jesse g Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 Hey all, I just got finish listening to the Behringer 369-KT Compressor and wondered, would you all add this to your studio?? Comment below. More for a listening test.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Roseberry Posted June 3 Share Posted June 3 From what I've watched/heard, the Behringer doesn't sound 100% identical... but it's certainly in the ball-park. At $400, it's not much of a risk. I'm also curious about their 1273 (two channel 1073 preamp clone). At $700, that's about half the cost of the Warm Audio WA-273 EQ. Behringer is a company some folks love to hate (and I can see why), but they've been releasing some good/useful products... especially the past decade. The X32 series (and spin-offs) are widely used for live events. Midas as well... and they tend to be in higher-end venues/scenarios. Klark Teknik processors are surprisingly good for the cost. The new UB-XA 16-voice analog synth is another example. It sounds good to me (not amazing)... but it's about 1/5th the cost of an OB-X8 (and has double the polyphony). IMO, it's fantastic for users to be able to experience Neve style outboard at such low cost. Higher-end outboard preamps can make a significant difference... but are a bit like buying nice tires for an automobile. A new instrument (guitar/bass/keyboard/etc) is typically a more exciting option. Quality outboard channel-strips were one of the latter (more significant) pieces that I acquired. In hindsight, I should have gotten them sooner. Things like recording passive Fender style bass via DI (which can sound anemic/weak with a cheap DI) immediately sounds better. ie: It's not a struggle to get it to sound full/tight and have enough "weight" to properly sit in a mix. I struggled with this for years... trying to fix the anemic DI bass tracks with plugins. It sounded OK... but never great. Getting the sound "right" (up-front) is always going to work out better than trying to fix-it in the mix. A small handful of nice outboard can make a huge difference. You can also run existing tracks thru the outboard... and record the result to a separate track. Some times... the extra D/A A/D is worth it... to have the character/impact from the outboard. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesse g Posted June 6 Author Share Posted June 6 On 6/3/2024 at 7:33 AM, Jim Roseberry said: From what I've watched/heard, the Behringer doesn't sound 100% identical... but it's certainly in the ball-park. At $400, it's not much of a risk. I'm also curious about their 1273 (two channel 1073 preamp clone). At $700, that's about half the cost of the Warm Audio WA-273 EQ. Behringer is a company some folks love to hate (and I can see why), but they've been releasing some good/useful products... especially the past decade. The X32 series (and spin-offs) are widely used for live events. Midas as well... and they tend to be in higher-end venues/scenarios. Klark Teknik processors are surprisingly good for the cost. The new UB-XA 16-voice analog synth is another example. It sounds good to me (not amazing)... but it's about 1/5th the cost of an OB-X8 (and has double the polyphony). IMO, it's fantastic for users to be able to experience Neve style outboard at such low cost. Higher-end outboard preamps can make a significant difference... but are a bit like buying nice tires for an automobile. A new instrument (guitar/bass/keyboard/etc) is typically a more exciting option. Quality outboard channel-strips were one of the latter (more significant) pieces that I acquired. In hindsight, I should have gotten them sooner. Things like recording passive Fender style bass via DI (which can sound anemic/weak with a cheap DI) immediately sounds better. ie: It's not a struggle to get it to sound full/tight and have enough "weight" to properly sit in a mix. I struggled with this for years... trying to fix the anemic DI bass tracks with plugins. It sounded OK... but never great. Getting the sound "right" (up-front) is always going to work out better than trying to fix-it in the mix. A small handful of nice outboard can make a huge difference. You can also run existing tracks thru the outboard... and record the result to a separate track. Some times... the extra D/A A/D is worth it... to have the character/impact from the outboard. Jim, I just the the B 1273 and LI like it. Too bad I have two WA 1073 units because the video makes them look great. Ex[pected October 2024 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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