Recent content by TalismanRich

It's funny you mention Behringer. I think that in a lot of cases, they are spot on. I was talking with a fellow about the Behringer "Centaur" episode recently, and we agreed that it was marketing genius. All that lawsuit did was generate free publicity. He also said that comparing the...

It's clear that I would never gamble on buying a $600 microphone from China without being absolutely sure that it would be outstanding and perfect. Heck, I didn't even bother spending $28 on the KETS 103, which, based on what I heard on your comparison was somewhat close to the real one in...

They specified two colors: White and copper. Maybe they think the copper color is expensive looking.

You mean like building a Shelby Cobra with a 2.5L Duratech V6 engine?

You'll also notice that Pin 9 is not connected, which is common for VGA video cables. I don't know if #9 is used by Fostex, but if it is, that's another fail. I looked at the documents I could find for the D160 on HiFiEngine, but didn't see anything related to a pinout for the control...

If the D160 using all 15 lines independently, then a VGA cable that gangs the grounds together won't satisfy that goal. If you check continuity of pin 5 with 6 7 8 and 10, it should tell you instantly if they are connected. It's easy to do on just one end of the cable. You don't need...

The only reason I could see for using Rockwool would be to try to minimize outside noise through the room. With the angled panel in front you shouldn't get much buildup of standing waves. Rob mentioned sibilance. That was something that I heard quite distinctly. In the spectral view, the...

The link didn't work, so I can't listen to your samples. I was wondering how you could read in that booth. I don't see a light, and it is quite close which would be almost claustrophobic. I don't know that I would have picked a shotgun mic for close micing. The AT 4050 might help...

Check to make sure that pins 5 6 7 8 and 10 are not all connected. The VGA pinout has multiple ground lines and those 5 are often connected together. Several other lines weren't used in the normal VGA signal.

It can't be too good of a clone. They reverse engineered a tube mic to be a transistor mic. That's a big change. The real 251E is a multipattern mic. This one doesn't have the switch, so probably just cardioid. Another minor point. At least they spelled Telefunken correctly on the label.

Forgot about that one..... Yeah, that works too. Good call Steen.

I think that most all the controls that don't have a box to show the level can be set manually by right clicking on the knob or fader and it will pop up a window to enter a value. Volume and pan certainly work that way. Want 23.5% pan? Right click on the knob and enter the number.

Wow, this is really turning into a big deal. It reminded me of that Taylor Swift song.... 'Cause the players gonna play, play, play, play, play And the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate Baby, I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake I shake it off, I shake it off...

That's gotta be a fake. The microphones aren't even plugged in!!!! That was always a dead giveaway on American Bandstand! 😜

For anyone who is more interested in how they do their music, here's a video that was done by their cousin who is a journalism student at Arizona State. At one point early in the video you can see what appears to be a bluetooth speaker on the ground in front of them. That would be the...