Hi all,

I'll try to make this as breif as possible, but as you all know-nothing is ever simple in this bus.

ok - spent an evening today at a place with both a Great River NV, and a pair of Vintech 1073s.

I know many people have been buzzing about both, so I'm going to drop my measly opinion of what I encountered trying both out.

Mic source - matched pair of Schoeps cmc6/mk4v's

Program Sources - Steinway Piano, Sax, Male vox.

I have worked out a system of keeping mastered and un-masterd copies of my mixes.

Confessions:

For a few years I used a Finalizer on all mixes, totaly maxed out.

I gave that up in favor of mastering in a DAW, I auditioned Waves plugins directly against the Finalizer and Waves won (for EQ anyway) They were less harsh.

After reinstalling Reason. It asks for the Factory Sound bank CD EVERY TIME I open Reason. Is there a way around this?

I have never heard anyone talk about the various types and vintages of Shure SM57's, so I thought I would bring it up. I know this seems silly. Oh well. .

I dunno about you guys, but, I am stuck without a song and a band. I am a non writer and 'retired' musician. I DO pick up a gtr to demonstrate ideas when producing, but it soon gets handed to a musician. I can't read music, have no theory and would LOVE to know the piano and feel ashamed I don't.

Hey Fletcher on your web site you don't recommend the non-transformer ballanced eq from Speck. Why? I usually only eq when mixing down so do I need it transformer ballanced? Should I be eq'ing when tracking?

Well..I have to say I'm dissapointed.

the timing just isn't there for triggering replacement drum sounds from audio

Express XT USB
G4 SP

anybody got this working?

What do you guys think?

If I budget for a 1176 type (Purple or UA) and a LA2a type (UA or Manley el op) do I also need a Distressor and why?
Thanks,
Mike