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Originally Posted by tGauge  i definitely know which ones i prefer... which are which? |
Well now that would take the fun out of it wouldn't it?
I'll wait and see if a few more check it out and post some comments. Don't want to influence any opinions by telling yet.
Which are your favorites and what did you like or not like about them?
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Originally Posted by Radioman I think that the differences are very little, and in some cases could be very hard to choose a pre instead another pre because one is better on one side but lacks on another side.
The main differences are (obviously) between pre's sonic signature, so if i have many different pre's to choose from and i want to make an OTB sum i probably act in a different manner.
I could apply a different pre (setted into unity gain) to each stem output of my DAW, and put each pre's output to the relative Folcrom input.
So i start to assign the stem (and/or premix of stems) to the DAW output connected at the pre i want to use on this stem.
So if (for example, in relation to Infernal Device comments) the "7" is beautiful for voice i could assign some (or all) the voices stems to him, if the "8" is good for the guitar i could assign the guitar stem to him, the drums could transite into the "1" without squashing the rest of the mix etc etc, and some stems could transit directly from DAW to final reamp (through Folcrom) because i think it's not necessary to process them furtherly.
So i could use each pre's signature for his best, i could exclude from any reprocessing all the sounds are already ok, and i could freely reassign a stem to a different pre if i notice at the end that the "X" signature is not good but the "Y" signature it's better for this specific song.
I could also divide a sound between two different stems (and pre's path) to obtain a balance between the flavours of the different pre's and try all the combination i want and finally save them into my mix session project, so the mix of the "digital recall" + "analog processing" could represent an exceptional hybrid.
The final "make up" gain i have to choose should be the more transparent and "aseptic" as possible because each pre's apply their own signature to my mix before, and finally i have to recover only the loss of gain without adding further treatment. |
Hmm... interesting concept that I hadn't heard mention of before. I had to actually re-read your post a couple of times before I got it.
While it may produce some favorable results it doesn't seem like it would be a very intuitive process at least not until you had done a lot of different types of mixes through each and every pre setup and built a catalogue in your head about what works best on which instrument/ stem/ style of music, etc. Until that point you're kind of shooting in the dark and could actually take more time checking pre's with stems than actually performing an inspired dynamic mix. Still, I do see the possibilities. Would hate to have to recall a mix or make a change in the music though.
Seems like I'm finding that whatever I mix into is usually the best mix as it totally dictates every decision I made in the process.