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    Massive studio upgrade - looking for 2ch preamp suggestions

    Thanks for the replies! After a brief visit to Thomann (that's the luxury of living only 15min away from their HQ ^^), I've narrowed it down to the following options: - Fredenstein F200 - sounded really good in their demo room & comes with 2x 1176-style compressors - GAP73 - WA12a I think I'm...
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    Massive studio upgrade - looking for 2ch preamp suggestions

    Hello everyone, long time user here, albeit very inactive for the last couple of years... After using pretty much the same equipment for the last 5-10yrs (except for guitars/basses/amps, the addiction is strong here :D ), I'm in the middle of a massive studio upgrade. I am mainly using my...
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    Calculate + graph your tuning vs string gauges with this website

    12-56 for D standard here....it's a 24.75 scale gtr though ;)
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    Pointers for surviving as a career Audio Engineer

    I guess you didn't get my point. It's either more money, but a worse product, or less money but a better product, giving you a better sounding reference you can use to gather new clients. Aside from that, your rates shouldn't depend too much on the solvency of your clients anyways. Imho it's...
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    Which version of cubase do you use?

    tbh, 48 audio tracks isn't anywhere close to enough as far as i'm concerned....
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    Pointers for surviving as a career Audio Engineer

    That's quite a generalisation. While I agree with the underlying business logic "higher rates = fewer clients", I really don't think that the amount of money available necessarily correlates with higher levels of dedication. Just think of that one local band that really has it's shit...
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    External preamps and interfaces

    Imho you can't go wrong with an RME, whether it's the Fireface or whatever.... I've been using a FF400 for 6 years now, and I haven't experienced one single issue yet. 100% stable, great converters, decent preamps.
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    Gibson 2015 prices!

    This. Especially since they're targeting the lower/mid part of the price spectrum with Epiphone. Their pricing policy simply reflects their marketing decisions, and by that logic is perfectly reasonable. Think about it, anyone who is able to spend 4k on a guitar without having to worry about...
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    New Bloodbath, Track premiere.

    Song/Riffage/Production sounds good, but holy shit, vocals are godawful... Tägtgren fit them best imho, but that's not a fair comparison if you ask me ^^
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    Touring rigs - Share that shit

    Just my Kemper rack straight into the FoH system, and an EH 44 Magnum to get better on stage monitoring (if neccessary). Sansamp PSA1 or BDDI -> PA for bass. Tbh, sometimes i do miss the punch and sheer air pressure of my old tube rig, but the benefits (namely small size, less shit to carry...
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    malaysian flight crash

    +1 There's a lot misinformation and propaganda going on - on all sides. Imho the most important thing we (=the regular people) can do is stay calm and make 100% sure to our authorities that we will NOT support war. It's been 100 years since WW I and it seems like some people still haven't...
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    Is anyone here into Cryptocurrency?

    There are quite a few people who made a lot of money by buying bitcoins early when they were dirt cheap....
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    Sinister's guitar sound on their last two albums?

    I guess he's running the Triaxis rack through the FX return of whatever amp there is available. No need to carry around a 30kg+ rack with a tube poweramp, especially when going by plane. Btw, those dudes are killer players, and Joe has a great guitar tone. He also seems to be a good mixing...
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    Sinister's guitar sound on their last two albums?

    Somehow i also thought Joe's mainly a Triaxis user? I think i never read Marshall and Joe/Psycroptic in the same sentence tbh..../thread hijack
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    Live Lead Tone Advice

    I'd put an EQ (Boss GE7, MXR 108 or similar) in the FX loop, add some mids and turn up the EQ volume.