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Post by jayson on May 25, 2019 8:21:20 GMT -6
I'm not aware of too many diode bridge compressor kits in the 500 series format. There's a fair amount of modules; like the AML or the RND 535. But for some reason it seems like there's a whole lot more available in FET/1176 type of kits. I think the closest you're likely to get to a 33609 in 500 land is the probably RND 535 which, very unfortunately, isn't a kit.
I can certainly understand why you'd want it in a 500 series package, but IMHO the 2254 (standard 19" kit) offered by AML is a pretty stunning kit version of a compressor in that family.
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Post by jayson on Jan 24, 2018 18:35:54 GMT -6
Well, maybe it's because you're supporting a campaign to take away one of my basic rights - to live a functional life as free of pain as possible without the meddling of uninformed and/or unscrupulous politicians.
And because you essentially don't know what you're talking about.
You are not my mommy. Neither is the federal government.
I'm not part of any campaign to do anything - just a guy with a shitload of dead friends who really doesn't want to see that list get longer. From a strictly socio-political standpoint I don't really care what you do - as long as nobody's getting hurt. By the way - opiates are inherently illegal. You don't have a "Right" to them - you never have. A prescription is, in effect a temporary, targeted and VERY conditional micro-exemption in the laws that forbid you to posses and use them. There is NO second amendment for morphine - or any other medication for that matter. But don't take my ignorant word for it though, any doctor, lawyer or judge will tell you the same thing. And definitely don't get pulled over while you're on it - they'll lock you up the same as they would if you were doing shots of Jack Daniels and drag racing.
First, Jerry was a junkie, not a chronic pain patient. If you're in a situation where your regularly consuming large amounts of concentrated opium extracts that's really a distinction without much of a difference. You can think whatever you will about the guy; but in 30 years of what would be, by anybody's yardstick, HEAVY opiate use - the guy NEVER ODd once. While I see him as a great guitar player, but an extremely flawed, normal human being - He must've been doing something right because that's pretty much unheard of.
You say that as if I haven't been thinking and planning for the contingency for over ten years and/or that I'm stupid. I never said or implied any such thing. If you have been planning for it mazal tov to you. But I gotta say when you proclaim "The day I have to go on assisted living or am unable to continue working with music is the day I die. Literally. I have no intention of becoming a sentient vegetable, consuming precious resources out of pure selfishness and helping feed a gluttonous pharm/medical/health care industry" - I'm not hearing much of a plan there. That's what EVERYBODY in a nursing home says a year before they wind up there. If you wind up passing a clot from your aorta into your carotid artery while you're in the paint aisle at Home Depot - how exactly are you planning to contend with it? Do you have a DNR order? Make sure you get a tattoo as well so THEY know. If you're brought unconscious into the ER and you don't have any of these logistics worked out in advance; you're going to go where your family or the state welfare office puts you. That's where you'll wake up and that's probably where you'll stay until Cadillac day. Again that has nothing to do with ME or my opinion - that's life.
Yeah? So I can have my studio in an assisted living facilty?
Somehow I doubt it.
I honestly don't know - maybe try asking. It's not like there aren't any other musicians currently living in assisted living - you might be pleasantly surprised. Just remember the time to get into an AL facility is BEFORE you need it - once a disaster strikes entry is off the table.
We are not children, no matter what you might think. Again, I never said or implied that you were; that sounds to me more like an overly defensive reaction to hearing something you simply don't like. The reality is if you expect to maintain access to these drugs, you have to play by THEIR rules -whatever they may be. You don't get to control them. Again - that's not coming from ME. Like I said before the ONLY agenda I have is simply not wanting to see my friends - and from where I sit that includes you- die meaninglessly. I'm sorry if that offends you.
Peace.
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Post by jayson on Jan 23, 2018 17:50:04 GMT -6
You say that as if you'll have choice in the matter, when the time comes it usually doesn't work that way.
Look, John I wasm't looking to pick a fight with anybody here- and I'm not sure I understand why your response to my comments have been so outwardly hostile - I can only infer that this active issue in your life at the moment and a discussion you're not only having with me...and it ain't going too well. If that's the case it really isn't my intention to rub salt in the wounds. You seem to keep spoiling for a pissing match and - I'm sorry friend - you're not gonna get one here.
