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12th January 2004, 08:15 PM
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| Gear maniac Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Los angeles
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| Check out the new Innward Connections line! Hey all, i got a chance to demo Steve Ferlette's new inward line. You can check them out at boutique audio.com. very cool stuff. It comes as a sidecar type of thing, with an all tube power supply. It powers up to 8 modules. Still seems a bit overkill for a P.S. to be this big , but oh well. The pres sounded great! Similar to the UA which they're losely based on but way cleaner....more "hi fi" if you will. Great on vocals, guitar......STUNNING on drum overheads. Tried r-122's, 4050''s, the josephson c-42's all with great results. His pultec style eq was killer on snare drum.....killer 10k. Great on female vocal. The "la-2 style" compressors as they dub it were very impressive. You can slam them without any nasty artifacts...again very "hi fi". Very cool retro looking stuff. Feels geat too.....you know you're putting your hands on very well built gear. Kinda pricey ,but cool stuff IMHO. Just wanted to pass along my results!.... |
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12th January 2004, 08:52 PM
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: West Coast Central Florida
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__________________ Nathan Eldred Atlas Pro Audio- Boutique Gear, Consultation, Sales, & Distibution Home of the Atlas Juggernaut Preamp & 500 Series Revolver Rack USA Distributor for Buzz Audio Exclusive Worldwide Distributor for Atlas Pro Audio Gear, Old School Audio (OSA), and Burgin McDaniel Design  Atlas Recording Studios, Inc. Recording/Mixing/Mastering Services |
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12th January 2004, 09:09 PM
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| Gear maniac Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Los angeles
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true yes i've seen the vac-rac stuff around a long time. But according to Steve this stuff is pretty recent. | |
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12th January 2004, 09:46 PM
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| Gear addict  Join Date: May 2003 Location: On the Road to Escondido
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| In addition to making great products, Steve is a top-notch guy. As far as doing business, I put him at the top of my list. Class-act all the way. Laser |
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12th January 2004, 09:48 PM
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| Lives for gear Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Los Angeles
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| That side car has actually been out for at least a year... As for the powersupply. Good tube gear has big power supplies. The guy that designed Vac Rac did some of the power supply work on that. They are somewhat overbuilt, but it makes a HUGE difference in the final sound you get out of it. --Ben |
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13th January 2004, 01:28 AM
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Calabasas, California
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| When you look at the pictures online, it looks pretty sturdy and well built.... Then I demoed the side car, oh my goodness, it's (and the PS) built like a tank, could take a bomb hit... Impressions, The EQ is smooth, really really smooth. Very smooth. The mic pre was big, wasn't too forward or aggressive yet it didn't have any real haze over it, very clear with a smooth top end and full bottom but not dark at all. The limiter, even though I was impressed, it didn't do anything special for me. Didn't rub me wrong, I just didn't get to know it as quick.
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13th January 2004, 01:55 AM
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| Lives for gear Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Los Angeles
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| The Inward Connections TCL-2 (I think that is the number of their stereo box) is a pretty sweet limiter. I don't know if it is the same as the one in the side car, however. It started as the Vac Rac limiter, but is now being made in a stand-alone box. What I like about it is the transparency and quick response. It sounds mildly "tubey" in the fact that it is pretty warm sounding, but not bloated. On instruments like brass instruments and bass (directs especially), it is great as well as for vocal use. The design is such that the first transient gets through and then it clamps down pretty quickly. That way your ear hears the first trans for attack, etc... but you can get 10dB or more of limiting with great results. --Ben |
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13th January 2004, 05:42 AM
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| Gear Guru Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: New York City
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I gotta agree with you. I own a TCL-2 and its great for mixing lead vocals and backgrounds. Its transparency when you have to really clamp down on it is its benefit in these cases. It actually sounds the coolest when all the knobs are at the extremes. The summing box is excellent also. The actual circuit used for summing is a John Hall design(same as in some API consoles and Neve). It has a really smooth sound. | |
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13th January 2004, 06:25 AM
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| Lives for gear Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Los Angeles
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Steve Firlotte definitely knows his stuff... --Ben | |
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13th January 2004, 07:56 PM
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Chicago
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| Vac-Rac freak here! Tube mic pre's are outstanding with big bottom. |
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14th January 2004, 08:57 PM
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Germany
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| Also Vac Rac freak here ! I use the VacRac fitted with pres, limiters and eqs all the time. VacRac rules !!! wolfgang toolhouse studios, germany |
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