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Post by BenjaminAshlin on Jan 8, 2018 19:33:45 GMT -6
Yeah that just what i was thinking too. The AMI body is a bit better priced from what I remember. I have a Ef12 build going ahead but am just using the body that Stam and everyone else is using. I'm sure in a few years the GA body will also become available too. Which body is that? This is the Stam style body. store.studio939.com/
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Post by BenjaminAshlin on Jan 8, 2018 19:31:02 GMT -6
And while you're replacing the woofers, replace the capacitors in the crossover with better ones. Big difference. Clarity, imaging, depth to field. etc. Well worth it. And fuse the tweeters. At $300. a pair it's cheaper to replace a 25 cent fuse. I should really fuse my tweeters sometime. How common is if for people to change the crossover capacitors I wonder?
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Post by BenjaminAshlin on Jan 8, 2018 15:58:22 GMT -6
Cosmetically it looks great, but the capsule doesn't look convincing to me. It looks to be of Chinese origin. With the stam you know what you are getting. Yeah, that's where I'm at, too. However, if you were to pick this up at second-hand pricing, it'd make a killer platform to mod with an upgraded capsule/transformer. I'm toying with the idea of building a top shelf 47, but man, FLEA wants over a grand for their body/headbasket alone. Urgh. Yeah that just what i was thinking too. The AMI body is a bit better priced from what I remember. I have a Ef12 build going ahead but am just using the body that Stam and everyone else is using. I'm sure in a few years the GA body will also become available too.
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Post by BenjaminAshlin on Jan 8, 2018 14:42:13 GMT -6
Wow, the cosmetics are impeccable. No kidding! That's very interesting and priced pretty on par with Stam's 47, after forking over a hundo for shipping. That bright orange mic cable though...gawdy. I am hesitant to be a beta tester for GAP stuff, though. It's just too associated with cheap chinese knock-off's in my mind. I get that they're trying to reinvent a high end line of products. And good on them for keeping the prices reasonable. Cosmetically it looks great, but the capsule doesn't look convincing to me. It looks to be of Chinese origin. With the stam you know what you are getting.
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Post by BenjaminAshlin on Jan 4, 2018 4:31:37 GMT -6
Does anyone have some gut shots of a Flea 47? I haven't ever had the chance to see inside one of them. I guess they use the same layout as all 47 type microphones.
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Post by BenjaminAshlin on Dec 20, 2017 20:05:21 GMT -6
it's a wonder anybody who's mortgage is paid by working in audio still uses hardware! Easy fella......... Some of us have mortgages AND stacks of gear - and the hardware ain't going anywhere anytime soon. Get rid of one and you might get rid of the other.
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Post by BenjaminAshlin on Nov 24, 2017 17:05:23 GMT -6
How do you find the tactile response? cheers Wiz With the V Drums? Pretty nice. I mean, it’s not really like real drums but it’s an expressive, playable approximation. I enjoy playing it. That is how I feel about V Drums. Not like an acoustic but fun to play.
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Post by BenjaminAshlin on Nov 18, 2017 20:44:34 GMT -6
Think of the second machine as a sampler. Hardware drum module with the sounds of SD3 and 16 analog outputs. Whatever makes sense to your brain. eKit>USB OR MIDI DIN>"second machine"=drum sound. How do you record that accurately? How you record ANYTHING accurately. By arming audio tracks setting levels and hitting record. You technically, again, CAN do this with one machine. But, BELIEVE ME.....if you're confused by what I'm saying--you have NO chance of understanding the signal flow in a DAW it takes to record a 14+ multi out VI's audio stream live. Plus, you give up all the other "functional replacement of acoustic kit"--being able to monitor the band analog, process individual "drum mics" on the way in through analog EQ/compression....sub a real hat (or whatever the drummer wants to use WITH the eKit).... But, also as I pointed out--this is how you functionally replace a real kit with an eKit (what he wants to do). But, Ragan doesn't even KNOW if, as a player, he WANTS to play an eKit--there's no reason to go to the expense until he has laid sticks to the kit+Superior--which he can do using his current iMac. If he doesn't like it--he can return the eKit, and use the Superior ambient mic samples in mixing. The software is NOT returnable. I know--because I looked after I got to lay fingers on it and heard how they'd mapped the samples and how NOT easily/quickly it was going to be. The process of using 2 computers (one as a sampler) ISN'T confusing but your explanation was. It is also fairly trivial to route signals around within the computer from app to daw or whatever you want to need. I guess the advantage is, as you say, that you are able to treat it (ekit + sampler/computer) as an outboard instrument. Ragan - The Roland modules are fairly flexible for monitoring as you can ether send a aux back to the unit. Or use the module as a sound card. Or not use the module at all and monitor with you main interface. (I have a 9mth old so i know how handy a ekit is.)
