Yamaha CS 60 + Sony HR-MP5: First Date

Published on Feb 19, 2020 Metralon

"Playing around with these 2 boxes, just having fun.

The CS60 went straight into the HR-MP5. You are listening to the output of the HR-MP5, recorded @ 48kHz 24bit through a RME Fireface 800 in Cubase, using a Waves L2 Maximizer to dither down to 16 bit. The Youtube audio compression algorithm tops it of (ugh). No processing, no eq or limiting; none of that. Just a plain and simple, direct recording of the HR-MP5.

PLAY LIST

00:00 PRESET: "005 PLATINUM XL" (?)
03:10 PRESET: "008 ARENA" (?)
03:39 And so it begins
04:56 A new dawn
05:46 Manu Monk
06:19 Stormy Island I
06:52 Stormy Island II - coconuts
07:29 In between battles
08:37 Enlightened Sphere I
09:15 Enlightened Sphere II - solo
11:04 Pulse incoming
12:12 It has a pulse
13:43 Disturbed and soaring
14:50 PRESET: "011 DARK N FULL" (?)
15:33 Troublesome, but thriving
16:07 PRESET: "014 ENTERPRISE"
16:10 Something's cooking
16:56 Serene & Short
17:07 Schizoid Sulfur
17:42 Now we're talking
19:27 Tiny Mouse in a CS house
23:10 .. the mouse tells his life's story .. there's a ship involved at some point ..
25:08 Cat's ahead!
25:31 PRESET: "025 FLYING DUCKER"
26:31 PRESET: "027 MT PYRAMID?"
27:36 PRESET: "035 WOBBLE DLY"
28:12 Echoes of Dreamscape
30:05 Angels on Distortion
30:38 Bringing it down
31:05 Two-Face Theme
31:51 PRESET: "039 RIPPLE MAGIC"

Some distortion occurred around 20 ~ 22 minutes. Not sure why; input levels on the metering function of the MP5 looked fine. I adjusted input levels on the interface's input, I dialed down the output level of the CS 60, and lowered input levels on the MP5. All was fine afterwards in terms of sound - although input level on the MP5's was pretty low at that point. The thing with the MP5 is: jacks are calibrated at -10dB; these are single ended, so unbalanced."