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  1. gaffa

    Where do I get this stuff?

    Ok, Here's the deal. I've got a mate in the US at the moment (apparently, if he wasn't so pissed as to have slept in, he was catching a train this morning to New Orleans from California somewhere), and I was thinking about getting him to buy me a decent soundcard. So, what I need to know is...
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    So what's a real soundcard look like?

    Ok, So consumer sound cards are ones like SoundBlasters etc, prosumer cards are things like the gadgetlabs, event, lynxone etc. So my question is - what are the professional cards? Do they exist, or are we talking about Apogee A/D converters etc? - gaffa
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    I DON'T want a record deal...

    OK, som I don't play in a band, can't sing, and don't write particulalry good songs. But even if I could, I still don't think I'd want to deal wit hthe big four record companies. Have a read of this article - it's a speech given by Courtney Love at the Digital Hollywood online conference. Very...
  4. gaffa

    To all you hardcore coding animals....

    OK, this is not strictly computers and recording, but.... Are any of you out there having a crack at writing DirectX or VST plug-ins? Cos I'm such a cheapskate, I thought why buy a plug in when you can make it? (It's this approach to life, which I inherited from my old man, that explains the...
  5. gaffa

    Hoontech gear

    Has anybody had any experience with hoontech cards? I found one called "C-Port", but I'm having a few dramas actually tracking down decent info and specs on this card (the basic info is at http://www.C-port.net ) The card seems quite reasonable, but I'm a bit sceptical due to lack of...
  6. gaffa

    Monster Cables And Bollocks

    I've just spent the last three hours reading all about monster cables on their web-site, and I have _never_ read such a load of bollocks in my entire life. They have ~10 patents on various cable "technologies" (and I use that word in the absolute loosest sense), including one called Magnetic...
  7. gaffa

    Alesis 3630 in a live situation

    Everybody seems to regard the 3630 with disdain 'cos it colours the sound, but just how bad is it? (yeah I know, how green is green... all very subjective, but I've got to ask) I need a compressor that I can use for live sound, but it would be handy to have a decent one for recording. The...
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