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Post by BenjaminAshlin on Nov 18, 2017 14:28:10 GMT -6
I still cant understand why you need the second machine. Could you elaborate? He's saying use one machine with a dedicated daw that only runs the drum plugin configured as multi-out feeding all the outputs to the attached interface, and then record those outputs with your main Daw so you just have audio files in the session. No midi is recorded. A better solution is to contact the ekit manufacturer and ask them what kind of timestamp they use when their drum brain sends messages to the daw. And also ask the daw maker how they store data that arrives from a MIDI controller, and see if it is stored as TPQN or sample-based Ahh okay I understand now. Would some type of rewire setup achieve the same thing with only one computer? I hate working with MIDI in general,just not my thing. But the irony is, half the drummers I have worked with cant follow a click and think the pocket is in their jeans. I wish I had the midi performance half the time. (I’m just a part timer who works with small local bands.)
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Post by BenjaminAshlin on Nov 18, 2017 0:24:16 GMT -6
But, you know what I just thought? Buy the two pieces. You don't even know if you want to PLAY an eKIt. Run it stand alone on your DAW machine. If I out don't like the feel or sounds you can likely return the eKit and use Sd3 for its ambience mics. If you like the feel/sound of PLAYING it, you can get the second machine to properly record it. If you don't--the second machine won't do a lot to improve that. I still cant understand why you need the second machine. Could you elaborate?
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Post by BenjaminAshlin on Nov 14, 2017 18:37:03 GMT -6
This is my midi kit. It has a few more toms now. The Roland brains are great with SD2 and EZDrummer 2 i can only imagine how much better SD3 is. I can never make it play nicely with SSD though. They do take a bit of calibration to get setup first. Its a far better than programming in the DAW or playing on pads/keyboard.YMMV
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Post by BenjaminAshlin on Nov 10, 2017 18:34:39 GMT -6
It will be a popular product is my guess.
Capsule looks like its is from 3u audio. It will be interesting to find out how they have implemented the 5751 which is a lower gain 12AX7. The AMI transformer looks like a custom job for warm audio.
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Post by BenjaminAshlin on Oct 20, 2017 16:54:06 GMT -6
I just had a lead here in town (sounds suspicious) for a mkI 8x8 for $900. Allllmost pulled the trigger...but just couldn’t do it. What are you currently using? I remember you talking about BF, Dangerous and the Clarett in the passed. I am using a BF but a secondhand Symphony or new Antelope Discrete8 look interesting.
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Post by BenjaminAshlin on Sept 23, 2017 5:45:10 GMT -6
I have never been impressed with the Bias plugin when i have shot it out and I was never quite happy with my AxeFx tone. Since I first plugged into my Kemper it has just felt right. Both in the studio and live it has been great. I have almost been tempted to sell my amps.
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Post by BenjaminAshlin on Sept 6, 2017 1:10:13 GMT -6
Same here too.....
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Post by BenjaminAshlin on Jul 3, 2017 21:09:10 GMT -6
Am I the only one that finds monitors more revealing for reverb and effects? My main headphones are HD580 (Pre cursor to HD600) I find it hard to judge reverb on headphones. With speakers I get more of a sense of space so when I'm on headphones I always use to much verb.
