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Post by porkyman on Dec 12, 2015 2:17:22 GMT -6
mixer is xlr with only pin 1 and 2. nothing on 3. motu is all trs. power amp is ts. i got a couple trs to mono ts adapters for the power amp im gonna try.... im more worried about the mixer because im eventually going to run a master chain of 2 1073's, vca, pultec clones and anamod ats-1 post mixer. plus patchbays. from what i can gather on the internet, once you go unbalanced in the chain it will stay unbalanced through out. is that right? what do you think about using guitar di's.
p.s. why would they make 16 balanced inputs and have unbalanced outs. im trying to comprehend the logic. thanks.
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Post by porkyman on Dec 11, 2015 23:59:50 GMT -6
Balanced or differential? Balanced means that impedances are the same. Differential means that there are two signals of opposite polarity to create noise immune transmission lines. I assume you mean differential, like TRS or XLR.. If the differential output is electronically balanced, the it's OK to just use one of the signal pins to drive your unbalanced/single ended inputs. If it's a transformer based output, then then unused signal pin will need to be grounded. For a single-ended output to differential input, then either case (electronic or transformer) would likely need the unused input pin to be grounded. im assuming theyre differential as well. interface is motu 16a... so do i use a balanced cable pin 2 + pin 1 and 3 ground? do i ground unused pin inside the console. thanks svart
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Post by porkyman on Dec 11, 2015 19:38:26 GMT -6
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Post by porkyman on Dec 11, 2015 19:29:13 GMT -6
ive got two scenarios going on right now. i got an old amp to power some auratones and its got unbalanced inputs coming from balanced interface. and ive also got a mixer thats got unbalanced outputs going in to balanced interface.
whats the best way to deal with these? thanks
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Post by porkyman on Dec 10, 2015 20:42:05 GMT -6
another thin to consider about this younger generation is they have absolutely nothing better to do. they have less than zero responsibilities. some of them dont get their first jobs till theyre 22. if they ever get jobs at all. all they do all day is try to one up each other on youtube... and they get really, really good in the process.
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Post by porkyman on Dec 10, 2015 20:03:01 GMT -6
i think theres just too much music out there it gets watered down. it just seems like they were all great back in the day because the bad ones got filtered out. time has thinned the herd even more so were only hearing the greatest of the greats. the 1%-ers.... now the bottom 2%-ers can plaster their music all over the internet the 1%-ers get lost in the shuffle. but theyre still out there.
the reality is todays 1% are better than theyve ever been. its just the evolution of things. someones always taking it to the next level and then the previous level becomes the norm. look at Dragonforce. theyre doing everything Maiden was doing back in the day only in fast forward.
another quit rant i need to get off my chest.
Jimmy Page is the worst guitar player in the history of rock n roll. he tried to right stuff that he couldnt even play. and the stuff he couldnt even play isnt even difficult by todays standards.
check these guys out. they are insane musicians too.
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Post by porkyman on Dec 7, 2015 15:41:03 GMT -6
theres one for sale over on gs. thought about getting it but i decided to mod a console instead. if you end up getting/making one please post your thoughts here im curious about this thing.
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Post by porkyman on Dec 7, 2015 15:29:42 GMT -6
Stay in the box. You don't want to open Pandora's box. thats hilarious because im looking for a delta to send down to you for mod.... thanks for the advice guys.
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Post by porkyman on Dec 6, 2015 1:57:00 GMT -6
Tony, be assured i am on the interwebs every single day with a windows machine. Firefox, adblocker, pop-ups need my ok, i don't click on funny things in emails, and guess what? I don't waste a single thought on things like viruses, trojans etc.. I can't even remember when i had the last virus on a computer. No joke. And hold your breath - im am only using windows build in firewall and virus scanner. Nothing else. I don't even use a router, my Win has DIRECT access to the web. :-D me too. no viruses. only using ms essentials for protection. same with my laptop. its so old its an xp. microsoft doesnt even support it anymore so ive got no antivirus software at all and still no viruses. the only real advantage to me is being able to use logic. but thats only because they're nazis.
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Post by porkyman on Dec 5, 2015 23:14:54 GMT -6
im going to be getting a mixer to sum through. never had one before.
do you guys run individual cables? im trying to picture some kind of snake because it would be so much easier but it gets so wide at the console it seems like you would have to splice it down a couple feet.
