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Post by ericn on Nov 10, 2023 9:40:55 GMT -6
Why do people balk at iloks or certain types of auth? Because most are not developers who depend on the protection for their livelihood that fuels more intresting plugins or they haven’t moved from studio to studio. When I lock first came out I had clients who were freelance that loved it because they saved a ton on cartage. Yes I lock has had problems, but find me a secure authentication system that hasn’t, that has both portability and as much universal adoption.
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Post by ericn on Nov 9, 2023 13:26:18 GMT -6
Done it and it isn’t fun, compression is a no, no because the channels are not keying off each other and imaging gets weird.
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Post by ericn on Nov 8, 2023 21:30:13 GMT -6
In theory absolutely, in practice if you have the client trying to tell you something ain’t right from the coach you need to still be able to hear it at the desk, like I said it’s all a compromise 😁 You're only gonna get perfection one spot at a time! Your right, and your also wrong 😁 Knowing these mains other than HF roll off the couch far field . Those of us in the world of live have been tweaking DSP for years. And it’s always a compromise switching between presets just sounds bad to customers going good / bad / good & running mains and near fields at once is a whole new shit show.
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Post by ericn on Nov 8, 2023 19:18:47 GMT -6
Well the old gold D190 that you often see listed as a 790, while not the holy grail was blessed to be the pope’s mic. Why it was often fun when a priest would come in looking at EW500 wireless and a Neumann head complain about the price and you knew the pope was using a D790 that you could find used for $75.00. It isn’t heavenly far more fragile than D1000 & 1200’s but at my worst I had 5 of each. One of the most surprising mics you ever turned me on to was the AKG D160 . . . since we're rambling here. Might be one of the most beautiful dynamics ever. And so cheap! Old AKG condenser or Dynamics are special!
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Post by ericn on Nov 8, 2023 19:07:31 GMT -6
He also had a story about some studio where the new owner invested in room correction had it all dialed in for those sitting on the couch, but when you sat at the desk it just didn’t work. I thought that was the beauty of the Trinnov. One preset for the sweet spot, and one preset for the client couch. In theory absolutely, in practice if you have the client trying to tell you something ain’t right from the coach you need to still be able to hear it at the desk, like I said it’s all a compromise 😁
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Post by ericn on Nov 8, 2023 13:48:20 GMT -6
That slip tool will be a game changer for editing on logic if it is implemented like cubase or studio one. Hopefully you can see the grid though the regions as well. It's high time for some developer to INCLUDE a plugin that 'snaps to grid' or 'auto aligns'. It seems to be that Apple - Logic would dictate that kind of move. It just makes me feel like I’m using CAD, instead of making music. I guess that explains most pop today it’s the musical equivalent of CAD , CIT, Computer Instead of Talent.
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Post by ericn on Nov 8, 2023 13:44:17 GMT -6
I had an SA4000-5, 500 series SSL clone, buss compressor on order from Stam for many months. I found another one locally for less money so I cancelled the order and got a refund for the deposit. I contacted the guy who has it the day before I cancelled my order and he said he still had it. All good. Now the guy that has/had the one locally isn't returning my emails. WTF? You know what? The Hell with it. I'm tired of the frustration of dicking with it. I have many plugins that do the buss compressor job pretty well so I decided to spend that money on a power attenuator for my guitar amps. I'll use, and enjoy, it more than the compressor. So there! I have some great amps that I never use because they are too damn loud when turned up where they sound good. This solution should help with that somewhat. I am considerably more of a guitar player than I am recording enthusiast. I have played guitar like a maniac since I was 10 and still do. I didn't start recording until I was 19. I'm 66 now so I have been doing both for a minute or two. Oh I get that pain, while as far as Stam in particular I have only sat on the sidelines and watched I get it. The factor you have always consider is the opportunity cost, what else could I do with that same $? I keep seeing deals on a bunch of other 500 and rack SSL clones. If you feel the itch PM me and I’ll let you know if I see something that will feed the itch used.
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Post by ericn on Nov 8, 2023 13:18:41 GMT -6
I have 2 AKG 790's. Close friend has an EV 767a, that's a backup for mine. Thankfully EV 635a/AKG P120 still in production. Along with Beyer M201/M88. All some fave cheapies. Chris Well the old gold D190 that you often see listed as a 790, while not the holy grail was blessed to be the pope’s mic. Why it was often fun when a priest would come in looking at EW500 wireless and a Neumann head complain about the price and you knew the pope was using a D790 that you could find used for $75.00. It isn’t heavenly far more fragile than D1000 & 1200’s but at my worst I had 5 of each.
