Hello

i noticed there are no Neumann U87 in the equipment list...

most big ass studio own a bunch of them... why not EA ?

just curious

because most studios that own U87s suck

yes, that must be it.

I think that many people buy u87's blindly. They know they're good mics and industry standard so they buy it. The U87 is really a good mic, but if you keep looking at EA's equipment list you'll find lots of other good mics which can replace the 87 at any time.

That's what I think.

Yeah, I can't think of an engineer that, while recording at EA, would go: "If only I had an 87..."

Plus, I gather that equipment list is not complete. Maybe they have a couple...

thought the same about protools until they officially bought one. (hors-sujet)

isophase wrote:thought the same about protools until they officially bought one. (hors-sujet)

That studio needs to stay open. Some of of us have never even had a chance to even visit the place, never mind recording there!

What I meant is that they have many microphones that can do the job of an 87 and many would give better results (depending on application).

If an engineer needs Protools, logic won't do, nuendo won't do. It's got to be protools. It's a problem of many digital systems. The interfacs are too different for the skills learnt on one to translate to another.

cenafria wrote:

isophase wrote:thought the same about protools until they officially bought one. (hors-sujet)

That studio needs to stay open. Some of of us have never even had a chance to even visit the place, never mind recording there!

What I meant is that they have many microphones that can do the job of an 87 and many would give better results (depending on application).

If an engineer needs Protools, logic won't do, nuendo won't do. It's got to be protools. It's a problem of many digital systems. The interfacs are too different for the skills learnt on one to translate to another.

i have no idea what you're trying to say but i'm sure its off-topic

isophase wrote:

cenafria wrote:

isophase wrote:thought the same about protools until they officially bought one. (hors-sujet)

That studio needs to stay open. Some of of us have never even had a chance to even visit the place, never mind recording there!

What I meant is that they have many microphones that can do the job of an 87 and many would give better results (depending on application).

If an engineer needs Protools, logic won't do, nuendo won't do. It's got to be protools. It's a problem of many digital systems. The interfacs are too different for the skills learnt on one to translate to another.

i have no idea what you're trying to say but i'm sure its off-topic

A microphone is not an editing program or a recorder. It's a transducer, EA has lots of mics that can do the job of the 87 and sound the same or even better. Tape machines can't do beat detection and apparently, some engineers/producers need it.
Pro Tools is a tool which is broader than a mic, it's a tool with all kinds of options and sub applications. it's very much different than a mic you know..

Not having pro tools in a commercial studio is like not having compressors at all in a studio. There are all kinds of tasks you can't do without a compressor. same thing with PT (for some people).

isophase wrote:

cenafria wrote:

isophase wrote:thought the same about protools until they officially bought one. (hors-sujet)

That studio needs to stay open. Some of of us have never even had a chance to even visit the place, never mind recording there!

What I meant is that they have many microphones that can do the job of an 87 and many would give better results (depending on application).

If an engineer needs Protools, logic won't do, nuendo won't do. It's got to be protools. It's a problem of many digital systems. The interfacs are too different for the skills learnt on one to translate to another.

i have no idea what you're trying to say but i'm sure its off-topic

Uhm... I guess what I'm trying to say is:

1. I believe EA needs to have a protools rig for commercial reasons. To help the studio stay in business.

2. If an engineer requests protools, another application won't do. the interfaces are too different.

3. This is different from having microphones that are not an 87 but are similar enough (and many better than 87). Any engineer that knows how to use an 87 will know how to use an UM70 or a CR3A. So they don't need to have an 87 to stay in business.

So I guess it is off topic. Just saying its different not having one particular mic to not having one particular hard disk recording system however popular they may both be.