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Finally saying “fuck it” and grabbing a chassis, 2 mic pre’s and a reamper.

Here’s what I’m looking at:
• Neve R6 chassis
• Tonelux MP5A
• Neve 511
• Radial X Amp 500

I got a bunch of mic’s a while back and have been wanting to get some mic pre’s for a minute. Not only for my mic’s but I’ve heard a few guys running each side of their Torpedo Studio’s with a pre on each side and it definitely adds a bit more “something”

Looked at some of the Warm Audio and GAP stuff but I think that might just be fucking about when I could spend another couple of bucks and get something like the Neve.

The Tonelux has what’s supposed to be a nice DI built in as well.

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNv3kv5ALdg[/youtube]

EDIT:
Finally got these guys unpacked and loaded into the chassis. Man, really nice difference running the pair with the Torpedo. Will hook up some mics for some vocal tracks tonight.




The Tilt EQ is REALLY nice for quick top end/bottom end adjustments

EDIT:
Here's an unboxing of the pre's

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrXbzcPzYxM[/youtube]

EDIT:
Comp and EQ have landed!



Just got the EQ today:


And here's everything in so far...


The pre's make a really nice difference, especially on the Torpedo. I keep them "always on" with it. The "Tilt EQ" on the pre's makes a nice touch for tracking and just adding a little girth or air depending. When I am doing bass or vocals, I remove the second one from the Torpedo and then run Pre > Comp > EQ as a chain.

Tried the Pre/Comp the other day when the comp got here as a bass chain and it was awesome! Going to keep this rack all guitar, bass and vocal tracking stuff. Will do another for mix bus and various "other" needs. Looking at some full size hardware as well.

Love saying, "Fuck it"!!!!
Congrats!!!

That Neve R6 has good price for a 500 Series Chassis and you've certainly done your homework - nice preamps!
Been meaning to pickup the Radial X amp so I can stick pedals into a track.
I really like to use my lunchbox to process some sound before it goes digital.

If I ever upgrade my 3 space, Lindel chassis, I'd get a chassis with a built in patchbay, like this one:
https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail ... lsrc=aw.ds
Patchbays make it easy to rearrange the 500 series units without having to go around back and rewire. So, I bought a $90 Behringer patch bay and plugged both my 2 spaces of regular rack gear and the in's and out's of each 500 Series unit into the patch bay.

I don't care what anyone says, LUNCH BOXES ARE COOL!!!!!

ajaxlepinski wrote:Love saying, "Fuck it"!!!!
Congrats!!!

That Neve R6 has good price for a 500 Series Chassis and you've certainly done your homework - nice preamps!
Been meaning to pickup the Radial X amp so I can stick pedals into a track.
I really like to use my lunchbox to process some sound before it goes digital.

If I ever upgrade my 3 space, Lindel chassis, I'd get a chassis with a built in patchbay, like this one:
https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail ... lsrc=aw.ds
Patchbays make it easy to rearrange the 500 series units without having to go around back and rewire. So, I bought a $90 Behringer patch bay and plugged both my 2 spaces of regular rack gear and the in's and out's of each 500 Series unit into the patch bay.

I don't care what anyone says, LUNCH BOXES ARE COOL!!!!!

Oh nice! That chassis looks slick as well. It doesn’t do summing does it?

It will sum groups of modules within the chassis, into Multi 1 and Multi 2. You can also patch in other effects (that are not in the chassis).

It's not a big deal because, you can wire up a regular patchbay to do that too. Some patchbays have dip switches so you don't have to do and soldering.

Lunch boxes makes sense for so many reasons. A good pre is a game changer.

OMG
Recent synergy and 500? Awesome yet dangerous tone territory!

crankyrayhanky wrote:OMG
Recent synergy and 500? Awesome yet dangerous tone territory!

Ha! Yeah man and don’t forget 6 mic’s about 3 months ago...

Here’s what’s coming in



I opted for the Neve 10 space chassis as I know I’ll be up to 7 spaces used soon enough. I am going to shoot out the Xamp reamper vs a passive one my buddy built. I am hoping the Xamp is a keeper because it’s tidier in the chassis.

No more fucking about...

I see Midas has a really low priced 500 series rack, I would assume the Neve would be built like a tank and sound great all the same though..... 500 series stuff really is cool once you have the I/O for it in your recording rig.

jamminjohn wrote::rawk:

No more fucking about...

Fucks are over! LOL!

Marc G wrote:I see Midas has a really low priced 500 series rack, I would assume the Neve would be built like a tank and sound great all the same though..... 500 series stuff really is cool once you have the I/O for it in your recording rig.

Yeah man I have been wanting to jump into some hardware for minute now so I'm pretty stoked.

