Telmar
Well-known member
Hi to all DIYers !
I´ve read some threads here at prodigy pro where people are asking how good that DIY-stuff really is
and if it´s worth the effort and so on ...
Let me tell you this:
I gave three DIY-units to some guys from a well known professional studio here in Germany.
Believe me when I tell you that these guys really know how to produce, record and mix.
Even some of the US-guys here at prodigy pro have heard their work in the past.
The units:
- Green Pre
- GSSL Bus Comp (with turbo-board)
- 1176 clone with OpAmp-input and Lundahl-output
The comments:
Green Pre -> "Very good bread and butter preamp, sounds at least good on everything,
sounds amazing on overheads or acoustic guitars."
Was used on an album that went into the German top 10 this year !
GSSL -> "I know the original and this one has got the same signature-sound."
They made no side-by-side-comparison but everybody loved and used it as long as they got it.
1176 -> "It has the same compression-character but sounds cleaner and more open."
First they thought the unit is not as cool sounding as the original, but after some time they used it daily.
"On some sources it´s cool to have the colour of the original on other sources it´s
cool to have a cleaner tone, it´s a great sounding alternative, not better or worser, just different
but with the same great 1176-ish compression behaviour"
I used it myself on a vocal-session with an API 312 pre and the producer was very pleased.
Producer: "... what compressor did you use ... the API ? The Distressor ?"
Me: "No, I used my 1176."
Producer: "Oh really ? Sounds very good !"
Why I am telling you this ?
! ! ! CAUSE YOU HAVE TO WAKE UP ! ! !
If the stuff that´s discussed here is good enough for those guys with a large console
and an outboard-rack that´s stuffed with the who is who of outboard gear from 1978
until today, don´t you think it´s good enough for us all ?
If you are able to read schematics, hold an soldering-iron and know basic electronics,
don´t buy that "German"-B-company-build-cheap-china-crap !
Start with a DIY-project today !
... and who´s goona pay me for this advertisement ? ... ;D
I´ve read some threads here at prodigy pro where people are asking how good that DIY-stuff really is
and if it´s worth the effort and so on ...
Let me tell you this:
I gave three DIY-units to some guys from a well known professional studio here in Germany.
Believe me when I tell you that these guys really know how to produce, record and mix.
Even some of the US-guys here at prodigy pro have heard their work in the past.
The units:
- Green Pre
- GSSL Bus Comp (with turbo-board)
- 1176 clone with OpAmp-input and Lundahl-output
The comments:
Green Pre -> "Very good bread and butter preamp, sounds at least good on everything,
sounds amazing on overheads or acoustic guitars."
Was used on an album that went into the German top 10 this year !
GSSL -> "I know the original and this one has got the same signature-sound."
They made no side-by-side-comparison but everybody loved and used it as long as they got it.
1176 -> "It has the same compression-character but sounds cleaner and more open."
First they thought the unit is not as cool sounding as the original, but after some time they used it daily.
"On some sources it´s cool to have the colour of the original on other sources it´s
cool to have a cleaner tone, it´s a great sounding alternative, not better or worser, just different
but with the same great 1176-ish compression behaviour"
I used it myself on a vocal-session with an API 312 pre and the producer was very pleased.
Producer: "... what compressor did you use ... the API ? The Distressor ?"
Me: "No, I used my 1176."
Producer: "Oh really ? Sounds very good !"
Why I am telling you this ?
! ! ! CAUSE YOU HAVE TO WAKE UP ! ! !
If the stuff that´s discussed here is good enough for those guys with a large console
and an outboard-rack that´s stuffed with the who is who of outboard gear from 1978
until today, don´t you think it´s good enough for us all ?
If you are able to read schematics, hold an soldering-iron and know basic electronics,
don´t buy that "German"-B-company-build-cheap-china-crap !
Start with a DIY-project today !
... and who´s goona pay me for this advertisement ? ... ;D