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I know I'm late to the party. But this thing well surpasses my expectations. The MS is ultra versatile and the night and day difference it makes to your sound is incredible. I thought very hard about my setup and my final piece was in EQ and now it has been completed. Thanks again Dave you've never steered me wrong.
Just got mine yesterday. I swaped it with the drawmer 1974 at the end of my Analog 2-buss chain. OMG!! Ran the same mix through the chain comparing 1974 to Symph. All I can say is I now achieved a 3D image mainly because I hear my reverbs now and how they set things in the front to back. Biggest game changer even more so than a full Bento box of 500 tools. Just engaging the HP filter @22 fixed and focused my low end. I sent a client an A/B 1974 vs Symph- he was amazed but now I have to remix the first 1/2 of the record w/Symph… had to open my big mouth 😂!! Thank you for your videos that sold me on this. Your understanding and explanations of outboard gear is a talent in its self, and is a close 2nd in strength next to your 💪’s ! 🔥🤘
Not sure why I’m watching this because have already decideded the symph is the one but it is reassuring to hear a pro sing its praises!! It was the added m/s processing which really clinched it for me 😃
00:00 INTRO 00:44 REGGAE/DANCEHALL MIX 2:00 ROCK MIX 2:48 HIP HOP MIX 4:40 TECH SPECS AND CURVES 7:46 MAINSTREAM HIP HOP MIX 9:05 ALTERNATIVE ROCK MIX 10:26 CHILL POP MIX 11:55 HIP HOP MIX 2 12:56 METAL GUITARS 16:50 DRUM LOOP 14:14 EDM LEAD SYNTH 14:52 EL BASS 15:15 FINAL TOUGHTS AND EVALUATION
i love this channel, getting hands on with the hardeware is so cool. i was tired of these old dudes talking about a unit without letting us hear it. thanks brother i already bought stuff of your recommendation and im not dissapointed
Thanks for the great review. I'm torn between this and the Empress as my first outboard stereo EQ. I have the Britstrip, which has the eq i use for apropriate mono work). Which would you recommend to better conpliment the Neve eq already available? Thanks
Hi David, great review as always! I have my eyes on this unit for some time now. My question is：when you use this on the 2-bus, do you think it works better before or after the mixbus compressor?
Great video I actually just bought this item waiting for it to be delivered. I’m trying to get more into understanding EQ more what throwing me off is the mid side function do you have to run it through the EQ print it and then run it again but in mid side mode?
Not sure what you mean but, unless I'm not understanding, no. This eq is stereo/dual mono or mid/side meaning, you have two sets of identical controls, left right if you 're in stereo mode and if you activate mid/side the left side controls the MID channel and the right side controls the SIDE channel. If you have different settings for MID and SIDE and you print your mix thru the eq then that's what you're gonna get, mid side eq on your mix.
Hello David. I have the Symph EQ now ! A friend of mine has the Maag EQ4 and says that he can achieve the same quality/result that the Symph AQ. And for MS he has hooked the Maag into the Fusion and activated the MS mode. I know that you love the Maag and the Symph EQ. Is the sound really similar ? Thank you
Lol no, like absolutely not :D obviously he doesn't have both.. if he does and he says that, then you should probably not listen to his judgment, jussayin. Let me say that again: not even close
@@mixbustv David, are you saying “not even close” as in the Symph can’t do what the Maag does and they aren’t in the same league?! Or the other way round?
@@brucekai7462 It seems to me that he was addressing the initial question: "Is the sound really similar?" between the Maag and the Symph/ To which he says "not even close." I don't think he was saying that one is better than the other. They likely each have their place for different purposes and colors.
@MixbusTv Thanks David for the review. Your reviews always inspire me. :). Do you think the Symph can do the same lows or high "sweetening" as the pultec?
Wow very impressive. The top end sounds really smooth and solid! Thanks for the demo! Quick question David, little off topic, but have you heard the 500 ssl ultraviolet and ssl e series eq? Im deciding if I'll buy 2 ssl e series or just buy ultraviolet. Any suggestions I manly mix hip hop and r&b if you have any recommendations for hardware mixing
This is partial discography www.discogs.com/artist/1432655-David-Gnozzi You'll have to check names and titles and Google them, I don't have a player or something like that
Thank you for the video David. I just ordered one, thanks to your video ! I'm not an engineer, it's more for my backing tracks that I use when playing live. I was wondering what is the main difference between the Dangerous BAX EQ and the Symph ? I assume you might have worked with the Dangerous... And another question : since you have the wonderful SPL mastering EQ, why didn't you buy the SPL Iron Compressor ? It seems to have a ton of possibilities, isn't is good enough for your work ? Thank you David
The bax is a lot more sterile than then Symph which has a really nice color, because of the 73 style amp, and as I described in the video, very sub and top are never out of control x and also features, ms, 0.5db just a superior design. I'm very picky with tubes, the iron is fine but didn't wow me, and I went for another big tube compressor instead, it'll be here in September.
