Greetings Citizens of Earth-

I have to admit, this is the most positively interactive forum I've been on, largely thanks to Mixerman's "short courses" in mixing land. Seems to me that everything he's brought up here as an excercise has been really helpful in each of us coming to know the other better.

What's up with the 8900? It costs way more than most stereo compressors especially if you add in the cost of the power supply. Is five grand worth it? I could buy a buttload (well a 1176 and a Manley box) for that much moolah.

I just wanted to say thanks to Mixerman and the whole group for all the ideas to. I started mixing a project this evening. I kept many things that have been brought up here. Things like arrangement of the mix and the plains of mixing.

Anyone had the chance to "test drive" the latest effects box from Kurzweil ---8 effects in a box?

I really like Nuendo! I used Samplitude 2496 for years until I tried Nuendo. I still use Samplitude for CD layout & burning but that's about it
I use Nuendo for audio & midi recording, editing, mixing & Mastering. I now do all mixing internally within the DAW with absolute confidence.
Using ASIO 2 drivers (very low latency)

Anyways I just got an e-mail today from mixerman he is in florance Italy mixing an Italian Punk/Classical group I guess they play some of there Instruments through Marshalls and sh*t as he was explaining it. But It sounded cool. Her said that his e-mail was down and told me that he would be posting in a few days. Mark Owen

Ok I've pretty much decided to keep saving my money up for a Crane Song spider. Like most people I havent actually heard one but have heard other Crane Song products and love them. As of now I dont have any big name gear (I record on a digi 001 with Mackie pres). The only problem is if and when I do buy the spider I won't be having any extra money for a long time.

What's the deal on this thing? I'm co-engineering a CD-recording of my friends band at a studio that has it. (This is the first time I do this, I mostly mix live and fool around on a VS1880 standalone...) The engineer/owner told me it's equipped with Apogeeconverters and prefers it over his pro-tools system (4x882I/O and MOTU timepiece).

Imagine you have the perfect studio and the perfect control room. What next?

How do you work? do you follow the signal path and start with a great mic collection, then pre's then a desk etc?

I can take care of the mic collection but what is the ultimate desk? I'm not too bothered about features, I'm after sound quality! I guess this means analog.