check out the band list on this page. it's safe to say you'll be able to find an mp3 on one of these band's sites that features a recording that went through one of the electrical audio neoteks.

also, the new interpol record.

http://www.tarquinrecords.com/studio/

neoteks are good desks, and as such they don't do anything much to the sound that people don't want done

know what i mean?

a recording done on a neotek doesn't really have a 'neotek sound.' it's just not going to be fucked up by the mixing board.

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That new Interpol record sounds like shit, sorry to say. Peter Katis has made a couple of great sounding records with Denali....but, that Interpol record is garbage sonically. It doesn't help that they are only the umpteenth band to rip off Joy Division.

peter katis didnt mix the interpol record, he only engineered it from what ive read. perhaps he was there for the mix as it was mixed at his studio and his studio is in his home. the name of the mixer escapes me right now.

to me the record sounds like it was degraded at some point via some poor analog/digital conversions. i say this because i get that same harsh sound when i dump my tracks from my 2" into pro tools via the shitty digi converters.

hey, wouldn't you rather talk about neoteks instead of what engineer ruined what record??? kind of a silly argument sometimes... if the band felt that way, they wouldn't' have put it out, right?? they must have liked it a little bit!!!

anyways...

back to neoteks! the thing about them for me beside the great sounding mic pres, are the EQ's... SWEEP-ABLE HIGH PASS FILTERS. My friends, this is the greatest thing for mixing other than compressors and auto-tuning... just kidding... I have no idea why every EQ doesn't have this... well, it's probably really expensive, but trying to go back to the fixed high pass button on other EQ's just doesn't cut it!! Just take that track of the Marshal stack and pop that filter in there... sweep it up until you can get rid of all the garbage in the bottom and stop just before it gets to any "balls"... you wouldn't believe what happens to your high end if you start getting rid of all the energy that you don't want down there... why would you want your guitar to have all that information below 50-80htz?? it's not going to do you any good in a mix!! that's where the kick and bass guitar go anyway!!

That's the best thing about my Neotek!!

Greg Maddux uses Neoteks too... heh, heh...

Jeremy

I would beleive the main reason they dont have sweepable filters on all desks is because of the damage it does to the monitors. you can blow the speakers. I beleive but not certain, it can really reduce the life of a speaker. I think it would be more apropriate to pop it in at a frequency, if it is wrong pop it out and go to the next frequency until you get it right....


any agree/disagree?

ok, i waited a week for someone else to post on this, but i can wait no longer!!

simon b, your crazy!! maybe you have had experience with some crazy highpass filters, but having them ruin speakers sounds nuts!! what about when you sweep your high frequencies around with your "normal" parametric EQ??

are you sure about this???