@@mixbustv thank you so much for your response. Could you please pause for a while your new acquisitions, because I cannot keep up ? Hahaha. You made me discover Heritage Audio with the HA-609A test, and I bought it along with the HA-73EXQ2. And now I just ordered the Symph EQ. I'm officially broke now ☺️
Hey David, Im looking (possibly) to get this, it sounds good to me, unfortunately Im not able to test it in person. I have the SSL Violet eq for mix bus or sometimes drum bus and it's nice and clean (high mids and upper highs are very nice) but def I want a bax eq as my first option. Does it add color? I saw it has transformers which can be nice. What do u think? cheers
Yes it does, it has the same xformers as a 1073 but it's not too much color (box) to be not versatile. The top end tho definitely has a color that is a hit or miss for the top boost.
Does this also add color when only using only the filters or even when sound is running through it? I'm looking for something with color even without eq'ing. thanks!
Hey David, got my API5500 a few weeks ago and I really love it, but it doesn’t really deliver these silky highs that people refer to when talking about EQPs etc. Do you think that the API would work well together with the Symph for these kind of applications?
I'd describe the Symph electric not silky. Silky is expensive..SPL is silky, Pultec (In my case Empress) is silky, the silkiest of all, bar none is the EAR but it's unavailable. MP has great highs too but the lows not good for me. Change the op amp on the 5500 to Libers and you'll have silkiER still not like the others but much softer and more musical than the stock ones
Thank you, David. I‘m also looking into the new PEQ-2 from Heritage. Maybe I‘ll get two of these then. Unfortunately they are still not available. Any chance you do a review on those in the near future?
Hi David is see you have both the Maag EQ4 and Heritage. Since I am looking to purchase both down the road can you tell me the major difference between the 2 and when you would pick one over the other? Thanks this answer will be a great help to me in my purchase plan.
Hard hard battle with no winner. They're both amazing. Symph definitely having a more vintage color (box) and maag sounding a bit more modern and cleaner. The main difference is of course in the number of bands. The air vs the 24K are extremely different and you never know which lift is gonna work better, every time is try both and listen. Maag has a firmer bottom but Symph has filter so, one is more focused but the other can sound bigger. The filters on the Symph are amazing, my go-to filters for mastering and mixbus, and of course it has mid/side, Maag doesn't (even though I can use it in m/s if I want thru insert in the fusion). The 160Hz is the most underrated band on the Maag, instant muscle.
@@mixbustv Thanks David I use the Neve MBP and I read that the Maag is a good EQ to use with it. Then I heard the Heritage and really like what I heard, I am just deciding on which one to get 1st.
That's the most natural sounding EQ I've ever seen, but I hate how the lights are backwards. I see lights that are on and I think the unit is on, not bypassed
No!!! Those bypass lights are way too bright if this is on your desk the whole mix, it’s perfect cause they are so annoying which tells you it’s break lights are on, shut em off so we can go!!
Hello David, thanks for doing this, is the Drawmer 1974 eq capable of doing the bax thing? How does it compare for the same application (subtile tonal tonal balance)? Best regards
Yes and no, 1974 is a great eq, like really great, but it doesn't have baxandall curves, it has shelves tho' , is it the same? No. Also it has color even if subtle, bax doesn't really (I don't like the top end of the bax btw, and the rest is pretty sterile), so it all depends what you do, are you a mix engineer or a mastering engineer, then if you feel you need the bax, you get the bax, if you are not, don't sweat it, the 74 is a great eq
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I wouldn't say more focused, it's cleaner, which is better some times and not some others. Neve's key is how they saturate that low end but they only have 2 corner freq and usually 50Hz is the one to use (15ips), but you can't really see it as an eq like this. If you want hyper focus then it's api or SPL
Has anyone actually compared this with a Dangerous Bax? I have the Dangerous Bax and the price was double the price of this one but the Symph sounds like it could possibly be just as good as the Bax. Is my Bax twice as good? Probably not.
