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tigerbomb
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I have one of those.
It's actually a cool unit as a bass/guitar compressor in a dual band compression mode. It's especially useful when playing slap bass. And the gate works pretty good.
It does color the sound with all that coupling caps and cheap opamps, and the hiss it adds is definitely noticeable.
It's actually a cool unit as a bass/guitar compressor in a dual band compression mode. It's especially useful when playing slap bass. And the gate works pretty good.
It does color the sound with all that coupling caps and cheap opamps, and the hiss it adds is definitely noticeable.
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bgavin
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I own a lot of Rane equipment, but not the DC24.
I'm surprised at the comment about cheap op-amps, as all my Rane gear is 100% high quality equipment.
I'm surprised at the comment about cheap op-amps, as all my Rane gear is 100% high quality equipment.
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tigerbomb
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Oh, don't get me wrong. I really like my Rane equipments too, and they are particularly good value on used market. They are build like a brick except for the wallwarts, and DC24 in particular is full featured and very very functional.
But the ones I have do color the sound, they are a bit noisy, and they do use cheap opamps. Rane is a really cool company in that they publish schematics for their product right on their web site. You can see for yourself about the opamps.
Not all their equipments use the same opamps. Rane has a INA103 based micpre that I think is the best kept secret too.
I own a DC24 and a couple of PE15's. Objectively speaking, I wouldn't use these in my vocal recording chain. But when used for a guitar/bass sound, they are really awesome for me.
I have upgraded one of the PE15's by replacing opamps, adding bypass caps and removing DC blocking caps where measured offset was minimal. I believe Audio Upgrades people do something similar. Compared next to the unmodified PE15, the differences are now very, very obvious.
Hope this sets it straight.
But the ones I have do color the sound, they are a bit noisy, and they do use cheap opamps. Rane is a really cool company in that they publish schematics for their product right on their web site. You can see for yourself about the opamps.
Not all their equipments use the same opamps. Rane has a INA103 based micpre that I think is the best kept secret too.
I own a DC24 and a couple of PE15's. Objectively speaking, I wouldn't use these in my vocal recording chain. But when used for a guitar/bass sound, they are really awesome for me.
I have upgraded one of the PE15's by replacing opamps, adding bypass caps and removing DC blocking caps where measured offset was minimal. I believe Audio Upgrades people do something similar. Compared next to the unmodified PE15, the differences are now very, very obvious.
Hope this sets it straight.
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bgavin
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I use a Rane MLM42 with PA mic use. It has the INA163 opamps installed. Electronic components aren't my thing, so I have no idea if good or bad... but the sound is dead quiet and very nice.
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chessrock
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Rane is a very under-rated manufacturer of some pretty high-quality gear.
And as Tiger mentioned, their practice of not hiding their schematics is very cool . . . as their stuff is some of the most easily-upgradable there is. If you have friends/contacts who are competend techs, or are just good at fiddling with things, you can hot rod some of these Rane units and get them sounding very slick.
And as Tiger mentioned, their practice of not hiding their schematics is very cool . . . as their stuff is some of the most easily-upgradable there is. If you have friends/contacts who are competend techs, or are just good at fiddling with things, you can hot rod some of these Rane units and get them sounding very slick.