A- designs Pacifica?????

[primomusic]

Hey my fellow friends, I just need a little help here.

I will be purchasing the Pacifica tomorrow and since I dont own a mic, is there any mic I should consider when buying the pacifica. I know some mics sound better than others with this beauty. I will be in the price range of $1200

thanks guys

[elmuerte]

hidiho… what's a pacifica?

other than that, it widely depends on what you are planning to record - the number of microphones out there is practically unlimited.
plus: 80% of them do not sound necessarily 'good' or 'bad', it's a matter of choice for the right situation.

[flommer]

Originally Posted by elmuerte

hidiho… what's a pacifica?

other than that, it widely depends on what you are planning to record - the number of microphones out there is practically unlimited.
plus: 80% of them do not sound necessarily 'good' or 'bad', it's a matter of choice for the right situation.

http://www.adesignsaudio.com/pacifica.html

[basslik]

Originally Posted by flommer

http://www.adesignsaudio.com/pacifica.html

for that kind of cash I'm getting the Presonus ADL 600 Stere0, heard great things about this unit

[CME]

IMO it's the entire signal chain that matters. The best mic plugged into that pre isn't going to make a bad sounding instrument/performance sound good. And some mics/pres that sound fantastic on one source (singer for example). May not sound good on another. However if you're just asking about spending $1200 buck on a mic.....Royer R121, Blue Blueberry, Blue Woodpecker, maybe AKG 414. Some of the mics I'd be looking at if I had that money just laying around .

[BradLyons]

The PACIFICA and ADL600 units are both incredible boxes. I used to own a pair of the ADL's, sold one off and sooooo regret that. The PACIFICA is a killer solid-state pre-amp that has about the heaviest transformer I've ever felt. Although a single rackspace, that thing is HEAVY! What are you recording? What mic(s) do you have now? WHY are you buying the Pacifica over another item?

[Dism]

Just out of curiosity... what made you decide on that particular preamp? Have you heard it before? Was it recommended to you?

For that kind of cash, there is quite a selection of preamps you could check out as well. I would recommend renting one first, and a few different mics as well. Personally, if I was spending that kind of money on a preamp, I would go with the API A2D, as it would give me 2 MORE inputs on my Digi device, (via S/PDIF) which truly bypass the Digi pres on any device. For this, it makes it popular to use with Pro Tools, and the Focusrite pres in it sound pretty awesome.

http://www.apiaudio.com/a2d.html

Mics... well the mics are an even bigger decision, and it really depends on what you are recording. There is no one, omni-purpose microphone, and there are so many reasons why you might choose one over another. Even if you are only tracking vocals, it's still a good idea to have a selection of mics to choose from, as you may find one performs better than another for a different situation. For instance, if you were recording soft jazz vocals, you'd probably choose a delicate, sensitive ribbon mic to really capture all the subtleties of the voice, but you definitely wouldn't want to use it for screaming metal vocals.

[guitardom]

Originally Posted by primomusic

Hey my friends, I just need a little help here.

I will be purchasing the Pacifica tomorrow and since I dont own a mic, is there any mic I should consider when buying the pacifica. I know some mics sound better than others with this beauty. I will be in the price range of $1200

thanks guys

what are you wanting the mic specifically for?? vocals, guitars, everything???

[Keybeeetsss]

Yeah Guitardom asked the #1 question... Voiceovers, Thunder, Racecars? what would be ur primary or somewhat main sources...

[Violet]

TLM-49, you can get it used for around $1100. $1400 new.

listen to www.myspace.com/tear

the first 4 songs are a TLM-49 into a Pacifica then to a Black Lion Audio modded 002.