I scored myself a pair of original Wahrenbrock PZM Microphones. I have never used or really known of them until recently. I’m amazed there not more of a studio standard. I built a “Wedge” for them over the weekend. You can learn more about that Via – This.
I love the original Groove Tubes pre fender MD series mics. The ones with the 9pin sub & external power supply. I own the MD1 & 2. Getting hard to find these modern classics. I replaced the tube with a JAN NOS 12at7 & snapped some shots.
I’ve had all of just a single morning with the SixtyFive & i’m impressed.
Is it “exactly” the same as the hardware?, no.
Is it a great sounding compressor with the DBX vibe?, yes for sure. With it’s feature set & sound I highly recommend & the price makes it a no brainer.
I’ve upload a few quick comparison files. AUTO = AUTO setting. MAN = Manual settings
I’ve also included the blind test files from Mr. de la Mancha himself
“you get the dry audio first, then 2 wet samples, one is the hardware dbx165A, the other the software sixtyfive (not necessarily in that order) I’d be really interested to see how you think they compare. Can you tell which is the hardware?”
I’ve induced 3 others I recorded for test purposes. (Prophet 08 , Udu, & Tabla.)
I record a lot of hard percussion, Udu & Tabla are the hardest to get to sit in a mix. They have very FAST attack with sustain at times. It’s hard to get both to translate. Anyways I recorded some BS perc noodling to see how the OS would handle them.. I’m impressed. Checkout the end of the Udu test, The low doom sounds have a nice harmonic/grit added to them from the OS.