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• paulnunn

  

  40 weeks ago.

  User rating 5 of 5

  My liquid mix is one of the best things that ever happened to me. End of story. My only real point of contention with the review is the line that these aren't workhorse eqs and comps for every track- because I find that they are. In fact, with some of the eq models you can simulate SSL, Neve and API strips- building your own custom 32 channel summing desks for each mix. Add to that a well rounded selection of compressors (including the models from some of the desks) and you have yourself a very definite "workhorse."
  I rarely need more than 32 channels as most of what I do is band oriented and I have never seen fit to head for 48 tracks with a band- but liquid mix has changed my pro tools results for the better. While mixing my band's upcoming record, I initially used a wide range of plug-ins and had some pretty good mixes- I thought. Upon getting the Liquid Mix in September 07 I set about remixing one- just to see if it was worth it to do them all- and in the end with full consent from the band it was deemed absolutely necessary to finish the record out with it.
  A lot of people will tell you that what's important is what goes down on the track- most of the songs we have been working with were tracked at Andy Baker's Athens studio and were not lacking in the outboard- but when the final mixes are done in pro tools (or any DAW)- if you aren't summing stems to a sweet sweet desk- you need this thing.... Well, you should at least want it.
  I've met a lot of "purists" who've never laid hand one on the analog gear they think they know so much about that they would never use anything but... That camp will always naysay and talk trash about convolution- but the difference- the pronounced colors, the punch and immediacy you get from Liquid Mix- is undeniable. If you're in the box- you need this- or duende- or something. UA makes great stuff too- but my favorite thing of all about LiquidMix is the sheer amount of choices it lends. Alongside my DIGI 003 it is one of the best upgrades I have ever made. Money well spent and a great way to learn and use gear you can't afford to own- or at least not 32 of them!
  I lusted, I bought, I heard... and how could I not spread the word?

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