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Hey great video! What desk is that at the 5:48 mark?

DPA 4055, BEST KICK DRUM MIC EVER!

yup.. just get a decent mic.. and it really does not matter much which you pic and no one will know. Maybe except for the Josephson which is noticeably different. But other than that. Get a better drummer that knows how to balance himself , and then just the cheapest mic here. The AT Pro37 is more than fine.

Yes! And Yes!

What effect did these panels have on your sound quality?

Line Audio have the CM4 now, replacing the CM3. I bought some recently from jam, in Sweden. They're really good. I really like them as a mid-way between the SDCs I like (KM184, then Oktava which had a nice vintage character, albeit some 'graininess' apparent in crash). My favourite was the cheaper of the ribbons, the versatile Beyerdynamic M160 - they kept clarity and their great on guitar amp too. Whereas the Royer sounds fantastic on driven cab, but I don't love it as much on overhead. I disliked the U87 & 414, a U47-type would be better. The Coles sounded dark, as is, but I'd imagine with EQ would sound great. AEA was really good too. Now there's the Soyuz 013, which sound awesome as the SDC option.

I’ve been trying to explore beyond my normal go-to overheads, and I have to say that after watching this video, in my opinion, the Milab DC-96C beats all of these mics by a landslide.

Nice !❤

Thank you sm for the pulling with your back and biceps tip

Can you use the mix outs to create a surround mixing 5.1 or even 7.1? you have 3 stereo and you can run 2 feeds into a sub or run one of the outposts in mono mode. - thoughts?

Awesome studio! Great setup. How do you like the Dynaudio’s? Are they the BM5’s? A review would be much appreciated! Cheers from Australia!

What would I need to record myself playing acoustic guitar and singing? I would imagine the clip on mic would not be ideal because it would not be an ideal mix? And, how far away would P3 have to be from me to frame shot of head to bottom of guitar? I keep thinking the dji mic is going to be limiting down the road. I think I need two more mics, one for doing video content from computer, recording, and one for recording myself playing guitar. I’m a noob to all this do please forgive me. Thanks.

I really appreciate the XL-desk content. It seems like an underrated piece of gear that doesn’t get much attention. I am curious to know how you would approach mixing EDM using the XL desk.

Consoles are definitely not necessary but part of me gets a tad confused seeing some setups where someone has spent more than the cost of a good console just to have various products that together basically mirror a console. Monitor controller, lots of the same preamps and eqs, summing mixer with faders, it ended up being more expensive than an audient asp4816he! That being said, I still find i work significantly quicker on a mix in the analog domain but I've also managed to acquire gear in disrepair amd fixed myself so i have a lower investment. These days a few ssl controllers and you're like 90% of the way to console workflow and sound.

Smoke a little before playing. That’ll help pull back some. Lort!!

I think there was something seriously wrong with the recording. Every one of these sounded absolutely horrific. I know these mics do not sound like this.

Why wouldnt you take audient ASP4816-HE over this?

I see ppl putting speakers high up on the wall, on the right and left front channels, does go plugged into the same channels of front right and left? an addition to the floor standing right and left?

The 4 stereo channels do not seem to switch between line in and daw, like the 16 mono channels. Also, the xl has just a single tri-colour led instead of a proper meter.

I love our XL desk. Makes recording workflow smooth, sounds amazing and is super fun to mix on. I can get close in the box but it just doesn’t compare to the analog mixes on the board.

I'm really tempted to invest in this console, but my priority is time! I know a console can really speed things up and essentially have its own character, but biggest worry is if it truly will be redundant in 5+ years time. These days things are changing so fast and I'm seeing many studios and my colleagues in the business ditch their consoles, but keeping hold of their analogue processing gear. What do you think?

02:16 - Oh yes! Totally agree. People were asking me _"Why would you spend £939 just on the CPU alone?!"_ My answer _"Divide the power of a top end CPU across the years I'll be using it and what I can get from it, and it's worth a LOT more than using a slower CPU with limitations and constantly having to upgrade it every year or so."_ Top tips! 👌

I’m trying to connect my UAD apollo x8p to my ATEM so that it captures whatever is coming out of the Apollo. ATM the only way I can figure out how to do this is to use the headphone jack into the ATEM mini line input (mic inputs set as line) but there is a pretty noisy noise floor. Any tips to eliminate this noise?

Great video! I appreciate you showing the recording process of this type of music. It’s hard to find any jazz type recording videos. I’m subscribed! Keep it up!

That sympathetic resonance on the piano strings sounds awesome! Really good idea. 👌

Another great one Dave. Keep up the good work.

I'm still smiling from the memories of those two days, Dave. Thanks for all your skills and creativity. Will be booking back in asap!

Toilet mics are the best. 🤌 Great technique! Looks silly, but can't beat the acoustics. Just make sure it's not recording when someone uses the loo. 😂

Fantastic studio. Love working here and with Dave!

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Get 2 pultecs for the spaces. The 500 ones are apparently great. The Wes audio Rhea is great too.

What about the Scarab on the desk Dave?

Please visit www.davespeakman.co.uk for more information and booking!

Such a sick set up!

Spotted the Sylvie Massey book there 🙂

I would be interested to know how you’re using all of your I/O of the console. It has been said the you could use some of the other the I/O for a lot more than 24 channels. I haven’t really seen videos of how people are putting that to use.

Thanks Dave

I’ve owned 6 Fender amps since I’ve played electric guitar. They have all opened up at a volume of approximately 4.5 ish. Which is a bit loud, except for the champ. I think this is the biggest selling point for this amp. I love the Vibrolux Reverb, but it didn’t have a loop to put a volume pedal to tame the volume.

u87 or r88

The last one! 🙌🙏

I like and respect SSL. The only weak point is the preamps. So, Neve is always my personal choice

Get two Neve 542 tape emulator/saturators. They will transform your low end guaranteed Great review on MixbusTV youtube channel with David Gnozzi. He knows his stuff.

Would love to see a video about your conversion and such.

Loved the idea of comparing ssl bus compresors. Thanks!

Excellent video, please keep them coming, would love to see how you use the XL desk for mixing.

I don't really have any idea about recording but I enjoy watch your videos anyway since I subscribed a couple years ago!

Thx

I’m so glad you’ve posted a video that suits my attention span a lot more. Even if I’ll never ever need to know this. Thanks Dave🔥🔥

Great video, glad to see some content from people who actually own and use the XL Desk.