| Terrence Parker |
He made some comments on his forum about the passiv summing rig:
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been working on the new setup, and i must say the SSL based summing rig i put together is well worth it....the depth and seperation is so good, especially on fine details like reverb tails and quieter sounds in the mix, you can still make these out clearly and they dont dissapear into a wall of sound like if you were to sum inside the DAW...
the ssl preamp (that is making the gain up after passive summing) is perfect for house too, its so clear and punchy at low drive levels and if you get into overdrive on it it adds really nice character. of course ssl is going to be amazing gear, but its not until recently that it was somewhat affordable. def recommend it!!!
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| quote: | its hard to make a true a/b comparison, i found that once i stemmed out mixes that were previously summed itb through the summing rig, they sounded so much different that mix adjustments had to be made to compensate....you really can tell the difference when you work on it from start something new... as you mix, things will sit much easier in the mix and its quicker to get a nice sound and get things balanced as well.
again the main differences are the quieter sounds, you can bring things way down in volume and still hear them, itb they would have dissapeared into the mix.
also i always found it hard to get a kick drum to cut through a nice loud punchy bassline when summing itb. but through the summing rig, there is no struggle at all it just sits right. |
| quote: | basically i do 8 stereo sub groups like this:
1. kick drums
2. hats and percussion
3. mid elements 1 (keys etc)
4. mid elements 2 (guitars etc)
5. bass
6. vocals
7. fx busses (reverbs delays etc)
8. sweeps, crashes and extra bits
the passive summing mixers dont colour the sound because they are simple passive non powered electronics, they colour the sound no more than running sound down a high quality cable would. the preamp being used to make up the lost gain does surely colour the signal, thats why i chose a high grade pre like ssl to do that job. i like the analog mixing sound so much that im even thinking about making the big step and getting an old neve board...one thing about the high end analog stuff, once you have a taste of working with this stuff and hear it you want more and better, its like a drug.....
cheers
ian |
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