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Give me your e-mail address, i could help you with your computer case.. e-mail me lwstudio@aol.com
frederic
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Freudian Slip
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Gees
You have way too much stuff Fredric
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You have way too much stuff Fredric
F.S.
hokypokynose
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Great frederic, now we all hate you
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JK of course.
frederic said:
Great frederic, now we all hate you
.JK of course.
hokypokynose
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Just out of curiosity, what do you do for a living frederic? I'm thinking of going into the same field .
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Tim Brown
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Re: Re: Coming along nicely!
I used to use one of those mixers, and I HATED the EQ on it. We had a 16-track setup with a Fostex E-16. Man, That EQ just totally sucks.
It was nice having the "semi-inline" channel layout, but you're right-for the most part, it was a live mixer.
btw, the place is looking killer.
Tim
frederic said:
Aside from monitors/amps, depending on the board you purchased you could suffer and use it for recording. I used a Fostex 450-16 for years with a reasonable degree of success. While Fostex touted this board as a live/recording board, other than little switches to select tape/line/mic, it definately in my opinion is a live board.
Anyway, e-bay / digibid are your friends
I used to use one of those mixers, and I HATED the EQ on it. We had a 16-track setup with a Fostex E-16. Man, That EQ just totally sucks.
It was nice having the "semi-inline" channel layout, but you're right-for the most part, it was a live mixer.
btw, the place is looking killer.
Tim
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hokypokynose said:Just out of curiosity, what do you do for a living frederic? I'm thinking of going into the same field
I was just thinking the same thing!
I was going: "What does this guy do for a living...geeze, that's a TON of gear!"
Tim
Freudian Slip
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OK my turn.
It's only fair I should post my (HA hA HA)....studio.
This is my reworked work station. It's not great but it's alot better than before. The rack was up on the shelve with everything else before so you can imagine the lack of balance and room.
More coming in a string of posts.
later (don't laugh)
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It's only fair I should post my (HA hA HA)....studio.
This is my reworked work station. It's not great but it's alot better than before. The rack was up on the shelve with everything else before so you can imagine the lack of balance and room.
More coming in a string of posts.
later (don't laugh)
F.S.
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Freudian Slip
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The other room.
This is the drum & guitar room, not at the same time of course. In that case the guitar player can enter me and my wifes room at his own risk. I have a snake running threw the wall into this room so it is fairly well suited for recording. Notice the custom coleman wall treatment. Yes it's one of a couple sleeping bags and comforters employed as sound deadening. Ii am still lacking though I need to make a trip to the goodwill.
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This is the drum & guitar room, not at the same time of course. In that case the guitar player can enter me and my wifes room at his own risk. I have a snake running threw the wall into this room so it is fairly well suited for recording. Notice the custom coleman wall treatment. Yes it's one of a couple sleeping bags and comforters employed as sound deadening. Ii am still lacking though I need to make a trip to the goodwill.
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Freudian Slip
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And another.
Oh yes some live equipment. There is nothing like some 18 inch sub woofers with kevlar inpregnated cones sucking up 1500 watts to damage your hearing. Actually most of my hearing loss is at about 8K. The doctor says that is strange, but them horns are right at head level.
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Oh yes some live equipment. There is nothing like some 18 inch sub woofers with kevlar inpregnated cones sucking up 1500 watts to damage your hearing
. Actually most of my hearing loss is at about 8K. The doctor says that is strange, but them horns are right at head level.F.S.
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one more
This is one of the reasons did not want to put my racks on the ground. The other reason is bigger black and faster, but this one has a nose to be compared to a large felt tip marker fresh out of the freezer. I will leave the racks always plugged in so if he ever decides to get really stupid he will reap his just reward. Just kidding, he's not a pisser, it's just the nose but he can nose them on the desk top pretty easy as well.
Thing I left out. My Tapco 6100rb mixer. My wall covered in hooks with a frew hundred pound of cords hanging from them and mi mic assortment.
Thanks for all the pictures and links! They have givven me some great ideas. Some of the ideas I can not do at this minute but some day.
Well later.
F.S.