For the record - There's a difference between assisted living - where you get to still do whatever the hell you want - including driving and whatever living like a normal person is to you.... and a nursing home where you're basically a drugged out prisoner. If you make the tough choices when you're still able to, you can usually swing an apartment in an assisted living building. If you wait until your family or the state makes those decisions for you - and you won't like the results. If the pic is your avatar is a selfie - you owe it to yourself to start planning things out with a little more thought and a lot less emotion. Anyway I suggested you start looking at it because the way the protocols for these pain medications are likely being rewritten as we speak - some form of assisted living is likely going to be a minimum requirement for receiving these meds - if you don't have it - you probably won't be able to continue getting these meds. It's far wiser to anticipate those changes than it is to react to them after they've been implemented. That assistance may simply be a spouse, co-worker, neighbor etc. That's a determination that's going to be made by the medical establishment in association with the government though. Getting pissed at me isn't going to change that.
I'll leave you with one last thought on this issue and I'm sticking a fork in it:
Even in his darkest, most addled moments, Jerry Garcia ALWAYS saw the wisdom in having either Bob Weir or Steve Parish hang on to his heroin for him. Why? Because he knew damn well that the stuff distorts some necessary senses and self administering it was extremely dangerous. That's just being a responsible adult. If you're gonna be on heavy duty poppy squeezings there's no shame in having SOMEBODY - ANYBODY - be your confidante, your copilot - your wingman - WHATEVER. The one refrain I ALWAYS hear in EVERY OD that comes down the pipe is "If he wasn't alone, he wouldn't have died." For Christ's sake don't do the stuff by yourself.
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Post by jayson on Jan 22, 2018 17:37:22 GMT -6
I wouldn't be so sure about anything you've just said. I suggest you start giving assisted living some serious thought.
Our family sat together this morning with the Medical Examiner – Coroner’s office and we were informed of their final analysis that Tom Petty passed away due to an accidental drug overdose as a result of taking a variety of medications.
Unfortunately Tom’s body suffered from many serious ailments including emphysema, knee problems and most significantly a fractured hip.
Despite this painful injury he insisted on keeping his commitment to his fans and he toured for 53 dates with a fractured hip and, as he did, it worsened to a more serious injury.
On the day he died he was informed his hip had graduated to a full on break and it is our feeling that the pain was simply unbearable and was the cause for his over use of medication.
We knew before the report was shared with us that he was prescribed various pain medications for a multitude of issues including Fentanyl patches and we feel confident that this was, as the coroner found, an unfortunate accident.
As a family we recognize this report may spark a further discussion on the opioid crisis and we feel that it is a healthy and necessary discussion and we hope in some way this report can save lives. Many people who overdose begin with a legitimate injury or simply do not understand the potency and deadly nature of these medications.
On a positive note we now know for certain he went painlessly and beautifully exhausted after doing what he loved the most, for one last time, performing live with his unmatchable rock band for his loyal fans on the biggest tour of his 40 plus year career. He was extremely proud of that achievement in the days before he passed.
We continue to mourn with you and marvel at Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' incredible positive impact on music and the world. And we thank you all for your love and support over the last months.
Thank you also for respecting the memory of a man who was truly great during his time on this planet both publicly and privately.
We would be grateful if you could respect the privacy of the entire Heartbreaker family during this difficult time.
Dana Petty and Adria Petty
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Post by jayson on Jan 21, 2018 17:44:23 GMT -6
Didn't mean to touch such a big nerve there, John. Perhaps we should add opioids to the list of topics we shouldn't discuss. Seriously though, It wasn't my intention to offend anyone. On the other hand, to be blunt about it I HAVE had MULTIPLE people in my life die from opioid use; it's not a particularly fair statement -and a pompous one at that - to discount that as not knowing what I'm talking about. We all have our war stories as far as the opium family goes and I'd just as soon not get into that here.
I've also had pretty serious back surgery and I know what it's like to be on the stuff as well - I coudn't have made it through without it. I'm not implying that these meds don't have therapeutic value - but they sure as hell are NOT offering it without a tremendous societal cost. And there is a large tendency on the part of both the pharmaceutical and medical service providers to only see a nail everywhere they want to swing the opium hammer. In any case - the situation we're talking about here has certainly had an observable outcome, hasn't it? The patient is dead.
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Post by jayson on Jan 21, 2018 9:10:34 GMT -6
My understanding is that the plug-ins will still work, but the ability to receive free or discounted updates to your plug-ins will expire. My WUP expired years ago but the plug-ins all seem to function just fine.
Having said that though, I haven't purchased anything from them in a very long time and their policies have probably changed - it always seemed to me as if they were intentionally vague about those policies and just what they mean.
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Post by jayson on Jan 21, 2018 8:36:29 GMT -6
You're quite right; I had initially confused Fentanyl with Propofol (I've always struggled keeping Micheal Jackson and Prince straight!)- but it really doesn't change the original point. Fentanyl is in a family of narcotics that are NOT intended to be self-administered by the patient themselves. The idea is that it's supposed to be administered by an RN or MD, or at the very least a family member or other care-giver in a clinical or hospice setting. A care giver who WON'T be under the influence of it themselves. The ability to track dosages and elapsed time is one of the first cognitive skills that's going to go out the window once you're on it.
