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Is a hardware mixer going to make a difference? (pg. 2)
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| palm |
| yeah the 3630, it has awesome reviews everywhere "espeicaly great for house" etc, so i thought id get as it didnt cost . if i end up rich someday i might look into analog again, but meanwhile, forget about it, saving my money for better monitors instead. im not into compression anyway and i get the results i want if i just lower the master volume a little bit and rather raise my stereo. |
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| Ry Thomas |
| I think the main uses for it on house are drum bus, sidechaining and dare i say it Daft Punk like it thrashed across the 2-bus ! |
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| Richard Butler |
| quote: | Originally posted by Ry Thomas
try and look for a small Amek desk, these are good. If you're after a summing box check out Black Lion Audio's new one |
Not heard of black lion - I'll check it out |
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| Richard Butler |
| I saw a pro using the 3630 in a future music interview vid. He was a fairly well known German - but I can't recall his name. He said he put all his drums through it to add glue etc. He was'nt using it to put entire mixes thru. |
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| Ry Thomas |
| In their own music, Daft Punk uses a number of different compressors. “We have a really small compressor, the Alesis 3630, which is $300. That's the main one we used on Homework and Discovery. The one we used the most is one of the cheapest ones on the market. It's really funny; it's the bricolage thing. Sometimes you don't have to have the most expensive equipment to make good music.” |
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| Ry Thomas |
| quote: | Originally posted by Richard Butler
I saw a pro using the 3630 in a future music interview vid. He was a fairly well known German - but I can't recall his name. He said he put all his drums through it to add glue etc. He was'nt using it to put entire mixes thru. |
Was it Alan Braxe of Stardust fame? |
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| Rebel Brown |
| quote: | Originally posted by Richard Butler
I saw a pro using the 3630 in a future music interview vid. He was a fairly well known German - but I can't recall his name. He said he put all his drums through it to add glue etc. He was'nt using it to put entire mixes thru. |
Kris Menace? |
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| rulzz |
| reel to reel player would be a better investment if you want warmth |
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| Ry Thomas |
| quote: | Originally posted by rulzz
reel to reel player would be a better investment if you want warmth |
True but a good one will cost 0000's |
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| hexadecimal |
| quote: | Originally posted by palm
i dont buy the analog hype at all, what so ever. I just bought an alesis analog compressor to see if it could give me anything, it sure hell didnt. and as it is separate L/R it even manage to move the center of my track because eventhough the setting-knobs was the same on L and R it didnt really sound the same. It also has a sync L R button, but still im not sure about this stuff. im gonna sell it asap. |
What exactly were you expecting it to "give you"?
It's hilarious that you've summarized that analog gear isn't worth it after buying a low end compressor that you seem to have no idea how to even use.
HAY GUYZ I BOT A VIROS N PRAS BUTANS BUT IT DOENT DO NOTHIN WEN I PRAS IT. SYNTOSISAR IS STUPAD. |
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| cryophonik |
| quote: | Originally posted by Richard Butler
Any opinion - is a mixer basically essential for a pro sound? |
My opinion - no, it's not essential. In the right hands, high end equipment can work magic, but in the wrong hands it will be a waste of money and space. My personal opinion is that you won't hear a several hundred or thousand dollar difference by simply running your mixes through a second-hand Soundcraft board (I used prosumer Soundcraft, Allen & Heath, and Mackie boards for years, mostly for live audio, but also in my studio). I'm not sure what your budget is, but most of the prosumer Soundcraft boards are probably not going to do anything very noticeable to your sound anyway, other than add a little color if you run it through the preamps.
That said, sometimes just having an new piece of gear can lead to new workflows, experimenting in a way that you wouldn't have thought of in its absence, reinvigorate your passion for making music, get you out of a slump, etc. But, the bottom line is that I don't think it's essential to have a hardware mixer, unless perhaps, you're multi-tracking numerous live instruments simultaneously. |
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| offensive_newbi |
| Hardware mixer will improve everything (even with plastic computer speakers) |
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