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21st November 2009
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Washington, DC
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Thread Starter | Gear That Sounds Exactly The Way It Looks This thread's just for fun. I was thinking about UBK Fatso and how its visual aesthetics telegraph the sonic values. This got me thinking about how often instruments and studio tools often sound exactly the way they look. The list is long, but here are two: Coles 4038 and DW Fearn VT7. Add yours. Again, just for fun. - c
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21st November 2009
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Thread Starter | I suppose an opposite thread would be legitimate too. - c |
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21st November 2009
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| I think Fearn equipment looks great. I find the API 500 series to be slightly homely but then you know API stuff is going to sound great. Daniel |
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21st November 2009
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| Sonnox has the ugliest plug graphics of all time...but they sound like heaven  |
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21st November 2009
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21st November 2009
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| Grace Design pres. Best regards, Steve Berson |
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21st November 2009
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| JCF Audio DA8-V |
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21st November 2009
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| Got some old 2 channel drum rack module ... from the 70s ... It looks like shit ... sounds like shit too ...
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21st November 2009
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| Gear maniac  Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Delta, BC
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| Focusrite green series. Looks like crap... |
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21st November 2009
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| stytek pres: clean, simple, to the point and very smart  |
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21st November 2009
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| Not sure why, but Drawmer comps.......  |
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| It probably sounds crazy, but I think you can usually tell what a mic will be good for just by looking at it. (eg a D12 looks like it would be good for kicks and bass, a D19 looks more delicate and refined, a 4038 looks fat and meaty etc)
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21st November 2009
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| Ampex 350---old school and cool! |
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21st November 2009
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| I only have one processor that sounds how it looks, Pendulum PL-2. Seemingly simple, yet solid, esthetic and powerful. For some reason I think my Moog Little Phatty Stage II also sounds how it looks, simple yet raw and beautiful, and the CP-251 which can add a huge amount of complexity to its sound completes the look. |
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21st November 2009
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 | Definitely the Avalon 737. |
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21st November 2009
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| Lives for gear  | Looks Like...  Sounds like... I just had a flashback  This aint yo dad's VCR -SD
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22nd November 2009
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| UA 175 THIS |
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22nd November 2009
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| The MPA Gold for me... (not trying to say it sounds like "gold" LOL)... Just something about the bright lights on the meters and the slight tube warmth it gives the sound.  |
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22nd November 2009
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| A lot of Shure mics sound like they look to me. SM57, SM7, KSM32, etc. NS-10  -synthoid
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22nd November 2009
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22nd November 2009
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| distressor! |
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22nd November 2009
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| I would have to say that the UA stuff really looks the part. Huge knobs, old school switches. Very vintagey. |
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22nd November 2009
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| Roland JX-3P |
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22nd November 2009
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| altec 1567a looks old. sounds old. i like it. best, jchristopherhughes |
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22nd November 2009
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| I think the Shadow Hills Mastering Compressor, Alta Moda Unicomp, and the Chandler Zener all look pretty bad a$$. Unfortunately, I haven't had the chance to use these yet but all are on my list of things to get...not just for the looks. |
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