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bkdragonslair · 2 years

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“Invest in yourself because you are the root of your music”. 💭A.Charlemagne #mbomix #dragons_lair #recording #recordingsession #recordingstudio #brooklynrecordingstudio #recordingmusic #recordingartist #musicrecording #onlinemixing #onlinemixingandmastering #musicstudio #musician #proaudio #brooklynrecordingstudio #tamparecordingstudio #compressors #gearslutz #gearporn #microphone #hiphop #rnb #pop #rap (at Dragons Lair Recording Studio) https://www.instagram.com/p/CjT1tKMMvFL/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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hevi-publishing · 2 years

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Shout the homie @adelantemusic for putting together these great tips to help you lock in w/ your target audience #hevipublishing #rapproducer #singersongwriters #ableton #hiphopproduction #newbeats #producergrind #unsignedartists #newproducer #musiccreator #gearslutz #rapinstrumental #musicmarketingtips #musicproductions #abletonlive10 #independentmusic #rapperslife #musicbusiness #productormusical #soundcloudrappers #musictips #rapinstrumentals #musicmarketing #beatmakerlife #indierapper #instrumentalmusic #beatmakerproducer #indierap https://www.instagram.com/p/Cipiv1cLYD4/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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torley · 3 months

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Hey all, another cross post from Gearslutz, not sure how much overlap there is. I have uploaded the Emu Factory sounds to my Mega drive: https://mega.nz/folder/RZNzHCjJ#eLHLuVZD4lnlLXg11QPSiQ Contents include: Mo’ Pha…

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where-i-bitch-about-nashville · 3 months

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Melcor AML-27 restoration/racking 1RU stereo preamp

yoyoyo i got something done! i’ve been stuck on this thing and put it on thr backburner like embarassingly long ago and just went thru and got it back up and working:

Melcor Electronics Corp. AML-27 preamp cards, which were made circa 1965-1969 were sold in this backplane format, ordered or installed with fixed gain they were part of the ‘big green machine’ recording console as well as made with the RCA logo and branding for the same 1731 op amp used on these circuit boards. The 1731 uses 9 transistors. Melcor Electronics Corp/MEC still exists, and they made industrial microwaves and peltier coolers and stuff. MEC sold/ended their audio equipment division in a way that gave rise to Automated Processes, Incorporated, API. They still exist making consoles, and may even still make this format of preamp/line amp cards for all I know. It is 300mm not 500mm though, smaller than the popular 500-series lunchbox format. Anywho, API redesigned this whole thing with improved everything. They came up with the 2520 discrete op amp, which has been made along with its subsequent revisions in later years and is still the backbone of API consoles and outboard gear. The 2520 uses 11-transistors.the 400-17 and 400-20 transformers MEC used would be replaced with the API 2622 and 2623’s on their model 312 mic preamp. Or just the 2623, in the case of the 325 line amp card.

The AML-27 is a perfectly imperfect circuit design, lovely in its time, and it balances all of its various imperfections nicely… nay in an electronic sense, it absolutely juggles the metallurgy (and limitations of the transformer designs), op amp instabilities, feedback, gain, distortion, and overall resonance to make a really awesome fat sound. Compared to the API mic pre, it is much more lows and more third harmonic distortion. The distortion also becomes pretty soft clipping in the high gain settings. The API 312’s feedback lends itself to a more midrangey overall preamp sound. The whole sound comparison just boils down to sounding like the late 60’s vs the API sounding like early 70’s circuits, i dont have much better way to describe it. I read on the now-renamed gearslutz that Melcor circuits are all over the Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention album Uncle Meat.

My pair of cards was likely parted out from one of these old MEC backplanes around 6-8 years ago. I have serial numbers 012 and 936, but I have no idea their history before me!

For my part, I removed a PCB card kit build in 2010 that I took apart to rack these up, so everything is sort of prototype quality to get them usable and make sure they work right. It has way too many screw holes and scratched up paint, sharpie, and all kind of mess but so far I recapped the electrolytics, matched the feedback and built Grayhill 1073 12-position rotary switches with 1% metal film resistors for the stepped gain control. It has Bourns output attenuators, 110% shielded pure copper twist wire on all the audio path connections with quad 26ga +/- conductor wires. DC supply is on solid 22ga copper throughout, but retains the original Melcor card power LC filter instead of the diodes that were common on the later API mic pre designs that were based on this. I really paid a lot of attention to grounding, shielding, and cable routing, but turns out I did a terrible job back when I first hooked up the audio lines and need to redo it while spacing the cards out evenly in the chassis.

