eddies880
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If you had a choice of either a Manley Langevin, or, Manley dual mono or a Sebatron preamp for mainly vocals,which one would you choose :shock: ??????????-and why
I have been purchasing gearmikE@THECAVE said:when are you gunna step up the the plate and buy something eddie
ShellTones said:I dunno, but I'd like to have a Dual Vocal Combo to compliment my Seb.
I think for vocals, if you don't already have good eq and compression, the Langevin DVC might be the best purchase[/quote
] Have you by chance already used the Langevin?
The color factor is a big concern of mine----------------------the studios around here are very few and far in between so I just cant find one that easy to see if they have oneI can listen to.mute_transports said:What's your favourite colour??
Above a certain quality point, you're talking about personal preferences rather than something being 'better' than another...
They'll all do a fine job, audio wise, just look at your wallet and your current rack gear and think about it that way...
eddies880 said:ShellTones said:I dunno, but I'd like to have a Dual Vocal Combo to compliment my Seb.
I think for vocals, if you don't already have good eq and compression, the Langevin DVC might be the best purchase[/quote
] Have you by chance already used the Langevin?
No I haven't used it. I'd like to, though.
eddies880 said:The color factor is a big concern of mine ... the studios around here are very few and far in between so I just cant find one that easy to see if they have oneI can listen to.
Id give anything to listen to the pres in action to make my decision. Thanks for the reply![]()
Im too old to be pointing fingers at who recommended the p.o.s. gear I purchased-----lifes too short-----I guess you have to live and learn.Kurt Foster said:eddies880 said:The color factor is a big concern of mine ... the studios around here are very few and far in between so I just cant find one that easy to see if they have oneI can listen to.
Id give anything to listen to the pres in action to make my decision. Thanks for the reply![]()
The only thing is what might sound good to you on one sample, in use will sound crappy. That's what the term YMMV is all about. At some point you need to "just do it". BTW, what pieces did you get that were a P.O.S? Who recommended them to you? :roll: not meeeee (I hope)
Get the Sebatron.:!: It is a little of everything you want ... it can be colored or not depending on how hard you drive it and what pad and eq settings are used.. and if you want even more of what it does you can cascade channels.:
That sounds great!-post them!geckormf said:I haven't tried the Sebtron, but we recently A-B'd a DVC against a Focusrite ISA. It was really close but in the end we went for the DVC.
The Langevin was more transparent , had better imaging and seemed to have a longer "hang"-time, ie we grabbed the tails of the signal and boosted them - the FR kind of fizzed out at the end, while the DVC just stayed clear until the tail ended. I'll check and see if we still have the samples if you'd like them posted to listen for yourself.
Ive purchased a large amount of gear I do like!-------and-----seeing as how I wasnt born yesterday------Im very familiar with the (manipulating factor).YOUNGMOE said:dude, you're never gonna like anything you buy!!!
good gear is godo gear, you just have to learn to manipulate it right
Now thats informative!!!!!!!!!omaru said:Like many others, I've asked a lot of questions in relation to Sebatron gear and how it stacks up to the well known ones.
Recently I purchased a racked pair of Quad Eights with lovely sounding EQ, then, not long after, I purchased a second hand Sebatron stereo comp - VECQ 2000.
MMmmmmmMMMmmmm.
The Quad 8's are great, but the VECQ 2000 made such a difference to the sound of everything put through it that I now lust after a VMP 4000e. - it's a sound that turns me on.
I'd like to thank Kurt for his many positive, patient and informative responses.
If anyone has a VMP 4000e they'd like to sell, then please PM me.
I'm sold - and thanks to Kurt and recording.org
omaru
The cascade effect sounds interesting,if you wouldnt mind me asking,for what particular reason (sound--vocals--guitar--etc)have you used the linking of sebs?Kurt Foster said:OK just as long as it wasn't meeeeee.
Cascading channels: With the Sebs you can take the output of one channel and run it into the di / line input of a second, third etc .... then you can drive the first channel harder and use the second to either add another gain stage or to attenuate the output of the first, just like a channel / master set up on a guitar amp. This makes the Seb very flexible. The Sebatron uses a single tube for gain and a transformer only across the input. The output is electronically balanced. This configuration allows the Sebatron vmp to go from very clean and almost completely uncolored, all the way to nasty dirty grungy. It really is one of the most flexible mic pres I have ever used.