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@@user-th6rh8zp3t you’re gonna wanna check back in for my new video coming out in a few days 😌

totally! Especially when it comes to more robust analog investments like consoles, summing mixers, I/O etc. Definitely can be more of an obstacle than anything!

thats wild!!! you know exactly what these things are capable of and also where they falter! After years of working on them, I just can't seem to get them out of the studio! 😂

I most certainly can! I think this is a very relevant topic to most of us in the audio game! thanks for the suggestion 🙏

That’s close to my vocal chain and same genre Atlantis>Bae 1073>Avalon 737>Motu 828. If you can’t get it done with that chain, it’s not the gear. I’m not familiar with the MT, but make sure if you’re spending over $1k, you get a decent number of inputs/ outputs, whether you think you need them or not.

Honestly, the sphere and Apollo setup is definitely pretty good. Are you recording at 96k? I would recommend a stereo analog preamp and using the Sphere with that and seeing how you like that first and be sure to record at 96k, it will help open up the sound more and keep the recording flatter, perhaps aiding some of the sonic issues you're finding with it! Also, which Apollo do you have?

@@RAYNETHESAVIOUR I’m using the Apollo Twin X Duo (first gen), and I’ve only been recording at 48k, will definitely have to try 96! The biggest issue I’ve been having is the vocal sounding really digital, lacking the 3D depth/width, and high end openness that I want. Any recommendations for a stereo preamp? I think they have a stereo version of the BAE 1073 DMP I was looking at

@ what genre of music do you make? What’s your voice type and range (tenor, baritone, etc.)? Do you have a loud delivery or a really quiet voice?

@@RAYNETHESAVIOUR Mainly more modern sounding genres like pop, r&b, hip-hop, indie/alternative. Not sure exactly what vocal type but I think Tenor, and I usually sing pretty softly

I'm glad my story resonated with you and thank you! As for my camera, this video was shot with a FujiFilm XS20 camera and a Sigma 18-50 X mount lens. I actually like it a lot more than the Sony camera's we got around here!

@@RainAstonIV yes! Cables! BIG thing for me too actually, I’m so glad you mentioned them, I make a video on this! Thank you 🙏

@@lacollastudio2166 I’m really glad to hear your monitor upgrade is providing you with the detail you need to make confidence decisions! Plug-ins are more powerful than they seem until we can hear what they do!

@@riasure I actually usually just use the ADI as a standalone unit! When I want to record, I usually will just switch converters and if I want to be more seemless, I’ll run adat out of the prism Lyra into my Apollo to use the latency free plugin console from UAD and use an aggregate device I setup to use both the Apollo and RME ADI to playback and record simultaneously! It’s a little complicated for sure to set up but it maximizes and utilizes only the best parts of all my tools! There’s a way to route your system accordingly as well but picking which situation to go with depends on the use case for sure! Do you record vocals mostly and do you use outboard gear as well to mix/master?

@ thanks so much for coming back to me. I didn’t think of setting up an aggregate device, as I previously tried that in a former setup, but it proved to be a little clunky, so I ditched that way of working😄. I only record vocals and so that’s why the Apollo is a good fit in that regard and I am working otherwise fully in the box with no outboard gear. I do record some external synths but that’s easy enough to do via midi etc…it’s just trying to integrate the Apollo into this potential purchase. I wanna think ahead and not come unstuck only to discover I have overlooked anything essential. So appreciate any advice you can give. Btw I have been watching loads of your videos recently-they’ve been very informative.

@ I’m really glad to hear the videos are helping in any way, thank you! And as far as incorporating your apollo into your workflow, I think a great compromise would be buying the RME ADI DAC FS. It’s a wonderful playback device that you can use along with your Apollo and creating an aggregate device using the DAC fs would actually be much simpler considering it doesn’t have any input, it’s just for playback quality on your monitors and headphones or for sending analog signal to outboard. In your case, if you plan on staying in the box, this solution could serve you well, provide great quality, and save you money! Hope this helps and be sure to demo or try any devices before committing to the purchase! 🙏

@@josuastangl7140 I’m glad I was able to help 🙏 thank you!