As far as there being "hysteria about opioids", it's entirely justified. Any product of the opium poppy should be viewed with a combination of reverence, fear and healthy suspicion - especially the apparently "innocuous" ones like Percocet, Vicodin, Demerol, etc. I can't speak for anybody else, but in my life I've seen these drugs do an absolutely amazing amount of damage.
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Post by jayson on Jan 20, 2018 14:08:49 GMT -6
It's one thing to prescribe it in patch form, very much another in a self-administered delivery system that could result in a fatality, like a pill or intravenous solution. In those instances it's really more acceptable to use it for people who are at least HOSPITALIZED, if not terminally ill. Just like propofol it was never intended to be something you can run down to CVS with a scrip from Dr. Sawbones and get filled while you leaf through the latest edition of "Guitar Player". The idea that the stuff should be regulated that way is as silly as marketing phenobarbital as "Sleeping Pills".
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Post by jayson on Jan 20, 2018 10:45:39 GMT -6
What a waste. Gotta wonder who the quack is who will become the tax-payers next guest for 10 to 20 years.
Good thing cannabis is still treated like a class 1 narcotic though, isn't it? Irony is I would've thought a 420 friendly guy like Tom would've known better; especially considering how many notable colleagues he's lost that way. A well made cannabis tincture isn't much less effective for neural pain than opioids and nobody's ever died from it.
Fentanyl is supposed to be used as anesthesia, not pain relief. It's what you use to knock people senseless before you cut them open in a surgical setting- not to help them get to sleep at night or contend with sciatica. Why are doctors even ABLE to prescribe it at all? It's only supposed to be stocked in HOSPITAL pharmacies; it's ONLY supposed to be used under circumstances where blood pressure and blood oxygen are continuously monitored and resuscitation equipment is standing by. I see this like a situation where people are turning up dead from plutonium poisoning; How is it people are dying from something that they shouldn't have any actual access to?
I wonder if it came from a legitimate source or a black market lab or if corporations that legally manufacture Fentanyl put any kind of chemical markers in their formulas so, when this kind of thing happens, the origin of it can be traced? Given how many people are dropping dead from the stuff each year - even though it may have been "legally" prescribed - you'd think it might be helpful.
In my world most of my work comes from physicians (the medical world produces a surprising amount of multi-media!) and this kind of thing really mystifies me. I honestly don't know ANY doctor who would even consider doing this - allowing a patient to self-medicate on something like Fentanyl is as responsible as leaving a loaded .45 in a toddler's playpen.
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Post by jayson on Jan 6, 2018 9:54:52 GMT -6
I just realized that I've been steadily winding up with all of the family's old stereo gear from when I was a kid - particularly speakers. My dad has always been a huge audiophile so as we were growing up there were always really cool hand-me-downs.
This year my oldest brother gave me his old set of ESS AMT1. My God - I forgot how good midrange can sound! They have really sweet highs too, first time I had ever seen ribbon tweeters before and every time I see Adam monitors I think of 'em. One of 'em needs a 10" driver replaced, but even so they sound amazing. Apparently Heil has kept them alive and spare parts are easy to get. A few years back I also wound up with his old set of Vandersteen Model 2. Nothing wrong with them!
Hearing speakers like these paired against what's being sold these days is pretty eye-opening. I feel kind of like the frog in the proverbial pot of boiling water; I had never really paid much attention to the fact that commercially available speakers were having more and more of the mids scooped out of them as the years went by.
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Post by jayson on Jan 2, 2018 17:16:12 GMT -6
I'm not sure what he was using but there's plenty of pics of it in this video. I seem to remember another video floating around where he talked more in depth about the production process and also about about how his electronics company became more important to him after he received Jeff Beck's warranty registration card for his Rockman.
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Post by jayson on Dec 27, 2017 21:05:05 GMT -6
ez1073 kit - 379 pounds = 653 aud. postage - 20 pounds = 35 aud collective cases 1073 - 150 usd = 192 aud postage - 50 usd = 64 aud bank fees and bits and pieces at my end. - 20 aud total = 964 aud so for the 5th time......... actually, i give up. Ahh - down under. My bad; I didn't realize that - I could certainly see that being a bit of a complication. You won't be disappointed by the 500 series units though, and they definitely won't break the bank.