I got these cards stable up to 65dB of gain! :D I have a plan to get the 70dB stable without having to flip 2 switches, but it will have to wait until I can change to a multigang rotary switch.

So far I’ve fixed the input impedance at 600-Ohms, but I installed switches that will allow for the 3-way 300-, 600-, 1200-Ohm input strapping; i still have to wire that up. There is also already functioning 180° phase reverse, -18dB pad, and 48v phantom power on the input line. In the spirit of the 60’s prototype feel, I just went with directly wired mini toggle bat switches.

The gain and output attenuation knobs are a repro RCA skirted pointer knob scaled down to an appropriate size. The chassis is a 1U Middle Atlantic 8” deep steel puppy I got at Randolph & Rice in 2009 or 10 for the kit build. RIP Randolph & Rice Electronics, I miss them every time I build a thing… I am probably going to paint this with the vintage Melcor logo and the logo silhouette repeated as the eye slit in a stencil and possibly rattle-can likeness of the Big Bad of Tolkien lore, Melkor, aka Morgoth. AFAIK nobody else has seized on the company having a Tolkien themed name in arting up any mic pre builds… does anybody have any good Melkor art they’d want hidden in my rack??

So next I have to polish up my racking Valley People mic preamps project, and build an RCA tube console mic preamp pair from scratch of cobbled together vintage parts and new components. I’m also going to turn an Olsen Color Organ deathtrap box into a multiband filter/EQ, and make a clone Audimation Corp. EQ in an original Audimation EQ rack chassis. haha my work is cut out for me… but the mic pre’s will fill out my setup with a pair or two of every decade of noteworthy and/or Nashville linked sounds. for the early 60’s: something like what was originally installed at RCA Studio B, for the late 60’s: these Melcors, for the 70’s: API 2098 console pre’s modded out to the max for what is in RCA studio B now, the 80’s: Valley People/1979 Loft Audio 800 Console MPA5 made hy Valley People in Nashville, for the 90’s and 00’s: i feel like everyone was using protools and mbox interfaces and stuff that kinda didnt have much of a sound so im throwing in MOTU and RME transformerless preamps, and for the 2010’s: Miktek MPA-201, assembled in Nashville version of a rack pair of 1073 mic preamps using correct NOS transistors with 6 AMI audio transformers, dual metering, and lit relay switches for all the controls. 70dB of clean gain. 🔥🔥 I can pretty much make a recording sound like any of those decades with what I have, or combine it all for a mix with all this richness and character of some sick sounding mic and preamp combinations to do all the hard work up front!

#audio electronics rant #melcor #morgoth #Tolkien #restoration #melkor

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elixir · 9 months

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dritabuffalo · 2 years

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Moog polyphonic

MOOG POLYPHONIC MOD

This direct real-time connection is mirrored through, a new portal for communication that empowers visitors to engage directly in conversation with us here inside the Moog Factory - ask questions, give feedback, discover new techniques, share experiences, and learn more about Moog synthesizers. Taking support to new levels, Moog One features a rear panel ethernet port that enables the synthesizer to connect directly to its source and “Phone Home” to the Moog Factory in Asheville, NC, allowing Moog technicians to perform remote diagnostics and service routines should they ever be needed. A deeply immersive sound design tool, a powerful performance instrument - Moog One is a dynamic conduit for the expression of one’s own unique creative voice.