I love Dangerous stuff (AD+ is my mastering converter), I don't love the BAX. Top end is a bit cold to me and it just doesn't go well with everything, for me, with most things, give I have a large selection of EQs. I much preferred the Symph
@@mixbustv Good to hear it. I'll get a Symph right away and see if I can get rid of the Bax. The reason I got a Bax is because I needed something for rolling off HF with a magic sounding curve for the shelf and cut. I wanted something that sounds like a record with the HF rolloff. I need to roll off highs cause I drive into it with a special kind of exciter chain that makes boosted shimmery HF. I also use the Bax for high pass at 18 Hz to take a little DC load off monitors. One time I was traveling in a hot climate and had to mix a sub bass heavy song. I used monitors I'm familiar with and they were overheating. I realized a high pass at 20 Hz made them stop overheating, even though plugin meters weren't detecting any significant DC offset problems. I learned from that and use the high pass to relieve load from monitor drivers. It's nice to see the Symph has 10, 12, 18 and also 22 Hz.
David, did you notice any phase or stereo image issues while using this unit? I read few comments on the internet where people were reporting those problems. Thank for the answer. Ps. Do you still have this EQ in your everyday mastering chain?
I never noticed any of the above, if something like this happened it's definitely a case of a unit, it happened before with noise with another one of their pieces. And yes, I still have and use this every day
@@mixbustv thanks, I really appreciate the quick answer! Currently have an SSL G on the mixbus, Silver Bullet mk2 coming later. Keep up the amazing work mate!
Finally got to watch it... blimming good unit, not just for the price... and the price makes it such an easy add on I have a question: what unit would be this but for the bass? is there something in the same price range?
This is a killer unit for bass. If you want more control in that price range you'd go 1974 but you won't get the smoothness of this, altho' a warm sound (the 1970 is an amazing channel strip for bass), otherwise API but price is higher
@@mixbustv weirdly this is what I was thinking… the drawmer eq being so precise and this just adding that little last bit… I guess when you think logically you’re ideas will match regularly… as long as both have the correct information lol.. why you’re one of my main go to’s for hearing about things… I’ve almost got a finished list for a budget analogue recording, stereo mixing and also mastering and you’ve provided most of the main inspirations… the Moon thing was one of my favourites… just trying to figure out a couple compressors… not far off
Hey Dave, I have one of these and wanted to ask where you put this in your chain. I have mine before the fatso & Rupert Neve Mbp. Would you put it after tape? Wickedness increase as always!
Where I put mine might be different from what you need, I don't know if you have more than one eq (I'm guessing you're talking about 2bus). Because of the filters, mine is before the NG Comp and the Spacecraft, after the 542's, Fusion, SPL PQ, and I have the MAAG post compression. But I also have the Flock so I can change that. But sure you can put it between those
Sounds good but I would not call this a Mastering EQ. Its more of an EQ that sits on the stereo buss to round out the mix but its not going to dial in those fine nuances of a true mastering EQ.
Why? The difference between a mastering eq and a "mixing" eq is mainly 3 thing: recallability. Mastering eq's have switches or dents, others don't; 2) noise floor, 3) range. This has all three of those in check, plus a pair of some of the best filters out there
@@mixbustv Like I said, it does sound good but it does not have nearly enough controls of the mids to be considered by professional mastering houses. This is a home studio "mastering" EQ and I use that term loosely. I understand theres a chance you have gear from Heritage that they gifted you and you have to say certain things to maintain that relationship which is fine but Mastering Engineers are not using this solely in their rooms.
Yeah, I'm not hearing anything and I've been doing this for 20 years. Just pointless gear. Could do the same thing with a plugin. And don't get me wrong, I love analog gear, and own lots of it.
@@auralplexyeah I’m not hearing anything through my Sennheisers, but I shouldn’t even need those to hear a difference. More exaggerated examples combined with subtle examples would have been more useful, I think.
@@djonlyvibe You shouldn't have to listen to it on "good speakers." I'm listening on a logitec 2.1 system (w/ sub), and I hear almost no difference. Nobody in the real world is going into a treated studio room to listen to their music on $10,000 speakers.
How can people actually hear the difference between the unprocessed and processed audio in this video? It is bullshit... the quality of the audio is bad, you can't hear the difference properly...
@@mixbustv I am talking about people watching the video... on their laptops, iMacs, etc. surely you CAN hear it in your studio... just bought one today, for a very very good price, I think...less than £800
