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Wed Sep 27, 2023 10:15 am

For room reasons the Kali In-Unf ultra nearfield with desktop Bass unit is on my radar. https://www.soundonsound.com/reviews/kali-audio-in-unf Looks like a very convenient package. I noticed that Paul White mentioned some bass overhang in his review, though, which would concern me a little for mixi...

Wed Sep 27, 2023 12:27 am

Yeeeeah. My query should really been just for the C-Box4 without the sub C-Bass10. Even then, I'm afraid it's still what Hugh said: the room's an important factor whether you're monitoring quiet or loud. And in condensing my 20-minute review down to 100 words, you've inevitably left a little nuance...

Mon Sep 25, 2023 11:57 am

He's saying they sound as good (albeit different) and cost the same. So they are an alternative, rather than better. But not easily available in the UK at present. I don't think there's any benefit to (ex)changing an existing KH system for a C system, and since it's difficult to buy in the the UK a...

Mon Sep 25, 2023 10:29 am

Zukan wrote: ↑Mon Sep 25, 2023 8:08 am Thanks for messing my day up.......decision, decisions.

Apologies, Zukan -- if you've listened to that podcast, then you'll know I share your indecision!

Mon Sep 25, 2023 10:28 am

Do Abacus actually have a UK distributor? It doesn't look like it. They currently sell direct to dealerships in Germany. But I'd personally pay for shipping of the C-Box 4s from them if I were shopping for a sub-1.5k full-range mixing system for a small studio (they're priced at 1.3k Euros) -- I ju...

Sun Sep 24, 2023 11:37 pm

Hi all, Over the past few years I've been carefully following the parallel development of the project-studio 2.1 monitoring systems from Neumann (ie. KH80 / KH120 satellites with KH750 subwoofer) and Abacus Electronics (ie. C-Box3 / C-Box4 satellites with C-Bass10 subwoofer) -- and it's proving to b...

Fri May 19, 2023 8:15 am

Funny for me reading this thread, because I've been rendering my mixes in real time for years on account of previous experiences I've had like this. That said, it's partly because I still use a lot of freeware, and some rather old freeware too, where there isn't any support as such. Hence why I alwa...

Sun Dec 11, 2022 3:52 pm

That is truly wonderful news! I'll have a gander on Monday and look forward to spreading the word!

Sat Nov 26, 2022 10:35 am

blinddrew wrote: ↑Thu Nov 24, 2022 7:48 pm *fewer words...

Reminds me of a time I heard my friend Levi tick us off like that. But let's not be Judges of other people's language use. Rather Kings of our own Job.

[Must...... Find...... Antidote......!]

Mon Nov 21, 2022 2:26 pm

blinddrew wrote: ↑Fri Nov 18, 2022 7:04 pm That book and this site have been my bibles.
Or in other words, I blame you!

My work here is done...

Thu Nov 17, 2022 3:48 pm

Thanks for the super-kind words Hugh! :blush: Apparently, Mike has a special launch week promotion planned with some worthwhile bonus material for early purchasers, so check out his website for details. Indeed! In fact I'm actually giving away a free 70-minute video course with every purchase before...

Thu Nov 03, 2022 12:45 pm

Just been checking some links on my own site, and it looks like microphone-data.com is down.

Anyone have any info on this?

Sat Aug 27, 2022 10:40 pm

...and it'd be fair to say that I'd mix it a bit differently now! :roll: It's this one from December 2009 . And you might reasonably ask why on earth I bothered to do that! :) Well, some of you may know that I've been running a monthly mixing tutorial podcast for my Cambridge-MT site Patrons for the...

Fri Jun 24, 2022 6:56 pm

Folderol wrote: ↑Tue Jun 21, 2022 2:13 pm That guy looks familiar - think I've met him at Linux conferences.

Aren't all Linux users basically clones? Something about making humanity more no-frills and efficient...

Fri Jun 24, 2022 6:55 pm

Thanks for the input everyone! That's enough to make me definitely want to give it a shot. Could be really cool for remote training sessions, which I do a lot of these days.

