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Re: what mixxer/compressors are yall useing?

2004-06-20 by flaviotronic

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "wildstar_1701" <justinsamaha@y...> 
wrote:
> what's your budget? this will determine your choices. there's good 
stuff to be 
> had, new or used, at any budget level these days. let us know how 
much $$ 
> you've got to burn, and i can make some recommendations.
> 
> a word of advice, my very humble opinion: don't count on new gear 
to make 
> your recordings sound better. if you've good cool songs to begin 
with, if you 
> have a clean signal path through your gear, if you've got your 
dithering & 
> other digital issues sorted out, and finally if you learn to use 
whatever gear 
> you have to its maximum potential, then your recordings will 
improve.
> 
> : )
> 
> my brother has a mantra that he says before he goes snowboarding, 
but i 
> think it applies to music as well:
> 
> i've got the skills
> i've got the gear
> the skills make me good
> the gear is my path
> 
> --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "flaviotronic" <cracktastick@a...> 
wrote:
> > got a mp7 and a k2500, looking to get a new mixxer and 
compressor to 
> > make the recordings sound better, any sugjestions? any help 
would be 
> > much apprechiated, thanks

i can spend a few hundred on eatch, and the stuff doesnt sound bad 
now, i just know it can sound better, and like, the one thing 
EVERYONE ive talked to agrees on, throw away then "behringer" haha, 
thanks for the help so far!

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