Yeah I know it has been a few years....
But hey, life's a bitch then you die.
But the bitch gave me back my Bogen after all this time and now I finally get to play with it.
Here are samples of the CT-35 with an Art MPA Pro II for comparison.
1 -
http://www.somnium7.com/samples/NEW%20SAMPLE%20%206.wav Pro MPA II
2 -
http://www.somnium7.com/samples/NEW%20SAMPLE%2011.wav Bogen CT-35 (Tape Output)
The Pro MPA is setup as follows. Channel 1 is fed from a
Shure SM7B. It outputs into channel 2. Channel one has a used GE 12AT7 and channel 2 has a used GE 12AU7. Daisychaining the channels is somewhat necessary with the SM7 because of it's low output. Both channels are set to about 1 to 2 O clock on the gain and level controls. Channel 1 has the +20 gain switch on and both channels are on "high voltage" mode.
The Bogen sample is the same Shure mic into one of its 4 mic inputs. Compression is set to null and the output is from the tape out which is taken prior to the EQ. Mic gain is at 8 and then turned to 10 at the end.
Neither is clean or particularly detailed but both have good color and compliment each other. However, the Bogen is a big box of crayons once you start digging into it. I have named it
the Crunch Box. Here's why...
http://www.somnium7.com/samples/NEW%20SAMPLE%20%203.wav (Direct out, post EQ and power amp stages)
Believe me it gets even crunchier than this too. Badly tuned AM radio has nothing on the Bogen Crunchbox!