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Post by jayson on Dec 27, 2017 19:19:13 GMT -6
pretty sure the ez1073 is still on their website. at $1000 per channel it's not in my budget. Yeah, it is. But it's really nowhere near $1000 if you're willing to build it yourself. Figure $500 for the kit, $150 for one of Dan Deurloo's cases and maybe another $100 max for the Marconi knobs- considerably less if you're willing to use something else (but where would the fun in THAT be?).There's really no reason you should be much beyond $750. And, given how simple the colourbook guide makes it, building it is half the fun. Best of all, if you go that route, there's bragging rights to consider- there's simply no arguing that you're using anything other than the real McCoy. Seems like that's kind of important in this particular thread! Seriously though, it's getting to the point where every time I see a really nice piece of gear and I find myself saying "Too bad that's not a kit, I'd love to build one". It's kind of like eating peanuts, once you get started it's hard to stop! So far - in a very low key way- I've already asked Tim Farrant, Evanna Manley and a few other folks in that league if they would ever consider offering any of their products as a kit...no takers so far!
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Post by jayson on Dec 27, 2017 14:22:16 GMT -6
I'v tried doing this sort of thing with both a Go Pro Hero 5 and a Canon 7D. Things you have to remember with a GoPro: -The optics you have is ALL you have - there are no other options for lenses. -The batteries last an hour regardless of which mode you may be using and the camera cannot be plugged in for continuous power. Make sure you get the multiple battery charging unit and extra batteries! -This may have changed since I bought mine, but there is no way to record line audio to it - only via the onboard microphone. You can't purchase any kind of XLR input box for it. -There's not a lot of ways to get a signal out of it on the fly, so if you want to use something like an Atmos recorder or a Ki Pro you're pretty much hosed.
There may very well be better products in the GoPro clone department at this point, but personally I'd say a DSLR that does HD video will give you more capability to customize the camera for how you want to use it- especially with right lenses and audio input peripherals.
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Post by jayson on Dec 26, 2017 22:24:26 GMT -6
It kinda depends on what you want from the pre. You probably won't hate either. I've built a couple of the 1081 modules and I've also built a Hairball Copper. If you're looking for that authentic, rich, Neve-ish "Audio Hollandaise Sauce", the AML is really the way to go. They're a fairly simple build and they really do sound huge - whether it's for a featured element of the mix or a background one. The only real caveat I can offer about the 500 stuff that Colin has is that they don't have and integrated output control, so to really get the best versatility and the sweet overdrive these units can produce it's best to have 'em in a rack that has some kind of downstream variable output control. Mine are in a Radial Workhorse 5000 rack which makes it a lot easier to crank the gain and turn down the output and enjoy the lovely jump in THD.
No dis to the Hairball; it's a pretty nice little utility mic-pre, but it just doesn't have the same oomph that the AML does. I'll leave it to you to determine what "oomph" means, but from where I sit it's a very GOOD thing! I built the Copper in between a couple of VP28 builds, so it was up against some seriously heavy competition and, although I like it, it doesn't really knock my socks off. It's really not bad for those applications where you have a track that's going to be laying down more in the mix, but it definitely didn't scratch that Neve itch the way that the AML did. The AML pretty much put a big grin on my face the second I heard it- it's a sound you'll recognize instantly. I'm considering doing a Lola build at some point with John Hardy op-amps, but I've got two 1073 EZ channels I'd like to do first.
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Post by jayson on Dec 25, 2017 14:36:23 GMT -6
Fastest shipping ever with these kits. These trimmed resistor leads are killing me though, I can't flip it over without spilling them back out and they are too short to bend. What's the secret to soldering these little f'ers? I feel like I'd be done with one by now if I didn't have to keep searching for one that dropped out when trying to solder it Yeah, I agree on both counts. Shipping to the East coast US was amazing - almost overnight. But during assembly you have to have some electric tape handy and tape 'em down as you go. That REALLY drove me bonkers doing the 1081 kits. I really enjoy trimming component leads myself, then I can stuff the board and only commit to soldering once I'm sure everything is in the appropriate place. Instead I found myself either taping them down or soldering every component individually as I went along. Either way it was slow going. Gotta say that I was NOT unhappy at the end of the process though; they sound fantastic!
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Post by jayson on Dec 25, 2017 14:12:10 GMT -6
I notice that for the 500 versions of both the 1081 and the 1073, the line input is a completely different kit. Does it make that huge a difference to use a separate tranny over a pad? Does it make an audible difference?
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Post by jayson on Dec 17, 2017 10:50:38 GMT -6
No idea here. If I were going to guess I'd say it's a DIY job of some sort. Under the hood I'd bet it's a 251 clone judging by the color and style of the body. Sounds real nice, if that's a kit I'd love to know which one.