Sounds like you level up your business model bro that’s awesome, happy to hear you got a better investment model now based on the work you do! And thank you 🙏

That’s incredible, I’m really happy that my videos can reach and help in any way! Please keep me updated about your journey towards opening your studio and good luck on the journey! Thanks for tuning in and welcome to the channel 🙏

As a visually impaired person myself the best thing you can do is get a analog board you can do all your projects without looking just my feel. in addition to the board I use a Alesis hd24xr I can do everything by feel. Find a good mastering engineer to to do everything else. Peace.

Definitely be sure to treat your room as a baseline for any audio gear investments! I thought this was a given but I pinned a comment about this at the top of the comment section for those who don’t know! Thanks 🙏

Definitely be sure to treat your room as a baseline for any audio gear investments! I thought this was a given but I pinned a comment about this at the top of the comment section for those who don’t know! The cheapest new PMC speaker is still a fanatic speaker as is not necessarily cheap either, but I agree grabbing a smaller PMC monitor will serve any serious engineers very well. Thats why I got my small PMC 6-2s! Thanks for tuning in 🙏

I’m not always right, but I try to be! Thank you 🙏

@@BarcodezProduction thanks bro 🙏

@@BarcodezProduction check out my instagram page, linked in the description!

I totally take treatment for granted now because of how second nature it is to me when moving spaces and switching monitors or desks! I will definitely think on how to give some good value there, thank you for chiming in on this! 🙏

@@efrainquin6903 ISA, a huge secret weapon for vocals when paired with Shure mics in general, even the 7B is dope with it too! Great list of gear here, happy you found a dope work flow 🙏

@@anythingsimple1125 I totally agree with this comment and I appreciate you sharing your story here as well, it’s a great one that teaches the important of learning and patience in this insane process of achieving something special in audio 🙏 thanks for taking the time to share this

@@Platnumbaby I use a three different camera’s for these videos, fujifilm XS-20, Sony A7IV and a Black Magic Pro Cinema Camera. Lately it’s been just the XS-20. We got a commercial production company out here so the film locker is different

@ thanks for the reply

@@Platnumbaby everyone’s got their own gear journey, I just try to help advise anyone trying to make a living off this stuff while also feeling fulfillment from the process - achieving the dream of making dope music to support their family with 🙏 everyone’s got their process for sure!

@ I understand if you have to eat. I am thankful it’s just an expensive hobby of love for me. I just wonder how my wife going to get rid of all this stuff when I am gone. Cause it’s a lot. To be honest it’s scarier that people do this for a living that are not pros. People just don’t won’t to invest in themselves and the prices of gear is ridiculous. I been doing this for over 30 years and the prices have doubled, now that’s crazy.

@ honestly investing is gear is actually a good long term investment but is unfortunately so market dependent. That said, some dudes are getting Grammys mixing in the box. Skrillex does is, Jon Castelli and Teezio are very minimal with they outboard utilization, Andrew Schepps is completely digital but his monitoring setup is like 200K usd. It all depends on the persons needs and the situation but I’m glad you are enjoying your gear! You’re in a great position to be able to afford what you have for sure, thanks for tuning in to the channel 🙏

I’d love to try this mic out! I haven’t used it before, how are you liking it and what do you pair it with?

@@RAYNETHESAVIOUR i have the 0c18 which is the same but cardioid only. best mic i have ever used on vocals! easily better than the u87 that i had and a bit more detail than the tlm103

@ wow that definitely peaks my curiosity, I gotta get my hands on one to cut some vocals! Sounds like it’s a more open version of the U87 with the clarity of a 103 based on what you said and that is exciting to hear for sure

@@potsandjacks you’ll love my video on headphones coming out this week! 😂

@@RAYNETHESAVIOUR Nice, hope the Beyerdynamic DT 1990 Pros get a cameo

@@RAYNETHESAVIOUR I have great monotiers, and a treadted room but the placement of my desk and equipment is horrible and cant be moved to a better place. Headphones are my best option.

