Beedster

Agreed

Thanks linear, I was aiming on using the line level inputs yes, but assume that there's a preamp between these and the converters also, I'm pretty sure I've been able to increase the signal level on the RMEs when I've plugged bass straight in. Might be wrong so will check

Thanks mate, given your consistent responses re recording I think I need to put you on a consultancy contract! I've done quite a lot of reading around and I posted here because it's clearly one of those issues that divides opinions. But, even people who argue that ideally you should not run pre into pre seem to agree that as long as they're both decent quality and you've got the gain structure OK you're probably not going to hear much difference, this for the point you make, a decent interface isn't designed to colour your signal, just get it to the optimal level and convert it (and neither of my RME units have anything other than gain on the input side).

That's a band I'd like to see, and a guitarist who likes to hear the bass is a rarity, most I've played with like to hear the guitar! Totally agree, if you're going on the road, especially overseas, you're carrying a lot of weight. I suspect that if you opted for some of the gear mentioned above, and perhaps had a look at Barefaced cabs, you're going to save your back a lot of work for a very good tone. The questions remains whether it's the same tone (although if you dropped Alex at Barefaced an email he'll certainly do his best to advise you on cab choice given your current rig).

Case is an issue for sure. Last time we rehearsed, literally the night before Lockdown V1, we used a new studio and I had to park about 400m from the front door, as opposed to the 4m from the front door I'm used to at our usual place. My SVT-II is likewise in a head case and I suspect weighs about 50kg all in. I looked at the walk ahead of me and just wanted to just get back in the car and go home

Lovely rig, and lighter by some distance, but is it going to sound like a 400+ with an 18" A lot of it depends on what sound Phil is going for, because the 400+ is a pretty versatile beast?

The respondents to this thread to date might not be your target audience mate IMO certainly not TC. 400+ and an 18 cab is not an easy thing to replicate. The Mesa solid state gear gets a lot of praise and some of the older units, for example the M-Pulse 600, BB-750 and if you're very lucky the Titan V-12 can be picked up relatively cheap these days. Personally I'd keep your cabs, they are not going to be easily replaced. Then again, personally I'd keep your 400+ also

PS I have both BabyFace Pro and FireFace 400 units, I guess I'm asking whether using the preamps on this will add anything to the signal already run through the preamps on the desk, and if so whether setting to zero gain on the RME would resolve this, and if the answers are YES and NO respectively, whether I can bypass the preamps on either RME unit?

Folks, still getting to grips with this whole digital thing! I've been using mic into RME interface into my Mac, I now want to use my mixer (SSL) that does not have an interface but has very high quality preamps, likely higher quality than those in the RME. Strikes me that I'm running high quality preamps into high quality preamps before A/D conversion and that the pres in the RME are to all intents redundant. That's not the end of the world as I'd like to know I have backup in case I ever had a problem with the mixer, but are there any problems with doing this, for example greater potential noise or other undesirable. Should I/can I bypass the pres in the RME and run straight into the converter? Thanks in advance Chris

That’s nice, there’s still folks out there with intact lumbar spines for whom lightweight is simply not a variable of importance

Many thanks again, I agree with all of the above, the mobile panels especially. Re vocal booth, the main reason I have mine is not for the internal ambience but to exclude noise, my studio is in a suburban garden and suffers form all of the issues - power tools, dogs, kids, aircraft - you'd expect. I need to know that when I plan a day of recording that I'm not at the mercy of my neighbours! If the room was soundproof I would do all the voiceover work at my desk. And yes, I'm going to start listening to voiceover using my sub also. I was really suprised to learn just how low the fundamental of the human voice is

Many thanks, yes from what I've read diffusers are either going to make things slightly better or a whole lot worse (especially in the small room as you suggest). Luckily the mounting system for the absorbers and diffusers is the same so I'm able to experiment with little hassle. I love your point about the human ear and differences, as I keep trying to explain to my colleagues, many of the differences in question are not overt/conscious, the recording just doesn't feel as good. I want everything I record to feel good

Yes, people must (be) really stupid

Almost breaking the cardinal rule, cab must be bigger than amp

Ah, that old classic, that usually means someone didn't pay their equipment storage fees and the owner of the rehearsal room has sold the gear at a price that covers what he's owed. Not the first or lats time that's going to happen

At £300 that's stolen, not working and in very bad condition

Go on punk, click that link and make my day, I dare you......

As if there weren't enough cajons in the World already

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