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I wouldn’t say it’s a cult, they just sound exceptionally good. I’ve been to high end studios and have heard all kind of monitors and I just couldn’t wait to get back home and turn my 45’s on. They are bass light, but you get used to it after a while….

@@MrDddrrrggg I heard them, yes they are awesome. Are they infinitely better than Neumanns, Genelecs etc? Absolutely not… But I gotch ya, the “cult” thing is a seni-joke ;)

@@Strepite Well I’ve heard high range Genelecs and my 45’s were much better imo. I’ve only listened to Neumann 310’s and the price range makes an unfair comparison, but they also weren’t close to the 45’s…. I don’t know the experience this guy is having but maybe the room acoustics might be it, Atc’s are heavily reliant on good acoustics. I spent about 30k in my room

@@MrDddrrrggg I am sure you are emotionally connected when you spend that amount of money on speakers & acoustics... They must be the best in the universe ;)

@@Strepite You’re now being sarcastic.. I spent that amount on acoustics and I could have chosen any speakers, I’m just into the Atc sound. To each their own. I might swap them in a few years for some 150’s or PMC high end speakers.

Unfortunately didn’t make reviews back when I had them here, maybe I’ll get a demo pair back someday. But I’ll tell you right away, best pair of speakers in that price range that personally heard.

Just bought one today, was looking at this or the Carnaby HE2....want them both tho

Whole family loved them indeed. 😁 But this was only a test session… for now… 😅

Would make sense yeah but the website said 3-way, so I went with that 😁 Thanks for watching!

@@illusiaproductions I did a quick Google search and found a review saying the crossover frequencies are 80, 250 and 2k5.

Have not tried PSI yet, no. The ATC speakers were provided to me just for general testing, not looking to buy a new speaker as I’m near perfectly happy with my system 😁 The PDP speakers definitely look interesting, I watch their videos, too. If they’d want to send me a pair for a listening session, I certainly wouldn’t say no 🙂

For sure! In a real world project I’d have them adjust the mix and/or make use of all the digital goodies we have nowadays, to tame such issues.

I love “Room Primadonnas”! 😂 Thanks for sharing this! Maybe it was indeed such a case and I got unlucky.

20k for the KEFs new price, 3k for HEDD BASS12 sub. Yeah, I know what you mean with clients wanting to see brand names, but I think nowadays it’s a little less of a problem than a decade or so ago!

@@illusiaproductions well for 20K you should compare the bigger ATC’S. The scm45 are 12K…

@dimoscondos I’m aware it’s a different league but that’s what the distributors had and they wanted to hear the scm45’s in my room. I should say I am also not really looking to change my setup but always happy to test other speakers! 🙂 End of this months I’ll get a pair of speakers in, which will probably change the game for me, they’re twice the price and size of the KEFs 😅 Thanks for watching!

Glad you enjoyed it! Cheers

Not yet but I have heard only good things about them! I’ve briefly been in touch with the CEO and should set up a testing session sometime this year. Also; Towards the end of this month I’ll be getting a pair of very interesting high end speakers in. 👀

@@illusiaproductions Cool. Im toying with the idea of either Amphion Two18 or PSI Audio A23-M.

As always, gotta get them into your room, test, compare and decide. I’m sure either of them are nice 👌

Thanks for sharing, glad to hear it’s not just me then! 😁

I heard them in a relatively untreated environment, so I don’t know what they sound like with proper acoustic treatment and room correction and placement. It’s possible they are less diffuse sounding with proper set up.

Get both models (same time or after one another) into your own room and make own tests! That’s the only way to go about it IMHO. We all have different rooms and ears and preferences.

@@illusiaproductionsthe whole point of these reviews is showing the speaker and doing sound tests so that someone with a decent pair of headphones can understand kinda how these 12,000$ speakers cost.