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From the “Destination” button that invites the effortless creation of quick modulation assignments, to the onboard Mod Matrix that gives instant visual feedback for every possible combination of synthesis components within the system, each design element of Moog One has been chosen with care to inspire creativity through the freedom of unrestrained sonic exploration. With over 200 tactile front panel knobs and switches, Moog One is intuitively designed to simplify the process so that artistry is not hindered by technology. This order of complexity has never been this accessible. Its eight preset sounds consist of Strings, Piano, Organ, Harpsichord. 64 presets can be loaded into the front panel “Performance Set” module for instant selection, while thousands of presets can be stored to the instrument’s internal browser, complete with searchable categories, tags, and notations. The Polymoog (model 203a) is a fully polyphonic preset-based synthesizer released in 1975. The Moog One is available in both 8 Voice, or 16 Voice formats.Įvery Moog One preset is a self-contained creative environment, recalling a unique configuration of parameter settings, sequencer programs, arpeggiator patterns, key splits, modulation routings, effects combinations, voice allocations, and timbral assignments. Using new patent pending technology, Moog has created a synth capable of surpassing anything they've ever done to date by a long shot! The Moog One has more tonal possibilities than we've ever seen in a synth. The Moog one is the first polyphonic synthesizer from Moog Music in over 35 years, and we can't tell you how excited we here at Humbucker Music are to see this! It's been several decades in the making, and the result certainly shows. Yes, we do have Moog One 16 Voice Synthesizers in stock now! Now a post on Gearslutz suggests that ‘Moog One’ is the name for a powerful new polyphonic synthesizer. And they recently trademarked the name ‘Moog One’ for use with synthesizers & keyboards. FINANCING Blowouts Gift Certificates Testimonials Reviews & Articles Moog Music has long been rumored to be working on a next-generation polyphonic synthesizer.

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bananaper · 2 years

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How to get free uad plugins

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All of their plugins are at least worth trying their CMX beat Logic's stereo widener ten times over, for example. Also, Bombardier, their bus comp, is excellent. Bad Bus Mojo is literally designed to add subtle, console-bus style nonlinear distortion, and it sounds great. Stillwell makes a lot of good plugins, and has a very agreeable demo policy to boot (free to try until you buy, and you should because they rock). It has "that" sound, to me, which is worth paying for. I have 2 days left on my demo of it, and I'm definitely thinking of buying it.

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The PSP E27 is very coloured, and includes control of transformer and amplifier saturation.

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Then again, Neve is getting pretty old, so if it sounds good, who cares? Also: they just released a plugin model of the Avedis E27 EQ, one of the premier not-transparent-at-all EQs of the 500 series format. Vintage Warmer, however, is another classic it's definitely getting old though. I use their Pultec emu, and it's a good EQ, but nothing you can't do with Pro-Q and some other saturation. I slammed drums with it a week ago, though, and it sounded good, so experiment. Klangheim IVGI (free there is a premium counterpart that has more saturation modes): awesome saturation. but generally, Decapitator gets "light colour duties" and that's where it shines. Used heavily, the Culture Vulture emulations are alright for sound design. The Ampex emulation is alright, too, but it doesn't touch Satin. Used lightly, the Chandler and Neve saturation emulations are very useable. Sometimes, I just push it as far as I can into the red and it just sounds warm, gooey and bombastic. When it comes to spicing up electronic drum loops with living tape colour, I find it incredibly easy to use but at the same time remarkably flexible. U-He Satin: it's different than Kramer Tape (Waves) or UAD's tape stuff, and it's different than Slate VTM (requires iLock), but it's amazing. Here's what I use for colour, because colour is where it's at: My answer would, other than the odd Waves plugin that suits you, be: neither. Also, some of the filter modes on Volcano are quite coloured and respond to being pushed hard.īut do expand your options from UAD or Waves. I personally think Fabfilter plugins are great but their presets suck sometimes, so make your own colour presets! If you want even more analog-ish random variance, make a few bands and modulate parameters slightly with free-running LFOs etc. Saturn is also a great colour box - just turn the mix % down low and play with warm tape and tube modes. You said in another post that you have the fabfilter plugins, and that's great! They have transparency pretty much covered for you. Their 1176 is nice and quick, and I get good (IMO anyways) vocal sounds with a combination of their 1176 + LA2A. I have a couple Waves plugins, and they do what I want them to. I personally hate hardware dongles of any kind, so I don't use iLock stuff or UAD. The attitude espoused by many (check out gearslutz for fierce debates) is that UAD sells plugins with a glorified dongle.

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A lot of people who don't understand DSP all that well say, "blah blah blah hardware accelleration, that's why you need the UAD card" but it's not like that UAD card is somehow more powerful than the DSP you can get out of a brand new Mac Pro or whatever. I will go against the grain of a lot of people here and say that UAD is probably overrated. I don't own any, but Greg's hardware stuff is mindblowingly good and easy to use, so I assume his plugins are top notch as well. Producing Basics (Compression, EQ, Staying Motivated included here!)Īs /u/thebishopgame mentioned, Kush is probably great if you don't mind the iLock dongle. These rules, are in place to keep content fresh, current, and moving forward, not to denounce your post as Incorrect or stupid. Remember, everything is subjective, and there are no rules when it comes to making music.

