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The Neve things is quite ridiculous in my eyes. I see the same thing with Fender. These out of touch legacy brands trying to break into markets with "premium" products when in all actuality, they're average at best.

What song is that?

Actually bad review that did nothing more than say what you didnt like about the front panel (and illustrated you dont know what gain staging and peak detection even are), because you lack the technical skill to review it more meaningful . The really sad thing is you did your best

After years of jerking around modding mics, i fianally came to my senses and bought a used rode nt1. Paid 100 bucks for it, and have never looked back!!!

I just got the HA i73 one ... I've been using the focusrite scatlitt 4th gen ... Im selling the scarlitt now lol ... The i73 sounds great. The plugs were a huge surprise so to me its worth the $650 for the pro one ... Idk about the pro 2 edge $$$

Not one mention of does it sound good???

Just because its at 12 volt doesn't mean that's what the circuit is seeing, You can use voltage multipliers to achieve this as long as you have the proper current.

It's not a Neve 1073. A real Neve 1073 has three gain stages and an EQ. Buy the real deal. This unit is clearly not it.

The AI Lawsuit is feeling very similar to the Napster Lawsuit, feels like it's a monumental moment for the AI Generation. Can't wait to see how it turns out, also gotta get the plug in just for the capybara

Waves new update doesn’t support my OS anymore, so Waves is on it’s way out from my system 😂

Interfaces now days are really sterile, so I do appreciate when companies try to do something different but the price is sometimes just way too much compared to the price for the parts needed to assemble the damn thing.

Thank you for the video. I’m looking forward to doing this to the C1s I have on order. 🙂🇨🇦

this acts like a filter - says changing capacity of a capacitor of a filter circuit :)

Is there anywhere I can download the Chaka Khan loop for free?

Right hia

It maybe even sounds better and more deep and tight, but it could also be his voice changing while in between takes. And the distance to the mic makes a difference.

I think an ir loader works fine then just blend to get your own sound

I have a hardware ssl clone, and everytime I do these A/B comparisons the plugins seem to do the ssl thing very well, but the hardware grabs everything better, smooth everything out better, and adds nice harmonics, it's just not the same.

First time I have been able to hear difference... I think 🤔 The hardware seemed full without the 'edgy' sound apparent in the plugin... mostly in the bass and snare.

I'd like to hear the V30 on one side and the Gt2 on the other, at the same time, with the full mix. Sometimes the thicker version and the brighter version sound huge together. My main cab is a V30 4x12 and probably always will be. But in this example, I kind of prefer the G12. I agree it's got more sizzle and I can see that leaning into annoying territory, but it's not so much that it bothers me. Honestly I'm confident either one could sound great with a little EQ, but it's still a good comparison. I never recorded much, but I do know that for playing live, once you find a cabinet you really like, hang on to that rsscal. :)

I like all of the sounds. I think a blend of both cabinets would be awesome. When you eq’d your setup it sounded like how I thought a blend would sound. How did you handle the low-end of the V-30 in the mix? I thought it was going to be muddy, but it wasn’t.

The V30 sounds more musical - you can hear guitar notes through the distortion. G75 sounds harsh, dry, gravel-like and muddy in the mix.

I like the G12-T75 more in the mix...

Maaaaan... I recently took my Black Lion B172a out of my vocal tracking chain and dedicated it to mixing only. I've been tracking through the dbx 286a compressor. It just works. Turn the knob until it sounds good and move on.

I disagree with some of your opinions on modeling microphones. Let's start with the obvious statement of 'you only need that amount of microphones'. It's totally subjective as to which ones you actually need, which is why big recording studios have a variety to choose from. And no, I'm not better off buying a selection of Neumann's simply because I can't afford them. 2. You don't need a bunch of software to use these. As a matter of fact you don't need any. These are decent mics to begin with and work just fine without the modeling part. I don't think these modeling mics are in a price range that would keep anyone from buying a real one eventually once people know what they do and don't like. 3. If you DO choose to use the modeling feature, you need ONE plug-in, which is the Hemisphere Plug-In and it works in all the DAWs. Sounded a bit more dramatic than it was when you explained it in my opinion.

Nice video! Sorry for the beginner question but why do you have your pre amps and eqs in pairs? Isn't 1 enough?

Yeah definitely gonna need that video on guitar mic'ing now

This video explains this plugin so well but I understand its not for everyone czcams.com/video/WONiHMpKPpA/video.html

This an old video, possibly when you reviwed it it wasnt resizable. On Uad native its resizable. After resizing makes it eminently readable. I use this and its incredibly useful. Re what each section and buttons actually do there are plenty of excellent tutorials right here on CZcams.

Having begun to get into music in the 70's, have to say that I prefer the sound of the vintage speakers.

