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<blockquote data-quote="Tom Manchester" data-source="post: 130309" data-attributes="member: 82">Re: CL Premium RackOk, I had the opportunity to take my new QL1 on its first gig so I&#039;ll give my first impressions of the premium rack(s). The show was a well known rockabilly / early rock band. I opted to use the 1176 on bass and the portico compressor on vocals. Because I was doing monitors from FOH, I copied the preamp over to a second channel so I could have an uncompressed vocal send for monitors. The 1176 seemed to work well. From the videos I have watched describing it&#039;s characteristics in the studio, I would say its a fairly reasonable emulation. There is even the &quot;all in&quot; buttons mode which is pretty cool. I can&#039;t wait to try that one on a more modern rock band to give it a little more fuzz. The portico compressor was very &quot;nice.&quot; By that I mean, if I had a female classical singer on stage and wanted something incredibly transparent, it would probably be my go to choice. That being said, in a loud environment with a rock singer, the neve was not as apparent as say, SMACK! on an avid console. Still an early observation though, I&#039;ll keep trying it on various sources. I really wish I had thought to try the dynamic compressor on vocals to tame some upper midrange peaks. Functionality wise, the premium rack works fantastic with the QL1 interface. Everything is touch and turn and very fast to make changes. There is a shortcut to the plugin right on the channel which I liked a lot. As Scott mentioned, it has a 3 color indicator so you know when it&#039;s active and compressing. One thing I noticed on the premium stuff is you need to hit the input of the console a little hotter or else you end up having to set the threshold of the various devices fairly low. Between the easy to use interface and the wide variety of plugins available already included, I think the premium rack puts Yamaha back on the map as being an &quot;artistic&quot; console for band engineers as well as the workhorse corporate and utility board.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tom Manchester, post: 130309, member: 82"] Re: CL Premium Rack Ok, I had the opportunity to take my new QL1 on its first gig so I'll give my first impressions of the premium rack(s). The show was a well known rockabilly / early rock band. I opted to use the 1176 on bass and the portico compressor on vocals. Because I was doing monitors from FOH, I copied the preamp over to a second channel so I could have an uncompressed vocal send for monitors. The 1176 seemed to work well. From the videos I have watched describing it's characteristics in the studio, I would say its a fairly reasonable emulation. There is even the "all in" buttons mode which is pretty cool. I can't wait to try that one on a more modern rock band to give it a little more fuzz. The portico compressor was very "nice." By that I mean, if I had a female classical singer on stage and wanted something incredibly transparent, it would probably be my go to choice. That being said, in a loud environment with a rock singer, the neve was not as apparent as say, SMACK! on an avid console. Still an early observation though, I'll keep trying it on various sources. I really wish I had thought to try the dynamic compressor on vocals to tame some upper midrange peaks. Functionality wise, the premium rack works fantastic with the QL1 interface. Everything is touch and turn and very fast to make changes. There is a shortcut to the plugin right on the channel which I liked a lot. As Scott mentioned, it has a 3 color indicator so you know when it's active and compressing. One thing I noticed on the premium stuff is you need to hit the input of the console a little hotter or else you end up having to set the threshold of the various devices fairly low. Between the easy to use interface and the wide variety of plugins available already included, I think the premium rack puts Yamaha back on the map as being an "artistic" console for band engineers as well as the workhorse corporate and utility board. [/QUOTE]

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