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Originally Posted by danasti  I don't know if anyone has brought this up but I was just doing some googling on Ray Charles, Atlantic and Tom Dowd and ran into this... It has nothing to do with Atlantic and Tom but is later one when Ray met digital.. http://emusician.com/tutorials/emusic_recording_genius/ |
Well the last I remember hearing he was using a Quad Eight Westar. If the mic pre sounded good then I would venture a bet that Ray Charles would have sounded amazing on a Mackie. (Duh I know) The stock pre's in the Westar are a rather cheesy pre based on the old SSM 2015 mic pre chip. The same mic pre chip that was used in the TAC Magnum and Matchless. IMHO they are utter shite but in this case that would be talent overcoming the gear.