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Originally Posted by MJGreene Audio  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. |
I don't know what the quad eight he had. It just says 56 input and they switched it with a sound workshop. This is all I see in it:
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And the Quad/Eight had some improved mic pres that Ray really liked. Ike would always bring over mic pres to Ray, to try and have him switch over to an outboard mic pre, and we would A/B them, and the mic pre in the Quad/Eight board was always, as Ray would say, “Good enough.” In other words, the outboard pre wasn't spectacular enough to make him change.
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From everything I've ever read about Ray Charles I've learned that he had a fantastic ear and he probably had a choice of quite a few mic pres...
