Higher end Gear you've hated?

[GuruInSpace]

Originally Posted by roxxon

Some people will want my head...
Yamaha NS10s.
I hate those speakers.
Okay on guitar and vox.
I think they suck...when attempting to mix anything else.
Not a great ref monitor...
Very highly over-rated.
If that were your only set of ref monitors getting a decent mix would be similar
"an act of God" or the "Second Coming of Jesus."

They do suck.

[Zep Dude]

I hate anything by:

Neve, RCA, Neumann, Ampex, Chandler, API, UA, Manley, Chandler, Drawmer, Pultec, Fairchild,Mercury, Tubetech, Cranesong, Mastering Lab, Langevin.

I've tried all these mics, mic pres, compressors, tape machines and...

they ALL make my kazoo sound midrangy.

[grindx]

I have never been a fan of Focusrite's Red7.

[Sounds Great]

Originally Posted by Zep Dude

they ALL make my kazoo sound midrangy.

Try a Green Bullet. Double the fun.

[emkay]

Originally Posted by Zep Dude

I hate anything by:

Neve, RCA, Neumann, Ampex, Chandler, API, UA, Manley, Chandler, Drawmer, Pultec, Fairchild,Mercury, Tubetech, Cranesong, Mastering Lab, Langevin.

I've tried all these mics, mic pres, compressors, tape machines and...

they ALL make my kazoo sound midrangy.

You think they all suck on a kazoo--try them on a cowbell--it's a total travesty!!

[Chuck B]

the stock c12 vr. just boring, to me it sounded like i was singing through tissue.

korbys mod made it much much better.\

oh and the vox box, not enough gain for me, too clean

[Mike Manders]

Originally Posted by Zep Dude

I hate anything by:

Neve, RCA, Neumann, Ampex, Chandler, API, UA, Manley, Chandler, Drawmer, Pultec, Fairchild,Mercury, Tubetech, Cranesong, Mastering Lab, Langevin.

I've tried all these mics, mic pres, compressors, tape machines and...

they ALL make my kazoo sound midrangy.

I think that you have no ears....

[Audio Hombre]

Originally Posted by Mike Manders

I think that you have no ears....

i think you have no sense of humour

[Jim vanBergen]

I recently miked a guy who played the kazoo from his bum. I miked it with Coles 4038 into a Fearn tube mic pre to a Crane HEDD at 24 bit/96kHz to PT HD3. The direct sound was warm and fuzzy, but the early reflections were just terrible. Sounded like there was a piece of tissue paper inside that kazoo somewhere!

Seriously...loved your post!

Originally Posted by Zep Dude

I hate anything by:

Neve, RCA, Neumann, Ampex, Chandler, API, UA, Manley, Chandler, Drawmer, Pultec, Fairchild,Mercury, Tubetech, Cranesong, Mastering Lab, Langevin.

I've tried all these mics, mic pres, compressors, tape machines and...

they ALL make my kazoo sound midrangy.

imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

[thethrillfactor]

Originally Posted by Jim vanBergen

I recently miked a guy who played the kazoo from his bum.

Did you have to close mic it?

[MrVelvet]

Focusrite Platinum series (really thin stuff)
Soldano Amps (I wanted to like them, but to me they're just unmusical)
Line 6 Pod
Line 6 virtual guitar

[jumpnyc]

I too hate platinum Focusrite
and could not get into the Soldano - sold my SLO 100
Line 6 stuff has alwas worked really well for me though

[buddha fingers]

Originally Posted by PHILANDDON

gotta agree with the TLM 103. Way too much sizzle. World away from my AEA
R84. That said, I bet the TLM 103 would make a good mic for a rapper. It's got presence up the wazooo.

DING DING DING. you win. hahaha. Thats the only thing it ever sounded great on was a rapper. or at least thats my experience/

[greyskull]

Hated...

Mackie 824's. They make your ears hurt, are way too scooped and dont translate AT ALL.

Tl audio 2 channel valve pre what ever it is. - distorts reeeeeeeeeealy easily, makes my 002 pres sound good.

Millenia hv3d - Theres clean and then there just plain dull and uninspiring on more or less any source.

Pro tools mix - god it's slow, id rather be using LE!!

Orange county drums - poorly made over rated cack

[AllAboutTone]

Focusrite
T C Electronic gear
103 << if thats high end...lol
SM7
Let me add Avalon to the list as well

[peat]

AMS Neve
8816 Summing Mixer

dodgy plastic knobs
no width, even with the width knob

[GungaDin]

Originally Posted by Mike Jasper

I don't know if it's high end, but I sure didn't like the Groove Tubes MD1a. But I've heard people rave about them, so maybe I got a bad one (it was bought used).

Jasper

A friend of mine has one (MD1b) that I absolutely LOVE. I've owned one of the MD1a's but didn't like it as much. I own an MD1b now but its still not as sweet as the other one.

[KungFuLio]

i think every piece of gear i own has been dissed at some point in this topic

i own lots o' gear

maybe time to close the topic

[The Kamillion]

Everything by Manley and Avalon.

Overpriced, overhyped, and UNDER-whelming

that is all.

[roginator]

I HATE 737, Drawmer 1961, protools, nuendo-sx,DUENDE, UA 610, modern Summing boxes......