This is one of the reasons did not want to put my racks on the ground. The other reason is bigger black and faster, but this one has a nose to be compared to a large felt tip marker fresh out of the freezer. I will leave the racks always plugged in so if he ever decides to get really stupid he will reap his just reward. Just kidding, he's not a pisser, it's just the nose but he can nose them on the desk top pretty easy as well.
Thing I left out. My Tapco 6100rb mixer
. My wall covered in hooks with a frew hundred pound of cords hanging from them and mi mic assortment.Thanks for all the pictures and links! They have givven me some great ideas. Some of the ideas I can not do at this minute but some day.
Well later.
F.S.
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frederic
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Re: Gees
Is there such a thing?
Actually, its the answer to my quest to avoid patch bays as much as electronically possible
Freudian Slip said:You have way too much stuff Fredric
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Is there such a thing?
Actually, its the answer to my quest to avoid patch bays as much as electronically possible
frederic
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hokypokynose said:Just out of curiosity, what do you do for a living frederic? I'm thinking of going into the same field
I've been a VP at large financial instutions most of my life. Then a stint as an independant consultant (for IT), and now, I work for a very large telco managing engineers who design "solutions" for our customers.
I've downsized my career over the last few years because for many years, I suffered through 70-80 hour workweek, and never was able to record ideas in my head (or put the "free time hours" into my homebrew mid-engined sports car which sits in the garage partially unassembled) etc, etc.
There comes a point where quality of life becomes more important.
frederic
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Re: Re: Re: Coming along nicely!
I agree, the EQ was not the best design on the planet. However, like most people who purchased it, it was the best I could afford at the time with the right amount of channels.
What is a VERY good mixer, and smaller too, is the Samson MPL2242 mixer. The mic pre's are very quiet, it had decent headroom, and channels 11-22 are paired in stereo for synths and such. I have one left (I sold two) which I use as the submixer for the console monitors, but paired with the Alesis RA-100 I use its very quiet. When there is no signal, I don't get any hum or other irritating noise.
And thank you for the "killer" comment I am quite proud considering my construction abilities, or lack thereof.
I agree, the EQ was not the best design on the planet. However, like most people who purchased it, it was the best I could afford at the time with the right amount of channels.
What is a VERY good mixer, and smaller too, is the Samson MPL2242 mixer. The mic pre's are very quiet, it had decent headroom, and channels 11-22 are paired in stereo for synths and such. I have one left (I sold two) which I use as the submixer for the console monitors, but paired with the Alesis RA-100 I use its very quiet. When there is no signal, I don't get any hum or other irritating noise.
And thank you for the "killer" comment
I am quite proud considering my construction abilities, or lack thereof.Tim Brown said:
frederic
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Re: OK my turn.
Why would anyone laugh?
I remember when I started out, my "studio" was in my bedroom in my parents house. It consisted of a tascam 244, a 100W per side radio shack receiver, and two Minimum-7 diecast speakers. A korg Poly 800, a Casio CZ100, and a Fender Polaris (which probably cost more than the rest of it combined).
Anyway, being exposed to demos over the years, I heard amazing stuff done with simple studios. I've also heard terrible stuff done with complex studios. And every other combination out there. While the modern, expensive equipment may give you more flexibility and features, it certainly doesn't not replace good engineering and technique.
Plus, a lot of the newer gear is so darn complex to use its frustrating. This is probably why I keep my Tascam 244 in tip-top shape, I doodle with it every so often because I can plug in simple gear and get the basics down, more as a composing tool. its portable, its simple, and its quality.
Do you know how difficult it is to get a rack of Akai DR16/DR8 recorders to follow the wordclock of the Tascam TM-D4000 mixer I have? Should be easy. The manual(s) say "push this, push that" and magically its supposed to sync. However, when the Akai recorders see wordclock information on the adat optical cables, the freak out and I have to reboot them a few times. When I reboot them, the mixer(s) they connect too get annoyed. Once everything is powered up and sync'd, its a fantastic setup. Getting there usually takes a few tries.
This is one of the reasons my next major purchase will be the Lucid wordclock generator, and appropriate wordclock distribution device. This way, boot order is irrelevant - when the devices boot they have a stable clock and only follow that.