💯 agreed! Thanks for sharing! 🙌

Right on! Yeah, I remember the high end lift for sure. I think many plugins do something right away, so you immediately feel the gratification of using it. 0.2db volume output by default and we go “oh yes, so much more width and depth and mojo” 😆

Yup, I see why you switched and it makes total sense to me! Thanks for tuning in! 🙌

Thanks for watching! 🫶

100% agree. I know plenty of people that use these and get amazing results. Just want to encourage people to try some options before settling with a pair, whatever brand it may be, cause me and everyone that came to my studio to check them out had all high hopes for the legendary ATCs but… well… 😅

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I surely wouldn’t say no if they wanted to send them over for testing 😁 I’m always happy to hear something “new” and find something “better”, but so far that just hasn’t happened, which makes me appreciate my current system of course, too. Thanks for watching!

Hi! You have to buy it from the website after creating an account. The software is free, but you need to buy the hardware models. Good thing they’re super cheap! I don’t have this EQ anymore in my list but I remember the model had some weird quirks.

Yup, it was a tough one and I had limited time with the unit. It indeed has an overwhelming amount of functions and features.

Hey buddy! Sorry for the late reply 😅 Standard Clip is still my go to as well, aside from clipping the Hilo occasionally. Hope all is well Andi! 🫶

Ah well, it is what it is. I’d say non of these are actually bad. But there’s certainly options that might be suited a little better for certain applications. Thanks for tuning in!

Nice! Thanks for tuning in! 🙂

Agreed! Older tools doesn’t always equal worse tools indeed. Thanks for tuning in!

Glad you like it! 🙏

Thank you! More stuff coming ASAP. I don't think there's a one size fits all-clipper here. Standard clip and my Hilo hardware converter are my most used ones though.

Thank you, glad you liked it!

Thanks Doug! 🙏

Thank you! 🙏

Gotta set priorities 😅

My current audio interface is the Lynx Hilo

@@illusiaproductions how to connect the all analog gear

@user-bh5mm4pw1s all the gear is connected to the Dutch Audio IM2.1S mastering console/insert Switcher. Stereo in & stereo out of the IM2.1S go to the Lynx Hilo.

thank you @@illusiaproductions

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It’s the IG sound “hotel - my view today x”. The original song is apparently ‘Assumptions’ by Ronniefreestyle & Skam.

Cheers, glad to hear that!

You’re welcome! It’s somehow not very known, I’ve got no clue why, though. Invaluable piece of kit right there!

Hi, thanks so much! Well, that depends on your workflow and on project needs. I use this EQ to get broad strokes done before going into detail so it’s the first EQ in my chain, but; On my mastering console (Dutch Audio IM2.1s) I can move the last hardware insert slot PRE insert 1, if I feel like I want to compress first. But that’s super rare actually, I tend to EQ first and then compress my EQ’d signal. Hope this helps!

@@illusiaproductions definitely 🤟im seriously considering this eq, and im slightly new to mix my own stuff, so any advice i appreciated here, thanks again🙏

My pleasure it’s what I’m here for! 🙂 I think I’d prefer this one even over a real pultec pair, I love the extra functions and the mid-band. But when starting out, there’s also nothing wrong with plugins either! UAD’s version of the pultecs are great and I use them when mixing all the time (I do full in the box mixing, mastering is hybrid analogue). First things to get right when starting out is unfortunately room acoustics anyway, then monitoring, then the exciting analogue gear 😁

@@illusiaproductions perfect🤟i think u made up my mind,about my next purchase, thanx a bunch....and keep up making good videos there👍

Glad you liked it! No, there’s not really a reason, I was just playing around with the plug-in really. I thought the turbo mode was similar to the bx_xl and I just used the trim to prevent it to go to 0. But I’ve also had a limiter on the very end for the video. Thanks for watching!

I agree. Instant subscribe. I bought the Masterdesk Pro which is why I'm here. This was the BEST mastering session I've ever watched. No need to repost the sentiment. My respect for Mastering Engineers and this gentleman went up by 1000%. I'm just a musician trying to do what I can within my limitations. I guess, I'll be thinking of this video every time I use Masterdesk. 😂

Thanks so much for the kind words! 🙏