Does an RNLA & Transparent Mic Pre=RNP sound?

[tateros]

I also have the grace m1o1..so I can tell you..If you want to save money..and if you are using a daw...why buy a compressor? use plugins..there is no need to compress on the way in!!

PS.If you are looking for "A Sound" why would you want FMR's sound anyway...go for UA..or api..something that is known for it's "SOund"

I've just been reading so many good things about FMR that I want to experience it. From the larger than life RNP sound, to the RNC's "Super Nice" mode being so accurately clean & transparent. Then there's the "gooey" characteristic the RNLA adds to the sound. I don't want to experience it all just because I want the best sound, but because I have never owned any of these types of products so I want to understand first hand what people are talking about. Back in 1998 when I was writing PC songs, there weren't really any affordable products. I was using a Digitech GSP 2101, DBX 286a, an AKG C-3000 for my voice, & a 300mhz Sony Vaio with the Mod Tracker "Fast Tracker 2" & Cool Edit Pro for the music. That stuff alone cost me around $2100.

Now that I've started writing songs again, I've racked up the same debt as I did back in the day, but now my vocals don't sound like a hissing, muddy mess. They sound better than I would have imagined achievable in the privacy of my own undampened, acoustically unsound garage. And it sounds better than ever to me.

I would never purchase software based effects because I cannot afford it. At least hardware has as good a resale value as my patience allows. So although I may not be able to afford to keep most of it, I have been given the chance through the miracle that is Ebay to at least give it a try.

As for a "sound", my future definitely has a place for something like a Great River NV1. an Avalon & Apogee's Mini Series may replace my transparent setup one day.

Oh and I've wanted an AKG 414 since 1998. As I mentioned before, I could only afford an AKG C3000 at that time. Coincidentally I'm still in the same predicament.

 

[SonicAlbert]

I bought an RNLA a while back because of the hype and was disappointed in it. I sold it within a month of purchasing it--really didn't like it and thought it was very over rated. Of course many people like it, but I thought it sounded like a decent budget oriented $200 compressor, not a high end compressor for $200 like what people say. There's a difference.

So I know you are reading all sorts of gushing reviews of these units, but that opinion is not unanimous. I haven't used an RNC or RNP, but based on my experience with the RNLA I have no plans to.

I personally think the ART PRO VLA sounds better than the RNLA, and I've owned a couple PRO VLA's over the years as well.

Just exposing you to another viewpoint!

 

[mixsit]

... I don't want to experience it all just because I want the best sound, but because I have never owned any of these types of products so I want to understand first hand what people are talking about.

...Oh and I've wanted an AKG 414 since 1998. As I mentioned before, I could only afford an AKG C3000 at that time. Coincidentally I'm still in the same predicament.

If you have just the one main mic you might also consider that different mics bring larger variations in color than pres. That aside there's something to be said for wanting to get 'hands on' with the hardware.

And a color' pre w/eq option;
http://www.chameleonlabs.com/product7.htm
Getting great millage here with these along side True Precision on the clean'.

 

[tateros]

If you have just the one main mic you might also consider that different mics bring larger variations in color than pres. That aside there's something to be said for wanting to get 'hands on' with the hardware.

And a color' pre w/eq option;
http://www.chameleonlabs.com/product7.htm
Getting great millage here with these along side True Precision on the clean'.

I've got two mics, which to me are on both ends of the sonic spectrum. a Blue Baby Bottle, which is really bassy & an AT4050, which sounds super bright, to me.

What's to be said for wanting to get hands on with the hardware?

That's strange, no single channel Chameleon Labs mic preamp without an EQ?

 

[mixsit]

What's to be said for wanting to get hands on with the hardware?

You said you wanted to try this stuff out. I was just sort of agreeing..