lol, ive maxed out 40 gigabytes in leass than 2 weeks! well, waddayaknow. with my old recorder it used to take me months before i had to clean up the same HD.
abyssinian the RE sounds really "big" on male VO, capturing a lot of "chest", while the all too familiar 57 captures a lot of "throat" (mid range). i really prefer the RE20 for that god-like hollywood movie trailer VO. even over a LDC like the KSM32. the RE won't capture the sheen like the KSM 32 would, wich is exactly what we want for VO. i still eq out some bottom though, as it can get quite exagerated.
on guitars. the RE captures a lot of low-mid tones without abandoning the mids completely (yes it's still there) ... really nice. the 57 captures mostly the "bite" of distortion guitars. on clean guitars though i'd be more inclined to use the 57 and the KSM32. but then again if i wanna back it up a little i'd mostly use the RE signal to give it a less imposing sound, specially if the clean tone grabs too much limelight (which is meant for vocals whenever present). i've read somewhere that everything is EQ. mic selection, mic placement, amp selection, guitar selection, etc... that's all eq (and it's true when i think about it). while one can eq out certain frequencies, sometimes i like to use microphones instead of eq plugs (not to mean i dont eq!!!)
i have another LDD, a vintage AKGD12E which was what they used on kick before the 112 came out. it's quite difficult to find an AKGD12E these days, but i've read somewhere that it is THE king of low end resonance. it's really good on kick, and IMO a lot more solid than the RE is on kick. i haven't tried it on voice or guitars yet.
i will post sound clips of different sources in the next couple of weeks to demo the difference between the RE, 57, D12E, and KSM32
about the UAD-1, i have ordered a project pak already and it will be here in a couple of weeks. I NEED IT. lol. im a little bummed about the precision multiband though. i have 12 days remaining on my demo. i've tried the c4 before and the PM is more intuitive and WARMER. i don't know if im being deceived by the graphic interface. lol.
anyways, time to get that HD. later!