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Post by svart on Aug 24, 2022 6:44:11 GMT -6
That looks pretty great though. As you already know, 90% of the result is 10% of the cost. The last 10% of the work is 90% of the cost. Below 100Hz was always going to be tough due to the room size. It's a lot less about angles and traps and more about the room size probably acting as a tuned resonator, similar to a speaker box.
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Post by svart on Aug 23, 2022 8:44:05 GMT -6
It sounds pretty marshall-y. It's 5W yet it's 800$? Wow. Yeesh, they're going for about $450.00 in my neck of the woods. Ah ok, I just did a search at musician's friend and it said 799. 450$ is a better price for sure, but still.. I do like lower wattage amps for recording though.
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Post by svart on Aug 23, 2022 8:02:26 GMT -6
It sounds pretty marshall-y. It's 5W yet it's 800$? Wow.
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Post by svart on Aug 22, 2022 16:48:33 GMT -6
What's the leanest fastest DAW for concert multi-track? Which will let you hit stop on a 40 track capture after an hour, then hit record again the fastest? Which DAW will let you add a record track while already in record? Reaper.
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Post by svart on Aug 22, 2022 8:23:43 GMT -6
You position the monitors far enough back so that you can't hear the transition from the tweeter to the woofer as you move your head around the listening position. You then place them far enough apart to be able to hear the stereo spread evenly. If they're too close you won't get the stereo spread. If they're too far you'll lose the center image.
The width is entirely determined by the physical dispersion of the tweeters and because of this, there's no way to estimate it unless you have an accurate dispersion measurement map done of your speakers.
Since you have deep waveguides on the Amphions, this will result in an easier time positioning more closely.
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Post by svart on Aug 22, 2022 7:14:55 GMT -6
Still in flux, but getting there. It’s a mess and I realized I still don’t show the sidecar. Here’s a thing I realized after plotting all this stuff out. You have to have access to all this stuff - so when you get a sidecar that has idk - a huge amount of RUs, you gotta give space for heat and for being able to get your hands in there. Man, this has been interesting really plotting out where my hardware should go. i.postimg.cc/qM21k53q/F8671-ABA-F289-4-F17-8473-F92-A9-D670-D4-F.jpgWhat's the other end of the room look like? Tracking end? If I remember correctly, that's it. He's standing pretty much in the doorway taking that picture. It's mostly a mix room, but he would stand in the open spot to the near left to do vocals and/or acoustic guitar.
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Post by svart on Aug 22, 2022 6:42:53 GMT -6
2x12 with greenback and V30. Possibly a creamback instead of the greenback for a little smoother tone.
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Post by svart on Aug 21, 2022 16:00:39 GMT -6
Honestly, I usually crimp AND solder.
I think either is fine if you have a quality crimper and pull on each pin as you crimp to make sure they're solidly attached.
Solder might still be faster though.
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Post by svart on Aug 19, 2022 8:34:36 GMT -6
Still waiting to hear before and after mixes.. I mean this is cool and all, but my room isn't treated all that great compared to others. I can't imagine continuously changing stuff to fix the room response and expecting to get even the slightest bit used to the sound of the monitoring. You're skeptical? Color me shocked.
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Post by svart on Aug 19, 2022 7:36:05 GMT -6
Still waiting to hear before and after mixes..
I mean this is cool and all, but my room isn't treated all that great compared to others. I can't imagine continuously changing stuff to fix the room response and expecting to get even the slightest bit used to the sound of the monitoring.
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Post by svart on Aug 19, 2022 7:05:10 GMT -6
Right click on the mixer and chose "Dock mixer in docker" and it'll dock it at the bottom by default.
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Post by svart on Aug 18, 2022 6:50:45 GMT -6
Yeah, sorry, not interested. I know that is "technically OK". Looking for better than OK. Cheers. What specs would you want to see? The main trunk section will carry the current of all the IEC heads, so it should be sized accordingly. If the IEC heads are expected to carry around 2A each, then 18ga should be ok for each tap, but then if you have 4x heads, then the main trunk should be expected to carry 8A and be 12ga. Should also be aware that most outlets are only rated for 15A. While this isn't a problem in and of itself, but most folks also use surge protecting strips to plug in equipment. While the surge strip might have a set number of receptacles, it's also designed to handle that potential amount of current. With cables like these, you're going to multiply the amount of current a surge strip will have to handle and they might trip very easily when turned on if not outright burn. Users should be very careful. I'd limit the number of heads on these to maybe two for safety.
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Post by svart on Aug 14, 2022 11:24:32 GMT -6
I've never heard that before. I would think a proper biasing of the 3055 would matter more to the tone than the part used. I certainly wouldn't expect the transistor to matter more than the transformers! But, I think the design itself as a whole is where the tone lies and there isn't a single part that dictates the majority of the vintage neve sound. The new ones are fairly different with faster fT. ON are probably the best of the current selection. ST has a smaller die size......which may not matter in this situation as they are not really being driven hard. I can't remember which brand i used on my ez1290s but I do have some old motorollas somewhere. I don't know the ba283 circuit very well but usually ft won't matter much if the transistors have any kind of closed feedback. Also, the lowest bandwidth section of the circuit will define the maximum slew. That said, the classic circuit likely used parts with a wide range of tolerance, so selection for bandwidth isn't really necessary. Besides, you won't get max gbw into the transformers anyway.
