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neve1073 · 10th January 2005, 10:00 PM

Hi Richard and Thanks for taking time to hang out here with us. This is a real treat. I only know a small portion of your discography, but your work with tom petty, is topshelf in my cd collection.

Here is my situation followed with some questions that I think some others here can relate to:

I am a guitarist and have recorded as a sideman to songwriters in worldclass studios. Unfortunately, I should have paid MORE attention to what the engineers and producers were doing than I did.

I have a "straight" job now since I got married last year, and have all but retired from the touring and studio work. So now I have started writing my own songs and recording demos on my DAW at home. The idea is to craft some good songs then take a smoking rhythm section into a real studio, lay down basics to tape and then dump the results into my DAW to overdub at home. When the overdubbing is done, I will take my DAW back to a real studio for mixing and mastering.

I want my front end signal chain to be as good as posssible, mainly for recording vox, acoustic guitar and lots of different vintage tubeamps.

After reading about how you worked with Tom Petty, I'm thinking that I NEED an 1176 as part of my front end. At the moment my front end signal chain is mic(cmv563, km184, sm57, royer121) to preamp (either 1073, v76 or tg2) and to DAW. I'm happy with the sounds, but it could be better and I'm thinking a good limiter may well be the last link in the chain that I need. I've never worked hands on with an 1176. How should I go about choosing one? What do you think of the reissues? What do you think of the clones (eg purple)? If I go vintage (always my inclination), which revision should I go for and how will I know I've got a good one given my lack of experience?

Sorry for the autobiography. I just wanted to explain my position: professional musician, AMATEUR engineer with lots to learn. I know most other gearslutz are professional engineers, but I know there are a few other greenhorns like me who are working on their project studios.

Thanks for any help!

PS I'll take advice from anyone else on this too.

10th January 2005, 10:00 PM	#1
neve1073 Lives for gear Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,211	Home Production and Questions about getting an 1176 Hi Richard and Thanks for taking time to hang out here with us. This is a real treat. I only know a small portion of your discography, but your work with tom petty, is topshelf in my cd collection. Here is my situation followed with some questions that I think some others here can relate to: I am a guitarist and have recorded as a sideman to songwriters in worldclass studios. Unfortunately, I should have paid MORE attention to what the engineers and producers were doing than I did. I have a "straight" job now since I got married last year, and have all but retired from the touring and studio work. So now I have started writing my own songs and recording demos on my DAW at home. The idea is to craft some good songs then take a smoking rhythm section into a real studio, lay down basics to tape and then dump the results into my DAW to overdub at home. When the overdubbing is done, I will take my DAW back to a real studio for mixing and mastering. I want my front end signal chain to be as good as posssible, mainly for recording vox, acoustic guitar and lots of different vintage tubeamps. After reading about how you worked with Tom Petty, I'm thinking that I NEED an 1176 as part of my front end. At the moment my front end signal chain is mic(cmv563, km184, sm57, royer121) to preamp (either 1073, v76 or tg2) and to DAW. I'm happy with the sounds, but it could be better and I'm thinking a good limiter may well be the last link in the chain that I need. I've never worked hands on with an 1176. How should I go about choosing one? What do you think of the reissues? What do you think of the clones (eg purple)? If I go vintage (always my inclination), which revision should I go for and how will I know I've got a good one given my lack of experience? Sorry for the autobiography. I just wanted to explain my position: professional musician, AMATEUR engineer with lots to learn. I know most other gearslutz are professional engineers, but I know there are a few other greenhorns like me who are working on their project studios. Thanks for any help! PS I'll take advice from anyone else on this too.