
MadAudio
Damned if I do
Well I finally got a chance to put my Octane to work, and it's definitley a keeper.
I first used it as a pre for my drums - M201 on snare, Beyer TG-X50 on kick, SM57s on all toms, MXL 603s for overheads). I took the outs of the Octane directly into my Layla. Well right off the bat the sound was much cleaner than the pres in my old Mackie 1604. However the overheads were not so great, so I switched those back to what I had been using before - DMP3->Rane ME15B (for light eq and gain control) ->Layla.
The next day I had a client in to work on a new song. I figured I'd finally try Mid-Side micing since the Octane has an M-S matrix. I used my CAD E-300 for the figure-8 and a V67G for the cardiod. The guitar player loved the sound, and I was pretty impressed, too. It took a little tweaking to get a balanced stereo image, but it was worth it.
So far I've only used the analog outs. I guess I need to pick up an optical cable to try the digital outs. I'll report back once I do.
I first used it as a pre for my drums - M201 on snare, Beyer TG-X50 on kick, SM57s on all toms, MXL 603s for overheads). I took the outs of the Octane directly into my Layla. Well right off the bat the sound was much cleaner than the pres in my old Mackie 1604. However the overheads were not so great, so I switched those back to what I had been using before - DMP3->Rane ME15B (for light eq and gain control) ->Layla.
The next day I had a client in to work on a new song. I figured I'd finally try Mid-Side micing since the Octane has an M-S matrix. I used my CAD E-300 for the figure-8 and a V67G for the cardiod. The guitar player loved the sound, and I was pretty impressed, too. It took a little tweaking to get a balanced stereo image, but it was worth it.
So far I've only used the analog outs. I guess I need to pick up an optical cable to try the digital outs. I'll report back once I do.
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