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Originally Posted by Unsound  I'll soon be purchasing a Manley Vari Mu and an Ibis, both of these units have the mastering version with stepped attenuators. I understand the reasoning for stepped attenuators on stereo mastering pieces.
One question I have though is if you really want to be precise with the controls and the "sweet spot" is in between the two indents isn't that more of a hindrancet? Has anyone found that to be an issue ever? |
For eq's as long as the steps are in 1/2dB increments I never find the way better and easier side matching and recall to be a hinderance at all. The fact you can't go "in between" actually makes for quicker decisions than some digital eq's that let you sit there for a minute thinking "hmmm... does this sound better at +0.5 or +0.6" or other such option anxiety driven nonsense.
With compressors 1dB steps work fine for me as well.
The 2dB steps you find on many older European mastering eq modules (such as the BFE/Filtek MK3, Neumann W495, etc.) are generally too steep for being able to use these in most current mastering tasks though.
Best regards,
Steve Berson