What's your equipment chain?

Gregory Houser · **Voice Talent** Joined: 15 May 2005 Posts: 177

just to rub it in for the person constantly asking me about the Horch.

Ed Gambill · **Voice Talent** Joined: 04 Jun 2007 Posts: 585

Not me, I still want the hear the 44 in your avatar. Any body can build and own a clone but to own history, that is the deal. I show you mine show me your. Very Happy

Gregory Houser · **Voice Talent** Joined: 15 May 2005 Posts: 177

LOL! that's actually not mine (though I do own one).

It was an image sent to me by a friend and I loved it as a wallpaper on my computer and as an avitar.

Between you, me and the wall. I prefer my voice on the 77-DX compared to the 44. That said, I think that the Horch will eventually be conisdered as a classic (despite the hype, it's no clone of anything I've ever heard... though it's close in some regards to the U49 in universal mode) and has quickly become my favorite.

Now if only I could finish my new work area (though I've finished the desk and started racking the gear... shouldn't be long now Twisted Evil

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David Oxford · **Voice Talent** Joined: 09 Feb 2007 Posts: 505

Don Capone · **Voice Talent** Joined: 13 Jul 2007 Posts: 89

Ed Gambill · **Voice Talent** Joined: 04 Jun 2007 Posts: 585

I agree the Horch is more a bastard than a clone, with an outward appearance of a U49 but the guts of a U49. And I expect you are right it will some day have higher cult status. I had considered getting something from Tele USA but went to John Peluso’s lab instead, visited awhile with John and bought 3 matched 22-251 (inspired by ELAM251). I am a fan of the C12 Cap design. I have also a AKG 414EB (C12 cap)

While there I heard samples he had of TeleUSA U47(vf14 tube) and his 47 inspired mic and there are too close to call. Then 2k for his verses 7k for theirs makes it a easy call regarding money.

So anyway you mic snob. Very Happy

lets us hear some of these bad boys. I don't have any first hand knowledge of 77 but want to hear what other 44,s sound like. You are the only one who hasn’t participated in our little demo

Craig Cooksey · **Voice Talent** Joined: 16 Jan 2007 Posts: 7

My setup...PC based...

Mic - Shure KSM 27
Sony MDR-V6 headphones
Alesis Multimix 8 Firewire mixer ( don't get me started on drivers.... Evil or Very Mad

)
Sony SoundForge 9

Question for you people who have voice processors. Where do they sit in the chain ? What do they do for you that the recording software does not ?

- Kiwi

David Oxford · **Voice Talent** Joined: 09 Feb 2007 Posts: 505

Andy Quiñones · **Voice Talent** Joined: 19 Feb 2006 Posts: 187

For some reason this thread reminds me of when as a kid I used to go to the local drag strip, Raceway park in Englishtown, NJ and just drool all over the cars and engines...... pppppppurrrrrrrrrrr.......................

love it!

Gary Sanderlin · **Voice Talent** Joined: 23 May 2007 Posts: 21

Interesting thread. I am just getting started with a home studio for VO.

I am using a Shure SM7B fed into a Mackie Satellite, recorded on Mackie Traction.

I have a porta booth set up in my hotel room.

The mic gain is cranked all the way up. I am supposed to get a Presonus Eureka tomorrow or the next day, hopefully that will give my audio a kick.

Tyler McKellar · **Voice Talent** Joined: 08 Sep 2006 Posts: 18

I just got two new pieces of gear this last week. I bought a Studio Projects B1 to replace the Samson C01 (woohoo). I ended buying an M-Audio Delta 44 card as well. I think I might try and run the Delta alongside my RME for the time being and decide later on down the road if I'll continue using them together or if they'll both end up in different machines. Hopefully I'll get some free time here soon to actually sit down and play with the new stuff.

Jacob Keebler · **Voice Talent** Joined: 18 Feb 2007 Posts: 329

Well, I told myself I was going to take the day off but I couldn't resist since I just got a new mixer and I couldn't help but wonder what leads I had been missing (likely all of them...ha).

Anyway,

My pipe into
EV RE 27 into
Valley Audio 401 into
Broadcast Tools Pro Mix 12 into
Adobe Audition.

I'm still kind of unsure about this processor, anyone have a good thing to say about it? I've actually bypassed it on a few occasions but the damn PC makes too much noise (have yet to buy myself some extension cables so I can put it in another room) and I can't find a setting in audition that will eliminate the hum/engine noise so I'm kind of stuck with it for now...

Nic Clark · **Voice Talent** Joined: 22 Aug 2007 Posts: 4

Hello All,
What a great source of information! I've got less than $1000 to spend on a VO setup. I already have my PC. Right now I'm thinking:

Shure KMS27 - $299
MBox Mini - $295
Sony 7506 Headphones - $89
Various Accessories (Cable, Boom...) $100
Total = $783

I am familiar w/ Protools, though I've only seen one person using the MBox in their chain. I don't have any other software so I'm thinking the MBox is the way to go since Protools is included. The other usb preamps don't seem to come w/ any good software. Any suggestions or recommendations?

Michael DiSarro · **Voice Talent** Joined: 05 Jul 2005 Posts: 3

Hey everyone, here is what I'm using:

Neumann TLM 103 mic (w/ popper stopper)
Avalon AD-2022 Pre-amp
Roland VS 2480 as a Digital Mixer and Effects
2 Roland 32 bit R-Bus Interfaces
Super Charged PC running Cubase, Nuendo and Saw Studio
Various Effects Plugins
Sony MDR-V900 Headphones
Alesis M1 Active monitors

Emmett Andrews · **Voice Talent** Joined: 17 Jul 2004 Posts: 132

Here goes:

Audio-Technica AT4040 with Sterling Audio pop filter

Focusrite Voicemaster Pro

DBX 266XL (L-R run in serial exclusively for tri-stage expansion. Three expanders create the smoothest, gentlest expansion you've ever [not] heard).

Soundcraft Spirit M4 Mixer

E-mu 0404 card (need to upgrade to 1212m)

Alesis M1active 620 monitors

Behringer HA4700 headphone amp

(2) Furman M8 power strips

Headphones: Beyerdynamic DT770 Pro/80, AKG K240M, Audio-Technica ATH-M30, Sennheiser HD497, Sennheiser HD202 (3).

X-Keys Pro for keyboard shortcut control

Adobe Audition 3.0

Mostly use iZotope plug-ins for processing

Acoustics are homemade or by Auralex

I want to move the AT4040 to a DBX 286A and pick up a 416 to pair with the Focusrite. I'd also like a different pre. I love the Focusrite processing, but the preamp is just decent. I'd like to front it with a John Hardy M1 or an API.