emusonacid!

Hi mate i saw this from a link on DOA bigs ups great to see some vids of the emu getting used. Maybe you could do a few more vids i know id like to see them im sure others would to.

Some other people have said that too. It would actually be cool to do some more vids.

Yes, more please! Are you gonna also release other artists on Astrophonica?

Fuckin brilliant man thankyou.
You gotta def do some more vids.

Pretty cool. I just got myself a E6400 Ultra, non-functional at the moment.
Will be nice to try stuff out once it is working again.

More videos, tutorials even, would be welcome.

yeah tutorials would be nice, theres a thread on here somewere with people talking about doing some tutorials but looks like they never happened.

What model mackie is that in the vid? If i got an analogue allen & heath mixer would i still be able to make it distort like that or is it just the mackies?

Nicevid.

Tutors must be off twiddling their knobs no doubt :)

Distortion is easy:

* clipping on inputs or to an FX send/return
* FX units (Boss SE70 or VF1 is the bollocks for distortion chains and all manner of whackiness. I use two SE70's and on VF)
* even easier - make a distorting cable - two diodes back to back - e.g. zeners - to hard limit the signals and then amplify that - has a nice clean effect. Reverse circuit can also be a cheap hum eliminator/DC blocker.

Circuit here: costs about 10p /15 cents to make: see example here (last couple are relevant).

http://www.allaboutcircuits.com/vol_3/chpt_3/6.html

I would say that, depending on the model, the Allen & Heath mixer would sound amazing for overdrive!

Cool as a cucumber. Cheers guys for the replies
this forum is the best one i bin on for helpful people.

P.s fracture ive bin on dubstep & away from mixin dnb for many years and astrophonica has made me re-evaluate my priorities. Thanks man
p.p.s The phonecall? that you n'all? or a different fracture

Yes nice videos, glad to see people still using hardware.

depending on the model, the Allen & Heath mixer would sound amazing for overdrive!

I can say my GS3000 does sound really good but is not able distort in Mackie's way.

Hm... why trying to distort the signal via a mixer-channel?

What about using a distortion effect (e.g. via direct connection or aux-send) and sample its output?
A good sounding distortion is the Tech21 SansAmp GT2 and the Tech21 Sansamp PSA-1.

Hm... why trying to distort the signal via a mixer-channel?

Actually they are doing it successfully.
It's an old trick, if it sounds good it sounds good, no matter what the distortion unit is.

Turn the question upside/down, who need to spend money on distortion unit when he already got a valuable one ?

Seeking for a console, I do have a question about Mackie desks: does the newer revisions, VLZ3/4 or Onyx distorts nicely like the older VLZ pro ?

i doubt it.

clipping and how it sounds depends on the signal path of your desk and what kind of parts mackie used (e.g. resistor, capacitors, IC amps etc.).

Keep in mind that most of the circuits are redesigned and some ICs are not produced anymore. The current equivalent versions of those parts doenst have the same characteristics as their predecessors.

i would recommend an older soundcraft ghost or spirit studio console or an older mackie VLZ PRO. Of course, it depends what kind of sound do you want to achieve.