There's the ultimate....and then there's reality.......
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jpmorris
Tape Wolf
It feels like I'm bragging, but here goes:
Multitrack and mixdown machine, taken a year ago. Since then I've added some noise gating, but it looks more-or-less the same otherwise. There's a TSR-8 on the far left by the remote for the Otari.
The rack cabinet here contains the compressors and enhancers for mixdown, timecode readers and sync units, and the digital recorders for digitizing the masters (one DA3000 stereo recorder, one JoeCo BlackBox 24-track unit). The mixing desk sat on top of the cabinet is a Soundcraft MFXi-20, which means there are a couple of tracks unused on the 24-track machine. I'm leaving track 23 as a guard track for the timecode anyway, and edge tracks can be a bit funny, so...
The TSR-8 is seen again on the right. This rack has most of the synthesizers in it, plus the submixer (now replaced with a pair of chained 1U line mixers). There's a Watkins Copicat sat on top of the rack cabinet.
...and the keyboards:
EDIT:
Oh, and by way of comparison, this was the original set up, lo those many years ago. The TSR-8 is the same one in the photos above from last year.
Multitrack and mixdown machine, taken a year ago. Since then I've added some noise gating, but it looks more-or-less the same otherwise. There's a TSR-8 on the far left by the remote for the Otari.
The rack cabinet here contains the compressors and enhancers for mixdown, timecode readers and sync units, and the digital recorders for digitizing the masters (one DA3000 stereo recorder, one JoeCo BlackBox 24-track unit). The mixing desk sat on top of the cabinet is a Soundcraft MFXi-20, which means there are a couple of tracks unused on the 24-track machine. I'm leaving track 23 as a guard track for the timecode anyway, and edge tracks can be a bit funny, so...
The TSR-8 is seen again on the right. This rack has most of the synthesizers in it, plus the submixer (now replaced with a pair of chained 1U line mixers). There's a Watkins Copicat sat on top of the rack cabinet.
...and the keyboards:
EDIT:
Oh, and by way of comparison, this was the original set up, lo those many years ago. The TSR-8 is the same one in the photos above from last year.
sweetbeats
Reel deep thoughts...
What does my setup look like?
A ****ing disaster...that's what.
Been here almost a year. Life has been crazy...studio stuff is spread all over the place...nothing organized or hooked up. Trying to finish the Tascam mixer project. I've got the 3M halftrack project tucked in another bedroom, and the Ampex multitrack and Tascam halftrack along with a smattering of rack gear are out in the shop.
Sigh
Your setup looks perfect, Brad.
A ****ing disaster...that's what.
Been here almost a year. Life has been crazy...studio stuff is spread all over the place...nothing organized or hooked up. Trying to finish the Tascam mixer project. I've got the 3M halftrack project tucked in another bedroom, and the Ampex multitrack and Tascam halftrack along with a smattering of rack gear are out in the shop.
Sigh
Your setup looks perfect, Brad.
sweetbeats
Reel deep thoughts...
@RFR...you ninny...tip head sideways and tuck nose in between the monitors. That's as sweet as it gets!!
Seriously though, yeah...that's where I'm at. Haven't even been able to figure out where to perch the R monitor speaker.
I'll stop whining now.
Seriously though, yeah...that's where I'm at. Haven't even been able to figure out where to perch the R monitor speaker.
I'll stop whining now.
sweetbeats
Reel deep thoughts...
OMG, Brad you're gonna hone in on that and not say anything about the cat in the picture??? Lol
Yes...just bought the leads to replace the my mangled ones. I have a Fluke 85 meter I got used many years ago for $50 that needed the $20 LCD repair kit. Still good price for an 85. It came with a set of probes but they were well loved. Somewhere along the way I got a set of really nice Fluke clip leads...the kind with the jack in the lead so you can leave just one set of lead wires plugged into the meter and switch out the business end. Often when I'm diagnosing I'm having to change out clip lead for probe lead and because my probes don't unplug at the probe end pretty soon I've got 4 wires all tangled up. And years ago I had a couple incidents where I accidentally shorted across a circuit that had some ooomph with my probes...so the tips are kinda mangled/melted. I've been thinking of getting a new set but getting ones that plug in so I can just leave the two wires plugged into the meter and switch out the tips...the wires that came with the clip leads are much nicer quality over the wires in the probes that came with the meter. So I picked up those nice Fluke probes yesterday. They clip perfectly into the yellow meter case and everything.
Sometimes it's the little things.
Yes...just bought the leads to replace the my mangled ones. I have a Fluke 85 meter I got used many years ago for $50 that needed the $20 LCD repair kit. Still good price for an 85. It came with a set of probes but they were well loved. Somewhere along the way I got a set of really nice Fluke clip leads...the kind with the jack in the lead so you can leave just one set of lead wires plugged into the meter and switch out the business end. Often when I'm diagnosing I'm having to change out clip lead for probe lead and because my probes don't unplug at the probe end pretty soon I've got 4 wires all tangled up. And years ago I had a couple incidents where I accidentally shorted across a circuit that had some ooomph with my probes...so the tips are kinda mangled/melted. I've been thinking of getting a new set but getting ones that plug in so I can just leave the two wires plugged into the meter and switch out the tips...the wires that came with the clip leads are much nicer quality over the wires in the probes that came with the meter. So I picked up those nice Fluke probes yesterday. They clip perfectly into the yellow meter case and everything.
