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Originally Posted by T-Stag  Hi all!
I've been reading this thread with big fascination since I bought an 002r with sig mod today. I've been planning on purchasing one for a while and today it became a reality. I should have the unit by wednesday. Can't wait!
I mixed a song recently and it was released as a single. The song was mixed on a stock 002r into 18 channels on a Souncraft DC2000 console. Besides a couple of hi shelves, all processing was done in Pro Tools LE. I took photos of the console so that I can re-create the mix and that's what I'm gonna do when I receive the unit. I'm very eager to hear the difference in D/A conversion.
The band, mastering engineer (Svante Forsbäck at Chartmakers, he recently remastered all Rammstein albums) and the label really liked the sound of the original mix. Now we'll see what the sig mod does to it... Soundbytes coming soon!
Erkka |
Sorry, man.
If all processing was done in the box - save for some hi shelves - you will likely get 100% the same mix. It may SOUND different to you because of the better D/A section (if you're using the 002r as your monitor source), but the mod will do nothing to improve the sound files you have already recorded nor the RTAS processing. If you RE-record whatever you did, or if you bounced your mix out to some analogue gear before and recorded the final print back into your box, THEN you might start to get an actual different mix. Depending on those hi-shelves - if you even run the mix through them, or if you already printed them into the box - your mix will be 100% the same.
Improvements are:
1) input stage: better front end, so analogue signal is better captured and the A/D better converts it
2) output stage: better front end, so analogue signal is better reproduced on the outputs and the D/A better converts it
3) clock: improved monitoring
So, to reiterate:
An in-the-box mix will not BE different, and your mastering house will tell you the same. It may SOUND different to you because of your improved analogue stages and D/A, but that is just translation error: your mix WILL BE THE SAME.
You will only realize the benefits of the modded box if you REMIX your original mix, making different mix decisions.
You will also, of course, realize its benefits next time you track into it and mix something else.
Also, Mr. Shipley - peeder-peppertree-spicemix has been found out. As opposed to being an honest, scientific naysayer as he claims to be, he engages in unfounded criticism of BLA to the extent that Jules has removed his comments from this thread. He has changed his user ID a few times after having been banned. He will have nothing more to "contribute" here.