I’ve mixed on vintage Neve consoles, Vintage api, new api, sphere, SSL, Quad Eight, Mci 400 series, mci 600 series, Neotek, Tac, Midas, Soundcraft, Mackie, Yamaha PM series, Allen and Heath, etc… I’m not familiar with a raindirk console. My Mci 400 series is a very stripped down primitive console with not a lot of components in the signal path it has a lot of transformers and not a lot of capacitors. An MCI 500 series has many more capacitors because it has more features that require more components. I like my 400 series because it’s very simple and has a musical color, it sounds wide and dimensional. A sphere console is cleaner and more hifi sounding in comparison. An Mci 600 series does not sound like my 400 series at all. It’s chip based with no transformers. A 500 series is closer to what I have but again has more features. My tape machine is a 1983 Mci JH-24 And it’s sounds great, but in my opinion a Mci JH-16 with transformers sounds a bit sweeter. Scullys are great, ampex are great, and Studers are great, 2 inch tape in general has a sound that certain styles of music can really benefit from IMO. The great thing about JH-24’s is that they’re easy to fix and there’s a tons of parts available and still being made for them. And they’re relatively cheap. I hope this helps. Thank you!

​@@RiotHomeRecordingThat means much; thanks. I've mostly been trying to decide between a 400, a modded 500 and a modded PM-2000. I'd definitely need to modify a 500, of I were to go that route, but I like that some 500s work on 32V rails. I really like the sound that you've been getting from your MCI 400 and R2R. Thanks

@@RiotHomeRecording As a former JH-16 owner and former JH-24 user, the JH-16 may sound a little thicker but I would think the JH24 is perfect with your JH400 so things don't get too wooly. The JH24 is really one of the best sounding tape machines ever as it's more refined than the also excellent JH16. I do not like the 500 series that much due the complication and technical issues they can have but they do sound good. The JH500s can be good if you really keep up with the maintenance. I really did love my JH16 24 track though. I used it with a more modern Soundtracs console so it balanced out it's vintage sound just right.

Thank you for the kind words!

Well said! Thank you!

Thanks for your feedback!

Amazing! Thank you for your feedback!!!

Thank you!

The mci adds color due to the amount of transformers that add saturation. The api is cleaner and has a definition I hear especially in the low mids.

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agreed

When I mix I go off my initial instinct based off the feeling you just described. Lots of people say plug ins are just as good as hardware. Then why don’t I feel inspired the same way I do when I mix with hardware? Why don’t I hear the size and dimension in the plug ins like I do with hardware?

@@RiotHomeRecording exactly. While I do not have the same level of experience or equipment as you, I completely agree as I have found that to be the case. For example my UAD LA2A plugins do not sound the same nor achieve the same results as my UAD MK610 even with the preamp bypassed. I cannot understand why popular mixerson KZfaq, even the so called legends tell people these falsehoods, but I assume for sponsorships. What these mixers do not tell you is their tracks have already been processed through consoles so they CAN mix and stay ITB at that point, but it was not tracked that way. My gear smokes my plugins. I'm a newbie and I can see this. I love your channel and your work. Please keep it up.

David 100% correct! There’s too many variables and how you push into one mixer the end result will be completely different pushing the same way into another mixer. Same with eq, compression, gain staging, etc… I mix based off my instinct and react quickly and move on. Many people beat a mix to death and wonder why every new revision sounds worse then the first print.

@@RiotHomeRecording exactly!

Thank you I’ll have to try doubling up on it! Appreciate the tip!

more than a little ;-).. so thats a deal breaker for me in a comparison. And also a completely different EQ.

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Ben, My converters are a Burl Mothership with XLR outputs. I could wire my converters directly to my consoles line inputs, but to make life easier I wired my converters to a patch bay that is normalized to my console. This way when I want to send the DA output’s directly from my computer to any other device I can simply patch it in like I do here with my summing mixer. Otherwise I’d have to crawl behind my console and that’s a hassle.

I appreciate that!

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Yes it’s dimensional I agree. Thank you

I appreciate your input!

All it takes is a blind test to dismantle you. 😅

Your assessment is dead on great ears! And thank you for the tip on using busses for paralleling the C2. I understand exactly what you mean. I guess I just wish they added that to the actual compressor. I emailed Allen Smart about having it done. I’d have to mail it out of the USA which I’m just not willing to do with other work arounds available like the one you just mentioned. Thank you!

Thank you Malcome! I don’t know the name of the band I found these tracks on an old master tape. I’ll have to look up Boz Scaggs.

@@RiotHomeRecordingSilk Degrees is a perfect record

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Absolutely! Thank you!

Thank you for your feedback!

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Agreed thank you for your feedback!!!

It wasn’t the api plug in. It was the CLA 1176 Waves plug in compared to the hardware. Thank you!

Ok. Have you tried the Manley passive eq by UAD? How do you like it?

Yes it’s voltiac@yahoo.com Thank you.

That’s a great way to put it. Thank you!

I have perfect phantom image. My speakers and room are aligned.

@@RiotHomeRecording great, did u measure and reposition or also using a room correction solution?obviously u have a great room anws

Yes, The console mix is the exact mix from the last video. The api mix is the ITB processing from the last video, but I used plug in compression & Eq I place of the outboard compression & Eq. Hope this clears it up a bit.

@@RiotHomeRecording Got it. So the big difference is due to different compressors and eq, different summing, AND different ears (i.e., you mixed it again). I point that out because some of the comments simply think this is about "summing mixer vs console" only. Thanks

@@ParadNorthProd Correct the analog hardware processors were replaced with digital plug in processors. On the summing mix. The only hardware on the api is the Mixbuss chain Smart C2 & Xfilter.

I have perfect phantom image and my monitors are aligned to my room.

Yes it does! Thank you!

I remember the Anamod!

Thanks for your input!

Well now you know Bitch! William Defoe is in da house!

Thanks for taking the humour in the spirit it was meant. Your voice is a dead ringer for his. And great videos! Loving them.

And many others!

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There is parallel processing on the drums and I did treat the drum tracks, as I stated I’m taking the tracks from the first video and processing them through my summing mixer. Thanks you!

@@RiotHomeRecording ok gotta check out the first video..

No that’s not my point, it’s just not as inspiring IMO. 😂 Thank you!

I think you can

So you're proving you have a big ego or no talent?

I just can’t believe negative people ,this gentlemen is doing a fantastic job ,must be a Windows user,Great job ,extremely interesting,totally awesome great song too❤

@@MartinMartin-yi9to I do this out of love for the craft and have been doing it since I was 16 years old I started with a Tascam 424 portastudio cassette 4 track. If you don’t like me or my videos hit the thumbs down and it will take my videos out of your feeds rotation. Hope all is well take care.