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Wheelie · 17th May 2008

I use latest version of Live 7.05 and Cubase 3... on a pc, not sure if LM mac versions any better

barryjohns · 31st May 2008

The hardware is not following the plug-in, anyone else having this issue in either Prtoools HD or LE?

peeder · 31st May 2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by barryjohns

The hardware is not following the plug-in, anyone else having this issue in either Prtoools HD or LE?

Yes I am having this problem. Just click in the name field of the plugin (or wherverar) and it will follow. Annoying, but I can live with it...

guysmiley · 6th February 2009

still one of my favourite internet forum postings ever of all time on any forum.

WalterPPK · 8th February 2009

Bought the LM last week and installed the newest software 2.3.16 I can't seem to get the snapshots to work. It would be great to have normal names..

passenger · 9th February 2009

what are "snapshots?"

I have the LM too. Love the mix buss, la3a, pultec e, massive passive, ssl eq, 1073 emulations in it. totally usable.

I really don't feel the 1176 and la2a though..... am i out to lunch?

JustinAiken · 1st June 2009

Just got a liquid mix (finally... ordered one a month ago, it was defective, ordered another, it took forever to ship)... putting these snaphots in was the first thing I did!

But I still want to change the pulldown menus... any ideas? I tried opening the VST in a hex editor, couldn't find the names, the names must be in the emulation files? I really want to change them!

BackHand · 9th July 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by peeder

Thanks for the question, got me to run the test.

I compared the 1176 plugins of both LM and 1176 blackface vs. the hardware 1176 (UA reissue current rev). I found actually that the LM saturates much more like the hardware than the UA version! But the UA version has a more accurate-to-the-hardware compression curve (though it isn't perfectly smooth). Both have plenty of artifacts visible on the spectragram. The 1176 UAD plugin I believe was their first plugin though so I have to cut them some slack.

The LA-2A was a completely different story. Here the UAD was vastly more accurate to the hardware, though not sporting the true majesty of its function.

The Liquid Mix compression curve was a flat-out mess, and the distortion model was pretty terrible. The UAD's distortion model wasn't as great as the hardware but was far closer to it. Having the UAD and hardware versions of the LA-2A and seeing this I will probably never load in the LM LA-2A.

So my conclusion is the plugins from each vendor will be a bit of a mixed bag, but my ears tell me the UAD is king at least most of the time. The UAD doesn't have the 60 models of the Liquid Mix available though. There are gems in that pile that make the LM a good buy. Even though the Liquid Mix has quite a bit of low-level artifacting...it's low enough you probably won't notice at least in a dense mix. The UAD has far less artifacts at least as far as I've looked.

Great post!

Could you list the LQ Mix emulations that you found was the gems of the LQ mix pile? You seem to have done som extensive testing and I would lvoe to know!

Thanks!

bspratt · 25th July 2009

Hey just got Liquid Mix today, loving it! These snaps shots are great as well. Just wondering if anyone has updated them? I noticed Focusrite has added a lot of new emulations this year that aren't part of these snapshots.

Also thanks to Peeder for his work

mlange · 1st August 2009

If you've been holding out or wanting a second, Liquid Mix 16s can be had for $199 - ridiculous!

Focusrite Liquid Mix 16 | Sweetwater.com

Liquid Mix 16 from audioMIDI.com

Nova Musik- The Electronic Musician's Wonderland.

and warranted Liquid Mix B-Stocks for $399:
Nova Musik- The Electronic Musician's Wonderland.

lllubi · 2nd August 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by mlange

If you've been holding out or wanting a second, Liquid Mix 16s can be had for $199 - ridiculous!

Focusrite Liquid Mix 16 | Sweetwater.com

Liquid Mix 16 from audioMIDI.com

Nova Musik- The Electronic Musician's Wonderland.

and warranted Liquid Mix B-Stocks for $399:
Nova Musik- The Electronic Musician's Wonderland.

what makes me think they could bring up a new unit soon since they were quite sucessfull with the LM

mrbibidy · 28th December 2010

I spent last night doing new snapshots renaming to the actual gear names, I also created a few 'gear' snaps so I have an "avalon 737" full preset and such. wish I saw this post lol

BackHand · 28th April 2011

Does these Peeder files work with Liquid Mix 3.0?

ld_neil · 29th April 2011

hey I've just re-installed my Liquid Mix using version 3 and these snapshots work fine as far as I can see! Thanks very much :-)

Would be awesome if there were a way to have the names directly in the drop down menus, but like peeder said earlier in the thread, it's prob not possible.

cheers!

drummerboyfarr · 3rd May 2011

Thanks dude!
Your snapshots work fine with my 3.0.

Cheers mate,

Craig

YULOGY · 29th May 2011

Purchased my Liquid mix on friday, fiiiiiinally got it running properly tonight and downloaded the peeder snapshots!
I know this unit was money well spent by the massive smile on my face

Dialed up the SSL comp, threw it on the master bus, turned some real knobs, sat back and enjoyed!!
This thing is going to be alot of fun!
Great snapshots, agree with everyone though wish the pull down menu's could be named!

28th December 2010	#72
mrbibidy Gear nut Joined: Dec 2007 Location: Sydney, AU / New York, NY Posts: 88	Haha I spent last night doing new snapshots renaming to the actual gear names, I also created a few 'gear' snaps so I have an "avalon 737" full preset and such. wish I saw this post lol __________________ Sincerely, James Hurley Mix Engineer http://www.Abravemix.com

3rd May 2011	#75
drummerboyfarr Gear interested Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 5	Kudos Thanks dude! Your snapshots work fine with my 3.0. Cheers mate, Craig

29th May 2011	#76
YULOGY Lives for gear Joined: May 2011 Location: Melbourne Posts: 615	Purchased my Liquid mix on friday, fiiiiiinally got it running properly tonight and downloaded the peeder snapshots! I know this unit was money well spent by the massive smile on my face Dialed up the SSL comp, threw it on the master bus, turned some real knobs, sat back and enjoyed!! This thing is going to be alot of fun! Great snapshots, agree with everyone though wish the pull down menu's could be named! __________________ SERVICES: Recording, Editing, Mixing, Mastering, Song-Writing & Composition Melbourne Australia YULOGY@LIVE.COM

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