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Post by Johnkenn on Oct 29, 2022 7:54:44 GMT -6
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Post by Mark Kano on Oct 29, 2022 10:53:55 GMT -6
I pre-ordered a 76A+. Had been wanting an A for awhile - this looks too good to not try!
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Post by Johnkenn on Oct 29, 2022 11:03:10 GMT -6
The two blend knobs are killer
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Post by seawell on Oct 29, 2022 13:07:46 GMT -6
The two blend knobs are killer I see where the wet/dry is unity gain calibrated. That’s awesome! That’s my one gripe with the Bluey, it gets much louder as you lean towards the dry signal. |
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Post by mike on Oct 29, 2022 13:12:17 GMT -6
The two blend knobs are killer I see where the wet/dry is unity gain calibrated. That’s awesome! That’s my one gripe with the Bluey, it gets much louder as you lean towards the dry signal. I like the mix/blend knobs too and that's a great point on the unity gain calibrated and the way they all should be! |
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Post by Johnkenn on Oct 29, 2022 13:20:44 GMT -6
Think you might have a hit here stam |
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Post by lowlou on Oct 29, 2022 13:57:10 GMT -6
It was not in the budget but I had to preorder two A+. Stam is all I'm buying this year, it's crazy how good they are...
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Post by lowlou on Oct 29, 2022 13:58:59 GMT -6
And don't make me start on the buss comp mk3...
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Post by Ward on Oct 29, 2022 14:57:09 GMT -6
Great concept!
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Post by Mark Kano on Oct 29, 2022 16:21:19 GMT -6
The early-bird price of $800 for a Rev A is great on its own - but add in a mix knob and a variable tube output stage?? Smart way to stand out in a crowded market.
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Post by indiehouse on Oct 29, 2022 17:11:21 GMT -6
Don’t forget shipping. An extra $100+. Still a great value, but an automatic charge across the board. I’m so used to free shipping in the U.S., it’s easy to overlook.
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Post by mike on Oct 29, 2022 17:21:14 GMT -6
Don’t forget shipping. An extra $100+. Still a great value, but an automatic charge across the board. I’m so used to free shipping in the U.S., it’s easy to overlook.
Thought about that too, it looks like it's another $130 for shipping.
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Post by Mark Kano on Oct 29, 2022 17:50:38 GMT -6
Yeah $130 isn’t cheap. I like the deposit approach though. Easy on the mind. It’s kind of retro, like Layaway 😂
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Post by kcatthedog on Oct 29, 2022 20:38:28 GMT -6
Well, it is coming from Chile !  |
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Post by plinker on Oct 29, 2022 20:48:43 GMT -6
Awwww...crap! I bought the original 76D+ that just came out this year, and now the revision has the blendy, mixy knobs!
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Post by kcatthedog on Oct 30, 2022 3:02:12 GMT -6
Maybe check with Josh if a sister board could be added for those features, if so a retrofit would be possible or buy the new one and keep one ?
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Post by plinker on Oct 30, 2022 21:50:13 GMT -6
Thanks. He might have a sister board, but the front panel would have to be drilled and such -- not something I'm into.
I don't need the mix knob -- that's available in most DAW I/O plugs...but I'd like that tube/fet blend, and I bet the tube stage might be a little less noisy than my version.
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Post by kcatthedog on Oct 31, 2022 2:42:20 GMT -6
True, but not that difficult to remove panel, drill carefully ! i built the Hairball 76 and its instructions would be helpful. Yesterday, on FB, Josh mentioned starting to offer mods as a service, wonder if that would include retrofitting your 76 ? |
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Post by the other mark williams on Oct 31, 2022 13:23:11 GMT -6
Thanks. He might have a sister board, but the front panel would have to be drilled and such -- not something I'm into. I don't need the mix knob -- that's available in most DAW I/O plugs...but I'd like that tube/fet blend, and I bet the tube stage might be a little less noisy than my version. (emphasis mine)
I wouldn't recommend ever using that mix knob in your DAW's I/O plugin, Jim. Too much chance for phase problems via intersample misalignment. I mean, maybe you get lucky and it actually lines up exactly right, but I wouldn't risk it personally. Always better to do OTB parallel processing via analog parallel blending.