@@potsandjacks headphones solves a lot of problems and I also grew up listening to music on headphones and earbuds a lot too. It’s a very comfortable space for me to work on music in headphones personally because of that too! The beyerdynamics are a really solid choice for sure, glad you found a way to utilize headphones well 🙏

@@keeppushin they are PMC 6-2s! I made two videos reviewing them as well 🙏

@@bendigiave Chandler is definitely a keep forever kind of brand! Soundelux also a dope investment. You’ll have em back soon if you don’t already 🙏

@@kagaro99 thank you bro! And the speakers are oriented correctly, I already responded to a bunch of comments on this in other videos as well. I encourage everyone to contact PMC for more details on correct monitor orientation if you own PMC 6-2s or 8-2s if you own either for more details based on your room, listening position and taste! Best of luck 🙏

@@kniferideaudio maybe I’m a little neurotic but I definitely hear a different between them all with my own ears, but not a difference that makes or breaks any recording or creation! I find it to be helpful to understand the difference in feeling between the options out there, especially in pursuit of the sound in our heads BUT making sure speakers and monitors aren’t lying to us along with a quality room and DAC will assist in this process greatly so that we aren’t wasting money chasing out tails

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@@JdsBleedo I went down that road too brother, it can be a long and expensive road but I’m glad we both got through our gear addictions alive! That said, I really appreciated the RND Orbit summing mixer for about 50 percent of my summing needs. I’ve used the Sigma as well but wasn’t in love there. The SPL mix dream is another really good one. Not a fan of the dangerous summing box either. That’s the extent of experience with summing mixers!

@@RAYNETHESAVIOUR Thanks!!! the orbit is on sale so i might give it try for 30 days and see if it enhances my sound quality

@@JdsBleedo Please let me know how you like it! I recommend starting using it on drums and and bass lines, amped to hear how it goes!

Almost forgot, I have 4X Oktava Mk012's that get used on every session I ever do. Kinda cant live without them.

@@kniferideaudio this is a really great comment, and as far as mics per mic category, I totally agree with the value in this comment! If I could take the combo I’d definitely consider the same choices! 🙏

@@kniferideaudio couldn’t have said it better myself 🙏 happy you were able to figure everything out bro!

@@triplebeam23 hell yeah bro, kali makes good products and especially in the price range of products they are in! Keep rockin 💯🙏

I have definitely compared both and I would definitely say they are very different sounds. The Lyra has more depth and is more natural sounding but the Symphony really sounds musical and awesome as well. I definitely prefer it for recording vocals cause it just sounds “right”. DAC wise, they are very different. The Lyra has more depth and detail but the apogee is more open and 2D sounding as well, I think you’re in a good spot with the Symphony and maybe adding in a DAC or separate dedicated converter to along with it for monitoring and outboard processing

@@LipazMusic I agree! I realized should’ve covered room treatment after I posted this video but speakers + room + playback measurements are huge! Thanks for tuning in! 🙏

@@riktascale4 totally agree! Thank you 🙏

@@Rhuggins thank you! And you’re exactly right, I kinda just assumed the room treatment thing was a given but I should definitely cover all bases for anyone who might come across this video! I made sure to pin a comment on how I fully support treatment as a first line of defense as well 🙏 thanks for checking in!

I think they are really solid, but the new PMC Transmission lineup is definitely even better in my opinion!

@ are you talking about the regular PMC6 or the dual? Have you ever heard of Fluid audio image 3 way speakers? I heard some really good things about those

@@roderickmims4802 the PMC 6 would be a better choice than the Result 6’s but it’s also subjective for sure, try to demo both! And I haven’t tried the fluid speakers yet but I’m curious about them. The SOS review was somewhat poor for them and I do have some faith in their reviewers and process but I’m definitely hoping to get a pair in soon!

@@RAYNETHESAVIOUR thank you so much man for your feed back I will be looking to them.

@@roderickmims4802 my pleasure bro!

@@Mike_Benz_ I agree definitely, room treatment is key for sure and I definitely appreciate the Alpha lineup from Focal, I used the 65s at length and definitely did a lot of good production work on them. For mixing and mastering I’m not not really a fan of Focals until you get into the higher end stuff and even then, I’d probably lean towards something else unless production is more of a focus personally! But definitely give them a try for yourself and let me know how you feel about them as well 🙏

@@RAYNETHESAVIOUR Thanks, I am considering them as I can get them at a good deal during black Friday but not certain.

