Members average number of rack units and a list...

How many rack units do you have ?

  • 1

    Votes: 67 12.5%

  • 2

    Votes: 49 9.1%

  • 3

    Votes: 44 8.2%

  • 4

    Votes: 45 8.4%

  • 5-7

    Votes: 128 23.8%

  • 8-10

    Votes: 68 12.7%

  • 12-15

    Votes: 33 6.1%

  • 16-20

    Votes: 35 6.5%

  • 21-30

    Votes: 25 4.7%

  • 31+

    Votes: 43 8.0%
  • Total voters
    537
The thing about the furmans is they should give you a more consistancy in the sound because they are on consistant power. Power fluxuates on a normal circuit. If youve got electronics powering up and down all of the place, even though its minor, its going to change things. Might not be a huge difference but it can. Especially with tube equipment. Imagine a tube with inconsistent power.

But besides that its just safer for your equipment. Alot of people dont realize that alot of the power strips with the surge protection only works once. Once the fuse is blown on it the protection is bypassed. And what sucks is you never really know when it blows. They arnt all this way, but alot of them are. With a conditioner youve got alot more there protecting your system in general.

danny
 
darnold said:
The thing about the furmans is they should give you a more consistancy in the sound because they are on consistant power. Power fluxuates on a normal circuit. If youve got electronics powering up and down all of the place, even though its minor, its going to change things. Might not be a huge difference but it can. Especially with tube equipment. Imagine a tube with inconsistent power.

But besides that its just safer for your equipment. Alot of people dont realize that alot of the power strips with the surge protection only works once. Once the fuse is blown on it the protection is bypassed. And what sucks is you never really know when it blows. They arnt all this way, but alot of them are. With a conditioner youve got alot more there protecting your system in general.

danny
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Thanks for the explanation. Looks like I should have one in the budget just to be on the safe side
 
Btw. You dont need a super nice one really. Especially if you are not running to much gear. But its best that you get one that can run all your gear, so you can run everything through it. Make it your main power switch basically. That doesnt include amps and stuff in the other room. You might want something seperate for those.

Danny
 
Man, you guys are gear heads, LOL.

I still have my entry level stuff

2 Alesis Nanoverbs
RNC compressor
Art tube mic pre
nanocomp (no longer use)
 
Richard Monroe said:
About the units, I will say this-
The twinQ is a workhorse. It functions exceptionally well as a DI, and you get a very different sound if you compress it with the RNC as an insert, and leave the optocompressor off. I would recommend this pre to anyone, in it's pricerange.
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I've been looking at the twinQ. You list the twinQCS - but i can't find mention of it anywhere. Are the twinQ/twinQCS one and the same?
 
Okay I didn't know if I should include the computers or not but since they are rackmountable and recording devices I figured I would.

Korg MS2000BR
Korg DTR1000
TC Electronics G Major
Sansamp PSA-1
Lexicon MPX 550
Focusrite Trakmaster Pro
Behringer headphone distribution amp thingy (can't remember the model number and its to early to go and get up to check :))
MOTU MTP AV USB
MOTU 2408 Mk 3
3 x Rackmounted PC's. One running Sonar. One running Gigastudio. One running VI's.


Pictures can be found at http://www.songsofsolitude.org/ccount/click.php?id=7
but they are shockingly out of date. I should probably update the pic's this weekend.
 
Small But mighty and building:

Eventide H3000 D/SX
Furman PL-PLUS
DIGIDESIGN- DIGI002 Rack
Lexicon PCM-41
Korg DTR-1 tuner
Custom built (by me :) ) rack panel for DI's and splitters/combiners.

Coming soon:

Focusrite Voicemaster Pro
Klark Teknik EQ
 
my rack

Small but does the job:

Behringer patchbay
Aardvark 24/96 interface
dbx 164 comp
rnc
2 x Studio Projecs vtb1 (w/ Tesla tubes)
Toft ATC-2 stereo mic pre/comp/eq
Rocktron 310 mono limiter
Peavey vtb-1 (w/ Mullard & EH tubes)
tc electronic m300
lexicon mpx110
 
mine quite sweet

top to bott:
motu 2408
drawmer 1960, great pre and channel 2 is sweet for bass
Tl audio ivory 5021 2 channel compressor
digitech gsp2112, which i still love and never fault
lexicon mpx1
yamaha r3, maybe 1995 but has that great n-sync pop sound
Tl audio ivory 5013 2 channel parametric eq

love my rack and with my plug ins i shall not be buying much mre for a while unless its a real bargain.
DOES ANYONE RATE VALLEY PEOPLE COMPRESSORS LIKE THE 440 (my possible bargain buy)
 
This is what i've got righ now:

Behringer SNR-2000 (decent noise reduction, expander)
Behringer EX-3100 (so so aural exciter)
Behringer T1953 ("vintager" pre-amp, good construction, acceptable tones)
Alesis 3630 (no comment)
DOD R-825 (rare old compressor, does the trick)
Digi 001 (it's ok)
Roland U-110 (first Roland PCM module)
Proel and Fostex patchbays.
Joe Meek VC3Q (half rack anyway)
Alesis ADAT XT (paid $3560 for it!)
Tascam DA-30 (excelent sounding DAT)
Tascam DA-20 (workhorse DAT)
Tascam 102mkII (acceptable k-set deck)
Lexicon LXP-15 (still to be connected to the matrix)
Aphex 107 (clean-nice sounding pre-amp)
 
i'll bite,
2 Neotek mic pre's
2 Quad 8 M1100 mic pre's
6 Datamix mic pre's
Art TPS mic pre
3 Furman PL-8's
Mackie SDR24/96
MDX 2000 comp
TC lll C comp
DBX 160X
Orban 242 comp
Allison Research rack w/ 2 Gain Brains & 6 Kepex gates
2 Art VLA's
Samson 3X cross over
Samson S gate
DBX 231 eq
Orban 226 eq
Ultra Flex
Aphex Exciter
Orban D-ess
Furman RV-1 reverb
Tapco/EV 4200 reverb
2 Lexicon LPX 5's
2 Ibanez SDR 2000's
3 Delatalab Effectron's
TC M300
Zoom RFX 2000
2 115VAC rack outlets
2 rack fan assy's

This is fine for a project studio! Alot of gear was given to me. Free is good!

Jerry
 
Updated rack

My two racks:

Rack #1:
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Korg Triton Rack
Korg wavestation A/D
Roland MKS 80
Roland JV 880
Roland JV 1080
Kurzweil k2500R
Kurzweil k2600RS
SCSI CDRom
SCSI external harddisk

Rack #2:
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Tascam DM24
Lucid ADA8824
Lexicon MPX-1
Lexicon MX500
Kurzweil Rumour(x2)
2 FMR RNC Compressors
Motu MTP AV Midi Timepeice
A-Designs MP-2 tube preamp
Grace 101 preamp
2 patchbays
 
Updated list:

Seventh Circle Audio A12 API-Style Mic Preamp
(2) Seventh Circle Audio N72 Neve-Style Mic Preamp
(2) Seventh Circle Audio C84 Millenia-Style Mic Preamp
ART DPS II Dual Mic Preamp (for A/D conversion and bass DI)
(2) FMR Audio RNC Compressor
DBX 163 Compressor/Limiter
Radial Pro DI
Rolls Heaphone Amp
Neutrik 48 Point TRS Patch Bay

The C84s aren't built yet, but they will be relatively soon. I also had to send my DPS back to ART after, like, maybe a couple hours of use. :mad: :mad: Good thing they have a long warranty.
 
In my voice over studio:

Great River ME 1NV mic pre
Drawmer MX50 De-esser
Aphex 612 Noise Gate
T.C. Electronics Triple C Multiband Compressor
RNC Compressor
Behringer HA-8000 headphone amp
Panasonic 3700 digital recorder
Nakamichi MR2 casette decks (2)
Gentner SPH-3A Phone Patch

So, who said talk is cheap?
 
Virtually all acquired used for basement project studio.


Preamps/DI Boxes:

Pendulum MDP-1
Millennia TD-1 X2
Peavey VMP-2 Tube Preamp
GT MP1 Tube Preamp X2
RNP Preamp
Symetrix SX202 Preamp X2
GT Ditto DI Box X2
Radial JDI DI Box
LL Baggs PADI
Rane AP13 Acoustic Preamp

Other Stuff:

NHTPro A-10 Active Monitors X2 sets plus Sub
Aardvark Q10/Sonar 4 (next to be replaced)
Motormix
Oz Audio HR-4 Headphone Amp
Symetrix SX204 Headphone Amp
Peavey VC/L-2 Compressor
Symetrix 501 Compressor
Symetrix Sx206 Multidynamics Processor
Symetrix SX208 Stereo Compressor
RNC Compressor X2
Aphex Compellor
Lexicon MXP500
Kurzweil Rumour
Delta Labs Effectron III
Peavey Valverb
Peavey Tube Sweetener
Antares AVP-1 Vocal Producer
DBX 242 EQ X2
GT EQ1 Tube EQ
Symetrix SX201 EQ
Niche Audio Control Module
Boss DR-550 MkII Drum Machine
Roland R-8 MkII Drum Machine
Aphex 622 Dual Noise Gate
DBX patchbay
Symetrix patchbay
Couple of Furman power strip modules
 
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