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16th April 2007, 12:07 AM
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| Gear addict  Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Chicago
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| DBX266xl Anybody used the DBX 266xl on vocals? How'd it work out for you? |
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16th April 2007, 12:09 AM
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| Gear Guru  Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Uterèg statsie woar!
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| not terribly nice. you can shave off a few db, but you have to be really carefull, because if you overdo it, you'll mess up your sound. I wish there was some mod for this machine. Can't we pop in some other opamp?
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16th April 2007, 12:12 AM
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| Gear addict Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Chicago
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| How do you mean? It's a shame because I'm using it on ultra short notice, and the rest of the signal path will be pristine---> AEA r84 ---> API 312 ---> DBX comp  |
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16th April 2007, 12:40 AM
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| what I mean is that doing too much shows up pretty soon. It's not a bad machine, but it takes an awful long time to dail in a sweetspot. You'll know it's there it just takes some time. I'd rather track without any compressor unless as a desired effect, but that is just me. I could be useful to give a little compression in a mix without really hearing it. that is what happened to mine, before I sold it. Could be that it will work for you, take care of your monitoring when recording IMHO. Cheers 
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16th April 2007, 03:02 AM
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| Lives for gear Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Perth, Australia
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| they are decent for live work but they arnt a studio box. with the chain you are using the 266 will just mess it up. record at 24bit and drop the gain, use a plug-in in the mix you will be much better off. |
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16th April 2007, 04:18 AM
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| Dont bother with the 266, get a 160 instead. You can get it for about the same price (not taking into account that its only one channel). |
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16th April 2007, 04:47 AM
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Minneapolis
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| I have one. It lives in my guitar rack, which is the only place that I've found it to be useful. Not subtle. Difficult to dial in. For low cost compression, a RNC or a 160(x, xt, a) would be better. The RNC would be better for vocals IMHO. An Aphex Compellor would work too.
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17th April 2007, 09:05 PM
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| Gear nut  Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: bogota colombia
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| i find the 266 to be to agressive to be used on vocals if you wnat to squash a room mic its alright i guess
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