
Jblount
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I will trade my gear for your gear out right. I can fill up my rack with your good equipment, and you can fill your rack with my "crap". LOL.
SonicAlbert said:
It scares me a great deal to read something like "I have yet to have any clue of what I am doing" immediately following that very expensive list of gear.
SonicAlbert said:I'm also not sure about your strategy of buying cheap stuff, but I'm not questioning your budget.
Also, there's cheap, and then there's "crap". I don't see any point in filling your racks with crap. So my suggestions below are for gear that's cheap but still has some redeeming qualities. For example, no Behringer. If you've spent $25,000 it would be an injustice to yoruself to put a bunch of Behringer junk in your rack. That just makes the good gear you bought look bad, and doens't make the best impression on any prospective clients or producers/musicians who may want to use you or your studio for projects.
However, here's a few suggestions:
ART PRO VLA. I'd put that at the top of your cheap stuff list.
Well, there's a starting point anyway. Again, cheap can be cool, but don't fall into "crap" like the Behringer stuff. It's got no sound other than just cheap. Go for anything with personality.
SonicAlbert said:Well, I have bought Behringer in the past, and was not impressed. I've also checked it out from time to time at stores and NAMM shows. Looked, sounded, felt cheap and low quality to me. I don't doubt that there are a few items they make that are useful, I just haven't used them and don't really want to buy their whole product line to find out which they are. However, I am speaking from personal experience with Behringer gear, not just being a "sheep".
As far as ART, you see the ART PRO VLA in all sorts of studios. Not as their best compressor certainly, but as a color opto compressor. So I stand by that suggestion. I didn't recommend their whole product line, just that one compressor for the application that the original poster was asking about.
Auxillary said:I just bought some nice preamps and I have some good compressors and limiters. Im all set for good stuff, now I want to get some crap. Have budgeted 1300$ on buying cheap "tube" pre's compressors etc...
"pissing away your hard earned cash"Fletcher said:How about instead of pissing away your hard earned cash on crap, you invest in some good instruments so you have better "source tones" that will help your previous investment sound even better?
Just a thought.
Oh, ok, so you're just a dick...I see.Auxillary said:Accusations, jokes and an argument unrelated to the thread. I wont be visiting here again, Im sure posts about how you're glad and other common posts of such a nature will ensue.
I ended up purchasing some instruments instead if anyone cares.
Man, there's tons of fun sounding crap out there... but, you can tie up a lot of cash on shit that you may or may not end up using even once, if you know what I mean.Auxillary said:You can get cool sounds from cheap stuff. Not everything needs to be ran through a neve. Id like suggestions for things that have a unique sound, not questioning of my budget. Sorry if i seem angry or something, I am not in a good mood today![]()
I think that was a good move.Auxillary said:Accusations, jokes and an argument unrelated to the thread. I wont be visiting here again, Im sure posts about how you're glad and other common posts of such a nature will ensue.
I ended up purchasing some instruments instead if anyone cares.
The sound quality of their first albums truly sucked but they've evolved over the years. Imho The Antipop sounds actually really good.sweetnubs said:yeah, that's if you think primus is any good. They are nice guys but they are all mediocre musicians. Entertaining and amusing? a little. Welcome to my pop and slap nightmare. I haven't listenened to the recordings in a while but I remeber them sounding thin. guitar, bass and drums. cardboardy drums too. wanna mix me? not with those tracks buddy. Back to the oakland hills with thee.