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1st December 2009
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| Gear addict Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Toronto
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Thread Starter | Room mic compressor choices What would some of your choices be for room or overhead mic compressors when tracking drums? Using ribbons, Coles 4038 and an RCA 77DX. |
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1st December 2009
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: istanbul TR
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| 1178 works very well for me on OH's and the drum bus. It also does something nice to room mics. During mixdown I usually save 1178 for the bus and compress room mics with the waves ssl plug. |
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1st December 2009
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| Lives for gear  | Room mic comp I like the old black Valley Dynamite. I kinda like all the Valley stuff really. Just make sure it's in good working order---recapped and all. The old black ones and gain brains etc., can sound pretty nasty when the caps are old. If original, long overdue for a re-cap. Ever notice the newer ones with the pinkish / purple lettering sound pretty clean compared to the older ones? Not just the design at work here. Once recapped though, they work like intended, and many, many records used these to great effect back in the day. Big bang for the buck. Blows stuff up, like the name might suggest. In a way nothing else really does. Easily recognizable sound, for me anyways. We have heard it most of our lives on a lotta material. Surprised these aren't talked about more for this purpose...I guess maybe not "slutty" enough? I'll continue on though, making lowend music with my low end Valleys...  J |
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| Jai guru deva om  Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: South Carolina
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| Grab something FET (1176, Daking FET) and rock on. I love the fast grab and smash action... War
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2nd December 2009
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: May 2009 Location: Raleigh, NC
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2nd December 2009
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| Gear addict  Join Date: Oct 2009
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| Chandler TG 2005 plugin (in hardware one day!) set to limit, either 1,2 time constant. The sound just swells up and gains about a ton in weight and girth. Sounds really 3D but focussed too. Edit: Didn't see you were using a Coles & RCA. TG & LGR's are bestest mates.
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2nd December 2009
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Nottingham
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 | whatever is available really, most of the time a Drawmer 1960 or DBX 160. |
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2nd December 2009
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| Gear Head Join Date: Jan 2009
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| Spectra sonics 610 is always good fun on room mics |
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| Lives for gear Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Charlotte, NC
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| ADR Compex A good friend of mine swears by a Gates compressor on his mono 4038 overhead. Chris Garges Charlotte, NC
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