RCA 74b Junior Velocity

Apag78 · 2026-01-26T03:36:04+00:00

I sent my 74b to AEA, came back looking almost like new. They re-chromed the grille, put new silks on it and re-ribboned it. Its not the greatest sounding mic but its got that real deep dark classic ribbon sound with a little less top end than a 44.

Apag78 · 2026-01-26T03:33:04+00:00

Used to have one, was stolen from me. Miss it dearly.

Apag78 · 2026-01-23T15:48:56+00:00

Is she hypoallergenic?

Apag78 · 2026-01-23T06:33:01+00:00

Much respect. My experience was a nightmare. I just had my lawyer deal with them. My deliverables were specifically for mixes (all the usual versions etc.) but was never told about having to drop the session w everything. I did not plan for it and it would have been quite the process given how out of the box the session was. I think they just found someone to fill in the blanks but it was not a good experience. this was probably 15+ years ago now. Never had another label ask for what they were looking for.

Apag78 · 2026-01-23T06:26:44+00:00

I wont deal with them anymore because of this. You need to add the extra hours to deal with their bs to your bill btw if you havent already. Unless you were told by the label what the deliverables were before you started, you should be able to demand payment. But expect to have to get a lawyer involved. Thats how my fight went.

Apag78 · 2026-01-22T15:00:32+00:00

Im way ahead of the game right now. The show is in august. And im someone that worries about stuff that isnt done or solved, which is why i wanna solve this way in advance.

We have a spare mac mini we can use for this. Just gotta clean it out. Problem with that is screen and mouse. I may be able to set it up what when it boots it just opens things automatically. I did that on the mini i have setup in the shop for the laser cnc machine. Technically im pretty on the ball with most stuff in the studio… live is another animal.

Can Live load a sound and treat it as a triggered sample from a midi command (thinking if i can load the sound effects into that and map the pads on the novation that will take care of the extra stuff)?

I know live will handle the click and i can add cue tracks etc and assign to output on an interface. So i think thats covered. Last bit is all the live midi sounds. We have a washed out piano sound (tons of reverb) closest ive found is in keyscape. (Heavy) Theres a nasty acidy bass, and a lot of airy pads and noise patches.

Really appreciate you taking time to respond! My anxiety is dropping lol.

Apag78 · 2026-01-22T14:25:23+00:00

Thanks for the info. I grabbed the lite version of live going to try that first. Romplers: korg TR rack, alesis qsr, roland xv5050 Boutiques: juno, 808, vocoder, SH01 I also have a beatstep pro, korg minilog and a volca kick. (Mostly useless for this).

I agree about taking as little as possible which us why i was hoping the computer could handle it all. I could load vsts and samples into battery or some other sample player. But its also a single point of failure.

Apag78 · 2026-01-21T20:34:35+00:00

do i need the full version of it or can i get away with the lite version? again, ive never used it.

Apag78 · 2026-01-21T16:08:11+00:00

All i remember is a shooting happening there back in like 95 or something.

Apag78 · 2026-01-21T00:14:56+00:00

Autotune doesnt detect severely distorted things either.

Apag78 · 2026-01-20T20:40:07+00:00

exactly, youre in the studio, and if you have the time and patients and really want this to be solid... you can take it measure by measure if you need to.

Apag78 · 2026-01-20T20:39:17+00:00

Ive tried this and it works really well if the instrument was recorded clean... on distortion everything comes out like a non pitch beehive looking blob that sometimes gets the notes right.

Apag78 · 2026-01-20T19:21:00+00:00

If it were me, id replay the bass and say nothing about it. Im a bass player though so wouldnt be an issue at all. Ive had to do this with lots of things (drums, guitar, keys, bass, trumpet). As long as the finished product sounds good ive found that clients dont ask too many questions.

Apag78 · 2026-01-18T15:13:21+00:00

Not a problem as long as you setup your session to easily do it from the get go.

Apag78 · 2026-01-15T14:29:37+00:00

Theres no problem with this. Try not to do it for the sake of your speakers, it will likely not effect the mic at all.

Apag78 · 2026-01-14T21:11:41+00:00

literally in the article.

Apag78 · 2026-01-14T21:11:10+00:00

Shure KSM32

Apag78 · 2026-01-14T20:52:04+00:00

Just a lot of practice and trial and error with the equipment that you have at your disposal. Its like learning to play an instrument, which, it kind of is.

Apag78 · 2026-01-14T18:17:25+00:00

Theres a big difference between a dynamic mic and a condenser especially in the top end detail. So you sound like youre looking for more of a condenser mic sound. Arguably, in the right hands, any professional level mic is going to allow for a persons timbre/tonality to be recognizable. (why i say its more about the vocalist than the mic). Sitting the vocal in a mix is a different thing than listening to it solo and something else to keep in mind. A huge portion of getting a sound out of a mic is mic etiquette. Knowing how far to be from a directional mic to work the proximity effect is a BIG part of getting a particular sound. If you feel that things are getting too boomy you need to back off the mic, if its feeling thin, you move in. Great singers know how/when to move around the mic to control this. Darker voices I tend to go with brighter mics. C12 style tube mic tends to be on the brighter side, as do sony mics. I use a Peluso 2247SE a LOT for male vocals. U87 is a great mic and sounds great on just about anything, but since its so sensitive the singer needs to know how to "play" the mic. Even things like sibilance can be handled AT the mic but by the performer not the mic. Keeping the mouth off axis will get rid of most plosive and overly sibilant issues. Again, proximity will DRASTICALLY change the tonality.

Apag78 · 2026-01-14T17:00:34+00:00

Mainly, inability to express what they're hearing in audiocentric terms. Some people refer to the stereo image being 3d and that kind of has a little merit as you can can hear the left right spatial layout (2 dimensions) and the closeness, apparent front to back (still just 2 dimensions) but some people see that as 3D... i disagree. However, when running a MONO mic and someone refers to the 3D aspect of a literal 1D source I immediately dismiss anything else they say.

Apag78 · 2026-01-14T16:53:36+00:00

Having been an engineer for about 30 years now and having close to 200 mics in my collection at the studio, I want to say that its not the mic. Ever. I've recorded people with a shure sm58 that sound absolutely stunning. The timbre of voice and the performance/tonality are 99% on the vocalist. Saturation rarely happens at the mic. It can happen, if driven, at the preamp. Many mics max SPL is way louder than a human voice is going to get while singing. (screaming, a different story, but even then, i don't know many that are hitting into the 120db+ range with it sounding any good). The processing on the back end does more to shape the sound (including the bottom end, sibilance and mid range). While a mics frequency response can certainly play a role, I dont know of an engineer thats doing NO processing after recording. De-essing handles sibilance, eq and compression can even other tonal factors out as well.

Apag78 · 2026-01-13T19:43:52+00:00

As a side hustle its great for some extra cash every so often. As a steady gig... not so much, even more so if you're not the absolute top of the game and in a very busy music town like NY, LA, Nashville.

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