HERE IT IS! The 500 Series Shootout Files!

[RawBeanZen]

Originally Posted by James 'LA' Lugo

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

James, I can't tell you how glad I am that we had that talk.

[Rednose]

Thanks James, now that I officially have a lunchbox and a 512c to be here tuesday, I'm stoked~!
BTW, your tune "Around The World In 30 Days" almost gave me a heart attack.
I was crankin it and my girlfriend snuck up behind me to say, let go!
If your a fan of crankin rock, do yourself a favor and check out James tune~!

[RawBeanZen]

Originally Posted by Rednose

my girlfriend snuck up behind me to say, let go!

Your girlfriend told you to let go?

Then your girlfriend is very wise indeed!

Letting go of some things these days myself....

[James Lugo]

Fukkin A I'm happy!!!!!!!

[brian_delizza]

maybe make it a zip file so we can swoop it up with one click of the mouse?

but great f*kin sh*t none the less

[James Lugo]

That was a fun day.

Files on post #212

[drmmrboy]

Originally Posted by James 'LA' Lugo

I am lord of gearslutz. Just kidding. Now you guys can stop talking s**t about me.

....and another thing about Lugo is....

[Rednose]

Originally Posted by RawBeanZen

Your girlfriend told you to let go?

Then your girlfriend is very wise indeed!

Letting go of some things these days myself....

Ahh, that was a good typo!

[SoundEng1]

Hey James
What were your favorites? if you answered that question already let me know what post it is.

Great Job!

Thanks

[James Lugo]

Personally I love the LaChapell 583s, Montessi Red, MA5 and 512c the best. Again, they all sound cool and are useful.

[indie]

Good grief... the MA5 and the SH Nickel setting on electric gtr is INSANE.
Thanks for doing this James!thumbsup

[James Lugo]

I hope this help you guys out.

james

[bigbongo]

... there should be some sort of honour for this sort of 'beyond the call of duty' endeavour.

" arise sir james "...

[Melodioso]

I can't imagine how much time this must have taken. A big THANKS, you are a true philanthropist and gearslutz, Lord James!

Although I'm not in "shopping mode" for a new pre, I particularly enjoyed the Mono Gama and the LaChapelle 583... no, no, I must resist!

[wildpark]

hey james


thanks you very much

if you send me you paypal i send you a dollar

hope we see soon more relases like that.


greetz from germany

patrick

[Neon Heart]

Thanks so much for uploading them again!

I'm a fan of the 583s now.

[futur2]

gama nickel on most everything, ma5 on male vox, 583s on female and acoustic, but all of them all over good. AND p1 on electric guitar!

a pity that the juggernaut didn't make it in time. i know that there's this other shootout james provided but not quite the same.
would also have been great to hear the burl!

ps: there's also this issue of different levels that makes it difficult to judge. 512 is always softer e.g.
pps: i know it's not really possible with that many pres but a splitter before the pre and say 4 pre's with the exact same performance would be awsome. performance is very often more important than the pre...

[wildpark]

thanks too james again but the shootout is now like

what is the best pre ever out there on.

so i have too say that

iam a fan

from my gamm4 st ives mod

my original v76s

and the martech mss1 pre

sometimes the fearn

but thats it.

Originally Posted by Neon Heart

Thanks so much for uploading them again!

I'm a fan of the 583s now.

[futur2]

Originally Posted by wildpark

thanks too james again but the shootout is now like

what is the best pre ever out there on.

so i have too say that

iam a fan

from my gamm4 st ives mod

my original v76s

and the martech mss1 pre

sometimes the fearn

but thats it.

well i think it's a little hard to tell from these files if some of the 500s could compete with your favorites or not. who knows if you tried them yourself.

[James Lugo]

If I had my studio to do all over again I would start with an 11 space 500 series rack. 11 space rack filled with; LaChapell 583s, Montessi Blue, Red and P1, MA5, 512 and SH... and a seperate 1073... game over.

[Jules]

If I had my studio to do all over again I would....








































DO IT...



























































MY................. .....WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!

[James Lugo]

Jules, R U 'Ole Blue Eyes'...lol

[pan60]

Originally Posted by Jules

If I had my studio to do all over again I would....








































DO IT...



























































MY................. .....WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!

LMAO DO IT!

[G-Spot]

James... you made my day!!! YEEEESSSSSSSS!
For the past days I was wondering which pres to buy soon... my two 512cs are feeling a bit lonely...
I will now take my time and listen carefully to all files... relaxed in my chair... ahhhhh!
Thanks man!

[mbradzick]

Yes, thanks to James and everyone who participated!

I'm eying the MA5s myself.

[James Lugo]

Michael we should hook up I'm on the corner of Caheunga and Hollywood Blvd. Where are you at?

James

[mbradzick]

Originally Posted by James 'LA' Lugo

Michael we should hook up I'm on the corner of Caheunga and Hollywood Blvd. Where are you at?

James

I'm at Fountain and Gower by Ocean Way. Yeah man let's meet up!

[Ken Paul]

Thanks James! Such an incredible resource.

Ken Paul
Kengineering

[WideawakE]

just stumbled onto this thread...thanks!

AND where do I get the orange MA5's?

I've got a red and it's not as cool

[Audio Hombre]

thanks for all the hard work. it was very enlightening

Originally Posted by James 'LA' Lugo

cuz I've done solo shootouts and everyone complains because they can't hear the source in any context. Sometimes you just can't win. I tried to make the shootout sources overly loud to kind of bridge the gap.

so true and i'm one that doesn 't care for bare tracks in examples. i like a bit of context as i don't record much acapella or bare bones speech