Malcolm Boyce wrote:...and yes. Room mics can be the bomb, but don't miss out on the important stage of listening to the drums in the space and deciding if the "room" is worth micing. I see so many people recording the room sound because the interwebs says so, and not because the drums actually sound great there and you wanna capture that ambiance.
dylanger wrote:So what really is the benefit to using analog EQ's and compressors before it get converted. Is it really worth spending 4000 on a high end stereo compressor? Not that that's my plan I just see the cost of plugins and it seems like the more flexible and economical route.
dylanger wrote:I suppose.
Is it possible to "re-amp" something that was already tracked. Or would the ADADA taint the signal?
dylanger wrote:So what really is the benefit to using analog EQ's and compressors before it get converted. Is it really worth spending 4000 on a high end stereo compressor? Not that that's my plan I just see the cost of plugins and it seems like the more flexible and economical route.
dylanger wrote:facepalm
I know that's how that used to be done, I've just never seen you guys do it, and I thought there would be some reason why.
Mathieu Benoit wrote:dylanger wrote:facepalm
I know that's how that used to be done, I've just never seen you guys do it, and I thought there would be some reason why.
I know... Just teasing you for calling it "re-amping" ...
If you've got the gear, and can commit to a sound, compressing before VS inserting hardware after is something I would do. I certainly wouldn't sweat the difference though.dylanger wrote:That's what I'm thinking Malcolm. Plugins aren't bad compared to analog, just different. I was just curious if there was a benefit to using outboard before it hits your converters.
dylanger wrote:That's what I'm thinking Malcolm. Plugins aren't bad compared to analog, just different. I was just curious if there was a benefit to using outboard before it hits your converters.
The thing for me is, all things being equal many people will be able to hear the difference between something processed on the way in VS something with the same process on insert DAD. Especially dynamics processing. It's not the quality of the conversion, it just that it's a process all it's own.Mathieu Benoit wrote:I would say in this day and age, the converters shouldn't really be much of an issue.
Malcolm Boyce wrote:The thing for me is, all things being equal many people will be able to hear the difference between something processed on the way in VS something with the same process on insert DAD. Especially dynamics processing. It's not the quality of the conversion, it just that it's a process all it's own.Mathieu Benoit wrote:I would say in this day and age, the converters shouldn't really be much of an issue.
You'd be surprised... Especially with some heavy limiting and ambiance involved.Mathieu Benoit wrote:Malcolm Boyce wrote:The thing for me is, all things being equal many people will be able to hear the difference between something processed on the way in VS something with the same process on insert DAD. Especially dynamics processing. It's not the quality of the conversion, it just that it's a process all it's own.Mathieu Benoit wrote:I would say in this day and age, the converters shouldn't really be much of an issue.
I'd have to wake up really early in the morning to catch that difference...
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