Recent content by deafen

Hey, all. Through a roundabout set of circumstances, I'm finding myself wanting to connect my Mackie Onyx 1220i to a laptop that has no Firewire ports, nor an Expresscard slot to add one. But it does have USB3. There seem to be a number of USB3-to-FW adapters out there (ex: Firewire IEEE 1394...

I'm looking into investing into one of these. From what I can tell, the big difference between them is that the 1640i can send 16 discrete tracks back to the channel strips, instead of just a stereo return like the 1640. I mix 100% in the box, so that feature doesn't matter to me, and I can...

You know this unit - 24/96, 8x8 analog + S/PDIF, word clock, 1x1 MIDI, ZLM, etc.. I've also got an extra rackmount converter unit for it, which could be used to add 8 more analog channels if you can lay hands on another PCI card (they come up on eBay from time to time). Functionally perfect...

Hey all - it's been a while. Just took my studio gear out of mothballs, a year after I moved houses. I'm putting together a very limited setup for the time being - a stereo instrument setup (mostly for acoustic guitar) and a vocal setup. I have a vocal setup that I'm happy with - VTB-1 +...

UAD-1 with original Powered Plugins license. Works with VST and RTAS. Includes licenses for: 1176SE Leveling Amplifier CS-1 Channel Strip Nigel Guitar Processor Pultec EQP-1A Program EQ RealVerb Pro $300.

I'm working on a jazzy tune with a very spare arrangement (fingerpicked electric guitar, fretless bass, and vocals) and have been unsatisfied with any of the panning schemes I've tried. If I pan everything center, it seems flat, since the only stereo information comes from the verb, which I've...

MT-2 Metal Zone distortion pedal. Three-band semiparametric EQ, monster heavy tone, etc. Cosmetically in decent shape, some minor wear, works fine. Sells new for $90, asking $30.

Something in my home environment makes my DMP3 hum when I plug in two condensors and turn on phantom power. I sent it to M-Audio, and they ran several tests and certified that there's nothing wrong with the unit. It's fine, it just doesn't want to play nice in my studio. I have all the...

So I'm getting ready to ditch my NS10M's. I've been kept away from the studio for over a year, which means I'd have to learn them all over again; as long as I have to do that, I'd rather get something that doesn't fatigue me as much. I'm using a Hafler P1600 amp to drive them. I can probably...

My recently purchased DMP3 has an issue that I thought I'd bring here for discussion before I start the hassle of returning it for service. If both channels are providing phantom power, there is a distinct 60 Hz hum (along with pronounced 120 Hz and 240 Hz harmonics). Here are the list of...

I'm preparing to do some drum tracking for the first time since significantly reworking my rig, and I'd appreciate some advice regarding which preamp I should use with each track. The tracks I plan to record are: Kick, Sennheiser e602 Snare top, SM57 Snare bottom, ECM8000 Overheads: 603s...

Is anyone out there using ASIO direct monitoring (aka "zero latency monitoring") with a Delta 1010 card? Things have been working fine for me until last night, when I tried to enable a third pair of inputs for direct monitoring. Once I did that, I started getting horrible noise out of every...

I haven't been able to find any physical dimensions for the M-Audio DMP3 preamp (not even on their website....weird). I'll be buying a DMP3 shortly, and what I want to know is this: Is the DMP3 short enough (vertically) to fit on a 1U rack shelf, or do I need to get a 2U shelf instead? Thanks...

My band has broken up, and we're going to sell the PA that I've been using to power my home studio. The board is an EV PSX2000, which has decent preamps and a 500 W/ch power amp built in. So without the PA head, I have to replace some stuff. I already have an Alesis Studio 12R to handle...

My band has broken up (amicably, thank god). As a band, we own a PA system. It was originally purchased by each of us chipping in an equal share, so it is truly equally owned. We would like to determine how much the equipment is worth, so that we can provide everyone the option of buying the...