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Post by BenjaminAshlin on Jun 17, 2017 2:33:01 GMT -6
Hey Svart, I have been reading this thread with some interest. I have been involved with the groupdiy community for some years now but I have not found too much information in the DIY studio monitors department. If you get a chance would you be able to provide some thoughts on crossover design and speaker time alignment as well as the design considerations in your speaker choice. Cheers Most of the DIY speaker information on the internet centers around handy audiophiles who'd rather build than buy. I can't say that any single one of them has all the answers, but for me the answers come as bits of information from all sources. If you read enough and play around enough with the sims and actually building speakers, then these bits start making sense together. However, you still have to sift through the technobabble and egotism that a lot of audiophiles have in order to find what works. I haven't found that it's nearly as big of a problem with the DIY speaker crowd as it is with the folks who just buy stuff, probably because you have to have a realistic scientific approach to building speakers.. For crossovers, you have a lot of variables to play with that can affect your design. You can go low-order with the filters but you'll have drivers that might be strained, or you can go high order and end up with group-delay issues and/or impedance problems. I don't prescribe to doing anything terribly outlandish in my designs. I just do what's necessary to get the outcome I want. For the drivers on this project I aimed to work with metal cones/domes to approximate the Amphion speakers, nothing more. The metal cones have interesting qualities like low distortion, but also have bad qualities like very bad breakup nodes that need to be tamed. I've also come to recognize the sound of the cones as they do have a distinct sound once you notice it. it's most prevalent in the tweeter, which I might try replacing with silk domes to get some of the tone to settle down. Awesome, I keep an eye on the speaker section on diyaudio forum. Once I have got these microphone builds off my bench I will have a more of a look into building speakers. I was interested in how you choose the drivers as bringing them into NZ can get expensive as we do not have a supplier of quality drivers that i know of. This thread is very interesting as it is studio focused with the additional ability to hear about your comparisons to other studio monitors/Amphion. So hopefully we continue to hear how these evolve.
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Post by BenjaminAshlin on Jun 14, 2017 21:46:46 GMT -6
Hey Svart, I have been reading this thread with some interest. I have been involved with the groupdiy community for some years now but I have not found too much information in the DIY studio monitors department.
If you get a chance would you be able to provide some thoughts on crossover design and speaker time alignment as well as the design considerations in your speaker choice.
Cheers
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Post by BenjaminAshlin on Jun 12, 2017 16:45:12 GMT -6
Reverb for 1480 w shipping. wrong thread? I think he means Reverb.com
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Post by BenjaminAshlin on Jun 12, 2017 5:40:31 GMT -6
The satellites are one sale, at least the prices I saw at sweetwater last week. You can sell UA plugs but typically see like .30 on the dollar so why sell, if you are giving up that much dough ? Oh I thought you had to sell them with hardware.
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Post by BenjaminAshlin on Jun 11, 2017 23:32:02 GMT -6
UAD no resale.
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Post by BenjaminAshlin on Jun 10, 2017 5:50:19 GMT -6
I got mine in mint condition secondhand for 2000 New Zealand dollars. ~1400usd They are 4000nzd new over here. So what I paid wasn't too bad.
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Post by BenjaminAshlin on Jun 8, 2017 17:53:13 GMT -6
My Kemper should arrive today. Can't wait..... I'm just buying some of the profiles suggested in this thread. Any others that are worth checking out?
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Post by BenjaminAshlin on Jun 8, 2017 17:46:09 GMT -6
Switch mode power supply - EEeeewwwwww. Wonder what other corners they cut? If the SMPS is a good "quality" ( Behringer) one it may not make any difference. The EQP is a class A amplifier which means it draws full current all of the time. Therefore there should not be any sag.
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Post by BenjaminAshlin on Jun 8, 2017 17:38:36 GMT -6
Power supplies are an interesting subject that are prone to generalizations. Both switchmode and linear PSU can be very good although it does take a lot more technical knowledge to design a switchmode PSU for audio.
But we live in a fortunate time where there are a wide range of SMPS that cater to the audio industry.
There are times when a SMPS will sound different to a linear ps. Class AB tube amps for example often exhibit sag when a large transient goes through them. The voltage is pulled down and can change the dynamic feel of the device.
Good post btw monkeyxx.
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