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Post by svart on Aug 11, 2022 7:48:57 GMT -6
Also been watching recent Intel announcements as I have been curious about where pc's are at in terms of horsepower since my i9 9900k build. While the upcoming Raptor Lake looks like a good deal more power, its going to have issues with heat as others have said but could be the better upgrade than an older generation CPU. I wouldn't bother with an upgrade unless you're gong to see a 40-50% improvement in CPU performance. And as you mentioned, if your current rig is working reliably, I would spend the time right now and in the coming months/years organizing the machine to be as easily upgradeable as possible. In my machine I have all sample libraries, VST libraries like Superior Drummer, Omnisphere etc all stored on separate internal SSDs. So when I upgrade, I have to re-install plugins etc sure but all I have to do is point them to their respective libraries which are intact and untouched on the separate SSDs. Yes. I do have my sample libraries on separate SSDS. Sometimes I do have several sample libraries on the same SSD and that has not been a problem yet. It does seem that the newer motherboards have the faster SSD slots built in. (NVME or something like that.) So I am hoping to update the CPU, but also having all those extra NVME slots. I also saw a video on youtube where lowering voltages for these recent intel cpus can actually help the performance, at least thermal-wise. It would be really helpful to know what the lower voltage recommendation is for a particular cpu. Thanks! The newer intel CPU systems will throttle their own voltages, and if you're using windows 11 (free upgrade from 10 for most folks) it'll use the E (efficiency) cores properly as well. Coming from an i7-7700k to a i7-12700k, the 12700k only uses about 50w more power at full tilt, so while the percentage increase is substantial, I don't really notice in practice. I went from a 150W GPU to a 300W GPU card, so I notice that a lot more! If you're going to the 12700K, make sure you get a DDR5 rated motherboard as well so you can upgrade either now, or in the future. The on-board NVME drive slots are great. I'm getting about 5 second boot times to the windows logon screen.
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Post by svart on Aug 10, 2022 14:50:07 GMT -6
Interesting. Does this mean many listeners got their bubble burst? If nobody had told them, they would have never known it wasn't analog somewhere up the chain. Kinda funny actually.
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Post by svart on Aug 10, 2022 14:20:44 GMT -6
I’ve got a golden age 73 mk2 I can sell you, $250 shipped, then if you want you can upgrade the transformers. Thanks! But I already got a GAP 73 Premier Now I'm debating whether it's worth it to upgrade the 2N3055 transistor to a Motorola NOS one. There's debate as to how much it influences the sound, and some people say that it is more important than the transformers themselves (?) I've never heard that before. I would think a proper biasing of the 3055 would matter more to the tone than the part used. I certainly wouldn't expect the transistor to matter more than the transformers! But, I think the design itself as a whole is where the tone lies and there isn't a single part that dictates the majority of the vintage neve sound.
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Post by svart on Aug 10, 2022 10:17:37 GMT -6
Hifiman Sundara.
Or go really cheap, Panasonic hje120 or hje125.
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Post by svart on Aug 8, 2022 17:14:53 GMT -6
Painter's brush and a small blower. A vacuum with pantyhose just doesn't get dust dislodged very well.
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Post by svart on Aug 8, 2022 11:28:50 GMT -6
I don't use the 12700K for recording, I use an I7-9900K for that currently. The 12700K is my gaming and video editing computer, which requires much, much more processing power than the recording computer! A decent sized case with larger fans will be quieter than a small case with small fans since as you might imagine, smaller fans need to turn faster to move the same amount of air.
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Post by svart on Aug 8, 2022 9:45:10 GMT -6
I like the knobs.
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Post by svart on Aug 8, 2022 8:09:48 GMT -6
I would hold off and see if Intel reduces the heat of Raptor Lake and how fast the Apple M2 chips get. The biggest issue with Alder Lake is cooling it quietly. Ryzen has historically had issues with reliability at lower latencies. An M2 Mac Mini could be a superb buy too. You mac guys are always complaining when PC guys come into one of your million mac threads talking about PC, so why do you think it's cool to come into one of the 2 or 3 PC threads and try to sell macs? I have a 12700K and it's been fine. Runs about 70W. A big air cooler is barely audible.
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Post by svart on Aug 7, 2022 19:30:35 GMT -6
Not really any good way to do what you're wanting. Technically you can clone your SSD then put it in your new computer but Windows will probably balk about authentication because the mac address is different on the motherboard.
It's possible it'll all work just fine this way. It's also possible it doesn't work at all.
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Post by svart on Aug 6, 2022 21:01:17 GMT -6
Working on a bottle of Glenfiddich right now.
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Post by svart on Aug 6, 2022 20:59:08 GMT -6
Return of the living dead also.
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Post by svart on Aug 6, 2022 18:27:20 GMT -6
I roll off anything above about 12k and below 50hz. If stuff beyond those frequencies is making a huge difference, then the problem is not your ears.
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