Tue Jun 21, 2022 10:33 am

Just came across this. If it works it's a game-changer. It says it's uncompressed audio too:
https://farplay.io/

Anyone had any experience with it?

Wed Feb 23, 2022 8:58 am

You might find this article of some use too in general.

Thu Dec 23, 2021 10:41 pm

Other valid reasons for using a foam windshield indoors may include: 1. The foam has a white tip to aid the camera operator spotting when its in frame. 2. Other mobile indoor scenes filmed as part of the shoot needed the windshield, so it was retained in static situations to maintain tonal consiste...

Mon Aug 16, 2021 4:13 pm

Thanks for the replies and I will probably not use that mic at the studio again but what can I do about it? It's the only part of the song that does this. There is something you can do about it, but it's usually quite finicky, whichever way you do it. Basically, the problem is usually sporadic uppe...

Mon Aug 16, 2021 3:23 pm

Only just seen this -- thank, James, for fielding this! Yes, to confirm, The Mix Review can now be found here: https://www.themixreview.org I've continued to post critiques weekly since the SOS print article finished its run, and the site includes all the critiques in one searchable database with li...

Tue Aug 03, 2021 6:59 pm

Mike spill the beanz "Massive props to producer Fabrizio Ferraguzzo here – and I’m hoping his monitor controller is his secret sauce, as he appears to be using the same one as me…" :think: Hah! It's the SPL 2381. Been using it for more than 15 years. Had it serviced a few years back and i...

Thu Jul 29, 2021 11:10 am

I'm on Mike Senior's Cambridge MT mailing list. There's a "P.S." at the end of the latest email that says "Whatever you do, though, don't buy their [Sonible's] Smart EQ, which is an exercise in pointlessness..." Quite a strong opinion! As someone thinking of getting this EQ I'm ...

Sun Jun 13, 2021 1:25 pm

Thanks everyone for the input -- much appreciated!

Sat Jun 12, 2021 12:17 pm

The point about heat sinking I think is nothing to worry about? There cannot be any active monitors around that get so hot that flipping them over would impreril them? Certainly in reading just about every speaker review since Feb 2005 I cannot recall anyone saying "this bugger runs hot tho'bu...

Sat Jun 12, 2021 9:49 am

Hi all, Just had an interesting question from one of my site patrons, and figured it was worth getting a bit of outside input on it: is there any reason not to use your monitor speakers upside down? The thinking here is that it's sometimes a means of putting the tweeter more at ear height. Now, in p...

Sat May 15, 2021 7:22 am

sound bites wrote:No, they are U67s. Al never used a U87, he really didn’t like it.

Well, to be strictly accurate, he has used 87s, although he didn't like to admit it. You can see Steve Genewick ribbing him about it on one of the Mix With The Masters videos, which is quite amusing...

Sat May 15, 2021 7:15 am

Dear Mike do Penny Lane Hah! Yes, I'm sure that would be a good track to do, but given that I currently do only one classic track per month, it feels a bit unfair to do another Beatles track (I did 'Yesterday' quite early on) when I still haven't covered so many other iconic tracks by other artists...

Thu Apr 29, 2021 2:30 pm

Thanks for the well-wishes everyone! :) Here's looking to the future! I really need to add this to my favourites. Not sure if you use an RSS reader, but here's the RSS link if you do: https://themixreview.org/reviews/index.xml" target="phpbbpopup An unintended consequence is perhaps anothe...

Tue Apr 27, 2021 9:56 pm

https://pix.cambridge-mt.com/TMR10thLogo.png It's a big occasion for me this month, because The Mix Review is now officially 10 years old! What started as a bit of a leftfield article idea in the pages of SOS back in April 2011 has since grown into an improbably large archive of more than 500 criti...

Sat Apr 17, 2021 10:16 am

That’s a great article! Thanks! :) And if you want some practice with bass mixing, you might also want to check out this page I’ve put together with some recommended multitracks for that. It's an expanded and updated version of the list that went with that original article, and for each project I'v...

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