deadlymixstudios's forum posts 8

I completely agree. Not just with tubes either. There's plenty of old stuff out there that's uses tubes, transformers, and all the stuff we rave about in generalized terms today that sucked when it was made and sucks even more now. I think the markup comes from the fact that amateurs outnumber trained professionals by such a large margin. People who don't know anything about audio start buying stuff because they heard it mentioned by someone on YouTube or wherever online and think "Tubes are best and this has a tube so this must be good". They drive the price of EVERYTHING up and its annoying. I was thinking about buy this AMEK channel strip within the past year for under $1k (USD). I put it off because the seller had been sitting on it for awhile and I didn't see it going anywhere anytime soon. I decided to wait a couple weeks. During that time a plugin version came out and I thought "Oh shit. I better grab it now before some amateur hops on it because they saw an ad for the plugin... Too late. Not only had it sold but it sold for thousands more than he'd had it listed.

Solid point. The fet version of the U47, while I think it's better than the knockoff, is definitely better suited for drums and other instruments also.

Yeah, I was speaking in terms of the 47jr as a vocal mic. Definitely a better fit for OH. I can't argue with that and I agree about the Sony being used for overheads. 4 C800Gs as OH for drums in an Atmos mix would sound great but the benefits by the time its processed and rendered wouldn't be worth the life lost in the tubes, unless you're shooting a commercial for Sabian or something like that.

Nope. There's a reason its so cheap. Sounds like a cheap mic. Its a cheap mic.

Still sound better than the latest new technology in 2022

Add the Scope Labs Periscope https://vintageking.com/scope-labs-periscope-omnidirectional-microphone-with-built-in-compressor Ours is the limited edition purple but they made so few that the basic periscope will be fine

Another item in there. I popular item in my circles. Digital Audio Denmark Monitor Operation Module (M.O.M.) https://vintageking.com/digital-audio-denmark-dad-mom-monitor-operating-module

Can you add the PMC ci30 in-wall immersive/Atmos studio monitors?

https://pmc-speakers.com/products/professional/ci-series/ci30