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 Posted: 14 January 2016 at 2:47am |
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edit. Just understood the first post. Its useful in my opinion to have aux send which can be chosen to be pre or post. Some sort of sweepable eq in the mixer is also good,I have sweepable "mids".
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Posted: 14 January 2016 at 10:21am |
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For true 'hands on' experience, you need a small mixing desk, (analogue) crossover and a couple of graphic eq`s, or maybe one graphic and a parametric, eg quick search found this:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-EQ-Altec-1905A-Klark-Teknik-5-Band-Parametric-Equalizer-/301844792482 |
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Posted: 14 January 2016 at 10:48am |
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Ok the most important thing that I've understood is that there are so many choices and things to know about this kind of electronic gear, so before making a choice it may be better if I study this stuff a bit more, does anyone have a reading that deals with this? Then I'll be able to consider your suggestions.
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Posted: 14 January 2016 at 10:53am |
I saw this machines in various websites like mostec, rdh or jts and they come to a consistent lower price than normal preamps but my plan is to upgrade my rig with 2 scoops and so an addictional way to divide sub and kick, are mini pres able to control also this kind of rigs?
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Posted: 14 January 2016 at 11:13am |
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Preamps big and small are all 2way 3way 4way 5way fixed... you want to plan for however many way your gonna need as you can always mix ouputs if you want less 'ways'.. what a preamp does for you, if you play reggae soundsystem, is very hard to recreate using standard gear.. you could waste a lot of time and money trying things out.. however you might end up wiith something unique and/or better/more flexible than a standard pre..
My advice.. start searching for a pre.. |
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Posted: 14 January 2016 at 1:44pm |
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I wish there were smallish mixers with parametric or semi parametric eqs on lomids and himids. There just is none,or are there?
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Posted: 14 January 2016 at 3:13pm |
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I would use an 8-16 channel analogue mixing desk with multiple groups on it, set up as follows:
- Music/mic sources, sirens and effects returns plugged into first few channels (eg 1-6) and routed to stereo bus. Overall EQ of sources can be done on the channel EQ's and any compressors/channel strips for mics etc connected to the insert points. -Effects sends are plugged into the aux sends of the desk. -Stereo bus feeds a crossover. -Outputs of crossover (eg a 4 way) are brought back into last few channels of the desk (eg 12-16) and routed *not* to stereo bus but individually to group busses 1-4, which are also *not* routed to stereo. EQ for each box in the system can be done on the channel parametrics, and/or graphic EQ's on the insert points. -Each group output then feeds a limiter, if desired, and then on to the relevant amplifier. So no matter what you do on the faders, the limiter is still the last thing in the chain and can protect your drivers. In this way, any source or an entire band of the system can be fed to your effects units, everything can be EQ'd as you like, and you have a nice set of faders to control your system levels on. Any source that's already band-limited (eg sirens, your reverb/delay return) could be routed directly to the appropriate cabinets, bypassing the crossover. Thusly, you could have a full-range siren or delay tail going on, even while a music band is killed on the faders. Lots of possibilities!
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Posted: 14 January 2016 at 4:03pm |
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Posted: 14 January 2016 at 5:16pm |
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Posted: 15 January 2016 at 12:21am |
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Sounds like you need a regular DJ mixer for the RIAA preamps and general signal flow, and then a rack mount 2 or 3 way crossover and a couple EFX processors. Connect it all up and you pretty much got everything that a proper preamp has... no this won't be exactly like a reggae preamp but it's enough flexability and functionality to produce a reasonable imitation to learn on.
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Posted: 15 January 2016 at 12:57am |
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A whole lot of crap here from people that haven't a clue what a Pre is used for and how...
A soundweb with a panel, yes.... A F**king MixWizz, stroll on....... |
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Posted: 15 January 2016 at 8:45am |
Uuuuuuhhhmm - the guy asked about small mixers with parametric mids. What´s the problem? And what´s that in the video he posted? Not exactly a reggae pre. Please look at the context before opening your mouth. |
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