"Can you hear the difference?" My Plugin VS The Real Console

[@hutchensj225]

I've had the honor of messing with this beast of a console when I was at Retro Gear Shop in Nashville. Beautiful sounding piece of equipment BUT what an amazing piece of history!!! The amount of legendary albums and artists that were captured through and touched this console.

[@danthegeetarman]

Yeah sounds super close! I love that plugin so much. It’s already my go-to all-channels channel-strip. The low end is amazing, the mids are amazing, and the top end is amazing. Not to mention the killer compressor that has punch for days!

[@RecordingStudioRockstars]

Thats awesome! Glad to dig it. Feel free to drop a link to your music here (especially if you get an MBSI mix published 🙂)

[@RecordingStudioRockstars]

@@danthegeetarman something else I really dig about it as in go to channel strip is that it adds no latency on my pro tools HDX system. Have you noticed whether it is very efficient in terms of latency for real time use on your system?

[@danthegeetarman]

@@RecordingStudioRockstars I haven’t used it for tracking yet but for mixing it’s amazing. It uses .01% CPU on my system which is crazy for how powerful it is

[@danymalsound]

MBSI appears to have a substantially thicker low end! Sounds awesome, regardless

[@olegnasirrom]

Loving this plugin thanks for the nuances... BTW I knew " Mr. Mack " when I worked with Steve Alaimo and the amazing Albert Brothers at Audio Visions Studio in Miami.

[@StereoAnthony]

Very cool! I've read a lot about MCI consoles, but never see them and certainly didn't know someone had made a plugin from it. Going to grab that for sure.

[@RecordingStudioRockstars]

@@StereoAnthony awesome! I hope you enjoy it :-)

[@bamailings4628]

Very Nice! What do you use as a speaking mic?

[@RecordingStudioRockstars]

@@bamailings4628 actually I set up a pretty complex mic signal chain. It’s a gooseneck mic from Amazon Astatic 827A going into an Art mic pre then slippers and one cable goes into my Dangerous Monitor ST as a talkback and the other goes into my Black Lion 2x2 as a computer mic. Astatic 827A-17 22" Cardioid... www.amazon.com/dp/B00076XN92?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share amzn.to/3YvlIQW amzn.to/3NBOPvu

[@chicnwafflesband]

Definitely hear the difference in the vocals being more upfront in the mix.

[@RecordingStudioRockstars]

@@chicnwafflesband one of the things I enjoyed about re-creating the mix with the plug-in is how easy it was to get clarity in the vocal.

[@nickmessitte1721]

There’s a width happening to an instrument in the low mids-maybe the keys-in the software version. Is that the dual mono doing its thing? Definitely felt the width. Both sound great. Happy I have the mbsi. So far mhmb are 3 for 3 in my book

[@cmopro]

I have the plugin and I swear to that Dual Mono mode...The MBSI is the real deal...The mixes were almost identical, I thought I heard a smidget more of saturation on the console mix but you have to listen very hard to tell...

[@RecordingStudioRockstars]

@@cmopro this comment wins just for using the word “smidget”! :-)

[@azoteapost8734]

Still the real console air tone is so nice !! Awesome comparison !

[@RecordingStudioRockstars]

@@azoteapost8734 agreed! It’s a great console :-)

[@futuristiccavemanofficial]

Purple strike my ear as "cloudy", pink hit as "more open".

[@kinghandlee]

Great comparison! The MBSI is now my goto plugin! BTW. The mix sounds damm good although it's a rough mix!

[@RecordingStudioRockstars]

@@kinghandlee haha! Thanks :-) no I just gotta finish my dang record! Hmm I wonder if anyone else ever struggles with finishing their record… 🤣

[@kinghandlee]

@@RecordingStudioRockstars Everyone does when it comes to their own record😄

[@makebelievestudio]

Thanks so much!!!

[@aleksamrkela831]

The original console sounds thicker, with a more pleasing top end. The plugin has a peculiar top end that I really don't jive with. My two cents, anyway!

[@RecordingStudioRockstars]

@@aleksamrkela831 it really is a great console! I dig the plugin sound too.

[@cellcoreaudio2042]

It is very close, of course it is not the same mix, the new mix is a bit louder. educated guess about 1 db. so the comparison is difficult in the video. The new mix has a wider stereo field maybe due to a more prominent drum room. but hey, if we would always do the same it gets boring. great job.

[@RecordingStudioRockstars]

@@cellcoreaudio2042 thanks!!

[@markrobertsproducerenginee945]

Amazing job man!

[@RecordingStudioRockstars]

@@markrobertsproducerenginee945 thanks!!