Hopefully
Anyway, I like your setup. Its clean, laid out well, but I would change one thing. I would take the monitors off the wall, and put them on small posts/stands about 4-6" from the wall.
Why would anyone laugh?
I remember when I started out, my "studio" was in my bedroom in my parents house. It consisted of a tascam 244, a 100W per side radio shack receiver, and two Minimum-7 diecast speakers. A korg Poly 800, a Casio CZ100, and a Fender Polaris (which probably cost more than the rest of it combined).
Anyway, being exposed to demos over the years, I heard amazing stuff done with simple studios. I've also heard terrible stuff done with complex studios. And every other combination out there. While the modern, expensive equipment may give you more flexibility and features, it certainly doesn't not replace good engineering and technique.
Plus, a lot of the newer gear is so darn complex to use its frustrating. This is probably why I keep my Tascam 244 in tip-top shape, I doodle with it every so often because I can plug in simple gear and get the basics down, more as a composing tool. its portable, its simple, and its quality.
Do you know how difficult it is to get a rack of Akai DR16/DR8 recorders to follow the wordclock of the Tascam TM-D4000 mixer I have? Should be easy. The manual(s) say "push this, push that" and magically its supposed to sync. However, when the Akai recorders see wordclock information on the adat optical cables, the freak out and I have to reboot them a few times. When I reboot them, the mixer(s) they connect too get annoyed. Once everything is powered up and sync'd, its a fantastic setup. Getting there usually takes a few tries.
This is one of the reasons my next major purchase will be the Lucid wordclock generator, and appropriate wordclock distribution device. This way, boot order is irrelevant - when the devices boot they have a stable clock and only follow that.
Hopefully
Anyway, I like your setup. Its clean, laid out well, but I would change one thing. I would take the monitors off the wall, and put them on small posts/stands about 4-6" from the wall.
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Digital Wiring
Here is how the digital wiring (and some key analog - like monitoring) has been done. Not shown is the central wordclock system which i haven't purchased yet.
Also, I have video monitoring all over the place, using a 6-in 1-out ntsc switcher. A small camera in the vocal booth, one facing the driveway, one facing the outside door to the studio, one facing the hallway to the rest of the house (so I can see my g/f coming before I hear the doors slam, and know not to hit the big red "record" button). This all goes to a surplus 4" LCD display. Not really large enough to see detail, but enough that I can see if my vocalist is still standing, or if she fell over
Here is how the digital wiring (and some key analog - like monitoring) has been done. Not shown is the central wordclock system which i haven't purchased yet.
Also, I have video monitoring all over the place, using a 6-in 1-out ntsc switcher. A small camera in the vocal booth, one facing the driveway, one facing the outside door to the studio, one facing the hallway to the rest of the house (so I can see my g/f coming before I hear the doors slam, and know not to hit the big red "record" button). This all goes to a surplus 4" LCD display. Not really large enough to see detail, but enough that I can see if my vocalist is still standing, or if she fell over
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Michael Jones
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Man, I hear ya there buddy! I was on that same damn boat. 70-80 hrs a week, always traveling, not knowing what city you were waking up in, it got to be too much! I sold my portion of the company I was working at, now I'm semi-retired. I do a little consulting out of my house, but if I have to work more than 10hrs a week, I'm pissed!frederic said:
Now I pretty much fool around in the studio full time.
Ain't life grand!?
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Michael Jones said:
Man, I hear ya there buddy! I was on that same damn boat. 70-80 hrs a week, always traveling, not knowing what city you were waking up in, it got to be too much! I sold my portion of the company I was working at, now I'm semi-retired. I do a little consulting out of my house, but if I have to work more than 10hrs a week, I'm pissed!
Now I pretty much fool around in the studio full time.
Life is definately grand.
I still work full time, but its just that - full time, not excessive overtime. My new role at this telco gives me some travel from PA to Boston, which I don't mind that much because its fairly infrequent, and I bring my laptop, a midi cable, a Roland SC880 or MU90R, and cakewalk and do some composing at night.