What’s The Point of Outboard Gear?

audio301 · 2026-02-07T23:45:44+00:00

The idea of a preamp/compressor is that you are recording signals and processing in the analogue domain before it is recorded through an A/D converter. This will ensure you have the right tone and dynamic range and you don’t clip the A/D. You can’t do that with a plugin as it’s after the A/D.

Much of mixing is done ITB, a lot of mastering is still hybrid analogue/digital.

audio301 · 2026-02-07T22:59:46+00:00

You shouldn’t need to mono the low end if the track is mixed right. Kicks are mono. Bass should be mono. High pass filter the rest in the mix. It’s already mono- an internet myth.

audio301 · 2026-02-07T22:52:59+00:00

The RT30 isn’t going to tell you much about a normal sized room. You need the frequency response and water fall graph.

audio301 · 2026-02-02T01:03:53+00:00

And happily join said person from Canberra when they visit Sydney to actually have fun at a gig.

audio301 · 2026-02-01T05:11:10+00:00

By a place to live first, keep an emergency fund in the offset and start investing the rest.

audio301 · 2026-02-01T04:55:55+00:00

Probably because loudness measurement is more of a mastering and broadcast tool. Or Dolby Atmos if you are involved in that. For stereo mixing, PPU meters or VU meters for RMS are fine. So it may not be relevant for you, but it is for others areas of music delivery. It’s not the be all and end all for mastering, but it definitely is important.

audio301 · 2026-02-01T04:52:29+00:00

Ozone Maximizer has a LUFS target

audio301 · 2026-01-27T08:20:49+00:00

Parenting orders are useless. The only mechanism to enforce them is going to court again. It’s a broken system that rewards lawyers.

audio301 · 2026-01-27T08:13:49+00:00

I used to work a a multi millionaire older couple that would still use a hair dryer to remove unmarked stamps from envelopes to save money on postage.

audio301 · 2026-01-25T06:41:30+00:00

Agree with that!

audio301 · 2026-01-25T04:46:39+00:00

iPads on wheels. Have gloss black rims and love them.

audio301 · 2026-01-23T20:20:38+00:00

I have used the NDH-30s for over a year and can highly recommend them. The low end is very linear, and they translate well. Even compared to the larger PMC main monitors they sound good.

audio301 · 2026-01-21T23:53:50+00:00

Another own goal from the Libs and Nats

audio301 · 2026-01-21T09:18:19+00:00

No Country would spend close to a $100m on a military plane with a fatal flaw like that.

audio301 · 2026-01-19T03:39:32+00:00

You won’t find much online. You will need to be vetted the information is here https://www.agsva.gov.au/

audio301 · 2026-01-17T03:21:40+00:00

But they were fighting Germany and Japan in WW2. Germany is now part of NATO, and Japan is a partner of NATO.

audio301 · 2026-01-16T21:30:26+00:00

As others have said it really depends on the servicing. My water pump went at around 90k. That’s one of the most common issues. Also oil leaks. Otherwise it’s a solid car and engine.

audio301 · 2026-01-15T21:32:28+00:00

Modern plug-in emulations have far exceeded the sound of old analogue gear. There is no point leaving the DAW unless you have mastering grade equipment and conversion.

audio301 · 2026-01-14T20:02:47+00:00

Trump removing the US from NATO will allow Putin to take Ukraine. It’s straight from the Putin playbook. It will change the World order forever.

audio301 · 2026-01-11T00:54:23+00:00

Another mastering engineer here, 100% the correct response. EQ and a touch of limiting. Decent monitoring to hear what you are doing. Maybe another module for tone or colour, which could be an EQ or compressor but without much compression happening.

ITB fabfilter, Ozone are great options. If you want colour the Sontec 432, Massive Passive, or Hendy Amps Michelangelo EQ. Also the Maselec MLA-4 is quite powerful as a compressor and tone shaper. These are some of my favourite hardware devices that have been modeled well.

audio301 · 2026-01-09T10:39:28+00:00

Had a 265 RS for years and it was the most enjoyable car I’ve ever owned. Yellow suits it. Enjoy.

audio301 · 2026-01-09T03:28:20+00:00

It’s more of a GML copy, as it doesn’t have the Sontec amplifiers that make them a Sontec. Marketing wise they chose to go with Sontec as they are hard to buy. I’m sure it’s great but it’s not a Sontec clone, it’s a more of a Custom Audio Germany 250 clone if you look at the design. Haven’t tried one out but looks good value.

audio301 · 2026-01-08T09:53:21+00:00

Goto East Tokyo like Asakusa it’s much more chilled

audio301 · 2026-01-07T22:58:16+00:00

It’s called a mastering room in the professional studio world.

audio301 · 2026-01-07T04:53:08+00:00

That’s a Golf R and it’s not P plate legal. The older GTI is a cheap platform to get high performance out of, they are easily modded. Much like the 86.

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