TylerDeadPine wrote: Sun Jan 16, 2022 12:03 am Picked up a Laney Pro-Tube 100 for 400 bucks because I just can’t ever shake the sound of a cranked memory man in the effects loop of the later AORs.
It’s great - turned out to be my guitar player’s that he regretted selling. God is good.

I have one of these (50 watt) that i need to get rid of. Anyone that's interested should pipe up!

airloom wrote: Sun Jan 16, 2022 8:47 am Just kidding.
Had a very nice Great River maq-2nv fall into my lap yesterday.
It sounds very nice. Believe the hype.

That is some serious, fuck-off, level eq hardware right there. I've loved their preamps for a decade + now.

Do you do mastering?

Oh yeah, I got an Empirical Labs Derresser for the 500 rack.

Against my expectations, the de-essing is fine, but the high frequency limiter is magic. It seriously tamed the cymbal hash from a compressed room mic without darkening the snare hits. High pass and low pass filters sound great too.

losthighway wrote: Sun Jan 16, 2022 9:41 am

airloom wrote: Sun Jan 16, 2022 8:47 am Just kidding.
Had a very nice Great River maq-2nv fall into my lap yesterday.
It sounds very nice. Believe the hype.

That is some serious, fuck-off, level eq hardware right there. I've loved their preamps for a decade + now.

Do you do mastering?

Yes. I do.
I do a lot of recording/mixing/mastering, but I also do a lot of remote classical stuff, and this thing takes the cake in that arena.
I had an NTI and a Telefunken/ANT that i would use, but the Great River does both and it sounds incredible.

Dr Tony Balls wrote: Sun Jan 16, 2022 9:21 am

TylerDeadPine wrote: Sun Jan 16, 2022 12:03 am Picked up a Laney Pro-Tube 100 for 400 bucks because I just can’t ever shake the sound of a cranked memory man in the effects loop of the later AORs.
It’s great - turned out to be my guitar player’s that he regretted selling. God is good.

I have one of these (50 watt) that i need to get rid of. Anyone that's interested should pipe up!

I really have a hard time telling this apart from my '78 JMP - for those unwilling to pipe up!

losthighway wrote: Sun Jan 16, 2022 9:44 am Oh yeah, I got an Empirical Labs Derresser for the 500 rack.

Against my expectations, the de-essing is fine, but the high frequency limiter is magic. It seriously tamed the cymbal hash from a compressed room mic without darkening the snare hits. High pass and low pass filters sound great too.

Are those linkable?

airloom wrote: Mon Jan 17, 2022 6:22 am

losthighway wrote: Sun Jan 16, 2022 9:44 am Oh yeah, I got an Empirical Labs Derresser for the 500 rack.

Against my expectations, the de-essing is fine, but the high frequency limiter is magic. It seriously tamed the cymbal hash from a compressed room mic without darkening the snare hits. High pass and low pass filters sound great too.

Are those linkable?

I think not. Some people seem to run pairs in dual mono across a stereo track, but I'm not sure if that might get some of the weird sideways pull you can get on a stereo image that happens with a regular pair of unlinked compressors.

penningtron wrote: Wed Dec 22, 2021 4:01 pm hah, I met that dude years ago when he lived in Ft. Collins and played in a band called Wretch Like Me. He used to look way different, much geekier. I didn't realize he was in HoF but knew he joined Zeke at some point.

Fort Collins, Colorado? Weird. Don't see much heavy stuff around here outside of Chieftain these days.

GuyLaCroix wrote: Mon Jan 17, 2022 9:56 am

penningtron wrote: Wed Dec 22, 2021 4:01 pm hah, I met that dude years ago when he lived in Ft. Collins and played in a band called Wretch Like Me. He used to look way different, much geekier. I didn't realize he was in HoF but knew he joined Zeke at some point.

Fort Collins, Colorado? Weird. Don't see much heavy stuff around here outside of Chieftain these days.

Where do people have shows up there lately?

losthighway wrote: Mon Jan 17, 2022 10:22 am

GuyLaCroix wrote: Mon Jan 17, 2022 9:56 am

penningtron wrote: Wed Dec 22, 2021 4:01 pm hah, I met that dude years ago when he lived in Ft. Collins and played in a band called Wretch Like Me. He used to look way different, much geekier. I didn't realize he was in HoF but knew he joined Zeke at some point.

Fort Collins, Colorado? Weird. Don't see much heavy stuff around here outside of Chieftain these days.

Where do people have shows up there lately?

Wretch Like Me were much more in the Descendents/ALL vein, who's members produced and released their records (and I think still have a Ft. Collins presence). I saw several shows at the Starlight way back then (turn of the millennium) and played at the Aggie theater once, but I haven't been there in ages. Wretch > Zeke > High on Fire isn't an obvious progression, but dude's a good bass player and I'm happy he ended up in a much better band.