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🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷👏🏻, Amazing video, thanks for sharing!

B58 is better in my opion. I think the Senheisers are too boomy and bright. By the time you eq the boominess out of them they're gonna sound thin. I would rather add a little high end with the Shure. Ive had great luck live with Shure. I think the best Shure is the SM86 Cardioid Condensor. It says Award winning Vocal Microphone on the box. So it must be known. Ive been singing almost 40 years and just discovered it a couple years ago . But i love it. I like it better than the Beta 87A Its my favorite live mic now. I sound a lot like Geddy Lee and its perfect for my voice.

Nobody does better comparisons than you your subtle humor makes these so much more enjoyable to watch. 😄 I listened again with my headphones sounds a lot different than on my monitors and I have the Arc system from IK Multimedia on my monitors. Listened on my Focals, the ELAM is definitely the winner the C24 next and I like the MP the WA sounds a bit harsh but with a little EQ I think it would work. I didnt like it on the acoustic but I really think if the WA was positioned closer to the body it would be better. Again I think with eq it could be a good sounding mic. We are talking roughly an 11 thousand dollar difference .You convinced me to buy the WA67 for my vocals. They got a LOT closer with that one. But I agree, why so shiny? I'd love to hear some of your finished projects. Your have some beautiful hardware my friend. . Thanks for the info.

Great Comparison Video and truly appreciate the time you and $ you put into this. I feel real bad for the Softube test, unfortunately there was some User Error in the demonstration. There is a DRY signal pot the works like a MIX knob/pot. When it’s on DRY you will not hear the effect/compression.

Overloud LA3A and 2A are on sale for $69 UAD LA3A on sale for $49 Great shootout I just grabbed the Overloud

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Is it hard to get into running a studio like you do? I'm wanting to work with bands, even do live sound. I have enough microphones that will do what is needed out of a modern studio, but I've not really had much of a game plan as of yet - sadly. How does one get to your side of the "street", where you go from starting out to sustainability?

Great video

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We drove to berlin together🎶🎤

Wonderful review. Thank you sooooo much for this work.

Are those all satellite Octos or a mix of quad and octo ?

Please do a Shootout of the TF51 VS the WA251!

Man I really miss your videos, and your shootouts!

The three best emulations of LA2a are TimP's Opto 32 for Nebula, Pulsar Modular P11 Abyss which can mimic LA2a unbelievably and DMG Audio TrackComp 2.. UAD one is pretty good too

name brand and quality parts are real and cost more, neumann spends hours on QC that adds to cost. But making a copyclone and using technology to eq a "similar" product is cheaper and probably a better deal for home recording people who will never make the billboard. so enjoy! and have a "67" sound in your studio...

I like the unbiased honesty, and mentioning you really want the classic to blow the clonecopy away ....but they dont as much as one would think per the cost.

That Microphone Parts is IMPRESSIVE

what a beautiful review what is the best clone in your opinion Flea? Golden age? any other? Thanks you

my anxiety when you put that USM69 on the edge😬😬😬 but then you fixed it😮‍💨. great video👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

Your Elam compresses the signal, and so "clamps & breathes" with it pleasantly. Most noticeable on the acoustic guitar. I find that subtle compression is a characteristic of the best mics. MP is much more sibilant than the others on vocal. WA has a push in nasal region, which is not good for this voice.

c24 one love!

Fantastic job on this video, great information!

Hre i am once again. I just wanted to say that after trying the La Comp i really miss a better sidechain filter. I really cant bend my head around why not every single software compressor has a flexible Sc filter when its so easy to implement. Even if it tries to be „faithful recreation“. …. i mean its software for christs sake :-)

What you said about the hardware displaying ambience more is what I've noticed with 1176 plugins too.

anyone know if this would give me smoother better top end then the slate vms? worth the upgrade? I always use the 251 emulation anyways

WA is just a bit brighter.

More of this content.Oh you are in Belgium (Tomorrowland) been there last year and in 2022.I may be interested in mixing 1 on 1,I live in Rotterdam.

