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COMP: MixPre-6 vs. Zoom F8
heathen:
Todd R has done the heavy lifting in putting this comp together, and I'm doing the much easier task of posting it here. When Phil Lesh played Red Rocks last month he and I set up our respective sets of Line Audio CM3s for this comp. They were both NOS, on the same stand, and one pair was only a couple inches higher than the other pair. We both used BAS windscreens. He ran his pair into his MixPre-6, and I ran mine into my Zoom F8. There's been no post-processing done to the samples other than Todd normalizing them to the same average RMS level.
Here is a link to download the samples: https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1w3Ops4Doj2gvV546h4YB4ypoFk3gnz1M
For anyone who is able I would highly recommend using the ABX Comparator for foobar2000: https://www.foobar2000.org/components/view/foo_abx
(You may note that I've already uploaded my CM3 recording of this show. That won't be helpful if you get the urge to "cheat" on this comp, though, because I EQ'd my recording before uploading. These samples have no EQ applied.)
Update: If you're looking for the answer, look no further than here: https://imgur.com/rAak6gg
aaronji:
Thanks for this! I will try to listen to the clips as soon as possible. Just to clarify, the same vertical plane with one pair a little higher and the same horizontal plane?
heathen:
--- Quote from: aaronji on June 03, 2018, 06:20:16 PM ---Thanks for this! I will try to listen to the clips as soon as possible. Just to clarify, the same vertical plane with one pair a little higher and the same horizontal plane?
--- End quote ---
Each mic was directly above the corresponding mic from the other pair. Does that make sense? I'm on my phone and I feel like I may be making things even more confusing...
adrianf74:
--- Quote from: heathen on June 03, 2018, 08:40:41 PM ---
--- Quote from: aaronji on June 03, 2018, 06:20:16 PM ---Thanks for this! I will try to listen to the clips as soon as possible. Just to clarify, the same vertical plane with one pair a little higher and the same horizontal plane?
--- End quote ---
Each mic was directly above the corresponding mic from the other pair. Does that make sense? I'm on my phone and I feel like I may be making things even more confusing...
--- End quote ---
Simply put: two pairs of mics running the same pattern inches above each other on the same stand.
Gordon:
I picked "same" but they do sound slightly different. A seems to have a little more bass. as to which is which I don't really have a guess!
btw thanks for the heads up about ABX Comparator!
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