Shadow Hills GAMA

[bongo]

I received my SHG on Wednesday. It took a while to get here, but you have to expect delays with a new product. Mike at Vintage King was right on top of things.
I immediately started recording a solo piano session with it. I put up my Royer 122's, which I use occasionally, and used the Nickel transformers. I was blown away with how hugh it sounded. Too much for me at that time! I switched it to the transformerless setting and was happier.
The next day I switched to my usual mic's, AudioTechnica 4051's, yeah that's right! The nickel setting and those mic's are amazing. The rest of the day, I listened and just said "Wow". Incredible depth. I switched to the steel setting, it wasn't what I was looking for on my piano and I never tried the transformerless setting!
Tomorrow I will be recording a jazz quartet, drums, bass and two guitars. I'll use it for the whole band. BD, SN, stereo OH, acoustic bass, GTR, GTR and one left over!
I'll let you know what I think.

[kevinc]

Nice Bongo !

[allbaldo]

Thanks for the report! Keep it coming!

[bongo]

I think I'm attaching a small sample of tonights session or not!

[bongo]

Apparently it's not working. I'll try again tomorrow.

[u b k]

Originally Posted by bongo

I was blown away with how hugh it sounded.

what are we talking here... hugh hefner, or hugh grant?


gregoire
del ubik

[indie]

I REALLY want to hear that GAMMA. Definitely the sexiest looking pre around.

[bongo]

Trying to upload again. Wow mp3's really do suck. I think I'll do a smaller wav file

[Snatchman]

Dang..! Even listening through these crappy computer speakers it sounds like I'm "sitting in" this session live! ...Man...that sounds good!

[bongo]

This is all GAMA. No EQ, no compression, 7 mics, no mix.

[cfjis]

Hey Bongo...
sounds cool.
could you give us a low-down on what mics you used for the session?
Thanks,
CJ

[bongo]

BD Earthworks TC30K - Nickel
SN SE Electronics SE1A (stop laughing!) - Nickel
OH Royer 122's - Steel
Bass U67 - Nickel
Gtrs Royer 121's - Discrete

[indie]

Bongo,
That sounds really great...I love that gtr tone.

[insomnio]

This looks very nice!

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[moeses]

holy poopsicles
you my man are a talented engineer

and that mic pre, i'm gonna presume that wonderful glue is the mic pre...wow
i can't wait to get some gama's

[moeses]

i've listened to this track like 10 times in a row now

i think i'll be listening to it alllll night

[djui5]

Sounds f'n great. I love the way the ride cuts through.

Not sure about the guitar sound on the right...but I'm sure with some mixing it could be incredible.

Thanks for the sample..that's way cool!

Gotta get one of these.

[RoundBadge]

Damn..That thang sounds good!


Thanks bongo!~!

[Sui_City]

This is just beautiful!

[jdunn]

Very tasty guitar playing! And the drumming. All of it is cool really. Has that dark Steve Kahn vibe.

I wish I had something nice and mellow to mix like that. I'm working on jazz stuff, but it's got a loud drummer and horns. Then compound that with a tuba instead of bass. A mellow sounding tuba at that.

Not the easiest thing to mix. The dynamic range is so much that it just can't be mixed at *commercial cd* levels. Which may be a good thing anyway. Are you sick of having your stereo volume control stuck on 1?

This GAMA 8 sounds great. I want at least one.

[w2w]

Now I know this is being greedy,any chance of posting a few more samples....anything......this thing sounds great!!...Thanks for posting it.

[bongo]

Thanks for all your kind words.

You know it's the players and the room, not the gear, but the gear helps!

The SHG does sound great. The transformer option is quite cool. I must admit I don't hear a big difference when I solo the tracks, but in the mix it's substantial. Of course we all know that's what matters.

I'm betting it won't be long before there's a price increase.

[insomnio]

Originally Posted by bongo

I'm betting it won't be long before there's a price increase.

Shhh!!! don't even say it.

[Lynn Fuston]

I already heard it rumored from a dealer last week. So buy fast.

[pan60]

more bongo more, please more.

[Solunaris]

On Vintage King's website, they now have a Gama that fits the API 500 series format for $675. They also have a St. Ives output transformer option for the Gama8 at $125 per channel. You can't get it on the API version though. Still pretty cool. thumbsup
Another option for the API formfactor.

[True North]

Look what else they are posting on the Vintage King Website ($3995)....get your bibs on!

[kevinc]

[kevinc]

Can you run both compressors at once on that thing ?

[Youn]

Where's the trottle?



Oh... down there!