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Originally Posted by Johnkenn  Here are the four with EQ and Verb. Regarding the eq - I only took out offending frequencies...nothing was added. BTW - the pres are in the same order in both sets of examples. ie - Raw1=Processed1, etc.
All of these files were recorded in the same room, same mic, same chain after the pre. Peluso 2247LE=Pre=Distressor (3:1 5,6,4,6)=Rosetta 200 (Firewire card)=Cubase 4=UAD-1 LA2A/Cambridge EQ/Plate 140 Verb |
RAW
1. Small imbalanced between vocal and backing ac gtr
2. Bigger and smoother still unbalanced between vocal and backing ac gtr
3. WTF? It totally sucked dry
4. Vewy Vewy nice balance between vocal and backing ac gtr
PROCESSED
1. Small & imbalanced between vocal and backing ac gtr
2. Bigger and smooother yet still imbalanced between vocal and backing ac gtr
3. Got bigger and came forward in the mix. That's what Midrange does to instruments ... DUH!!! Better balance between vocal and backing ac gtr than NEVISH 1 and 2 predecessors. I liked it better processed than 1&2 RAW and PROCESSED
4. Bestest. Loved it. Best balance of vocal and instruments. Smoothy. Came all over my girlfriends new shoes. She's pissed now. Gave her $25 and sent her on her way to buy some new shoes. Gave the old pair to the cleaning lady.
GUESS? HELL NO. ITS A FACT JACK
1. VINTECH
2. GR (I don't like this product line at all for some reason). I have no clue what everybody is so enamored about. Does squat for me
3. DOWN UNDER? Good product for in your face vocals.
4. MY FAVORITE PREAMP OF ALL TIME -- A DESIGNS PACIFICA --- YESSIR IT'S GOTTA BE!!!!!
Here's the kicker. I didn't focus on the singer the entire four listens. Good talent. It was that obnoxious backing guitar imbalance between the vocal and the guitar that annoyed me the entire time. The preamps will bring this crappola out.
This is a good lesson to young engineers working with Classic Nevish Products ... it becomes a really accurate balancing exercise in mic selection and proximity placement to both the vocal and string instruments ratio (sonic depth of field) to find that balance. This is what I have always disliked about the 1073 1081 product line is this regard. I will never use them both at the same time on something like this. This is where you have to marry an API Instrument to offset a NEVE Vocal for example. They are never naturally balanced as is the Pacifica naturally. That's why I love that sumbich so much. It always rocks. PACIFICA ROCKS! PACIFICA ROCKS!
Here's a stunning example of API on acoustic instruments.
YouTube - Whitefall - Roberto Fazari - CCR®
Now this would have been a nice match for these four raw and processed samples had the instrument mic been fed into an API 3124 huh?
Fuggedaboudit!
Cheers
~skygod~