housesongzaol.com Posted May 31, 2000 Share Posted May 31, 2000 Does any of you all own or have used the Peavey VMP-2? What are the Pros/Cons? I've heard for the money nothing comes close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderton Posted May 31, 2000 Share Posted May 31, 2000 Originally posted by housesongz@aol.com: Does any of you all own or have used the Peavey VMP-2? What are the Pros/Cons? I've heard for the money nothing comes close. I have it and think it excels for certain things. For drums, it's incredible. What it can do to a drum kit is nothing short of wonderful. In fact, I was doing a seminar in Austin and played an example of a drum part by itself and processed through the VMP-2. A friend who lives there was sort of upset because he was using those as "secret weapons" on his drum kit. For vocals it depends on the singer. The VMP-2 has a definite "creamy, tubey" sort of sound. It's not an ultra-crystal clear type of job. You might try it on female vocalists if you want to "sultrify" them a bit, or on "screecher" guys. I think it's a better match for a condenser mic than a dynamic. Okay, someone else's turn. Craig Anderton Educational site: http://www.craiganderton.org Music: http://www.youtube.com/thecraiganderton Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/craig_anderton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
croyalroyarkmusic.com Posted May 31, 2000 Share Posted May 31, 2000 I agree, sounds good on fem vocals. I've been using it with a Neuman TLM103 and I'm very happy. But I'm also having good success running my keyboard dubs through it - to take the "digital" edge off of my old DX and JV synths. It'e easy because of the 1/4" inputs on the front of the unit. It also makes drums samples a bit nicer. The main con is that I wish there was an eight channel version so I can capture a whole drum kit at once without sub mixing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richt Posted June 1, 2000 Share Posted June 1, 2000 My band recently did a session where I used these on the kick (D112)and the snare (414-Omni)as well as the overheads (AT 4050's). The sound was so fat it was great! I was originally quite bummed because the studio has a Neve 1095 Pre which I was dying to use; but the owner had taken it to use on a session elsewhere (Grrr..!). But we tried the Peavey and I was very impressed. I have heard "smooth and creamy" used to describe it, and I have to say that it lived up to that description. I am quite satisfied with the tones we got, so my vote (at least for drums)is a big thumbs up! -Rich T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderton Posted June 1, 2000 Share Posted June 1, 2000 Although I wouldn't advocate this as a main application, I've also used the VMP-2 to process two-track masters to give it a particular coloration. Craig Anderton Educational site: http://www.craiganderton.org Music: http://www.youtube.com/thecraiganderton Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/craig_anderton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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