PMI B stock sale

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cominginsecond said:
Yes, but when I spoke with Justin Hyatt on the phone he said "I think we have one or two of those left" so I think, at one time, there was more than one.

In any case, I know I'm getting one because I've tracked my UPS shipment. It's coming tomorrow for me. I would call up PMI and ask them if they've shipped you one or if they plan on doing so.
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Thanks, I'll call them. I'm kinda having a little buyer's remorse to be honest so it wouldn't be the end of the world if they didn't have any left.
 
I called em. My order went through. My T3 + VTB1 are shipping today.
 
 
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I just got that tube. Thanks for the tip. A friend of mine that got the T3 said the tube upgrade was an improvement for him. Is the tube on the T3 socketed?
 
Yo Rez! Yes, I'm sorry, Stephen Paul passed on, and it was a great loss to many people. This is one where I think Alan Hyatt did the right thing. He had the business acumen to meet the (very tough) requirements of an eccentric mic genius who was unfortunately, dying. Stephen wanted to build "Godzilla", projected to be a $40,000+ studio mic. There's damn little market for $40,000 mics, so I figure Stephen believed he'd have to build a mic a mere mortal could afford,to pay for the Godzilla project, and the Hyatts had the vision to put up capital. His mission was to blow Neumann, B.L.U.E., et al. out of the water with a less than $2000 mic. Did he achieve it? I've never heard the prototype.
Now, I would not wish on PMI a cash flow problem, but taking some time to bring Stephen's mic to the market is a very good move. Stephen and Alan both suggested that the mic employed revolutionary technology and design, and were very tight-lipped about it. All that really matters is whether this mic, which for good or ill, will be Stephen's legacy, rocks. As far as I know (fairly little), PMI's claim to the proceeds of the mic, and any of Stephen's estate, was long since settled to all party's mutual sayisfaction.
I don't think the issues are legal, or that the mic won't be built, but I'm betting it's a tough mic to build properly in a cost-effective fashion. That's the challenge to PMI. Better to do it when you really can than too soon badly.-Richie
 
cominginsecond said:
I just got that tube. Thanks for the tip. A friend of mine that got the T3 said the tube upgrade was an improvement for him. Is the tube on the T3 socketed?
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...yes, no problem to swap out the stock tube...remove the 3 small screws on the bottom of the mic and slide off the body casing...worked well for me...
 
cominginsecond,

Lemme know what you think of changing tubes in the T3. I'm interested to know.
 
Sorry if any e-mail addresses were left out. Our Forum crashed some time ago and we lost a lot of stuff. If you registered on our site then you should have received the B Stock Sale.

If you need to, call Justin and he will see what he can do for you. I don't want to hurt anyone's feelings here, so a hammer always can make a B Stock to make sure you guys get what you needed, but after that, when they are gone, they are gone....
 
Bummer that these specials don't make it to Australian stores :(

BTW - thanks again to those of you who helped/offered suggestions/advice on the Twinq in another thread somewhere. I borrowed it from the shop last week to try out. Very nice bit of gear, indeed!
Clean preamps, good dynamic control with the compressors and though I may not use the EQ often for recording, it still enabled me to play with tone shaping which might come in handy someday when I get better at this whole recording/engineering gig.
I miked/miced/moused ( ;) ) a didgeridoo and tried out the 'IRON' switch. Man, I wish I had one of these babies when I recorded the didge for the album several years ago! Huge bottom end! Would be great if you have a Barry White voice as well :D

The only potential trap for the unwary is the ability to screw up the stereo imaging if you're using it as a stereo tracking device. The Slope (ratio) and makeup gain controls still work independently when in Compressor Link mode.
I can recall reading an explanation for this somewhere in my travels, but the article/web page eludes me now.

Otherwise it is a really nice bit o' gear.
Will save my rubles and invest in one of these, methinks.

Dags
 
Twinq compressor linking

I found the answer - was on the Joemeek FAQ page
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COMPRESSOR LINKING

Q. Using "COMP LINK" links "COMPRESS", "ATTACK" and "RELEASE" controls. But what about "SLOPE" and "MAKE-UP GAIN"? With those I can destroy the stereo image! Why aren't they included in "LINK" mode?

A. The LINK mode uses one compressor side-chain to control the gain cells in both channels, to prevent the stereo image wandering as the programme changes. This is quite easy to do electronically but the "SLOPE" and "MAKE-UP GAIN" controls are in the main signal paths. To have one set of controls for these would require multi-gang potentiometers and a much more complicated circuit board - with possible consequences for noise and crosstalk.

So the compromise method we use ensures the integrity of the stereo image - you still have to set the controls equally for "Left" and "Right" channels but for stereo work that's no different from the EQ controls or the PREMP GAIN or OUTPUT GAIN controls.

The twinQ is really a two-mono-channel device, which can also be used for stereo. For dedicated stereo work there are other stereo products in the range, with single sets of controls.
 
alanhyatt said:
a hammer always can make a B Stock to make sure you guys get what you needed.
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I'd settle for magic marker on the box that says "B-Stock" :D
 
alanhyatt said:
I don't want to hurt anyone's feelings here, so a hammer always can make a B Stock to make sure you guys get what you needed...
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Heh heh heh, oh but you are a funny kinda guy...uh, you are being a funny kinda guy here, yes? :eek:

Eric
 
Ci2

Yer PMs is full!

Talk to me about yer RNC.

Thanx.


lou
 
Kewl....My JM27's just walked in, no dents, no evidence of encounters with woodworking tools.... :D

I'm assuming my C-4s are in a separate box...I'll wait here....

Eric
 
Got my T3 last night, and my initial experience with it is very good. Sounded nice on two vocalists. Kind of like a less spitty Rode NTK with multiple patterns.
 
Wow, there's a lot of people with small penises that will give you negative rep if you say anything positive about any Studio Projects product, apparently. I sincerely like my T3 so far, and if I get unsigned negative rep for saying that, so be it.

COWARDS!!!
 
Yea man, I have had appears to be one anonymous ahole negative rep me on posts over and over again for no reasons at all. No sense sweating it - it's just the internet. Don't let it bug you...
 
Rep points suck. FWIW it's pretty damn difficult to repeatedly give someone rep, positive or negative. If they worked that fucking hard and wasted that much time trying to do it, then the jokes on them.
 
haha
The dumbfuck negative repped me twice more - one on this thread, since I posted that. Get the hint dumbass - I don't give a shit how much you negative rep me. It's the INTERNET. I have red squares by my name...big whoop. What are they going to do - take away my birthday because my squares aren't green anymore?

Anyway, I am expecting my JM27's any day now. I hope they ran out of silver B-Stock JM27s and sent me the green ones. I don't know why, but I kinda like those.
 
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