[narcoman]

Originally Posted by Ruudman

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The high end of Massive Passive.

weird - just shows you how different tastes work. Thats one of the MPs excellent points to most!!

[IIIG]

The Duende has unfortunately become completely unusable in my studio. It's too bad because it sounds great; there are just too many issues with firewire and latency, with multiple DAW's, and believe me, I have exhausted damn near every workaround.



Oh well.

[bexarametric]

Originally Posted by grindx

I have never been a fan of Focusrite's Red7.

The first time I ever used a Red 7, I had no clue what they sold for. After listening to it through nice headphones, my first impression was that it's some kind of generic $1000 channel strip. I was shocked when I saw it going for almost $3000. Totally not worth it in my opinion. People say great things about it, but I guess different strokes for different folks.

[Fretbored]

Originally Posted by buddha fingers

DING DING DING. you win. hahaha. Thats the only thing it ever sounded great on was a rapper. or at least thats my experience/

This is hilarious. We had one in our mic closet. The ONLY thing I ever used it on was a rapper. Funny.

[Funk Dracula]

Demeter VTMP-2c.... I had high hopes when saw that this was the places ONLY mic pre (vx production studio.) But ended up being really disapointed and frustrated having to use it. Another engineer working there donated his 9098 to use instead... yes a 9098. He hated the Demeter as well so I'll chime in that second motion on his behalf.

Never understood all the support and use of Avalon anything really... One time a producer I worked for swaped out his Great River for a.... Avalon. wow..

TLM 103. I'd consider wrapping a magnum condom around it and flushing it down a toilet. I'm sure it'd sound great for that!

AKG C12 VR.. Tin can anyone? I remember puting it up, doing a take. And puting it right back into the box. yuk! Honest truth, an Oktavia mk-319 sounds better. 250 bucks compared to 5k? double wow. Maybe it was that particular mic...

Drawmer 1960. Like paying 3k for an ART.

Pro-Tools HD. Especially these days. My macbook running Logic and AU plugs can build much bigger mixers, and way more instances of 3rd party plugs without having to do the "DSP shuffle" towards the end of a huge mix. Mixing RTAS with TDM and having to even think about it got old real quick. It's starting to feel strange walking into a place with more horsepower sitting inside my laptop bag than the mutilple cards sitting in that chasis that cost thousands and thousands of dollars. And who is really using the converters on the 192 these days? We've all spent at least an additional 2k+ for that. The cost of Logic and an Ensemble is less than one Acel card. Not trying to turn this into a PT vs Native DAW thread, but PTHD is starting to become that higher end gear I'm beggining to resent, especially if and when it chokes.

[alexstringer]

Originally Posted by IIIG

The Duende has unfortunately become completely unusable in my studio. It's too bad because it sounds great; there are just too many issues with firewire and latency, with multiple DAW's, and believe me, I have exhausted damn near every workaround.



Oh well.

That's why i only buy hardware for compression and Eq processing! What's the point if with each state of the art plug in you have to dedicate a $2500 supa computa to run it...

[philip]

Originally Posted by Funk Dracula

Demeter VTMP-2c.... I had high hopes when saw that this was the places ONLY mic pre (vx production studio.) But ended up being really disapointed and frustrated having to use it. Another engineer working there donated his 9098 to use instead... yes a 9098. He hated the Demeter as well so I'll chime in that second motion on his behalf.

Never understood all the support and use of Avalon anything really... One time a producer I worked for swaped out his Great River for a.... Avalon. wow..

TLM 103. I'd consider wrapping a magnum condom around it and flushing it down a toilet. I'm sure it'd sound great for that!

AKG C12 VR.. Tin can anyone? I remember puting it up, doing a take. And puting it right back into the box. yuk! Honest truth, an Oktavia mk-319 sounds better. 250 bucks compared to 5k? double wow. Maybe it was that particular mic...

Drawmer 1960. Like paying 3k for an ART.

Pro-Tools HD. Especially these days. My macbook running Logic and AU plugs can build much bigger mixers, and way more instances of 3rd party plugs without having to do the "DSP shuffle" towards the end of a huge mix. Mixing RTAS with TDM and having to even think about it got old real quick. It's starting to feel strange walking into a place with more horsepower sitting inside my laptop bag than the mutilple cards sitting in that chasis that cost thousands and thousands of dollars. And who is really using the converters on the 192 these days? We've all spent at least an additional 2k+ for that. The cost of Logic and an Ensemble is less than one Acel card. Not trying to turn this into a PT vs Native DAW thread, but PTHD is starting to become that higher end gear I'm beggining to resent, especially if and when it chokes.

best post ever.

[Pereds]

my korby kat 4...

[oscarrabin]

Opinions matter!!!!

I noticed on this thread that Roundbage likes the Daking Pre, while TheThrillFactor doesn't. That's all i needed to see!! Went out and bought one today.

[thethrillfactor]

Originally Posted by oscarrabin

Opinions matter!!!!

I noticed on this thread that Roundbage likes the Daking Pre, while TheThrillFactor doesn't. That's all i needed to see!! Went out and bought one today.

Ouch.

By the way i never said that i hated anything.

Its tone just didn't fit my pallete that's all.

Have a great time recording some great music with it none the less.thumbsup