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  1. cyrano

    Highpitched whining noise; how to get rid of it?

    I didn't write that, Dave. Take a good look. I wrote "noise". Now maybe it's the "any kind" that set you on the wrong leg. I'm sorry for that. And those two tiny caps sure as hell are there to help stop RFI. Don't you think the transformer would transfer less RF energy than a straight wire?
  2. cyrano

    Highpitched whining noise; how to get rid of it?

    That about sums it up, Dave. Just two 10...47 pF caps ON the XLR in the mic fixes 99% of the RFI misery. An astounding number of mics don't have those. And transformers are even a lot better, because of intrinsically high CMR (common mode rejection). Any sort of noise coming onto the balanced...
  3. cyrano

    Late arriving Musicians

    The last time I did live, it was with a brand new X32. I took some time to learn it before hand. And I was there when the PA was set up and soundchecks were done. But then, the first artists performing, decided to move a pile of his equpment from a table at chest height to a low table, while...
  4. cyrano

    Speaker positioning

    And that's exactly what I was trying to say all along. In this form, it's not a rule. And if you check various pages on the net, you'll easily notice that. Rod Gervais, who wrote a book about studio acoustics, puts the point 16 inches BEHIND your head, fi. What I mind is that it will mislead...
  5. cyrano

    Highpitched whining noise; how to get rid of it?

    Glad that fixed it! I've checked if complaining to some authority could help. It seems there's hardly a chance you could set something in motion. Surprises me a little, as I've always considered the Netherlands to be a well regulated country.
  6. cyrano

    Speaker positioning

    miroslav: It was you who derailed the entire discussion about a rule. Not me. And now you decide what's appropriate for this thread? I still haven't seen ANY proof. When I quote frome an article that is supposed to prove something, people agree that at least that one statement about nearfields...
  7. cyrano

    Speaker positioning

    I never said it couldn't work. Just that it isn't a rule carved in stone... And it is especially worrysome in small rooms. In a larger room, you can pretty much do as you please. Sure. Everyone needs references. The more the better. I just mentioned that, because it is what I'm trying to do...
  8. cyrano

    Video is expensive, and other learnings...

    Sounds like you know what you're doin'. You can do video inside Reaper too. Not full editing, but enough to sync your audio mix. And there's Vordio to get projects to/from Reaper to FC Pro: Vordio | Audio post production workflow reimagined. Building tools for faster sound editing. But maybe...
  9. cyrano

    Video is expensive, and other learnings...

    If you are eating storage, you're probably shooting at a too high resolution. You need HD when doing professional montage. You don't need it for a Youtube channel. I archive original recordings on DVD or offline harddisk after preparing them for editing. And video gets reduced in resolution, if...
  10. cyrano

    Speaker positioning

    Sorry. You were the one who thought ambisonics were home theatre stuff. I just felt I needed to explain that. If it's not appreciated, OK. It's far more than 1%. I don't know how much exactly. But apparently, you're not interested in alternatives. Besides, it was a way of explaining where the...
  11. cyrano

    Studio Monitor and Desk Layout

    I don't know where to begin... You need to buy a Behringer ECM8000 (60$) or a Superlux ECM999 (the same, but even more affordable, 40$), download REW (room eq wizard, free), learn how to use it and post some graphs here. The audio interface you probably already own will do perfectly. REW -...
  12. cyrano

    Speaker positioning

    Ambisonic is not surround. It's a way of recording and producing through mathematics (plugins in most cases) other takes of the sound you recorded. You start out with a Tetrasonic mic (4 capsules in a tetrahedron) and record four channels. You can, after the recording, derive an MS, XY, AB or...
  13. cyrano

    Speaker positioning

  14. cyrano

    Speaker positioning

    Yes, I'm very well aware of that. But I have to provide equal imaging in almost the entire room with the ambi system, so I spent some time tinkering and thinking. That's why I find the equilareral triangle far too limiting. Even if you're the only person listening to the mix. My idea of "good"...
  15. cyrano

    Speaker positioning

    I've had Sonab's for a while, years ago. Nice speakers for listening, especially from a distance, but not very analytical. I've never really had a problem with stereo imaging, though. But I didn't keep them. Moved on to Bose 501's. Didn't keep those a long time either :D Most of my remark stems...
  16. cyrano

    Speaker positioning

    The word "equilateral" figures 1 time only on the entire Ethan Winer site. On this page: Acoustic Treatment and Design for Recording Studios and Listening Rooms And it is still somewhat ambiguous because Ethan calls it symmetry. I agree that the distance from your head to the speakers should...
  17. cyrano

    Speaker positioning

    I suppose you mean Ethan Winer? I like Ethan. He doesn't support BS. But again, there's no equilateral triangle in that picture. And without knowing what it is illustrating, I don't understand what it might be illustrating... And Ethan is an electronics engineer, IIRC. But I'll take his advice...
  18. cyrano

    Speaker positioning

    It seems we have a semantic problem... "Equilateral triangle" means a triangle with 3 equal sides, according to Google Translate. And Wikipedia seems to agree: Equilateral triangle - Wikipedia What some of you seem to confuse with, is equal distance to the speakers, from the listening...
  19. cyrano

    Speaker positioning

    From that article: "Nearfield" is a reference to the range of frequencies the speaker is capable of replicating". So, basically that means it's a speaker with low bass response? That goes for most, if not all so-called bookshelf speakers. Just like there are no "studio monitors". The clearest...
  20. cyrano

    Speaker positioning

    Have you ever seen a studio where the speakers are in an equidistant triangle with the listening position? I sure as hell never saw one. And I was in a lot of studios... It's part of the near-field myth. Speakers are speakers. "Near-field" is a marketing trick to sell small speakers.
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