Langston plays through various dry audio examples and then sends them through Handsome Audio Zulu while demonstrating the settings used to accomplish the final results.
I picked up one of these and it is a wonderful box. In my opinion, it actually shines even more when used for tracking and printing individual tracks. It is an excellent device for taming some of that digital harshness and giving you various options of tape/analog sound.
I enjoyed this. I jumped back and forth between 01:00 to 01:40 and also 02:18 to 02:54. you can really hear how the unit thickens and smooths the upper-frequency transients.
@@clintonmaher6930 hadn't realized that when I commented that but have since realized... Still would be a nice feature and for many is essential, but I suppose patching or a parallel chain w A/B box would be a solution.
Hello Langston, i'm receiving my Zulu in the post in a week or so. Looking forward to hearing it for myself here in Scotland and ideally it will complete my setup as i intend it to. Cheers for your efforts, it's appreciated :)
Track thru it with a mic preamp before Zulu or just mic to Zulu? A mic alone work with Zulu, you need a preamp to gain up the mic INTO Zulu. Pretty similar to a real tape machine. We used the consoles to hit tape, not mics direct.
Hi! Everytime i use my zulu i've got to crank the hell out of the high mids (and lower the bass) with an eq on the printed file to retrieve a similar frequency response to the dry signal. is that normal? Because in your video it seems that the dry vs. wet signals are pretty much similar frequencywise... it isn't as extreme as what i'm experiencing at all. Anyway what a great piece of gear!
You can bypass the tape machine on Deck and the Bias circuit by setting it to 6 oclock (clockwise). Its not 100% true bypass but also it would be near impossible to level match since the difference between dry and wet is in excess of 9db at minimum. Sometimes its more like 15db, brutal on the monitors.
I hear some EQ filters, cuts boost...etc....stereo phamtom image depth change...all cool BUT i thought this was a tape emulator......please elaborate with references n changes....
Please do experiment! EQ is a great tool but not Zulu. Listen to the Alan Evans loops. Very non EQish. As well boosting is technically not possible in passive circuits
There's a significant difference... Either check in headphones/better system, or spend some time A/Bing lots of different material and push your ears to the next level -- one can always learn more. Peace!
I picked up one of these and it is a wonderful box. In my opinion, it actually shines even more when used for tracking and printing individual tracks. It is an excellent device for taming some of that digital harshness and giving you various options of tape/analog sound.
Cheers Modular, any tips for signal path etc?
I'm getting mine in the post soon, after Customs of course - Rats.
I enjoyed this. I jumped back and forth between 01:00 to 01:40 and also 02:18 to 02:54. you can really hear how the unit thickens and smooths the upper-frequency transients.
My God it sounds wonderful
Need a bypass on the face so you can easily switch between the clean stereo signal and colored.
Hmm new version also lacking bypass... Great unit but please consider a hard bypass button. You'll sell MANY more units.
@TacoTacoTacoTaco What a silly thing to say.
How many pro audio pieces have you even been around? lol
@@jdonyc Pretty hard to do given the passive design and insertion loss of 5-10db
@@clintonmaher6930 hadn't realized that when I commented that but have since realized... Still would be a nice feature and for many is essential, but I suppose patching or a parallel chain w A/B box would be a solution.
thanks for the updated comparison! much easier to get an idea of how the zulu sounds, which is lovely.
Thanks for turning me on to the Goonies! Great demo, too.
Hello Langston, i'm receiving my Zulu in the post in a week or so.
Looking forward to hearing it for myself here in Scotland and ideally it will complete my setup as i intend it to.
Cheers for your efforts, it's appreciated :)
PS - the drum break at 2.20 is dynamite
That last track, dayummm!
wow this enhance function...polishes the stereo on the side amazing...is like defilbrator on a good mix
I wish there were a video to show the connection points specifically.
sound great, in the last example is more obviouse here, considering we listening through YT compression, i guess live is a lot more evident
5:30 with Bias at 9 o'clock and Enhance an 12 o'clock...this...this so so much....
So dope...I got mine #awesome man!
Its cool but its always out of stock
In stock and on sale just now Brother! Reverb.com
what is the music? I read somewhere it's George Duke and I can recognize his style in the piano parts,,,somebody knows the record? song?
torosuave George Duke Soul treasures sample library from Native instruments
This still for sell.? Website link takes me to an old reverb posting
I'm annoyed with it. I tried to track through it and it just added an insane amount of his to the tracks no matter what I did. Maybe mine is broken.
Track thru it with a mic preamp before Zulu or just mic to Zulu? A mic alone work with Zulu, you need a preamp to gain up the mic INTO Zulu. Pretty similar to a real tape machine. We used the consoles to hit tape, not mics direct.
Hi! Everytime i use my zulu i've got to crank the hell out of the high mids (and lower the bass) with an eq on the printed file to retrieve a similar frequency response to the dry signal. is that normal? Because in your video it seems that the dry vs. wet signals are pretty much similar frequencywise... it isn't as extreme as what i'm experiencing at all. Anyway what a great piece of gear!
What kind of cabling are you using? Interface?
@@langstonmasingale3365 apollo8 + 4xlr/jack
@@shadychat you should be going XLRF to TRS into the Apollo's line ins
@@langstonmasingale3365 well that's what I did.. I guess
@@shadychat have you set up your apollo console to have no monitoring of inputs? It could be phase related as well.
if i put it in the end of the 2bus, can i bypass the whole unit so it doesn`t affect the whole signal ?
You can bypass the tape machine on Deck and the Bias circuit by setting it to 6 oclock (clockwise). Its not 100% true bypass but also it would be near impossible to level match since the difference between dry and wet is in excess of 9db at minimum. Sometimes its more like 15db, brutal on the monitors.
@@langstonmasingale3365 what about HEADROOM , does it change the sound if the others are turned off ?
@@DJURBANBG Headroom is a machine function, so once you bypass the deck, headroom is technically bypassed.
@@langstonmasingale3365 OK , thank you very much !
I hear some EQ filters, cuts boost...etc....stereo phamtom image depth change...all cool BUT i thought this was a tape emulator......please elaborate with references n changes....
Please do experiment! EQ is a great tool but not Zulu. Listen to the Alan Evans loops. Very non EQish. As well boosting is technically not possible in passive circuits
Can’t hear any difference through the whole video.
Congratulations on your freedom!
There's a significant difference... Either check in headphones/better system, or spend some time A/Bing lots of different material and push your ears to the next level -- one can always learn more. Peace!
yikes... if you can't hear differences you're in the wrong game.
U and whoever liked your comment should keep music as a hobbie
Tyrone Shoelacez lol ohhh good u would be missing out
Is it easy to apply the same settings on both channels when using it in stereo mode? There is no " link " swtich, for example?
agauerm dual mono controls only. All controls are stepped so recall is quite easy as is matched settings.
wow.......dude what!!!!!! from passive to active
ooo dat Enchance knob