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Rodney Gene

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  1. Plus one for the MXL V69 or the ADK line. Great mics for a great price. Much Respect,
  2. Originally posted by nobrainer440 I can't hear compression for the life of me. The only way I can tell if something is compressed is when it is totally squashed. If the threshold is at -30dB and the ratio is at infinity, I can hear it. In fact, even then I dont really hear it so much as feel it in my head. It's disorienting, like my head is being squashed. But if you back off a teeny bit on the ratio and raise the threshold to -15 or -12, I couldn't tell you if it was on or bypassed to save my life. Even watching the gain reduction lights, I cant hear it. Drums, bass, vocals, no matter what the source. Anyone else have this problem? Just sounds like you are new to using compression. Compression takes the longest to understand and learn. It is not an obvious effect until you have used it for years. The difference between 2:1 and 4:1 can be alot once you understand it. A real lot. My advice... keep using it. There is no shortage of information on what to do... but there is usually a shortage of experience doing it. You'll catch on bro... just keep listening! Much Respect,
  3. Originally posted by littledog There is no right or wrong here... just a need to evaluate what you want to be able to accomplish, and how much it will cost you to get there. Agreed. Can't pump water from a dry well. Of course the very nature of 'pro audio' forums is the broad range of perspectives. Some folks on these boards seem to have a genuine challenge understanding that the clothes do not make the man... Much Respect,
  4. Originally posted by myfipie I have the option of running it through a Presonus tube pre, or just straight into the Firepod (we have 2). Ethan wrote: Skip the toob nonsense and just aim to capture the cleanest signal you can. You can always dirty it up later, though I can't imagine why you'd want to! I am not so sure about that. Don't know anything about the Presonus tube pre, but if it is anything like the LA-610 I have, it is far from "dirty".. More of a smooth nice sound is more like it. I do agree with Ethan that the room sound is going to be your biggest challenge, with what ever mic or pre that you use. Glenn Hey Glenn! How is the Acoustic Panel Rock and Roller doing these days? The new Tri-Trap looks great! Brother Ethan was refering to 'toob' as in starved plate lower-end pres than the actual sound of a 'TUBE" preamp. In other words... no sense in using extra nonsense on the chain regardless of the mic. Clearly good tube designs sound great and can usually be either clean or 'warm'... the Presonus (unless it is the ADL) is a 'toob' design. Much Respect,
  5. Originally posted by where02190 SM7 is a great vocal mic, but IMHO it's not going to do an acoustic guitar much justice. I love it on my National Radio Tone...fat and warm sound. It is always my first or second acoustic mic choice for slide guitar.
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