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Post by porkyman on Dec 5, 2015 22:37:59 GMT -6
im never gonna disagree with you bob but having gone 64bit long before mac just furthers my argument about windows being superior. seems like they were one step ahead. i dont think commercially bought pc's were capable of 64bit processing before mac though. even if windows was OS ready. i just remember thinking i was so superior to pc guys because i had 64 bits and i could use all this ram that those pathetic pc-ers couldn't.
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Post by porkyman on Dec 5, 2015 21:07:42 GMT -6
i started on mac and will never go back. they made a fool of me for years. pc has always been better than mac. apple admitted as much when they switched to intel. the only advantage it had was a 64bit OS when windows was stuck on 32. theyre both 64 now and 64bit can access something like a billion gigs of ram so the race is over. when you buy a mac today all you're really doing is paying 500% more for IMO an inferior OS.
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Post by porkyman on Dec 4, 2015 19:32:06 GMT -6
im definitely gonna try. i was just trying to get myself talked out of it.... thinking im gonna go the mixer route over dedicated summer. any suggestions? looking for something old and cheap to mod. only need 16 channels. there are some cheap ones here on craigslist. mainly peaveys, yamahas, and tascams. ideally id like to get a JW soundcraft but i havent been able to find one of the ones listed on jimwilliams site. it has to be good enough (post mod) for me to believe its high end to use all that conversion. thanks
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Post by porkyman on Dec 3, 2015 14:02:50 GMT -6
if active summing is just passive summing with make up gain. whats the benefit of converting all those individual tracks out to be summed when you can just send a summed stereo track to the same make up gain stage for color, and only use two channels of conversion. does sending a signal through one resistor do anything worth the cost of 16 channels of conversion? thinking of buying this www.vintagemaker.net/products.html
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Post by porkyman on Dec 2, 2015 17:36:17 GMT -6
Listening in the shop but they are good enough for location monitors. The top end will rival $5000 speakers for 1% of their cost. The top end has better resolution than my JBL tweeters have. On sale until tomorrow, get a pair. will do. thanks.
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Post by porkyman on Dec 1, 2015 16:14:58 GMT -6
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Post by porkyman on Nov 26, 2015 3:25:29 GMT -6
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Post by porkyman on Nov 25, 2015 23:05:09 GMT -6
i thought it sounded good but it was glitchy and used up too much cpu when i tried it. it sounds more natural and less processed than the others. could be a good thing for a tweaker but to me it just took too much effort to get it where i wanted.
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Post by porkyman on Nov 18, 2015 22:29:35 GMT -6
Why would you lose anything? Murphy's Law. I think I've gotten the free Slate stuff for longer than I should have, so I'm not gonna raise any flags me too.
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Post by porkyman on Nov 16, 2015 13:59:58 GMT -6
Randge. i think this would would be cool post reverb to do the "Randge" cutting technique in key. maybe give it a little modulation effect as well. What do you think?
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Post by porkyman on Nov 11, 2015 21:19:57 GMT -6
You know, i kind of put together a little theory about who's behind IGS and was further validated by others who had come to the same conclusion. If you look at the layout it has a certain design signature. I can't prove anything but if its who I think it is its good stuff. I'm rambling. I tried out their Tubecore and thought it was definitely high quality. isnt it igor from group-diy.
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Post by porkyman on Nov 10, 2015 18:24:52 GMT -6
anyone get theirs yet?
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Post by porkyman on Nov 10, 2015 18:22:41 GMT -6
i had a 506 and i got transformer interference on the last two slots. sold it and bought a radial. the radial is awesome. you can chain them together without cables. has sidechain inputs and two inputs on the front for easy access. honestly not even comparable.
all that being said i would go the capi route. you can build 2 units (22 slots) with one power supply and you could sell the racks you have now to cover some of the cost.
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Post by porkyman on Nov 6, 2015 18:33:39 GMT -6
Vanilla version download in progress I'm at the lake we have very slow wifi here. Just noticed there is a driver. 12.3 Update for native. And HD. But I'm on. Vanilla i supposedly have 50mbs and ive been staring in anticipation at my screen for a couple minutes now and im still at 0%. i think everybody's trying to download it at the same time.
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Post by porkyman on Nov 6, 2015 18:29:51 GMT -6
the internet couldnt hold all the information in Bobs head.
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