The MOTU 8-pre looks really versatile as it can be an ADAT I/O expansion or a firewire, direct to the computer, unit. Limited analog outs may be its only shortcoming, but I have yet to do a final mix analog. I should add that I am in between soundcards right now and do not own one. I have been...
Might I say that, for the price, the Mackie is a total rip. For what it does it should be a few hundred bucks rather than upward of a grand. I was going to get one for use with Sonar and bought a used (discontinued) Studiomix for $100 on EBAY.
I don't mix down on the Mackie. I don't own any preamps. Software automation and effects are too good to not exploit the better features of a DAW software.
When I look at the weaknesses of my setup they are PC related: I've had a PC blow a power supply in the middle of a session. I've had hard...
I just sold 2 Delta 1010's to members of this board. They were set up in a configuration with my 32x8 Bus. I'll be replacing the 1010's with something firewire because I'd like to be able to break the rackmount out and record remote to a laptop now & then (RME 800 and Mackie 1200F look...
I have one and I wonder the same thing sometimes. What I like about that board is the direct outs. My converters (which I just sold), 2 Delta 1010's, had just trs connections. So I needed something to plug xlr's into and control the signal. I have to say that I use the eq on the board quite...
If you can walk a little bit, Many Beatle songs will "Come Together" :)
The Lady Madonna walk is similar to the bridge in Good Morning, Good Morning. Birthday walks through the chord and does a pretty basic I IV V progression.
What I love about the production on Beatle albums is that you can...
You know what this is.
http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/Delta1010-main.html
It's extremely stable. High-quality and works with most recording software. I use two of them simultaneously with Sonar.
I will throw in an extra PCI host card that you can put in a backup PC. You can't buy the...
Synch it via midi to your PC. It doesn't matter if the VS is the slave or the master as long as they are together. This way the tracks will line up.
Get a pc-based software like Sonar or Home Studio and solo the track you want to send to the PC, either via spdif or analog thru the main out of...
Mine are about a foot behind the monitors, which are on stands. My traps are 2'x4'x4" as going with 2" thick didn't do the job as well. I didn't have 703, but something with similar sound absorption coefficients to 705.
There is definitely an audible difference with them in that location.
I have two. Synched flawlessly. They are the most stable component of my studio. Rock solid. I am worried about new computers lacking PCI slots and making them obsolite. I'm not in a hurry to upgrade that aspect of my signal chain. I bought my second one on Ebay like four years ago. I use them a...
I used to have a V67, but some screamer I recorded blew out the diaphragm. Note to self: "No screamers on LDC's."
I have the ECM's but they pick up everything, not always desireable if you're looking for stereo imaging.
I use my pair of 603's in x-y for any acoustic guitar recording. Those...
Lightyear
This is a testament to the fact that many of us need to spend more time in the studio perfecting our craft rather than obsessing over equipment that produces virtually inaudible improvement to the overall track, at least to the average listener. "Roundabout" to my ears, has a level...