@@RAYNETHESAVIOUR Sorry to hassle, but have you used the Neumann KH-120 II? I feel like they would be a better option as they are a similar price tag, thanks.

@@Mike_Benz_ Don't apologize bro, happy to help! I would definitely highly recommend the Neuman KH120s, both MK1 and MK2. They are great monitors but I didn't recommend them over the Evo's cause they are more than double the price of the Evo's. If you can afford to squeeze up toward the Neumanns, I would definitely go with them 🙏

To be honest, I haven’t used them enough to confidently say what I want to say about them, but I will try to get a pair in to demo because I’ve been meaning to make a video on them!

@@Thereal12prodigy the magic is in the midrange! I’m glad you have a workflow you can trust 🙏

@@MatsBP I actually have a video coming out about headphones and wether or not I think they can be used for all steps of the process! Without giving away the content of the video and long story short, I think you’re definitely on the right path and respect that journey fully 🙏

@@RAYNETHESAVIOUR Thank you, cool, FYI I use Sennheiser HD599, I have the 650 too but the low end extension on the 599 is better suited for me. Hipassing the low lows correctly is key, and I use expansion, saturation and harmonic distortion instead of compressing, when I do compress it´s super light, less is more. Same with limiting, never over half of DB, gotta be extra careful with that when it´s all digital.

@ Senheiser has some great headphone options for sure! I’m glad you found a great workflow on them. Sounds like you have spent a lot of time learning them and how to get your desired sound 🙏

@@RAYNETHESAVIOUR Indeed, I would not wanna use any other pair. Yes I can hear clearer on the 650 in terms of fidelity, but it´s minute, but the bass response weighs it up for me. Appreciate the talk! See you around (:

@ my pleasure bro, thanks for tuning in! 🙏

@@CliffMoir that’s incredible bro it sounds like your on a great path and have a wonderful space to craft your sound! 🙏

@ Appreciate that, thanks!

@@LyricLyricLyricLyric depends on the vocal chain and vocalist! Bae for female vocals and brighter voices as well in my opinion, but the AMS with a U87 and a good compressor sounds great on male vocals!

@@RAYNETHESAVIOUR the vocal chain I have is similar to yours (not sure on the microphones u have). MICROPHONES (EITHER TOWNSEND L22 OR C800G) -> cl1b hardware male vocals. UAD-> WITH NEVE 1084 PRESET(want to buy hardware) I know the order which I named it would be different once I buy the hardware just cause there is no actual hardware preamp I have so I just go straight to the compressor for the preamp ,does the vocal range matter? such as countertenor etc.

@ the range is somewhat important for sure, what genre of music are you making?

@@RAYNETHESAVIOUR hard to say cause I try to experiment as much as possible but rnb/alternative/hiphop. Those I would say are the most common, but it changes everyday based on feeling

@ then I’d probably lean toward the AMS 1073 in that case bro, if you can demo that and see if it fits - I think you’ll be happy with it considering everything else you have already 👌

This.

How little? What's a good starting point?

@@MadelnMachines it’s really hard to say without seeing your space. I’d say that if you don’t have good startup capital, put 50% of what do you have into your room treatment. Otherwise, utilize thick blankets, mattresses, pillows, and anything else you can find and use at home to start DIY treating your space! Treat your space as best you can until what’s coming out of your speakers sounds more focused and until the reverb and reflection points in your space are almost muted. Then focus on the corners of your room if you find the low end to be a bit muddy still. The answer to your question is nuanced for sure but hope this is helps!

@@rusj5273 honestly, it’s so hard to part with monitors that you know so well and have served you in many ways. I had a similar experience with Focal Alphas and even still, I find myself wanting to find room for the pair because they still did a lot of good for me when I had them. Thanks for sharing your experience with us bro! 🙏

@@RAYNETHESAVIOUR For Sure I Love Them and will continue to use them. Space is always the Biggest Problem we as artist and engineers have to work with and/or figure out how to deal with.

@@TeezoTarantino thank you bro I appreciate this 🙏

@@lj9732 I realize I should have at least mentioned it in this video too 😂 thanks bro!