The best advice for picking out a new piece of gear is to ask for a pro-dealer for a demo unit to borrow for a few days, generally they will be happy to do so. Once you’ve established your needs, and you’ve set aside a budget to spend on.it’s off to the shops.īuying audio gear can be tricky if you don’t know exactly what piece you are going for. So an important step in choosing a new piece is identifying your needs. You can find EQ, compression, routing, coloration, delays, reverbs and just about any type of outboard gear in 500 format. Let TRCOA help familiarize you with the 500 series world! The creativity that designers are displaying is staggering an example being the bt500 from Heritage Audio boasting the bower to stream your mixes from your DAW via bluetooth technology.Which 500 series unit is best for you? Any conceivable classic emulation can be found in a 500 series format these days. In the blink of an eye, the options for 500 series gear have exploded and we are now truly spoiled for choice. Originally designed by API the popularity of the format has seen the adoption by industry giants such as Rupert Neve Designs, Radial Designs and Kush Audio amongst others.
Boasting smaller footprints, smaller power requirements and in some cases DIY assembly, 500 series units provide the benefit of analog gear at a lower price point.
Audio engineers and producers also know how devastatingly damaging to the wallet outboard analog gear can be.Īnd rightly so! The time and material that is required to produce a compressor as coveted and iconic as the Universal Audio 1176 justifies the $2k plus price tag.Įnter the 500 series. #1 Colour palette mk2 from DIYre.Anyone fresh out of Recording School understands the luxury and allure of analog gear. #1 - Allstars EQP-1S5, DIYre (not yet released) #1 - LA500 from JLM, LA3A from DIYre (not yet released) #2-Hairball Fet comp A and F, Sound Skulptor (CP5176, same as revision A), CAPI FC526 To use for clean sound and low signal noise.
#3- JLM(BA500), Sound skulptor(MP5.99), Hairball (gold kit), SCA. #2-Neve replicas from either sound skulptor(MP573), seventh circle, Hairball audio(copper kit), SCA(seventh circle audio), JLM (NV500). #1 - Lola from Hairball Audio (new design, no attempt to copy, killer transformers). IF you disagree on some data make sure you tell us how and why and Ill keep updating the original post. I will keep updating the original post with the DATA we collect in the conversation so we can access it quickly without having to read everything. So I think it's time we do some updates here. Hi all, so there is a lot of stuff around here on DIY audio gear, and many conversations occured like 6-7 years ago.
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