Sometimes it's the little things.
miroslav
Cosmic Cowboy
How's the MCI parting-out going...I see you still have it listed?
OK...so I almost hate to post pictures of my studio reality...because like jpmorris above, I feel like I'm bragging....but you want to see reality.
Of course, everyone please keep in mind that for me, this has been like a 35+ year evolution, I didn't start with this. I mean, going way back to the start of it, all I had was an AKAI 4-track R2R (very similar to the TEAC 3340) and a TEAC Model 3 mixer...and a few stage mics that we used in my band.
So what I have now has taken a very long time to get to...not to mention the effort and money.
I did a major upgrade back in '90...then I moved in '99 to my current digs, and in 2001 I started rebuilding the studio to what it is now. There's been a lot of new gear added in the last 15 years, and I am now finally at what I consider an "almost finished" point.
The only thing that would trigger a major change/upgrade...would be that lottery win!
So this is my reality....and the Trident I just added this year, and spent a couple of months installing it, and then a few weeks this summer recapping/rechipping it, so I really haven't had a chance to use it much, but in a couple of weeks my fall recording period should kick into full swing.
FYI...I have no kids, no wife, no heavy debts other than my mortgage and a couple of car loans...so with a decent paying day gig, I am very lucky that I can afford to indulge my GAS.
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famous beagle
Well-known member
Mine doesn't look exactly like this anymore, because the Fostex 80 (and 4050 remote) and Yamaha RM804 mixer are packed up in the closet. The Tascam 246 is now where the Yamaha mixer was, and the Tascam 388 is on its side with its innards exposed while Cory helps me track down the monitor issue. But other than that, this is pretty much it.
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Yes, context.. We all start somewhere (else
And some opt for fancy leather seats in their 'super ride.
Sweet!
Holy shi**... No no That just ain't right.
Nobody ..but nobody.. Put catsup on a hot dog.
Damn cats!
I have a cover on my console to prevent cat hair, and even worse, hairball puke from invading my precious electronics.
But still.....sometimes it takes 15 minutes to find exactly which button or combination of buttons the idiots pushed with their paws.
Hmmmm. Winter's coming. A nice black fur hat would come in handy.
sweetbeats
Reel deep thoughts...
Still listed? Where? I thought I took them all down...fella committed to come get the whole shebang middle of next month...he paid and everything.
famous beagle
Well-known member
Nah, he has mascots too. But I'll bow out.
It's impolite to talk about other men's pussy cats.
Mine I can talk about with impunity. Three demons. Two females and one male. There is the illusion that cats are dignified, graceful and clean. Nothing could be further from the truth. Vindictive too! Can't tell you how many
Glasses of water forgotten on the counter have been knocked onto the floor. Shattered into a million bits while the vandal just gives you that 'what you gonna do about it, bitch?' Look.
Between them and my 85 lb. Rotty/ Shepard mix puppy trying to chew everything in sight.......well, well.
I might have to go Korean The hell with all this 'trendy sex change' bullshit, I'm going 'Racial Fluid'!!!!
Gonna go for a complete 'Racial Reassignment Procedure'!!!
Yup, going to learn how to BBQ.
It's impolite to talk about other men's pussy cats.
Mine I can talk about with impunity. Three demons. Two females and one male. There is the illusion that cats are dignified, graceful and clean. Nothing could be further from the truth. Vindictive too! Can't tell you how many
Glasses of water forgotten on the counter have been knocked onto the floor. Shattered into a million bits while the vandal just gives you that 'what you gonna do about it, bitch?' Look.
Between them and my 85 lb. Rotty/ Shepard mix puppy trying to chew everything in sight.......well, well.
I might have to go Korean The hell with all this 'trendy sex change' bullshit, I'm going 'Racial Fluid'!!!!
Gonna go for a complete 'Racial Reassignment Procedure'!!!
Yup, going to learn how to BBQ.
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bachelorb
Cowboy Chord Virtuoso
I married a lady and specifically said said " I will divorce you if you ever want a cat"....... well we have one...... it will try to swipe a glass off, I'll tell it "no", it will look at me and do it anyway..... kinda like the woman I told that we'll never own a cat......
Now I love old porch dogs.... the problem is, is the first year they eat the porch!!!! Our's is 4 now, and settling in quite nicely.....
Brad
Now I love old porch dogs.... the problem is, is the first year they eat the porch!!!! Our's is 4 now, and settling in quite nicely.....
Brad
bachelorb
Cowboy Chord Virtuoso
We had this place called "budgerland" (the dogs name is Budger). Well up to about the 2nd year, I could find whatever I was missing in budgerland... One day, I'm under the combine (I'm old and it takes me a while to get under there), and there goes Budger....walking off to budgerland with the wrench I need.... I call him, and he drops the wrench and comes running.... happy for the attention...
I don't miss those days......
I don't miss those days......