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i've been looking at the Kurzweil PC2R very closely. the demo sounds great. the Roland SRX and SRV orchestral boards get pretty good reviews as well. THE PROBLEM IS......in order to GET these orchestral sounds,..i'd have to buy a MODULE "chocked full" of sounds that i have no interest in JUST...

might need a bit of advice here. i'm sure i could crack it open and figure it out for myself, but..........if anyone's done this before i'd appreciate your input. my ML still has the original 4 gig (?) drive. i see that the more "recent" models ship with a 20 gig drive. i'd like to install as...

given a price difference of less than $200 (on the used market) is the D1624 worth the extra cash?? i'd be mixing through an analog desk and was just wondering if i'd notice the benefits of "24-bit" clarity. i've also heard that the 1624 is a bit noisy. i record alot of acoustic instruments...

i've heard this pitch before (when i bought some BOSE speakers a few years back). it has gotten me thinking about a monitoring system consisting of SMALLER nearfields with a subwoofer tucked beneath my mixing desk. the space i have for recording has gone from small to smaller (due to unforeseen...

my digital multitrack is a 16-bit/44.1khz recorder with 20-bit A/D converters. i read an article somewhere recently where a studio owner said that he upgraded his A/D converters and it made his 16-bit ADAT recorders sound "almost" like 24-bit machines. i'm having a hard time making sense of...

i'm thinking of picking up a D160 (or D160v2) for use in my home studio. i realize that these units have 20-bit A/D converters. i was "thinking" of using a higher resolution A/D converter to send a signal to the digital input of the D160(v2)...which i know is switchable between ADAT and SPDIF...

there must be certain monitors which work BETTER for certain "genres" of music than others. i am sure there are monitors that are well suited for a 3-piece "guitar/bass/drums" punk band as well as monitors that are better suited for an EXTREMELY "bass-heavy" hip-hop group. maybe durability...

Akai doesn't advertise it,...but i've "heard" that the DPS16 is CAPABLE of 24-bit recording across ALL 16 tracks. at the price that these can be found for these days,..this seems pretty incredible. can any DPS16 users VERIFY this?? 16 tracks at 24bit/44.1kHz as well as 16 PHYSICAL faders and...

Fostex JAPAN lists the 1624mkII as one of its standard multitracks (all specs are in Japanese). it is an all black (gray?) unit like the D2424 with a remote in matching color. i understand that the D1624 has been discontinued (at least in terms of distribution) in the states (although D1624...

these monitors seem to be pretty highly respected by almost everyone, and i've decided to purchase a pair. i checked out the Yorkville website only to find that they now offer an ACTIVE pair (as well as the old standby YSM passive models). i've reached a bit of a quandry. are active monitors...

very soon i will purchase a matched pair of small diaphragm condensors for recording various acoustic guitars. i also am shopping for a large diaphragm condensor for use primarily on my own vocals (but might use on ethnic wind instruments). my studio is not what you'd call a "soundproof marvel"...

i have fried 3 of the "Dolby S" noise reduction chips on my loyal 238S Syncaset recorder. i returned the unit to Tascam for service only to find that the specific Dolby chips that they used on the 238S are no longer available. although the unit is fully operational WITHOUT the noise reduction...

allright. i've changed my friggin' lithium battery. i bought myself a "joystick to midi" cable and hooked it up to my soundblaster card and to my S4+ module. i "attempted" to download "FreeLoader" from the Alesis site. i think it worked. i ran a "midi" test and my computer is communicating with...

just wondering if any current VR-800 users had any recommendations for an internal IDE drive for this unit. i heard that certain Quantum Fireballs work well but didn't know if certain speeds or sizes (GIGS) were preferred. ALSO,..is a special "caddy" required or can you just crack open the unit...

the price on these units has gotten really enticing recently and my Mackie 1604vlz is looking for a new playmate,...HOWEVER i DO have a couple of questions: 1) can you backup data (via SCSI) to an external cdr/rw?? i realize that the hard-drive is caddy mounted and can be exchanged with another...

i have FIVE different sound cards for my S4+ rack synth. i actually use all the cards quite a bit so i am CONSTANTLY plugging and un-plugging cards from the slot on the front panel of the S4. my greatest fear is bending the pins inside the module and thus being unable to insert ANY card. i would...

i own an Alesis S4+ rack mount synth module. it has ONE expansion (PCMCIA) slot on the front panel for the insertion of the Alesis series of Q-Cards. i have five or six Q-cards in my posession. i really like this synth and its expansion capabilties but i WORRY about constantly inserting the...

dagnabbitt!! i've been saving my cash for several months for a Masterlink and now Alesis is tottering on the brink of electronic obscurity. i own SEVERAL Alesis products that i've been VERY happy with. the Masterlink has always appealed to me because i really DISLIKE involving my computer with...

been checking out a few MiniDisc "walkman" type recorders to use for sampling various sounds around town (for use on some experimental projects). i just assumed i'd end up with a Sony. recently i saw a Sharp model which boasted of "24-bit" recording (compared to the "16-bit" of the Sony model i...

just heard that there is a "new" software version on the Masterlink (version 2.0). has anyone upgraded their "current" Masterlink to "new" specs and if so HOW (did you download update from Alesis and burn to a CD and then load into the Masterlink via the CD)??. just curious. i am just itching to...