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Originally Posted by Fletcher  Universal Audio makes a unit called the "610" but that unit is MILES AWAY from what the original 610 sounded like [or how it behaved]. If you're happy with the unit under current manufacture, cool. If you think it is an "original" 610, you are WAY off the mark. |
Thank you Fletcher, sometimes I think I'm the only one. I wish the UA folks would bump some money from their admittedly awesome marketing campaign back into the boxes they sell.
But back to Sam Cooke: It wouldn't be totally place-and-time accurate, but any external powered condenser (47, 67, et cetera) would work pretty nicely with an Ampex 351 to get you in the gain structure ballpark of those recordings. Using gain reduction sparingly (i.e. primarily as a precaution) was the rule of the day.
And kind of off-topic: Has anyone ever picked up on, or written about, Steve Perry's wish fantasy to be Sam Cooke? Think 'Wheel In The Sky'. Or 'Don't Stop Believin'': 'Hold on to that feeee-lay-ee-aying'; all those vocal ad-libs at the end. Did he ever mention Cooke in interviews or anything?
Sorry to hijack the thread. As you were, everyone.
- Chris