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Old 28th February 2008   #24
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Where I work we use a lineup of -18 with the SSLs and -16 for the Neves.

One issue I have noticed is that when printing back to the DAW, -18 can be quite quiet for the SSL - people find they have to use makeup gain to get a reasonable level (the compressor isn't modded a la clearmountain, so it kicks in quite early).

To get round this, on the B-trims of the 192s, we have pairs set to -16, -14, and -12. I find -14 makes sense for 2-track printing - that's what I'm used to using when printing to DAT.
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