the ART MPA Gold. The Mullards and Telefunkens however generally sound very different though. If it...

Kidvybes... A couple of points I do agree with you on. First off, I don't know for certain how much of a difference a new tube will or won't make in the specific ART preamp that is being discussed here. Much of that really depends on the rest of that preamps circuit path and the tubes actual...

Having owned a Chandler TG2, I would not say that it is the right preamp necessarily if you are looking primarily at vocals and acoustic guitars. I would also take the FMR, Grace and DBX off the list if it were me. If it were me, I would look into a Pendulum preamp, or a DW Fearn, or even a...

MsHilarious.... That LaFayette could be a Mullard. It gets a little tricky identifying some of the older and/or off brand but I think I actually have a couple of Mullard made Lafayette tubes. Does it say what county the tube was made in? That is often one of the best indicators. As for...

Personally, I would gravitate towards something like a GE, Sylvania or Telefunken in a preamp. Then again tastes do vary. Mullards are generally very colorful tubes that play nicely with thickening up many guitar amps. Telefunkens however are a little more "hifi" sounding and often play...

First off, it sure looks to me like in your diagram, assuming each of the two speakers is an 8 ohm speaker, you are looking at a 4 ohm load. For the 8 ohm output this is not a good idea and will add a lot of stress to your amp. It may handle it for quite some time, but it may not last long...

If none of the lights or anything come on, then it should be a fuse. Look for a mains fuse. If there is not an easy to access fuse, then I would call ashdown if it is still under warranty. Some of those Ashdown combos are really hard to get the chassies out of to access the fuses that are on...

As far as I know, none of the critical work on the Peluso Mic's is done in China. I am tlking with him tomorrow so I will ask to confirm this, but I have put some Pelusos in some pretty high profile situations and they have really turned some heads. In my opinion they are easily the best value...

Well, the term "pairs" could mean several things. Do you mean balanced between the triodes? Or just two tubes of the same model brand and make? I am guessing from your question that you mean two tubes that are the same brand model and make so that you can keep two channels sounding the same...

I (and all of my clients) have been very happy with the Peluso's. For what is being described, I would look into the 2247, but a P12 may fit the bill as well. Of course my opinion could easily be considered biased because I am a Peluso dealer.

I replied, I should have all of the above ;)

Sorry, but this just isn't true. There are still drums and other amps on stage that can certainly still cause fairly serious issues at the mic. After working with a few thousand bands doing live sound on systems of all types and sizes, what I have decided is that wedges are easier to deal with...

In ears are a bit of a tricky game. There are definate advantages and disadvantages of each. For me I will stay with wedges for now because it makes life much easier.