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Universal Audio has launched a UAD Blockbuster Promotion! For a limited time, customers who purchase a new UAD-2 DSP Accelerator, as detailed below, will receive UAD plug-ins from Avalon, Capitol Studios, Lexicon, and UA - up to a USD $1296 value - absolutely free!įrom February 1st to March 31st, 2021, customers who purchase a new Universal Audio UAD-2 PCIe card (OCTO only) or Satellite (OCTO/QUAD) Thunderbolt 3 or USB, with either Core or Custom plug-in package will receive their free plug-ins upon registration with Universal Audio.This subreddit is for producers who have progressed past an introductory level of production and wish to engage in discussion about more advanced techniques and questions.įor beginners, head over to /r/edmproduction.

#How to get free uad plugins

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veworjoin · 2 years

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Slate digital plugins review

#Slate digital plugins review windows#

Overall, It has been a great purchase for me and something that I use when I start every mix. The best part is that you can mix and match consoles by creating a buss for each group and applying that console to just the drums and then another for the vocals, etc. The last mix I completed had a chain of the UAD Studer, VCC Neve, UAD Neve and it was wonderful. I have found it a great tool when combining with any of the Waves or UAD hardware emulations. What really takes it over the top is if you have additional plugins that are emulations of the eq's. Overall, It adds to a mix in a subtle, pleasing way. Nice air and without removing too much body. The RC Tube: I have been really loving this on my vocal buss. The Neve: Produces a thick bottom end which is great but can be too much on the wrong material. The Trident: Has a little more imaging and also nice on the midrange. The API: Has a nice midrange that I enjoy on many things. The SSL: I have used this on tracks that I want to have a bit more smack. Place a virtual channel on each track and then a mix buss on the final out.

#Slate digital plugins review windows#

I used it on windows 7/vista and cubase 5/6 with no issues. I, however, never experienced any of the issues that the threads discussed. There were many problems at the beginning and that is well documented. I seriously cannot see myself mixing ITB again without these plugins, they truly are a MUST HAVE!Īs many of you long term gearslutz out there know, this vst has a legendary long entry on the forum. The harder you hit it.the more aggressive the sound. You can either set them all to be the same console type (via a nice Grouping Feature), or mix and match each track with a different console sound! You can even further tweak the calibration of the console based on your tracks gain/levels and how hard you want to hit this virtual desk. Neve: HUGE low end warmth with a WIDE sound stage.Įase of use - Simply slap on "channel plugin" on each of your DAW tracks and one "Buss plugin" on your master buss. Trident: Has lot of depth and 3-d'ness, overall rounder tone.ĪPI: Alot of dynamics, great for drum sounds to make them sound larger than life! SSL: Has a nice "pinched sound", a bit more aggressive in nature, a "go to" rock mix kind of sound. You can choose the flavors of some classic consoles such as SSL, Neve, Trident, API or even an older RCA tube desk! You get the nice "not so clean" summing characteristics of each console, wider sound stages, more depth, subtle gluing, or even more detailed characteristics described below. Slate Digital Created the VCC to cure those problems! Analog summing rolled into a nice plugin package. Tired of having "digititus"? Same old boring "too clean" ITB sound?

#Slate digital plugins review

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loadedforbearaudio · 2 years

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See that? That’s a Tele plug that! . Yeah, specifically for when you want a top quality right-angle plug for your classic Telecaster jack cup. . @gh_plugs are rad, and we’re proud to be the only cable business in the UK to stock such a wide range of their plugs. . The Tele plug is available as an option on whichever is the right instrument cable for you, just select it from the drop-down menu. . Go check it in our shop. . Hope you’re good folks! . . . ➰ Boutique audio cables hand crafted in the UK. ➰ Built to last. Less waste. UK Lifetime guarantee. ➰ 🌍 CABLES DONE GOOD 🌍 #tele #telecaster #telecasterplayers #telecasterguitar #fendertelecaster #fenderguitars #guitars #vintage #vintageguitar #handcraftedcables #braidedcables #guitarcables #instrumentcable #guitarra #gitarre #geartalk #electricguitar #electricguitars #guitarnerd #guitarplayer #guitargear #gearslutz #guitargeek #musician #music #guitarcable #becausetone #organictone #tonefordays — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/EJSWQYX

