My vocals keep clipping?

Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 4:17 pm

Teddy G:
I used to mix FOH for a band called 38 Special back in the dark ages (78-82). We used Clair because I used to see YES use them on their tours, and I hated Showco because that was Skynyrd's...
Anyway, I had to go up there to rehearse and prepare for the road. I can't remember the towns (there were 2)...Brickerville(?),
Manhan(?). Everybody was real friendly and the landscape was gorgeous, especially for Florida boys used to beaches and swamps.
By the way, I used to pray for an Avalon 737. Then a buddy of mine got one. I have to admit that it is stunningly beautiful-reminds me of old McIntosh or Marantz audio gear from the 60s.
Very solid. And full of something like a dozen tubes! When he first got it, it sounded great. Then, one of those tubes went south and
started "spitting". It took 2 hours to open it up and play around with it to find the culprit. 2 weeks later, another tube went bad-microphonic, squealed like a pig. Same deal. By that time, his project was done and when he mixed it, he realized that all the mono tracks he cut with it had the same "sonic signature", which yielded a fairly dark, overly-thick mix.He sold it to his brother-in-law.
There is a reason so many of those puppies show up on E-Bay.
But they look GREAT and I'm sure that they are fine in the right application...too much of a good thing, like they say. PEACE

Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2005 3:41 pm

Yeah, ahh... wait a second, the other stuff is on page 2... Ahh, yeah, you answered my question, too! Maybe..? I'll try a 12AX7 and let you know. The level of the mic pre in the 376, has always been low with the stock(Or others) 12AU7A...

By the way, I didn't mean to say the thing is "cheap"(Exactly), just... well... not the same as the old DBX(Was it 160 also?) compressor... Chinese, now, etc. Waddayagonnadue? It's OK for the price...

The M(For "Microphone", I guess - so clever these Europeans.)160? Is that the funny looking ribbon? The "cheap" one(Compared to Royer or AEA or anything RCA?), I asked about that to a magazine reiewer a while back. He said it was "for sound reinforcement"(Which made no sense to me) and that it "wasn't worth bothering with" - which instantly made me want to have one, badly! I will now indeed get one when I can(Loved the BK5), though, sadly, an "over" amount of bass is, ahh, not a problem for me... dammit.

Now, this page...

Was there a post here at some point? Are we boring the world? Sorry.

38 special, s&^%! I am not and never was a "rock" fan(My poor taste rarely ran deeper than what was on Casey Casem's AT40.(And I never listened to that..! Even when I had to run it on-air!!!), but the name is certainly more than familiar.

Manheim(As in auto auction - they have a Nascar, I believe?), is where CB moved to for about 10 years. Now, back in Lititz(Just south of Brickerville - which is between the PA Turnpike and Lititz.), and yes, while I love the Florida weather, at times, and the Gulf and the beach and stuff, the sandy yards, roads, food, etc., just can't compare to this truly beautiful area, for me. I'm from Central, PA, which is much nicer yet!(No people, but, even nicer to look at...)((Come Wisit Vonct! as they say here in the PA Dutch Country.)).

MacIntosh, Marantz, wood-encased Avalons(Wasn't it?)? Next, you'll be telling me you have a pair of Bose 901's tucked away somewhere..?(Last I saw them they were right behind your "Voice of the Theaters"?) Loved those Bose!(At least to listen to and drool on, never could afford 'em.). Does your Scott turntable still turn? Or where you a "Garrard person"?

Later, this is silly. Email address is on my website - www.teddygvo.com

TG

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