Hey Mitch, I’m looking to get started with some outboard gear so was looking at the DIYRE CP5 with the colour modules. Do you have any thoughts on that and do you think I would be better off just going for a straight up 1073 clone kit instead? Im doing mostly rock and pop, will be using it mostly for vocal tracking. Cheers 🤘

I've actually heard the KM 84 has more mid-forward than the KM 184 not more low-end. In fact, I have two KM 184s and I can't imagine more low end (so much that you better move that mic out from a boomy source). I'm very interested in the Mic Parts SDC 84, thanks for the tips. I haven't built any DIYRE kits but I own the EQP 5 which really does a decent job, close to the Audioscape EQP-1A.

Swap the yellow MKS caps for the Kemet MKP caps. Ceramic ones are also not ideal but you can't swap them for MKP because MKPs dont go lower than 1nf. Polystyrenes do but are a bit harder to find. If you want more info you can find Cyril Batemans book about capacitors in audio. Also you can record the before and after since you already have MKS caps inside there :)

Which capacitor dielectric type is on the C7 C6 and C10? Metallized paper?

I modded a Behringer B1 without buying a kit. Still waiting to buy an original one so I can make a video comparison.

Great video! Thank you!

A lot of people don't get how much input this takes. I appreciate the work you do. Thank you.

Oh, I thought he'd obtained one and used it. A bunch of hot air indeed.

After researching your signal chain and checking out prices, I've decided to stick with plugins until I find some really good deals on new or used equipment. Or, maybe I'll win the lottery. haha

Two years ago I bought a set of Austrian Audio HiX65 headphones and they were a total game changer.

Hey man this is a super useful video! I got a question that is sort of specific to my room shape/size if you don't mind - I just got my first pair of monitors with a set of Adam Audio T5Vs and am excited to setup my home studio space, but I'm not really sure what wall would be best to setup my desk on. My room is shaped kind of like an angular P with the leg portion of the P being a short little nook. If you were to cut out the nook, my room would be a rectangle, but the nook makes for an awkward extra bit of space that I've placed a keyboard in. I guess it would sort of look like this: A _________________________________________________ | | | | D | | ------------ |. B | | | | |_________________________________________. | C Sorry for the crude drawing, but hopefully it came out alright lol. Anyway, without the nook, this room is about 9.25x12 feet, then the nook adds about 3.25x4 feet of extra space (sorry for the dumb American imperial system too btw haha). I currently have my desk positioned on wall A in the center, more or less. Wall C is only about 5 feet behind me when I'm sat in my chair at my desk and I'm not sure if my desk would be better in the center of wall A, like how I currently have it, or if it should be in the center of wall B so that there is more space for the monitors to project before the sound reflects off wall D. Would the nook imbalance things so much that the shorter distance between walls A and B would be better, or would the added distance of being setup on wall B still be better, despite wall D being on even due to the nook? Sorry again for the strange and elaborate question. I'm just a newbie lol. Cheers!

Still sounds really good and looks good on screen

I just did a build of a line level to mic level board that someone had online, and it worked great, but with this removal of parts business I fear I may end up losing my arse doing this one, so I can't risk it.

Will be anxiously awaiting your build and sound tests on the new DIYRE unit!

I wired up a speaker as a sub with a switch to reverse the polarity. I'm thinking of adding a ground lift switch with a 100ohm resistor

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Mitch, just came across your channel yesterday and just wanted to thank you for the content you make. I’m slowly getting into music recording and mixing as a hobby, and so I am in the early days of building my own “studio”. I too have the DIY mindset and am learning to solder and desolder, which I hope in time will come in handy when I do start to acquire some analog gear. Anyway, great to see another Aussie putting out content for us to learn from and get some ideas and inspiration. Cheers!😊

They are $699 + tax at Sweetwater. Australien prices are shown including tax.. if you convert the US taxes in amount to AUD it’s pretty close.

Its a mafia. micparts mics are 1k average prices. I mean great way to manipulate/inflate. Create scarcity inflate original products to 30k romancing old shtty recordings back in the day/celebrity etc then make copies for 1k twice the price of the genuine original back in the day. Question is are they as good as the 1k genuine branded mics ie tlm103 out their. omg. considering its really a hobby for ppl this blows my mind. Its just a pump fake the entire industry playing with ppl with now "vintage" is the new age. Its a circle jerk. A steady constant no end of marketing gimmicks and no new development. The special sauce cant be replicated?? The idea theirs some great tech in the older mics is trash. The recordings in the late 90's has yet to be overtaken. 2023 and a person cant replicate those sounds/tech using digital anything he throws thousands into. wtf. Its fools gold. The music industry will never allow the average studio to get their hands on that gear. No amount of time, money, talent, effort can make a good recording these days from what im hearing in ppls recordingz and that gear should not only be here but be cheap in an honest world. They are just throwing in tech, updates, editions, series etc to bite ppls time. Its a fking joke. Full of broken dreams and gas lighting. Now they have ppl going back in time?? haha.

Aye some good stuff in this video!! That Suede effect sounds pretty cool, stoked to hear what is to come!!!