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I strongly encourage you to listen to some Bryston and Classé amps. Those are great Canadian made amps

Yes, as a good temporary solution, the guy could buy good USA passive speakers and an IMPORT amp then switch to a Bryston later on. Asian amps can be had cheap, so he doesn't loose that much money going that route, which enables him to save up more for the good USA made amps. You have to use...

First, I never suggested import speakers, but if that's what the guy wants, it's HIS choice. Second, the only active monitors that has competitive amps built inside are the Barefoot speakers which comes with Bryston amplification. A good passive monitor set with a good power amp is a lot more...

Exactly. Or let the mastering engineer take care of the flubby/wrong bass later on and make him work a little more than usual so you feel less guilt when comes time to pay him the big bucks he's asking. Problem with NS10 and the like, is that everything under 60Hz (maybe 70Hz) is NOT there (you...

Thanks for putting up this crappy link again dude :rolleyes:

So true! But the beating is quite less intense since Bruce "BlueBear" Valeriani is gone !

Actually, I always high-pass my overheads at about 2k so this wouldn't be much problem as long as the drummer realises he doesn't need to bang the shit out of the pads like he does on a real drum. Overheads are made to be high passed and high frequency enhanced, at least for the music style that...

I guess this is why NS-10 users have to be "really" careful of the lows (most often they high pass everything at 60 Hz). Simply put, a small woofer is not going to cut it because you just don't know what's going on below about 60 Hz. So either you high-pass everything to be sure, or you check on...

Well the same can be said while using monitors. Unless you are using very nice farfields in a professionnaly built studio, you should always check your mixes on other systems. This is especially true for nearfield users. Indeed, me thinks nearfields are as bad as headphones when you look it...

The trick with electronic drums is to use REAL cymbals and set the processing to a minimum on the el-kit (no reverb. no delay, no chorus lol...) then mix it like a real drum at the board. It gives good results, but it's obviously a little "PCM" sounding.

The tuning of the drums should be made right in the recording space and adjusted/modified while listening to the miced sounds. Obviously, if the guy doesn't want to change his tuning, then you are "stuck" with a snare that has no body. More often than not, I have fixed thin snares by tuning...

This is what I've been trying to tell this board for a while now, but nobody wants to hear it. :rolleyes:

Yeah, in your position, I'd just go with the 1010LT. Award winning in 1845 doesn't mean "good" per today's standards :) But still very very useable IMHO. The projects I made with my 2496 were good sounding. Best of luck dude!

I would go with the Event ASP8.

Beware, the Delta1010LT converters are the same as the Audiophile 24/96. Thus, the converters of the 192 are better. But getting more Ins and Outs can compensate a lot for having lower grade converters. I mean, these converters are not "bad" they simply are a little shy treble wise and lack a...

Ok so now it's confirmed...:( Mackie is on a great decline and people should aim at English or European made brands (or other USA brands). I have no respect for a company that outsources to ASIA.

I disagree. If the guy is REALLY tight on a budget, he's better off buying passive monitors and a nice used consumer 2.1 power amp than powered monitors. The amps in MOST (if not ALL) active monitors suck (I discussed it in another post), so the logical choice is to go with the best passives you...

Well, if the converters used in the 192 seems much better according to your sayings, then the 192 is a wiser choice.

I would go with the Audiophile 2496. It was my first soundcard, good (not excellent) sound quality, reliable....cheap... The 192 is useless unless you really want to record at 192 ?

Mackie is an excellent AMERICAN made and OWNED company. At least, last time I checked, their products were made with pride in the USA, but some have reported imports, avoid them at all costs.