Made a clutch decision and went with a pair of the Tonelux.

My sales guy at Vintage King had mentioned the idea of pairs for dual mic’ing and that sometimes stacking pres doesn’t always yield the best results. Reached out to a few producer buds and guys really into this shit and said he was offering solid advice.

Everyone (sales guy included) said go Tonelux in my situation because for one they have really good DI’s (I have no actually DI separately) and they’re fantastic for the price.

I’ll add more in the not too distant futue. Definitely the Neve 511’s, probably then Avedis MA5’s and at least one real 1073. Also want the Wesaudio Dione for a mix bud comp.

Congrats! I bought a BAE 3 space rack, along with a BAE 312A module, and a Great River 32EQ based upon the EQ section of a Harrison console.

Cole

Make sure the Lunchbox you get has lots of power to supply enough for whatever you may need. I have a full API 6 space and it is nice to have.

colejustesen wrote:Congrats! I bought a BAE 3 space rack, along with a BAE 312A module, and a Great River 32EQ based upon the EQ section of a Harrison console.

Cole

Thanks man! I need an EQ so I’ll have to check that out for sure. Looking at a lot of stuff and it’s a bit overwhelming! Between this and the Synergy modules... I can see a bit of a problem forming...

ibenhad wrote:Make sure the Lunchbox you get has lots of power to supply enough for whatever you may need. I have a full API 6 space and it is nice to have.

Yeah good advice for sure and that’s something I definitely looked for when shopping. This Neve chassis should be more than enough power-wise.

Pics of your setup?

Fuckin’ A!

Chassis is in! Look how lonely! Lol. The mic pre’s will be here this week hopefully. Looks like Tonelux is making them to order.

nice.... the 500 rack stuff really looks awesome and is so easy to swap things in an out.... did you get blank plates for the empty spaces or have you filled up the entire rack already? lol

JerEvil wrote:Fuckin’ A!

Chassis is in! Look how lonely! Lol. The mic pre’s will be here this week hopefully. Looks like Tonelux is making them to order.

awwwww yeauh!

Marc G wrote:nice.... the 500 rack stuff really looks awesome and is so easy to swap things in an out.... did you get blank plates for the empty spaces or have you filled up the entire rack already? lol

Ha! Not filled yet! Soon enough though. My guy at Vintage King was able to sort me with blanks. Hopefully my mic pre’s will be here this week.

newholland wrote:

JerEvil wrote:Fuckin’ A!

Chassis is in! Look how lonely! Lol. The mic pre’s will be here this week hopefully. Looks like Tonelux is making them to order.

awwwww yeauh!

That's killer man. I've been wanting to get into the 500 series game myself. It makes it much easier to manage components in a small studio then the regular 19" racks.

GuitarBilly wrote:That's killer man. I've been wanting to get into the 500 series game myself. It makes it much easier to manage components in a small studio then the regular 19" racks.

Oh man totally. You can really get some solid gear for not TOO much dough as well. I know w a lot of these 500 series guys can be a bit "cork sniffer", hell probably more than amp guys! LOL!

But there's some solid shit for sub $500 out there... now of course, I seem to have those filters turned off because everything I want to add is like $1k and up! LOL!

CONGRATS!!!!! WOOOO HOOOOO!!!!!

You'll want a compressor for each preamp. FMR Audio makes a good one called, the "Really Nice Compressor" for only $299.
https://www.altomusic.com/fmr-audio-rnc ... index=1611

They don't make them anymore but, if you can find one, the Aphex Aural Exciter with Big Bottom is good to have in your chassis.

ajaxlepinski wrote:CONGRATS!!!!! WOOOO HOOOOO!!!!!

You'll want a compressor for each preamp. FMR Audio makes a good one called, the "Really Nice Compressor" for only $299.
https://www.altomusic.com/fmr-audio-rnc ... index=1611

They don't make them anymore but, if you can find one, the Aphex Aural Exciter with Big Bottom is good to have in your chassis.

Yeah man I’ll definitely be grabbing more stuff. Want to do as much homework as I can and buy ONCE! Lol.

I know I want a Wesaudio Dione bus comp and their Prometheus.

I am still trying to decide on a compressor to put in mine. The idea was to have a channel strip setup.

Cole

JerEvil wrote:
I know I want a Wesaudio Dione bus comp and their Prometheus.

You have exceptional taste!

colejustesen wrote:I am still trying to decide on a compressor to put in mine. The idea was to have a channel strip setup.

Cole

Man the Tonelux stuff gets really high praise and is all about $499. Worth a look at least.

ajaxlepinski wrote:

JerEvil wrote:
I know I want a Wesaudio Dione bus comp and their Prometheus.

You have exceptional taste!

Ha! Well, I am definitely trying to NOT fuck around.