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Post by unit7 on Jan 4, 2017 2:53:57 GMT -6
Is the Purple a Rev F clone? I can't remember but I've found Rev D's (WA76) a little cleaner and smoother than the Rev F's which feel a little more aggressive. Could just be the particular units I've had here though. MC 77 is it's own beast, when Andrew couldn't get the attenuator in the MC 76 he designed a 76 the way he wanted it to be. Their product desription says it's based on rev E, which should be same as rev D but with 220V operation
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Post by ericn on Jan 4, 2017 7:30:34 GMT -6
MC 77 is it's own beast, when Andrew couldn't get the attenuator in the MC 76 he designed a 76 the way he wanted it to be. Their product desription says it's based on rev E, which should be same as rev D but with 220V operation Only repeating what Andrew has said to me an many others, the 77 was not meant to be a clone because of the scars it's of the attenuator at the time of its design he built a FET comp the way he wanted, while the E may be the influence the 77 isn't meant to sound like any other FET comp.
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Post by kevinnyc on Jan 4, 2017 9:04:36 GMT -6
anyone have any experience with the hairball 500 series? Are they as easy to build? Do they sound exactly the same as the rack version? FWIW, I built the Rev A 500 series as my first ever DIY project. Took me a long time but I had a pretty steep learning curve due to inexperience. I love it though. Great comp. How was the calibration experience...I have a number of different builds not quite finished as a result of some psychological aversion I seem to have for the process 😜
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Post by rocinante on Jan 4, 2017 9:20:35 GMT -6
If you watch the youtube videos and do exactly what the guy on there does its easy enough. Calibrating the q bias takes a moment the first few and can be frustrating but eventually you 'get it' and the rest of the process goes by actually quickly.
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Post by kevinnyc on Jan 4, 2017 9:53:01 GMT -6
If you watch the youtube videos and do exactly what the guy on there does its easy enough. Calibrating the q bias takes a moment the first few and can be frustrating but eventually you 'get it' and the rest of the process goes by actually quickly. what are you using for signal generating if I may ask...
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Post by ragan on Jan 4, 2017 9:58:05 GMT -6
FWIW, I built the Rev A 500 series as my first ever DIY project. Took me a long time but I had a pretty steep learning curve due to inexperience. I love it though. Great comp. How was the calibration experience...I have a number of different builds not quite finished as a result of some psychological aversion I seem to have for the process 😜 I actually ran into some headache calibrating it. I just simply could not get the reading I was supposed to be able to on my meter. Mike (Hairball) lives just down the road from me so I took it in and he calibrated it. There wasn't anything wrong with my build so we decided it must be a meter issue on my end.
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Post by mdmitch2 on Jan 4, 2017 10:25:52 GMT -6
I use the signal generator that's built into cubase to calibrate my gear. I'm sure there's free plugin versions out there too.
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Post by Mister Chase on Jan 4, 2017 20:14:20 GMT -6
I use the signal generator that's built into cubase to calibrate my gear. I'm sure there's free plugin versions out there too. Yup, use my tone generator in Reaper. However, I have a big analog box gen, it's tricky to get the dial set on a frequency or level just so. Its much easier in the DAW. I just make a note of what dbfs level = .775 vac(and other required levels) and I have my dbu levels.
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Post by rocinante on Jan 4, 2017 20:16:51 GMT -6
I can understand why calibrrating can be a bitch, dont get me wrong. I just spent two days troubleshooting a monitor controller im building having no signal in the left out just to figure out the left 0v wasnt properly soldered (by me). Thats a good many hours wasted. So sometimes its worth it to just let someone else look over it.
As far as Im aware all daws have a signal generator plug in built into them but theres a ton of free scopes online which all work just great too. I use zeitgeist.
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Post by drew571 on Jan 6, 2017 23:18:34 GMT -6
thanks for the answers. i've got a couple open slots in my 500 series rack right now so i'm trying to decide wether i want to go with those or not. the rack versions just look so legit! and we know our mixes are 47% based on what are gear looks like.
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Post by Mister Chase on Jan 8, 2017 0:28:57 GMT -6
I say go rack. It looks like an 1176 that we're either used to using in hardware form OR in plugin form. Yea, it takes up some real estate, but it just feels right. 500 series is tight. I was happy to have the room inside the rack chassis to put this bad boy together.
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