You got your desk! Nice! Got a Klark. it was brocken on arrival! Never sound good and wasn't repairable! Changed to the WA76 from Warm Audio and never regret it!
@MixbusTV thanks for the Great Video - i personaly use as hardware WES Audio Beta 76 2x and 1 WES Audio Timbre - all you Need and dope . for Plugins i habe a softube console one and the UA Comps.One questions what is this lights u have on ur black monitors? Looks awesome. Greetings and all the best
I got the Klark Teknik 76-kt, there are several different Versions out there. I really like mine, but I did some mods to it. Like it alot on heavy Vocals with a good amount of compression
Opto 500 series? It would be this one from Stam stamaudio.com/shop/500-series/stam-audio-3a-5-opto-compressor/ but it's in back order. Acme 500 series is cool if you want a ton of color, Chandler limited still color but more versatile, Buzz Essence for very versatile and clean-ish but don't overlook the Wes Rhea, it's a MU but man it's amazing
Hi David Ive been thinking about buying the Fatso to use on my drum bus to replace the pair of DBX 560A's. Would you say its more of a tape saturator than a compressor? I haven't seen you bring it up on any of your compressor vids. I already have a pair of 542's on my mixbus. The 560's to me are more transparent/clean and I want to add more color and grit to my drums. Or what would be other options other than the Fatso? Thanks for the info!!!
I love the fatso, I came close to get one so many times. It's a killer unit on drums, and yes and no, I wouldn't say it's more of a saturator, is a compressor at the core, with fixed settings, but it definitely has many options for color/saturation. Having 4 distressors tho' and the Drawmer 1976 multiband saturator, it would be redundant for me but it's a great unit. UAD plugin tho' gets scary close
Great studio, I love your videos! I'm wondering about one thing about using specific gear/plugins in the mix/mastering. How many compressor /eq's do you actually really need? Especially in the stem processing - you use it in a rather subtle way. There' s no way you can tell the difference in a blind test, what kind of compressor was used on the particular stem if it's just touching the mix within 1dB range of gain reduction in 1:1.5 ratio. So does it really matter what kind of VCA compressor you use? Seems like you could go away with just classic SSL G comp on every track. Or am I wrong and pro mixing engineers can really tell the difference?
Yes we can tell the difference, that's why you see so many things in my desk :D The classic G comp especially doesn't even have a sc so that alone would make it very hard to put on every bass heavy material, but also, not exactly a first choice on vocals or other things. Regardless, maybe you use it so lightly but that's not always the case nor the norm in a professional mix. Remember things change dramatically if you're only mixing your own stuff or if you're a mix engineer mixing for clients. If you mix your stuff, you just need what you need for your stuff, can be 1 or 2 I don't know, but even in that scenario, wouldn't you want your music to sound the best it can? Otherwise why doing it (unless you make money out of it but in that case, one more reason for wanting the best or hiring an engineer) But, with that said, nobody can tell what compressor anyone used on anything (aside few very recognizable sounds and behavior, mostly extreme) so it's not that a mix engineer can pick up what someone used in a mix, it can tell if that mix could have sounded better.
I own the WA76.. it's a good surprise. Much colored sound, instantly sounding good, even with excessive tweak (you can't be excessive that much with plugins for instance)
thing is since upgrading to my prism titan ad da which killed my old rme ufx etc, i feel even a good cheap hardware unit now after sending and returning to the mix will beat any plugin out due to the high quality signal path of da to ad, will try it, but the prism is so focused david and solid
Most fet are based on the 1176 design which doesn't have a threshold, we could consider that the exceptions and not the norm, but it's so popular that yeah, kind of became the norm in a way. 1176 and 73 are such different design, 76 is designed to change the sound as you drive the input while increasing compression, 73 simply uses threshold and being a multiband you definitely want individual control over the three bands and not mess with the gain staging of a signal going in.
Out of the clones, which one you like splice or mimas when it comes to sound (excluding the digital). Do you say either is a good vocal tracking compressor?
This channel would triple in size with a $300 DSLR, 24fps, color correction, and some basic video editing skills. Can someone in LA hook David up with a recent art-school grad / video production intern?
8:30 A workwhore compressor! Jokes aside, just wanted to write my opinion after trying the Behringer ("Klark teknik") 1176. It's a very watered down form of 1176, it has not much character in its sound and no authority in the behaviour. Better to save for one of the other compressors mentioned in this video
Its all about you got to have more than just one love, I love making music/mixing/mastering/and geek'n out, but I also love going to the gym. But you are right about fat engineers I was 144kg at my heaviest. ;)