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Post by ericn on Nov 8, 2023 13:10:08 GMT -6
The 42 is really playable and, even hands-off, capable of extreme manipulation with the rate multiplier and modulation. The x2 (halving sample rate) button is fun too. There's a limiter at the input stage and another IIRC in the conversion within the feedback path, so you can hit it at varying levels for different sounds, or get controllable infinite feedback. It does great standard delays and flanging too, but the high used price probably comes down to studio/guitar rig infamy. The Delta labs, MXR, Digitech etc are nice if you can get them cheap. Not sure if they're worth more than a few hundred unless you love their specific sounds. I got a Symmetrix 606 for about $200 and really like it. The encoders are a bit sketchy but it's MIDI controllable. Definitely an underrated gem. The thing with so many of these is if you want that sound or a particular trick in driving the Limiters in a 42 nobody has nailed it in plugin form, so if your chasing that tone your going hardware. The problem with going hardware is you’re not the only one chasing that tone and almost every classic digital box has loads of unobtainium inside. So what you could have picked up for less than $100 5 years ago is now $400 and has seen even more use. The sad part is that a lot of these boxes were designed by true geniuses, the audio biz doesn’t attract guys like that anymore, sure we have some pretty smart guys programming plugins and a few designing analog gear but we don’t have many of those guys who could do it all. The Symetrix is a sleeper, many think of it as a poor man’s PCM 42, but it wasn’t intended to be used like 42, it was supposed to be an alignment delay for large scale installations. The designers just happened to sneak in a lot of Lexicon inspired features.
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Post by ericn on Nov 8, 2023 12:56:27 GMT -6
Hi Eric ! How long can one expect to use a set of JJ tubes, with a daily use of the comp, before having to change the set ? Is heat a serious problem ? Thanks Tube life can vary a bit and yes heat is a problem. It is important to have ventilation space above and below the UnFairchild if it is mounted in a rack. The other factor is the "GAIN TRIM" setting. We included a gain trim control. The only way to fine adjust the overall gain without adding anything to the audio path was to adjust the bias current for the 6386 tubes. That is what the "GAIN TRIM" is doing. When you adjust the bias current it changes the volume but it also changes how hot the tubes are running. It also affects the character of the compression. The lower GAIN TRIM settings sound softer and more saturated. Higher GAIN TRIM settings sound more immediate and clearer. The higher GAIN TRIM settings can be cool for certain things but it will shorten the life span of the tubes. We do our best to explain all of this in the manual. We have users that purchased units from the first 200 that have never had to change any tubes. Those units are 6-7 years old now. We've had users that had to change all of them after a year. Invariably, the users that have to change tubes sooner, have subjected the tubes to some combination of limited ventilation and high GAIN TRIM settings. My experience with the tubes has been that, occasionally you'll get a lemon that will get noisy in the first 6-12 months. The tubes that dont get noisy early will last a long time. We are encouraging users to never replace a whole set if one tube gets noisy. It is best to keep any/all tubes that aren't having any issues. Those ones will likely last a really long time. Earlier on we were being more picky about tube matching. The more experience we have with these tubes in the UnFairchild, the more we are realizing that the matching is not as critical as we initially thought. This JJ Tube challenge video is a testament to that. The UnFairchild seems to be more forgiving than other units. Larry Jasper (UTA circuit designer) did make one change to the circuit that does help both with the life span of the tubes and the ease of matching. It is related to how current is fed to the tubes in the 4 tube parallel sets for each channel. He would be able to explain it better than I. So that's my take on it after 7 years. It's the kind of thing that will continue to be refined over time. There is only one way to really know what is going to happen after 10 years. We gotta use these things for 10 years and see what happens Hey Eric welcome to our little corner of the internet! Oh the world of studio racks and venting! Funny enough I was having a text exchange with BradD about the ease of troubleshooting in an open frame vs a “ Box” rack and then was explaining the cooling advantages with a guy over lunch. Why oh why are we so concerned about looks VS overall function when it comes to studio furniture?
