Topic: Advice on Running MP-2>Mod SBM-1

[mterry]

last time I taped particle, I was the only one taping AUD, 4 people patched from the board........my copy is the only one curculating.........make us mic tapers proud!

[Brian Skalinder]

Ummmm, everything?  No song structure, or even songs for that matter.  Flaccid, uninspired "jamming."  Noodling and pyrotechnics instead of thoughtful musical passages.  Lame, pandering crowd exhortations and theme lyrics.  Most importantly, no sense of musical direction whatsoever.

Your comment reminds me of an old 1974 Santana/John McLaughlin recording.  Some heavy duty jazz-rock fusion going on, and McLaughlin is noodling around all over the place, and I mean ALL over the place, seemingly lost in the noodling.  But then, every so often, Santana chimes in with a few choice notes - THE choice notes - as if to say:  "Here, John, these are the notes you're looking for."

I can't help but laugh whenever I go back and listen to that old recording.  

[shmurg]

Does running the MP-2 defeat the purpose of the Mod for the SBM-1?  Just asking, my set up was just going to be nak's into a modded sbm-1.  Do I need to put a beyer MV-100pre before to get beter results?

shmurg@yahoo.com

[DaryanLenz]

NO, running the mp2 lower with the modsbm higher is what most would reccomend for you to do.  The mods are for the analog input stage, so by running analog out of the mp-2 into the analog in of the modsbm, the analog stage is effected and improved.  Running a pre in front of an a/d is a very common practice, as both will effect the sound that you are hearing.  The stock sbm-1 is crap BTW, and I would most certainly reccomend the mods being done if you have one.  That said, this combo was quite common until the v3/mme appeared, and you should be able to find bunches of samples with this lineage on archive or other download portals.  My opinion...a darker tape will be made that should be fairly pleasing to the ears.  What mics BTW?



Daryan

[DaryanLenz]

Oops, forgot to mention...the beyer mv100 is not one of m y favorite pres and sounds very thin to me.  The mp-2 is transformer based though, so the sound when comparing the two will be very very different.  Both units can be picked up pretty cheaply these days though!

Daryan

[shmurg]

I would be running naks...that change things...they are already a bit higher end in sound.

[DaryanLenz]

Clarify higher end...meaning an emphasis on the high's?
If so, the mp-2 mioght gfive you better bass response...

Daryan