out of curiosity, how does something like this affect the speaker load. I know a lot of old tube amps are pretty sensitive to having the right load and it can damage the output transfmr if you are too far under/over load. Also, how much over/under is actually a bad idea? I used to sit my Twin Rever...

Radial JDX-48 - it’s a DI box that sits in between your speaker and your cabinet. I bought it used and never quite found a use for it with either guitar or bass - even disregarding the room, speakers are a very important component of a sound and hearing the amp on a track without a speaker was kind...

Ted lives half a KM away from me and has done work on a bunch of my guitars. It's a pretty rare amazing thing to have a master so close to home. I'm very grateful.

Hey so on that patchbay tip: would this be a good project to learn to solder on? Or maybe too complicated? This will not be a small project since my 32 channel Venice and 16 channel io is going to be the heart of the thing before outboard is even considered. I would love to not do it but tbh I’d pr...

“All buttons in” or “british mode” compressor settings - what do yall do with those? Is that just a drum thing? I have an Audioscape 1176 that does it but I’m sure plugins and other stuff does it as well. The only ‘all buttons’ use I’ve found on my comp was making a baritone guitar sit upfront but ...

I'd suggest talking to Stewart at Xaudia. He's super knowledgeable and helpful and seems to know everything about every ribbon mic ever made. He could likely point you in the right direction on your hunt for a transformer or maybe even make what you need.

Anyone have experience getting decent sound from Hi Z mics? I have a 50Kohm ribbon on the way and I'm wondering how it will sound if I run it through a DI or something. Are you sure it 50Kohm and not 50 ohm? Lots of old ribbons and dynamics like the Altec salt-shaker mics we're super low impedance....

Bry Webb of the Constantines played one for years and it sounded amazing there. It was parked in my old studio for a while. I didn't use it much but when I did it was good. It was really nice clean. Nice driven too but very loud to get to that sound like every other super I've ever played.

Ah fuck. That's a bummer. Have you used Colepicksvintage for repairs before?. I'm curious if they will work on a D224E. I've always heard they're unrepairable. It'd be a game changer if that was wrong. I have a working pair that I love and another with a bad LF capsule that I'd love to have fixed. I...

thecr4ne wrote: Fri Jan 03, 2025 12:53 pm a working (I think) AKG D224E that " the wires make some noise if you touch them and the switch makes a light noise when you move it"...that last one was like $60 so worth the gamble.

Did that D224E work in the end? That mic has to be my all time favorite, desert island mic.