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Post by ericn on Nov 8, 2023 12:48:35 GMT -6
Years ago a guy I was working with built some Phantom blockers to save the Fostex printed Ribbons from getting killed by un attended phantom. SNIP I have one Foster printed ribbon, the M88. OMG, that thing is just so beautiful sounding on two tenor voices at a time . . . it balances, like a built in compressor, and the sound is just velvet yet alive! Man, I keep forgetting we are supposed to keep our mouth shut about sleeper mics😎 The M/S stereo Fostex is just so fing easy to get a decent sounding ensemble sound in a halfway decent room. The problem is they can be a bit Fragile. The problem Fostex has had with these is the exact same one they have had with their high end studio Monitors and raw drivers. They’re reps, dealers and most customers think Fostex and Cheap multitracks, pro-Sumer gear. They should have taken a lesson from Pioneer and Marketed the good stuff under another brand like Pioneer did with TAD. The original TAD stuff was “ Pioneer Exclusive “ lable in Japan and wasn’t that well received, but when they sold the Exact same thing as TAD an audio legend was born.
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Post by ericn on Nov 8, 2023 9:22:06 GMT -6
I’m kind of shocked AMS / Neve didn’t do this years ago, why let someone else make money off your IP? Of course it would have been at least twice the cost.
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Post by ericn on Nov 8, 2023 9:19:11 GMT -6
I'm holding my breath until you realize YOU don't need it .........just.......let.......me......know........................ I picked it up to boost the level of my RCA 44BX (specifically, only for that microphone) and of course I CAN'T let phantom power pass through, so if it passes ANY phantom power, I'll be ditching it. Addendum: I'll be testing it with a multimeter as well as plugging in different condensers to see if passes any starved current when requested by a microphone, as sometimes a 44 seems wont to do. Cheeky buggers, they don't always behave. Years ago a guy I was working with built some Phantom blockers to save the Fostex printed Ribbons from getting killed by un attended phantom. Anothe guy who loved RCA’s used AT and Stewart Phantom supplies like PSU’s for tube mics. He had disabled the 48volt rails on the console PSU and disabled the phantom switches on all his outboard pre amps. Over kill? Probably but he never lost a ribbon and he had a lot of them.
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Post by ericn on Nov 8, 2023 9:09:52 GMT -6
More and more I am seeing the benefits from DSP based room / speaker correction, but it sort of becomes a chicken or the egg question, which comes first? The problem is this I have heard speakers in specific rooms that don’t benefit from it and I have heard systems where the character of the speaker was completely changed by DSP. So unfortunately for the bank account I would say you need to purchase together to both reap the benefits and see what you’re really getting into. Trinnov isn’t cheap but it probably is the best overall, the budget option of Dirac and Mini DSP digital I/ O boxes give you the advantage of picking your own conversion. Nobody wants to hear this especially Trinnov fans, but where these systems don’t just excel but will make your jaw drop is immersive audio. Yep you thought the speakers and power will was going to kill your budget. I’d much rather hear a correct frequency response as opposed to the character of the speakers. This is where it gets complicated, speaker design is at its heart a series of serious compromises to overcome the limitations of very imperfect drivers. Sometimes a designer will use phase and frequency response choices to compensate for a driver’s distortion. That’s where these systems fail. While this isn’t as prevalent in Pro Monitors you see a lot of it in high dollar consumer speakers. The other thing is soundstage/ imaging has a lot to do with the phase response, on a few very large systems and a couple of small systems that offer stunning imaging a phase correction can just kill it. Where DSP can bring huge improvements it’s the Crossover, but for good reason these systems don’t let us play with crossover slopes or points. A couple of months ago I was talking to a designer known for his large scale mains who has used DSP for years and we were talking about how often you can do more room compensation by moving the x over point a little or change the type of filter. He also had a story about some studio where the new owner invested in room correction had it all dialed in for those sitting on the couch, but when you sat at the desk it just didn’t work.
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Post by ericn on Nov 8, 2023 7:47:13 GMT -6
I recently grabbed an Effectron II - ADM 1024. I plugged my Prophet 5 into it and the two haven't been parted since. Curious, though... I had an Effectron II as a teen and thought the feedback could hit self-oscillation when cranked to full. Maybe I'm misremembering, but my "new" one doesn't do this... There is something about those old Deltalab boxes.
