Emu XL-7 & MP-7 User's Group

oh boy. i didn't really mean to start a "pro gear" vs. "chump gear" debate.=
 oh 
well. bottom line - if you've got the skills, you've got the skills. re-rea=
d my 
brother's snowboarding mantra and ponder its wisdom.

but back to thread: with a budget of a few hundred bucks for each piece, th=
e 
only compressor to look at is the RNC, as someone wrote. no question, hands=
 
down, absolutely. go to The Sound Room or Mercenary Audio, both online, 
and you'll find it. plus, it's so cheap that you'll have more $$ for your m=
ixer!

as for the mixer, try looking for a used Allen and Heath board. they're rea=
lly 
excellent -  a serious step up from our German friends at Behringer and our=
 
Seattle buddies at Mackie. A & H gear has that special Brit mojo - you'll b=
e a 
rockstar, gauranteed. 

my 2¢. 

rock on


--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, Wesley D <Serfiss@y...> wrote:
> >And don't kid yourself that pro gear will guarrantee pro >results either=
.And 
don't kid yourself that pro gear will >guarrantee pro results either.
> 
> Word.  A friend of mine has released several tracks worldwide and has 
been featured on Kiss 100, a Balance compilation, a Meat Katie album, and 
soon a Renaissance album, or perhaps already.  He works in his bedroom on 
Logic 5.5 with a small pair of nearfields.  I think the only synth he uses =
is a 
Yamaha Motif, other than that everything he does is sample based.  His musi=
c 
sounds extremely professional and I'm a huge fan.
> It's ALL in working with what you have.
> I recorded a band last month in a million dollar studio and it came out 
sounding like piss.  The Neve console couldn't breath life into this bands =

music.  Neither could nice Manley Eq's or PulTEchs, or UA's, or LA2A's, non=
e 
of that crap.  Sure, it sounded improved with the gear, but you could achie=
ve 
comparable results from cheap ass software emulators.
> Now more than ever it's possible to produce pro level music at home on a =

desktop PC or Mac!!!!  You don't need a million dollar studio to get your i=
deas 
out. With that attitude anyone without money may as well give up now.
> 
> Compressors:  ART makes a stereo Tube comp. pretty cheap.  The Waves 
RCL is phenominal.  If you have to do your own mastering Izotope Ozone is 
killer.  Dbx 160A = great comp.  If you got 500 bucks you should consider t=
he 
Universal Audio suite, comes with an emulator for lots of classic eq's and =

comps, limiters and such.
> I personally use a Timeworks comprssor that came with Sonar, along with 
the Waves stuff and Izotope.  UA will be my next move.  then probly the DBX=
.
>  
> Peace,
>  
> Wesley
> 
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