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Originally Posted by lpettipoole  Is the safe sound really worth giving away...that was almost 900 bucks! |
Considering it's about the easiest to setup and use vocal compressor around (combined with the fact that it'll stay out of the way sonically) in my biased opinion I'd say this is not very good advice. As a preamp, it's certainly in the clean camp and can hang with many console preamps etc. As a compressor / expander / limiter though, I find them a must have.
It's not just a preamp though.
Seems like it is time to focus on microphones, monitors and room treatment. If you're going to be mixing inside of PT for demo / songwriting purposes, not much sense in buying tons of outboard or the 500 series for that matter, in my opinion.
Sounds like you can get away with fairly minimal drum mic'ing, I would pick up a pair of high quality large condensors and a ribbon mic for room / front of kit. None of these mics have to cost more than a few hundred $$$ to deliver an excellent sound for what you're doing.
War