Difficult source (fingerstyle acoustic guitar). A hard test for plugins, and they pump, while the hardware can handle the source. For slower sources like vocals, some of the plugins do a good job. My favored LA plugins in my own usage are the UAD Silver, and sometimes the gray. Hardware often has an extra layer of subtle limiting effect, even when it's compression action is slow. So the Silver, with it's tighter timings, ends up "feeling" more like hardware when I use it, just because slightly more density is added. (not referring here to this shootout, where the hardware sounds like it's compressing the least, due to handling the source better. I'm just speaking in general) The Waves bounces all over the place like a drunken sailor.

Be nice to have the Lindell 254e in this shootout! I find myself using it more than the UAD version. No clue if it's more or less like the hardware though.

As always, the attack portion on the hardware is laughably superior in sound and meat to the plugins. -The UAD is closest to the hardware in tone, and on the 'crush' portion of the compression, though it crushes the attack as well, unlike the hardware and overloud. -Rooster is way too slow and polite compared to the hardware. Sounds fine, just not like an LA-3A. -CLA is clicky, hard pass. -Overloud is closest to the hardware on the attack, but the UAD is closer on the crush portion and tone.

Boy you can feel your passion ! I think Elvis could knock out a hit on the wa 251 equally to the elam but if i was doing the kInGs moves i would be lest concerned dropping the WARM!

Would love to see more of this content from you :)

overloud is an amazing plugin brand. curious how purafied vu comp would sound against your urei's. great video!

Microphone parts mic is really good thank you for the comparison

Hi Peter, hitting g you up to say how much I enjoyed this comparison review very much. Your innate ability to bring just enough levity to what I’d often a dry and boring subject is refreshing. Gonna check out the 251. 15 years ago tbd tech at Metropolis Studio, London offered me a matched pair of C12s for £2500 since one of the mics was constantly needing repair. This is why I didn’t purchase them. This predated Nashville’s insatiable hunger for the damn. I’ve been on sessions where 4 pairs were used. There’s good news though. In the past 18 months the C12 has depreciated in value. Down from a median pride of $33,000 to a mere $28000! Yet I don’t hear a stampede of folks rushing to stock up on a pile of them. Wonder why?

Excellent demonstration - best I’ve seen. Thank you, sir.

24 costs what 35 grand and the wa 251 is 800 bucks ? … that would be a major factor but thank you this was a fabulous pro shoot out and taught me a lot about all these mics .. ❤

Hello, loved all the shootouts videos ! Any possibility for 1176 shootouts in the future ? Great stuff, Cheers

Please, wash your ears... WA is a nice mic for the money, but way to boomy and lack the transients.....

WAVES의 모든 오디오 엔진은 릴리즈가 짧기 때문에 그 어떤 감동을 가져 본적이 없다. OverLoud의 오디오 엔진은 저역대가 두껍고 서스테인이 살짝 길어서 기름진 질감이 있다. BlackRooter의 오디오 엔진은 미들대역의 릴리즈가 짧고 표면이 메끄러워 깨끗한 질감을 가지고 있다. WAVES의 모든 소리는 언제나 실망

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thank you for taking the time to do this comparison. Very informational!

excellente comparaison avec des analyses neutres et réelles. Les plugins UAD sont très proches du son hardware même si celui-ci à ce petit "plus" de netteté et de largeur qui rend le son encore plus agréable à l'oreille. Mais vu la différence de prix et de facilité d'intégration sur plusieurs pistes dans un DAW, je trouve que l'UAD fait parfaitement le job. Je pense d'ailleurs que les compresseurs UAD sont les meilleurs du marché des plugins actuels (avec une petite mention pour le Presswerk de U-he)

why t-racks in limit mode? am missing something maybe?

To reproduce 251 ELAM on WA-251 use this in fabfilter 145hz / +1.45fb / q 1 4150hz / -3.7db / q 1.6 7850hz / -1.9db / q 5 6670hz high shelf / +1.28db / q 2

Man, the original U 67 has THAT smooooth sound and magic warmth. It sounds like a liquid and 3D at the same time. Unfortunately, the original U67 will cost me an arm and leg.

Thank you for doing this helpful shoot out. The 33609 has more of a snap and clarity over the plug ins. I would seriously consider getting that unit. It sounds great.

Thank you a lot for your test !

In the context of a fully mixed song would anyone be able to tell? Would anyone actually buying and listening to music even care? You do get magic, mojo, bragging rights blah blah blah with the Neumann.🙄