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This has been an excellent conversation, I agree. And you're certainly right that the circuitry used in most PCs to govern the CPU and support chips would not be designed to the same purpose as a clock that is intended for audio. While they are similar, they have somewhat different goals. But...

Running multiple clocks is exactly the scenario in which I stated that a studio-wide clock was a necessity. So there's no argument there. If you run multiple digital devices without synchronization, you are asking for trouble. I can't even imagine trying to operate that way. But many of us...

Well, it's likely to be a "fringe" opinion if the bulk of the opinions come from people who make money selling external clocks. But the basic issue is this - it's much easier to generate an accurate and precise clock from an internal crystal than it is to capture one from an external source...

The quality of the DI is the quality of the transformer. As you've observed, there's nothing else in there. And good transformers are expensive. So, yes, you could build it yourself, but if you put in a good transformer, you probably won't save any money. In fact, you'll probably pay more...

I've never used their preamp, but I certainly wouldn't consider Rane an unknown company. They've been around for 25 years, and are quite well respected. I've never heard anyone speak poorly of any of their products. BTW, I like the Brick, and I think it will have enough gain for your...

http://www.royerlabs.com/2in1.html

The PCB Lundahl transformer (LL2911) would never fit into the HRM10. The Lundahl that you'd use in the HRM10 (LL2912) has just four wires to connect. No PCB. I believe that it is a fairly new addition to their product line.

I think I said that.

That's why I use the Studio Projects SP828 as the front end to my HD24XR. It provides a surprisingly good set of preamps, plus a simple stereo mix bus with a headphone amp to monitor what I'm recording. It also has a solo function for each channel. I can daisy chain them together so that all...

There are only a small handful of suitable transformers that will physically fit into the mic. And even at that, I'm just going by specs - I haven't purchased any yet to actually try to install them. Cinemag and Luhndal each have one that should be OK. Figure $40 to $80 each for the...

Are you using the original transformer in the HRM10? If so, that's probably where the bulk of the difference lies. I haven't replaced the transformers in mine yet, but that's going to happen soon. The HRM10 is never going to equal the Royer, but replacing the transformer should make it into a...

I assume that the Mackie is being driven by the HD24's clock (and if not, that's clearly your problem). But if they're properly synced and you're still getting clicks, then it could be that the Mackie just can't handle the clock changes that the HD24 is passing along. Is there some reason that...

The Fireport does use Firewire, but I'm not using the Fireport. I bought a VPM-62489 from ViPower and then installed the HD24Connect utility to read from it. Works perfectly - but only in one direction. It will only read from the HD24 drive. If you want to write to it, you need the actual...

Yes, ethernet is slow. I've been transferring via USB using HD24Connect. It's fast and works well. Seems to be slightly faster than firewire. The best source of HD24 info is the Yahoo group: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/hd24/

The P and I part aren't that hard: PI = 3.14159.... The E part is harder - has something to do with mass and the speed of light. :D :rolleyes: ;) (Sorry, couldn't resist.)

Compression lowers the level of a signal on a moment-to-moment basis. So if you have, say, three vocalists bussed to one compressor, whenever any one of those vocalists becomes loud, all three of the voices will be lowered. That can be a good thing or a bad thing depending on what you are...

I haven't actually used Marc's software myself, but it is my understanding that it will read the drive no matter what interface it is attached to. So it could be a direct IDE, could be Firewire, could be USB2.0, could be just about anything.

I agree. I own quite a few Studio Projects products, and I use most of them quite regularly. I'm particularly partial to my B3 mics and my SP828 mic pres. Here's a suggestion that is quite relevant to this thread and this community. Alan posted a long list of improvements in the new mics...

Brent's PM correctly pointed out to me that I had set up something of a non-sequitor in my earlier post, making it appear that Scott's reply was in direct response to something that Brent had posted. In fact, that is not the case at all, Scott's reply was directed to the overall discussion of...

I'm following this discussion with some interest, as I have built and used Scott's Shoeps circuit (though certainly not on a Studio Projects mic!). Since Scott isn't a member here, I posted a note to him about this topic. It turns out that he does have a good reason for the fixed voltage in...