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tankraum · 3 years

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#Repost @gearspaceforum with @get_repost ・・・ A fine collection indeed. Mic Monday again and it looks like someone is recording drums. What are your go to mics for drums? Let’s hear your lists! 📷: @tankraum . . . #gearslutz #studio #audio #proaudio #vintage #producer #producerlife #gear #music #musicproduction #audioengineer #audioengineer #sound #soundengineer #studiolife #homestudio #musicproducer #design #mic #micmonday #microphone #drums #recording (hier: Trick Studio Rauenberg) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNTBGJoHpyx/?igshid=wuzgx087rbrd

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bkdragonslair · 2 years

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“Invest in yourself because you are the root of your music”. 💭A.Charlemagne #mbomix #dragons_lair #recording #recordingsession #recordingstudio #brooklynrecordingstudio #recordingmusic #recordingartist #musicrecording #onlinemixing #onlinemixingandmastering #musicstudio #musician #proaudio #brooklynrecordingstudio #tamparecordingstudio #compressors #gearslutz #gearporn #microphone #hiphop #rnb #pop #rap (at Dragons Lair Recording Studio) https://www.instagram.com/p/CjQrWtmLhok/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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pibza · 3 years

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I'M ACTUALLY BUSY BEHIND THE SCENES🎬📸 RYT NOW, I CAN FOCUS ON MY MUSIC. #BLACKMIRROR FLM COMING SOON. BUT MY SINGLE #NgyaySOLA OUT NOW EVERYWHERE 🌍🔥😹. OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO COMING SOON. Second pic tells how hard I've been grinding. Thank yall💚💙💛💜❤. . . #plugin #vstplugin #musicmakers #beats #mixing #reverb #uad #wavesaudio #soundtoys #gearporn #gearslutz #proaudio #audio #studioporn #music #musiclife #mixingengineer #musician #mixengineer #musicproducer #mixing #artist #studio #producer #recording #singersongwriter #songwriter #band #bands (at Umhlanga Rocks, KwaZulu-Natal) https://www.instagram.com/p/CPEGgzprxPC/?utm_medium=tumblr

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phil-denton · 4 years

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Workstations. Been #jammin with @bar_ton_mcr at @decloakstudios Video will be out very soon on the Decloak YT channel #techno #undergroundtechno #hardtechno #decloak #hardware #hardwarejams #hardwareonly #producerlife #productionlife #hardcoretechno #liveset #livesetup #livetechno #electronicmusic #gearslutz #gearheads #elektron #digitakt #novation #bassstation2 #arturia #microfreak #ableton #abletonpush2 #push2 #abletonlive #abletonlive2 (at Decloak Music Studios) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9wFb9gAPfq/?igshid=1vbakkaalcrvw

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djbrahmin · 4 years

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👈Cute & Amazing 👉 ⚙️⛓⛓⚙️🎛🎚🎙⛓🎙⚙️🎛 . . . #skratch #skratchlife #turntablist #turntablism #portablist #portablism #fingerdrumming #fingerdrummer #scratchacademy #abletonpush #midifighter #ipadmusic #jessedesign #innofader #iosmusic #classof808 #beatmaker #beatmaker3 #numarkpt01 #gearslutz #djroutine #studiogear #livedj #vinyl #recordstore #45record #djbrahmi #khatibass #khatiswag #gagfam (at GAG Digital Records) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCqAcOPB8d9/?igshid=1esi961f0wzdx

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locustphotography · 4 years

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Look what I've found! Cleaning my studio computer hard drives, I stumbled upon some footage from @pablocamachofilms. 2 years ago we were jamming and making a demo for fun. Great shots dude! . . . . . #bass #metal #vintagesound #producer #mixing #heavymetal #mixing #studio #audiostudio #gearslutz (at Berlin, Germany) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCbFhiHJXEG/?igshid=209ouhrdyffp

#bass #metal #vintagesound #producer #mixing #heavymetal #studio #audiostudio #gearslutz

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obliterations · 4 years

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Hard to keep these in stock! Just finally got another Hyde/EFCcv combo box on the website. www.RMLfx.com ....Natural oiled walnut. #gearslutz #modularsynth #retromechanicallabs #yolocounty https://www.instagram.com/p/B9biD2-FkzT/?igshid=1pa7otod83czl

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