It would be helpful if it came with a small Vietnamese woman to work the toggle switches.Shipping cost is calculated on a "per order", "per item" or "per pound" basis and is based on this as well as the type of shipment (box, road cases, pallets etc.) And then you also get the clock, converters, soft limit, compression, line ins, High Z, small footprint, headphone out, USB, portable, Apogee name, pretty purple colors. But I think the pres hold their own, not necessarily surpass, other quality pres. I think comparing the MiniMe to stand alone preamps is an apples to oranges comparision. heh That unit must sound damn sweet then.Īpogee threads seem to start a Hatfields-McCoys style feud as people (politely, for the most part) line up on one side of the fence or the other. Another reason to hate people with a AD-16x. So there not the same converters as the AD-16x? Damn. I like the high end, fast transients of the Apogee, it's bright but not strident, and fits well in a mix. That's interesting because for bass I prefer a more colorful pre and like the MME more for sources I want to naturally sparkle like acoustic gtr, percussion, piano DI, voices. It is a tool I have no intention of getting rid of. I have used it on occasion for Bass direct in with great results under some circumstances. It has some very nice compression capabilities. The preamp and converters are not for everything just as few pieces of equipment are for all purposes. Plugged into my PowerBook it has worked without a glitch. Really makes you appreciate the subtle simplicity and realtive "purity" of the MiniMe. The noise, the lack of "focus" and the floppy definition in the low end on the MW - I'm sure going through all those extra paths didn't help, but geez. The difference in those (MiniMe's) preamps vs. I had just recorded a chamber string ensemble in the same room with the same rig (sans the Mix Wizard, and using the MinMe's preamps, of course) just a few days earlier. It actually sounded surprisingly good in the end, but wow. So, AHMW matrix out into the MinMe's line in, into the laptop. If I could only have thought of ways to make the recording more noisy. On top of that (long story) I had to use the Matrix out - which meant using the subgroups also and assinging a subgroup mix to the matrix out.
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Instead, I had to run the mics PLUS mic the piano into (hold on to your hat) an Allen Heath Mix Wizard. I was all set to have that lid off to get that wonderful sounding piano into that stereo pair just 10 feet away (as I've done so many times before at that facility). The pianist wanted to keep the lid ON the grand - Just downstage of the conductor. And then, the worst thing in the world happened.
I had my Solaris (yes, the M-Audio Solaris mics - If you haven't tried 'em, don't knock 'em) pair about 8 feet over the conductor's head lined up with the first row of strings in an eyballed ORTF (the usual). Sound quality wasn't "much of an issue" as long as it was reasonably clear. Sidenote: I had to do an orchestral archival recording last week. It just sort of fell into that purpose.īut once I got it all worked out, it runs like a champ. It's a fairly new laptop, but I really didn't get it for recording purposes. And I tell ya', it wasn't easy to get it to run properly for some reason. Wishful thinking, I know, but wouldn't that be something?īy the way John, do you use the USB option to link up to your laptop?īy the way John, do you use the USB option to link up to your laptop?Yep. I only wish Apogee would make the Mini-Me Mk 2, with the sound quality of the 16x-series, and add another two digital soundstreams (like the Metric Halo ULN-2 does) to enable stereo recording of instruments (piano or guitar for instance) + vocal simultaniously. Good to see someone used to working with high-end gear give the thumbs up to that wonderful little piece.Įxtremely versatile, with no-latency monitoring for sound on sound needs, in addition to all the other features mentioned. But again, that's exactly what I'm looking for a lot of the time.Īnd for a preamp AND converter? It's got a bang-for-the-buck factor or around 9.6. Ha!).Īnd I have to disagree with the "bloated" (?) comment on the preamps also - If anything, I'd almost consider them too "real" sounding - Almost void of a specific personality. But the tradeoff would be minimal (MINImal. I suppose if it was really critical, sure - I'd start ripping stuff out of the racks. I have better gear - But for the purpose, I'm totally satisfied with the Mini's performance. I do quite a bit of on-location orchestral tracking - My latest (and so far, favorite) rig is my Mini-Me into my laptop.
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