[@julianopires8857]

MBSI has a peak just a little bit more intense and open at the hights.

[@BigFuzzyRecords-ci5ge]

The plugin sounds better or louder or tighter. Can't put my finger on it right now

[@RecordingStudioRockstars]

@@BigFuzzyRecords-ci5ge right on!

[@Mr303y]

Very close freq wise - console sounds a touch groovier, but that could come down to the compression (the SSL comp plug is very good, but maybe not quite up to the hardware depth of feel?) - transients also a touch softer on the console - Plug in sounds great though - very musical like the vibe of the original console - amazing job to match it this close by ear with two totally different technologies, analog and digital !

[@RecordingStudioRockstars]

Thanks! I also did the mix-matching on wired Bose Earbuds on my laptop in a dining room on an island. 😉

[@JonathanThomasClark]

It sounds virtually identical.

[@scottquality]

The plugin mix seems more upfront and clear. Granted, I just listened on TV speakers.

[@RecordingStudioRockstars]

@@scottquality I watch YT on my tv and iPhone speaker almost exclusively! Haha.

[@IsaacW-b6w]

well done

[@RecordingStudioRockstars]

@@IsaacW-b6w thanks!

[@reverendcarter]

way more cost effective than paying 7 figures for the console! we almost bought it for Ardent's production room but went with a one of a kind custom wunder console.

[@RecordingStudioRockstars]

@@reverendcarter wow!! That would’ve been so epic to come visit Ardent and see the console there. But honestly, it’s epic already just to come visit Ardent :-)

[@reverendcarter]

@@RecordingStudioRockstars word on the street is theyre re opening soon im sure it'll be all over everywhere when it happens. i worked there almost 18 years

[@patrox247]

Will they be releasing a version for those of us who don’t use computers?

[@RecordingStudioRockstars]

@@patrox247 Nothing in the works just yet since it’s a plugin company. But great suggestion! You could just pick up the actual console if you got some spare change laying around. retrogearshop.com/products/mci-custom-recording-console-historic-criteria-studios

[@MKD371]

So the session which was recorded through the console is one thing, what was the other session recorded through, without the console?

[@RecordingStudioRockstars]

@@MKD371 so the recording itself was captured using the console mic pres (along with my other outboard mic preamps in my studio). Then the same Pro Tools session was used to route through the console faders for the original mix, and then recreated internally inside Pro Tools using the plug-in for the new mix. Does that answer your question?

[@e.apollis2877]

so the sound of the console is going to the plugin? it makes this exercise null invoid, use a splitter to preamp and interface bypassing the preamp, this is more reliable

[@GoodVibeTribe]

Love the song Lij! To my old ears I hear no difference when the plug in sections played.

[@RecordingStudioRockstars]

@@GoodVibeTribe right on!!

[@marceloribeirosimoes8959]

Huge difference to me... The pink one has less kick transients and sounds as 10 bit...

[@RecordingStudioRockstars]

@@marceloribeirosimoes8959 wow!

[@Azfurita]

I love this plugin, but needs a better GUI

[@RecordingStudioRockstars]

@@Azfurita what do you suggest? How would you change it?

[@Azfurita]

@@RecordingStudioRockstarsjust a little more effort , more realistic graphic to make it immersive to the sights too ❤

[@mirkomarkovic3438]

Aand the analog one sounds better....transients, everything. And there is so little processing going on.

[@RecordingStudioRockstars]

@@mirkomarkovic3438 it’s a great sounding console!

[@scottellis7573]

Does the console alias like crazy in OD mode??? I didn't think so....

[@RecordingStudioRockstars]

Not that I can think of! 🤓

[@makebelievestudio]

it now has oversampling :)

[@scottellis7573]

@@makebelievestudio Thank you!!

[@makebelievestudio]

@@scottellis7573 no thank you!!!

[@T-BOUNCING]

I love it cause it's not that thick

[@godihildmann112]

Plugin sounds better!

[@RecordingStudioRockstars]

@@godihildmann112 woohoo!

[@zonarecordingstudio]

Tracking thru a nice analog console makes all the difference

[@RecordingStudioRockstars]

@@zonarecordingstudio that sure does help! And in this case, everything in this mix was also recorded on the MCI console.

[@jaroslavmensik]

The original is more smooth with less reverb.

[@RecordingStudioRockstars]

@@jaroslavmensik that console really is a smooth beast!

[@athuairush235]

👍

[@MaisonLexBeatz]

HOW IS IT POSSIBLE that the plugin sounds more analog than the original analog console....

[@RecordingStudioRockstars]

@@MaisonLexBeatz 😆

[@makebelievestudio]