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  1. DeadPoet

    The ISO Box thread

    (this subject came out of the BUILDING A NEW DAW: What to buy and better yet, what questions to ask? thread, but i decided to give it it's own place) Here's some pictures of my homemade pc ISO box. It's made out of - 9mm (1/3") MDF. It was a 120x240mm (4'x8') sheet, cut for me at the home...
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    BUILDING A NEW DAW: What to buy and better yet, what questions to ask?

    Oh, yes you can! It's like with channel strips: if you record one or two microphone tracks you won't hear much difference between different A/D-convertors, but you will hear the difference once you recorded +16 tracks with the same microphone preamp or A/D-convertor.. Let's say a good A/D and...
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    BUILDING A NEW DAW: What to buy and better yet, what questions to ask?

    About overclocking: don't. I did it a while and it made my system very unstable. Then again, I don't game anymore, so my need for speed is restricted to audio only. If anyone's interested I could post some pictures of my ISO box, but really, there's nothing to it. Herwig
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    BUILDING A NEW DAW: What to buy and better yet, what questions to ask?

    Yep... The design (I'm not worthy calling it a design, but anyway.. :rolleyes: ;) ) is fairly simple: originally it was an MDF box with a door in front and a hole in the back for the cables, lined with 1" foam on the inside. Problem #1: when I powered the computers, heat went up to about 75°C...
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    How does one know when.........

    You always need to buy more gear, because you're a gearslut... admit it it, you only want MORE shiny lights, MORE knobs to turn, MORE computers to configure, MORE microphones to use... MORE MORE Herwig :cool: :p :D
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    BUILDING A NEW DAW: What to buy and better yet, what questions to ask?

    wow...long post... ok, here's my view: Motherboards: Everybody used to say to avoid Via like the plague... I bought my last DAW last year, based around a Via KT266a, and I built two more for friends, both based around the KT333. If you do your homework regarding relation soundcard-chipset...
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    The World's Fastest Computer

    Recent test have proven that you can prove anything with tests Herwig :eek: :rolleyes: :confused:
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    let me see your studio!

    Yo Tex, quick question: what do you do with the Ghost having the phantom power switches at the back ?? Do you leave some channels switched on and some off, or what ? (Ghost is looking very appealing, but that's the one drawback I could find, unless I go and move all phantom power switches and...
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    Maxi Studio ISIS PCI soundcard vs M-Audio

    Hey, it was released when all cards had +20ms latencies... those days sales depended on how low you could go... nowadays virtually all cards have near-0ms (at *least* <10ms) Like I said: it had its purposes, but its glory days are long gone. Herwig
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    Share your unorthodox techniques here

    Use an acoustic instrument (I did it with an upright bass) and put it in front of a drumset. Record the piezo's output whil the drummer's playing. Instant cool lo-fi sound :p Herwig (500th post!)
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    How to split up a professional CD?

    Sure it can be done... you're hearing these new tunes using all of those old disco vocal tracks on the radio all day ?? If THEY can do it, so should we!! :rolleyes: :rolleyes: Herwig
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    hard drive selection

    IMO it could make a difference between running 50 audio tracks and 52... I think it's mostly voodoo that surrounds the 8Mb harddisks. Herwig
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    I was blind, now I can see..... got my tannoy reveals today

    Yeah...it's a great feeling... Would any one know of a DIY kit to convert my Genelecs into car speakers so I can listen to them on the road ? :D :rolleyes: Herwig
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    Analogue Console Recommendations

    http://www.larking.com/used_consoles_10000_and_up.htm :D :D http://www.sos-recording.com/ http://mistyhillaudio.com/consoles.html and of course, for converting currencies: http://www.oanda.com/convert/classic Herwig 'some' of these consoles might be out of your price range :D
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    Signal To Noice Ratio

    ADC&DAC3000 external rack uses Crystal CS5396 24bit/96kHz ADCs with 120dB dynamic range (a-weighted) for all stereo input channels ADC&DAC3000 external rack uses AKM AK4393 24bit/96kHz DACs with 120dB dynamic range (a-weighted) for all stereo output channels DSP24 host card uses the IC...
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    Analogue Console Recommendations

    I've worked with an MX9000 (or 8000, don't remember, they're the same) a few years ago. About half of the PAN controls did not have a centre detent (or what's the word... you know, a little 'stop' at 12 o'clock). The board has many great functions and possibilities but sounds kind of thin and...
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    ultimate DAW pc

    troubleshooting for days... Ultimate DAW: Radar 24 with s-Nyquist I/O. This is a DAW, running BeOS, but idiotproof configured and sounds like the best. Add a meterbridge, session controller, 24 top-pre's and a mixing table with moving faders and I'm in. (add a medium PC with digital I/O for...
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    I hear the dead people...

    what therage! says... about your input problem... could it be that you're creating a feedback loop ?? (meaning: PC out -> mixer in / mixer out -> PC in and the PC is echoing what's coming in to the PC out???? ) If so, try putting the PC out on a stereo channel of the mixer and mute it while...
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    Maxi Studio ISIS PCI soundcard vs M-Audio

    try to stay away from the ISIS... it is going for about 50$ on eBay last time I checked... it's only compatible up to Windows 98SE, won't work under W2000 or XP, it's 16bit, 48k, has a horrible latency of about a gazillion ms (70-something). Positive side: at the time of it's release it was the...
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    Signal To Noice Ratio

    Try to search the web for how the dB scale works... it's not a linear scale, it is logaritmic.. Herwig
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