miroslav
Cosmic Cowboy
I may put some up of my smokey room. Not so pretty tho.
I double-dog dare you.
I may put some up of my smokey room. Not so pretty tho.
Eh... not enough stuff.Here's one pic. I had the shades up, so a bit bright light from the outside, plus I did it handheld without any flash, so I think there's a bit of blur.
Eh... not enough stuff.
Your keyboard and mouse shelves turned out nice.
You made those, right?? I seem to remember some talk of that.
I may put some up of my smokey room. Not so pretty tho.
Here's one pic. I had the shades up, so a bit bright light from the outside, plus I did it handheld without any flash, so I think there's a bit of blur.
Good lord, miro......
Trident console (I think?) must have cost a pretty penny. I see you have two ART preamps. Those were cheap enough for me to buy one! I’m guessing you think they sound good enough to make the, worth your while? Or are you of the philosophy that the preamps is one of the lesser important stages of the signal chain? Or both?
Not so pretty tho.
Here's one pic. I had the shades up, so a bit bright light from the outside, plus I did it handheld without any flash, so I think there's a bit of blur.
Those are not ART preamps...those are the VLA comps. They are actually really good optical comps for the money. That entire rack is all comps...most of the right side racks are EQs, with some outboard verbs up above.
All my outboard preamps are sitting in rack to the left of the console, which yes, is a Trident London 24.
It wasn't inexpensive, but I got it fairly cheap considering what they go for. The guy had to move it, I had cash-in-hand and told him I could come pick it up the next day...and he went for it, but he could have sold it for more if he wanted to wait, which he didn't. It was at his ex wife's house (well, what use to be their house)...so I think she was driving force to get it moved it out, and my offer to come get it right away is what I think clinched it.
I then turned around and dropped some more cash into to it, and I did a full recap and rechip, plus some mods, and brought it up to better-than new specs (there's a whole thread about that in the Analog forum somewhere...it was around the end of the summer in 2016 when I overhauled it).
It sounds really good now, dead quiet and has a nice fat low end with the new chips. I found that that stock chips gave it a bit of mild honk quality in the low mids, but some people like that. I wanted a clean, open top and fat bottom. I can work the mids any way I like.
Oh....and to answer your initial question...I feel that mics and preamps, and whatever you do up front is what counts the most, assuming you want a true, natural kind of sound. If you're going for that very processed thing, then it may not be as important. All depends on what you're after.
Nice room'O'crap.... I love this stuff! Nice 65. You have a Groove Tubes! I thought I was the only one. I looked very hard at a SuPre someone had for sale on Reverb a while back but didn't pull the trigger. I have a ViPre already but would have liked two channels for those drum overs and room mics. Nice comp collection too. I can't really tell whats below the VLA's. I also have an original made in USA. First year release. It's been modded by JJ Audio a couple of years back. Very great now! Anyway...nice. Ooops...Could have swore that was a 24 channel Trident 65.
Ah, you know I should have assumed they were compressors given the 76s I saw above them.
My friend had the opportunity to buy a used 16 channel Toft ATB For $2000. He didn’t go for it. I thought he was crazy. Sure, it was used and even though Trident is likely better, both Ts are manufactured by the PMI audio...IDK, for 1/3 the price, it seemed like he missed out on a good buy.
Sooooooo........you’re going to earmark your will and put me in it, yeah?
...it's all about the mic and a preamp with massive headroom (no noise kids!!) and a sound field a block wide and a mile deep.
As for the differences in the Trident as opposed to the Tofts and regarding the PMI connection...I'm not exactly sure, but PMI had not acquired Trident when Miroslav's desk was built.
Oh and one more thing...Miroslav.....IF (heh heh) you get in the mood for a new compressor I can completely recommend the Retro stuff.
Definitely in the top 5 studios posted here for sure.
Yup...make it happen up front, and the rest falls into place.
So right underneath the SuPre is one of the new Warm Audio preamps...the WA273-EQ, which is their Neve clone. I've yet to use it, as I haven't had any tracking to do lately...but supposedly there was a lot of design effort toward making this a top-notch clone...not just "another clone". Its got custom wound trannies, plus the EQ section was closely copied ...which they claim all goes into making it "silky smooth".
I'm keeping my finger crossed.
Oh yeah...the original Trident was gone for awhile before PMI acquired the name and intellectual rights. The ATB was designed by Toft, who was part of the original Trident bunch, but PMI still didn't own the actual Trident designs or name, so Toft built his ATB with a nod to the Trident designs, but it wasn't a clone.
Now PMI owns the whole Trident package, and they make Trident consoles which are a substantial step up from the ATB stuff...and so is the price.
The reviews are quite good for the new Trident consoles...but it's way out of my price range. I'm most likely going to be set with my London for the long haul...unless I hit the lottery.
I've looked at the Retro stuff many times, and would love to have some of their gear. Right now I'm not really hurting for anymore comps. Besides what's easily seen in the picture...at the top are 3 Overstayer stereo comps, which are excellent. Two half-rack units, and the big one which is often on my console mix bus.
There is also and AD&R Superdynamic Limiter sitting above them...plus in my preamp rack, the DVC is really two units in one...the preamp, and the ELOP limiter which is sweet, and I can use them together or individually.
I'm also waiting on a pair of LA2A clones, which should be coming by the summer, and they will complete my outboard comp/limiter group...so I'm looking forward to adding them.
The recent pieces that I'm most excited about are the Kush Audio EQs I acquired. I've had all their plugins for awhile now, but decided to get the hardware versions of their Clariphonic MS and Electra equalizers. I've got a couple of the Electra 2-channel EQs...but the Clariphonic MS is their newest model, which is a revamped version of the original Clariphonic, but with Mid/Side capabilities. The Clariphonic is exclusively for the upper-mids & highs, while the Electra is a 5-band, low-to-high EQ. These are without a doubt phenomenal EQs...unique design and incredible sound.
You can check out the video demos on the Kush Audio website.
They're not meant to be surgical EQs...rather more for creating a tonal vibe, if that makes any sense. So it's not about finding that one spot on the EQ where it's the right spot for the given source...but instead you can dial into multiple spots, each altering the tonal attitude to create a different overall vibe, without sounding weird or out of place...so if you like put it on a snare track, you can use the EQ to basically give you a choice of several snare sounds, as though you're choosing from several different recorded snares.
I am very eager to get these on a mix.
Mmm..don't know about that, I've seen some great studios posted here, but thanks for saying so.
I think I can cover the gear department...but I've seen some great, big spaces here that make me drool.