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Post by ericn on Nov 8, 2023 7:33:04 GMT -6
To add - with companies like CAPI, Heiserman, AudioScape, Stam et al. you can get fantastic results without paying the premium prices. There are certainly classics (and new classics) like a lot of the new Chandler stuff, but there are options that will allow you to prioritize being able to hear what you’re doing. My first suggestion would be investing in a Trinnov. More and more I am seeing the benefits from DSP based room / speaker correction, but it sort of becomes a chicken or the egg question, which comes first? The problem is this I have heard speakers in specific rooms that don’t benefit from it and I have heard systems where the character of the speaker was completely changed by DSP. So unfortunately for the bank account I would say you need to purchase together to both reap the benefits and see what you’re really getting into. Trinnov isn’t cheap but it probably is the best overall, the budget option of Dirac and Mini DSP digital I/ O boxes give you the advantage of picking your own conversion. Nobody wants to hear this especially Trinnov fans, but where these systems don’t just excel but will make your jaw drop is immersive audio. Yep you thought the speakers and power will was going to kill your budget.
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Post by ericn on Nov 7, 2023 22:33:27 GMT -6
Thanks for the heads up. Not sure about the rest of you, but I haven't had a Facebook account for some time so this is appreciated. I was worried when I realized I haven't been checking my emails while overseas that I might have missed an invoice from Stam, but this alleviates any concerns I has. Bugs in general are getting around right now. Had half of my itinerary wrecked by something I probably picked up at customs. Best health to all, and speedy recovery to those who are ill. Yeah I have a face and lots of Books but no Facebook.
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Post by ericn on Nov 7, 2023 22:31:56 GMT -6
Ugh....been there, done that many years ago. My condolences on that as well. Get a good estate/trust attorney!!!!!!! I'll have to up my prayers for you. Thanks brother. I have one good firm hired on now, and working on a second for non-personal matters. It's SPENSIVE! Who do you think is raising the price of KM84s.
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Post by ericn on Nov 7, 2023 22:29:42 GMT -6
We can’t forget the greatest 2 plugins ever, The TRS and XLR, although the world of bare wire and barrier strips was cheaper 😁
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Post by ericn on Nov 7, 2023 22:26:56 GMT -6
Do you think its big enough? Or should we say - if you think the picture is big, wait till you hear the sound of it? No I dont want to take Chris's gig !! That’s great we already have a Chris and one is more than enough 😁
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Post by ericn on Nov 7, 2023 22:26:06 GMT -6
Man Australia is the Austria ! Nice price and does it sound as big as it looks?
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Post by ericn on Nov 7, 2023 14:53:48 GMT -6
Dont Forget thé Sony and Klark Teknik stuff either. Cheers, Geoff Both are excellent, the Sony’s have reliability issues but when they work are awesome, KT are off the beaten path but are powerful as hell, but like the stereo TC 1280 there are a couple of boxes that are just really designed for delay lines. Before you buy anything look at the manual and make sure it isn’t strictly a contractor piece.
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Post by ericn on Nov 7, 2023 14:45:26 GMT -6
Besides the great ones mentioned . . . Ibanez put out a delay/harmonizer that was fantastic for guitar solos. The ping pong delay setting (71?) in the Alesis Midiverb 2 was the tits for guitar and sax solos. m If we are going to dive into old Alesis For around $150 used the Alesis Q2 is a really powerful box, it could run a single Lexicon 480 algorithm, pre sets aren’t bad but if you take the time to dive in pretty damn powerful and fun for $150!
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Post by ericn on Nov 7, 2023 14:38:12 GMT -6
My transmitters were implanted already at birth. (or was it all those Missing Time experiences?) Hmm... Chris We know, even with your tinfoil hat we have been trying to tune you out for years 😁
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Post by ericn on Nov 7, 2023 13:54:41 GMT -6
Yes even Ballpark tickets can cost more. Each! Chris Talk about insanity! I may not even ever afford seats in the green monstah ever again, pissah. I guess I can safely say I have acquired a Chambord Bax EQ 500. Coming in a few short weeks! Giggity. Yours is better than mine, I’m excited but no where near as cool. Guy salvaging demo on one of the floors of my building found an install rack 4 Shure UlX P4 w AC adapters and active combiner $150 sight unseen. Just need to buy a transmitter or 2,4 or 8 and test ( I’m going to assume 1 and they are all on the same freq. group for now) the BETA 87 & SM58 heads can live on Shure transmitters and the Ambient adapters can live on something new!
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