Recent content by teainthesahara

Hey, those things are cool! No wallwart, and it sounds awesome on bass.

Go get a used 421. It is a tried and true studio staple, and you will find many other uses for it as well. It would be money well spent and a good investment into your studio.

REspectifully...i dont think there is a catch. The DAV could be point to point wired with tin-foil, with a potato and 2 electrodes for a power supply for all i care. The 2 reasons i would spend the money for the DAV is 1) the sound, and 2) i have no problems properly and appropriately...

Was the ART DIO run in "clean" mode, or was it pushing the yellow/red leds at each conversion?

What's your monitor set-up? Listen for clarity, stereo imaging, and compare transients (i.e. drum/cymbal hits etc).

There is enough information in the audio files to make a comparison. While high end/air is important for a thourough evaluation, a lack of it did not make it hard to differentiate 1 from 2 & 3. In my experience, bad mp3 conversion screws up the top end in a way i did not hear from those...

It is easy to hear the difference between sample1, and samples 2 AND 3. In other words, Sample1 is clearly inferior to 2 and 3. Where it becomes and issue of hairsplitting is between 2 and 3. If i had to choose quickly, i would select sample 3 as the best. The difference between sample1, and...

Jeff, again , my words here are intended to be constructive, with no meaness/sarcasm. Given your own explanations, gear list and buying habits, i simply do not believe that the room is your major problem. What i see is that you have 100% enthusiastically jumped on the "fix the room" bandwagon...

Jeff, i mean this in as much of a constructive way possible. No meaness or sarcasm attatched. I read that whole, long post (i can feel your fustration dude!), and the main picture that is painted is one of a serious derangment of priorities. Nothing makes sense, and nothing adds up with your...

Yes. I either patch them in while im recording to the PC, or, since the a/d d/a converters on my soundcard are significantly better than on the fostex, i can process tracks that have been already recorded onto the PC. For compression, you have to work exactly the same way on the fostex - since...

Vancouver is sweet..i've been out here for a year...and the weather kicks ass!

About 5 years ago i would have agreed. It simply isnt true anymore with the advent of today's PC or mac running a modern soundcard with tested and true drivers. I used to struggle with PC's for EVERYTHING in the windows 98 era, with PII and III machines. When i got my PIV hyperthread, WIN XP...

This thread is interesting...in particular because i think the VF, and other all in the box solutions have had their day, and are a dying breed. There should be no new revisions, and the VF will become a cool retro vintage digital machine 60 years from now ;) The fostex vf16 was my...

Pipeline those video's rock. Im gonna try out reaper on my next project. I watched all the videos, particularly the one addressing effects. The bypass-CPU thing is great. Maybe you can answer this question for me: in adobe audition, i can get high track counts using many many instances of my...

DAV is really really really good. After using this preamp for 4 months, and hearing clips of it compared to the millenia preamps on GS, i've come to the conclusion that im gonna get more DAV amps. I do rock/pop - the DAV adds this subtle 'largeness' and fidelity to the sound that is desirable...