Anybody had their hands on a Peavey minimax 500 bass head? I'm looking for Big Time Watts and don't care about the loud fan.

Rack reverb! For recording. I don’t want to mess w/ plugins at all. I wouldn’t really be using it for anything that would sound out of place on the last two Talk Talk albums. I generally hate 80s sounds otherwise but I have no problem sticking with 3 presets out of 99

Surely something perfectly useable has gotten cheaper over the years.

TC Electronics is the shit. A rare example of undervalued/used audio gear in today's market. Their M2000 multi effects unit has some great reverbs; plate and room emulations. The less ubiquitous Reverb 4000 is even a notch better, some have called it a poor man's Bricasti. The 2000 can be snagged for $300-400 on a good day. The 4000 takes patience to find for under $1k but they're both a fraction of what they fetched new when they were being manufactured.

llllllllllllllllllll wrote: Tue Aug 29, 2023 6:23 am Rack reverb! For recording. I don’t want to mess w/ plugins at all. I wouldn’t really be using it for anything that would sound out of place on the last two Talk Talk albums. I generally hate 80s sounds otherwise but I have no problem sticking with 3 presets out of 99

Surely something perfectly useable has gotten cheaper over the years.

While I hear you saying that?

Just get Valhalla Vintage Verb, and save yourself a whole bunch of headaches.

I didn't want to be That Guy, but the Valhalla stuff really is great. Dead simple GUI, inexpensive, and great sounding. Hell, the Super Massive is free and might already cover your needs..

penningtron wrote: Tue Aug 29, 2023 3:56 pm I didn't want to be That Guy, but the Valhalla stuff really is great. Dead simple GUI, inexpensive, and great sounding. Hell, the Super Massive is free and might already cover your needs..

Man, I was not even trying to come off that way...

That said, it is really hard for me to come up with a better "Cost Versus Performance..." option for someone that doesn't need something seriously specific.

Someone who only needs a handful of "Nuts..."/"Bolts..." sounds?

It's hard to see Vintage Verb not covering that and then some for a beyond fair price.

numberthirty wrote: Tue Aug 29, 2023 4:01 pm

penningtron wrote: Tue Aug 29, 2023 3:56 pm I didn't want to be That Guy, but the Valhalla stuff really is great. Dead simple GUI, inexpensive, and great sounding. Hell, the Super Massive is free and might already cover your needs..

Man, I was not even trying to come off that way...

That said, it is really hard for me to come up with a better "Cost Versus Performance..." option for someone that doesn't need something seriously specific.

Someone who only needs a handful of "Nuts..."/"Bolts..." sounds?

It's hard to see Vintage Verb not covering that and then some for a beyond fair price.

Possibly Relab LX480 Essentials when it goes on sale for $29. It's currently the full $99 though.

biscuitdough wrote: Wed Aug 30, 2023 8:34 am

numberthirty wrote: Tue Aug 29, 2023 4:01 pm

penningtron wrote: Tue Aug 29, 2023 3:56 pm I didn't want to be That Guy, but the Valhalla stuff really is great. Dead simple GUI, inexpensive, and great sounding. Hell, the Super Massive is free and might already cover your needs..

Man, I was not even trying to come off that way...

That said, it is really hard for me to come up with a better "Cost Versus Performance..." option for someone that doesn't need something seriously specific.

Someone who only needs a handful of "Nuts..."/"Bolts..." sounds?

It's hard to see Vintage Verb not covering that and then some for a beyond fair price.

Possibly Relab LX480 Essentials when it goes on sale for $29. It's currently the full $99 though.

It's $29 at PluginBoutique now actually...

I'm going to record an album in a little over a month. I met with the studio owner yesterday, and he said I should consider purchasing a studio hard drive.
I hadn't heard of these things, but he recommended the brands:

Glyph
Lacie
Rockstor

Can any of you experienced folks recommend one of these models for me? I'm recording 9 songs.

zircona1 wrote: Sun Sep 03, 2023 11:19 am I'm going to record an album in a little over a month. I met with the studio owner yesterday, and he said I should consider purchasing a studio hard drive.
I hadn't heard of these things, but he recommended the brands:

Glyph
Lacie
Rockstor

Can any of you experienced folks recommend one of these models for me? I'm recording 9 songs.

Personally I would recommend one of these (different price tiers for different amounts of space):

https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/owc-mercury-elite-pro


Also not a bad idea to get some blank DVD discs and soon after you've recorded, burn data discs of your sessions' stems/mixdowns for backup.