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chessrock
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I have a business idea I would like to propose to anyone with the will and the means to participate:
I'm assuming you're familiar with the whole "Boston Pre Party" CD, as well as the 3-D Audio deal. If not, here's some links for your viewing pleasure:
http://www.tangible-technology.com/microphones/pre.html
http://www.3daudioinc.com/3daudio_prelp.html
In an earlier thread, I mentioned that an accurate evaluation and comparison of any mic pres simply is not possible without hearing it's effect on several tracks, using the same instruments same mics, and talent in the same facilities on the same day etc. etc.
This type of thing woud be very easy for me to arrange. The next time I get a solo artist in here recording track-by-track, I'll tell him about my experiment, and give him/her a break on the price for participating. I'll just have them do several different takes, as I usually do anyway, but after each take, I'll just yank the mic chord and plug it in to a different pre.
How easy is that?
If anyone else would be willing to do the same thing, we could perhpas assemble ourselves a mini-compilation CD, sell it for money, and do any of the following with the proceeds:
* Donate to charity
* Donate to Dragon for maintaing this site for us.
* Be greedy and keep profits.
Initially, my only concern is that if I was comparing, say, a Joemeek with an AudioUpgrades with a Mindprint . . . and Ozraves does one comparing an RNP with a Sytek with a Grace, it wouldn't be valid to compare his Grace example with my Audio Upgrades example, for instance, for obvious reasons.
But the listener would still benefit, obviously, from what would easily be the best possible comparison he/she has heard yet between the Grace/RNP/Sytek, as an example.
In other words, it still wouldn't be perfect, but it would be MUCH more useful than anything else short of trying them out ourselves. Most importantly, the listener would be hearing real-world comparisons of budget pres and non-budget pres.
I'm assuming you're familiar with the whole "Boston Pre Party" CD, as well as the 3-D Audio deal. If not, here's some links for your viewing pleasure:
http://www.tangible-technology.com/microphones/pre.html
http://www.3daudioinc.com/3daudio_prelp.html
In an earlier thread, I mentioned that an accurate evaluation and comparison of any mic pres simply is not possible without hearing it's effect on several tracks, using the same instruments same mics, and talent in the same facilities on the same day etc. etc.
This type of thing woud be very easy for me to arrange. The next time I get a solo artist in here recording track-by-track, I'll tell him about my experiment, and give him/her a break on the price for participating. I'll just have them do several different takes, as I usually do anyway, but after each take, I'll just yank the mic chord and plug it in to a different pre.
How easy is that?
If anyone else would be willing to do the same thing, we could perhpas assemble ourselves a mini-compilation CD, sell it for money, and do any of the following with the proceeds:
* Donate to charity
* Donate to Dragon for maintaing this site for us.
* Be greedy and keep profits.
Initially, my only concern is that if I was comparing, say, a Joemeek with an AudioUpgrades with a Mindprint . . . and Ozraves does one comparing an RNP with a Sytek with a Grace, it wouldn't be valid to compare his Grace example with my Audio Upgrades example, for instance, for obvious reasons.
But the listener would still benefit, obviously, from what would easily be the best possible comparison he/she has heard yet between the Grace/RNP/Sytek, as an example.
In other words, it still wouldn't be perfect, but it would be MUCH more useful than anything else short of trying them out ourselves. Most importantly, the listener would be hearing real-world comparisons of budget pres and non-budget pres.