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Post by jayson on Dec 16, 2017 14:44:13 GMT -6
It's a moving target for me- ALWAYS. I doubt I could ever actually attain such a thing, but I'm bound to chase my tail trying. One of the things I am enjoying about the modular 500-ization of the gear landscape is that it makes it really easy to just keep plugging away at it; you can mix and match at will. Plus you have the scalability factor; When you fill one up, just start another one!
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Post by jayson on Nov 25, 2017 11:35:14 GMT -6
I gotta imagine that those tensions always existed, but I kinda doubt Ringo felt too comfortable telling George Martin how to mix. Who's gonna tell Bob Ezrin that they don't like his kick/bass balance?
What's the point of having a producer if you don't allow him to make those decisions? Seems like the best producers I know of all seem to inspire the confidence of the people they are producing by having that authority and exercising it wisely - earning the trust of the client.
As far as mixes go; there really isn't a "final mix" in my world. I'm happy to do as many revisions as a client wants incorporating whatever notes they might have. But from a policy standpoint that's an ala-carte item. It isn't free so the ball is in their court as to how many revisions they want to pay for and how much time they have to make them. They know before we start working that mix revisions become a new invoice and they will also require new scheduling.
It's not really a bad policy to give 'em a shot at a more customized mix if that's what they want; you just have to be crystal clear about what constitutes a "Revision". Predictably, chasing their tails doesn't usually result in a significantly better product and it becomes economically self-regulating anyway. But they walk away having had a fair shake - and the door is always open to do more if it makes 'em happy. It's a question of how much time and money they want to spend.
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Post by jayson on Nov 18, 2017 20:57:49 GMT -6
Here's a battle I've been fighting since I started my company. =) The ribbon mic already has an output transformer, which will block DC from getting to the ribbon: www.shinybox.com/ribbon-microphones-phantom-power/I can expound on the cases where it could be an issue, but for the most part, it should not be an issue. Hehehe... Don't try ease my irrational paranoia with your well though out reasoning! It's one of those urban legend kinda things, I know. But once those take root they persist forever (he said, tossing salt over his shoulder).
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Post by jayson on Nov 17, 2017 15:24:44 GMT -6
One more question for you Coles fans, which preamp do you use? I guess the 4038 has a pretty low output, I wonder if something like my BAE 1028 will work. I've been using mainly a pair of CAPI VP28 with them and haven't had gain or gratuitous noise be any issue. I think any fairly good pre with lots of gain wouldn't really struggle with it. It seems like it's ok with gain setting that might be a bit higher than I would typically use with other mics, but not to an outrageously high. If you're concerned there's a fair amount of those mic boosters that a few folks are building now like the FetHead or the Cloudlifter. Sometimes I get a little paranoid about hitting the phantom power by accident and it makes me wonder if maybe a pair of those would be a wise idea.
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Post by jayson on Nov 16, 2017 19:19:44 GMT -6
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Post by jayson on Nov 10, 2017 13:14:53 GMT -6
Depends on why the clone is being cloned and who's doing the cloning. If a manufacturer wants to market an EXACT clone of something, it should be done with as much precision as possible. But variations on clones seem to be how a lot of gear is evolving these days. I'm interested seeing more new ideas that are evolving from vintage designs but really becoming their own entities. A good example would be the tube mic I purchased back in the 90s; a Lawson L-47. Ostensibly that would be a clone of a U-47, but this mic has a wiring scheme more like a C-12 that's built around 6072 tube circuit. To my ear it doesn't sound anything like a U-47 or a C-12 but it sounds mighty darn nice - just in it's own way. Even if Gene Lawson was initially using the U-47 as a starting point, he certainly allowed his design to take on a life of it's own. I don't think experimentation like that should be discouraged if the end result is worth it...even if it is sort of "coat-tailing" a hefty percentage of the initial R&D.
Having spewed that, I'll insert the caveat of saying that IF the design is to be it's "own thing", DON'T NAME IT AFTER SOMETHING IT'S NOT!
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Post by jayson on Nov 10, 2017 9:01:36 GMT -6
I finally got around to finishing the second of the AML EZ1081-pre modules. I stuck 'em into the 5K rack so I could have some independent control over the output. One thing these modules lack is an output control, but in all fairness to Colin there is really no way he could have found the real estate inside the box to fit one; the trannies are pretty hefty. I have to say they really do sound amazing -a real large, "show-boat" kind of sound. I get the feeling that these will get most use for front of the mix elements -lead vocals, guitar solos...whatever you want to make pop. They also have a nice way of breaking up if you drive them fairly hard.
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