Hey,

I covered this classic rock song that fascinated me when I was younger with its brilliant vocals. Of course I am no Freddy Mercury and this is by no means an attempt to match the original, I did it for fun and because I learn a lot about production and mixing by trying to reproduce famous songs.

I first learned about CAPI gear on the forums. I was looking to dip my toes into the world of API sounds, not fully knowing what that meant. I had heard all the descriptors like punchy, forward mids, aggressive, tight, etc., but wanted to try it out for myself. So many great albums were done on API's, right?

I'm curious how you where first introduced to the Antelope 10M. Specifically what convinced you to buy or use it?

• What impressed you the most about it?

This is my review of the Hairball Gold pre. I built this from the DIY kit.

This review will be mainly in two parts - a brief review of the DIY aspect and the actual use of the preamp.

For those who may be interested, here's a link to a recent SOS review of Focusrite's Clarett-8/Clarett 8X mic preamp/I-O (Thunderbolt):

I picked up Slate's Platinum 4.0 Drums Collection late last week; I've only had a few days to work with it, so these are early impressions. So far, I am pleased with the program all the way around. Further and more intensive use may bring certain weak points to the surface, I can't say as of this writing, but my initial impressions are positive.

I use BFD3. Here is an excellent review

[GALLERY=media, 359]FXpansion BFD3 Review - YouTube by audiokid posted Mar 26, 2015 at 10:01 PM[/GALLERY]

Hi, people. this is my first song that I have mixed for an 8 song Rock CD that I am producing, and my first posting here. I need your feedback on all the elements here, as this will be somewhat of a "template" for the other songs on the CD, once I've got this one sounding good.