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Post by plinker on Nov 1, 2022 22:25:42 GMT -6
Good point, Mark. I hadn't thought about that.
Now I need to go check some old mixes to see if I was phasing-out with the I/O plug...
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Post by the other mark williams on Nov 2, 2022 0:20:53 GMT -6
Good point, Mark. I hadn't thought about that. Now I need to go check some old mixes to see if I was phasing-out with the I/O plug... It all depends on how far out it is. Sometimes it’s close enough that it doesn’t immediately sound “phasey,” but the drums (let’s say) just seem to lose a little *something*. Like, they don’t sound quite as punchy as when you were working on the mix yesterday. It’s not always obvious, but it can happen. IIRC, drbill has mentioned this before, as well. He may be able to provide some better examples. |
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Post by drbill on Nov 2, 2022 0:57:14 GMT -6
IIRC, drbill has mentioned this before, as well. He may be able to provide some better examples. Yeah, I have mentioned it several times. Some get it, some don't. Some believe, some don't. Some hear it, some don't. IME, the reality is, a sample is a finite digitally defined length of time - defined by your chosen digital sample rate. It's short, but it's absolutely definable and finite. You can cut it in half. Or a third, or a quarter. With a round trip out and back into your DAW it's more likely a random number like 47.8% of a sample off, or 17% of a sample off or  Very rarely will it return at EXACTLY 1/48,000th or 1/44,100th of a second. If it does, you are EXCEEDINGLY lucky and should count your blessings. Maybe buy a lotto ticket! Your DAW WILL place the returned audio on the beginning of a sample. It has a grid of 48000 spots per second to place the audio at @ 48k. 96,000 at 96k, etc.. It has no option to place audio "between" samples. That's what higher sample rates help out with. For the sake of being mr obvious - consider if your DAW's sample rate was 1 second. Very chunky and a disaster musically and audibly, but hang in there a sec. If you sent your audio out, and it took 1/3 of a second to return to your DAW, your DAW would place it to the nearest second. That's a HUGE chunk that we would all be able to hear in our sleep with the lawnmower going. Ugly. The 48,000 or 88,200 etc. scenarios are not as obvious, but they degrade the punch and phase response of your music just the same. Albeit much less obviously. Most times the returned audio is somewhere in the middle of two samples... Therefore, aligning to the nearest sample and....BOOM!!!....you're still out of "perfect" sync - even though your DAW may tell you you've adjusted properly. The amount of time it takes for an analog signal to exit your DA via conversion to analog, go thru your wires and analog gear and get converted to digital and back into the DAW's AD - with computer latency included - is rarely EXACTLY divisible by an exact number of samples. INTERsample latency is real. How badly it affects any particular audio is dependent on many aspects of your DA/AD, your sample rate, the actual audio itself, and your propensity to hear it. Or not. If you go to 96k over 48k the length of your 96k sample is exactly 1/2 the length of a 48k sample. One thing is absolutely certain - the higher your sample rate, the less of an issue "INTERsample" latency is. Doubling your sample rate decreases your chances of problems by 50%. Or is that 100%? I dunno. It's late. Somebody who is better at math could confirm.... PS - it's also one of the reasons that mastering plugins now (mostly) includes features for dealing with "intersample" peak problems. Most now suggest not mastering to 0.0dBfs because you will almost certainly have intersample peaks chopped off. Most of this stuff is way too obtuse for me to actually think about when making music. I just try to follow the rules and ignore it. Every once in awhile I might think about it, and then my head starts hurting. |
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Post by stam on Nov 5, 2022 19:37:27 GMT -6
Hello Guys,
First 100 units have been reserved on all 3 models and pricing will be removed from the website on Monday.
In case anybody wants to take advantage for the super low intro price on these you still can until Monday 12:00 Atlantic Time
Thank you all for your orders and vote of confidence
We are very excited to built these for you all!!
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Post by kcatthedog on Nov 6, 2022 5:27:16 GMT -6
Josh, last week on facebook you referenced new mods: are you introducing mods to earlier products or what did the fb reference mean ?
Thx!
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Very rarely will it return at EXACTLY 1/48,000th or 1/44,100th of a second. If it does, you are EXCEEDINGLY lucky and should count your blessings. Maybe buy a lotto ticket!