| +1 for the Neve 1073, as clusterchord pointed out.
Never done it myself but I've seen a number of good mix engineers pass the mix through a 1073 on the way to 1/4".
The only thing I would warn is often these "nice" analogue chains are a little too soft for electronic music.
A good example is a track I produced a while ago which the label sent to be mixed in a commercial studio by a well known mix engineer (who shall remain nameless).
SSL 4000 desk, all outboard effects, 1176, distressor, pultec eq, lexicon reverb, valve compressor over the mix buss, etc, etc... Great right? No...
They rejected the mix because they preferred the loud, harsh processing of the ProTools monitor mix - which is actually what they ended up releasing.
In their words, the analogue mix was "too soft" and "too nice".
So bear in mind that however expensive and well-loved a bit of gear might be, it might not be what YOU are looking for. |