i'd pick it up but i'm pretty happy with my M50
btw i'm trying to find a pdf copy of the m520's sales brochure on my drive. if i can track it down i'll upload it for you.
Oh cool!
Do you have anything on the 48 or 58 decks?
How are ya, Danny?
Busy building cabinets?
hey thanks for uploading those. it was really interesting to read the 50-series marketing material.
HOLY SMOKES!!
This is great guys!
Pete and Danny, thank you!
There is a lot of great info here...just the historical perspective is great too...Pete, the M500 brochure reads like a quick-start guide!
Danny, I love that pic on the cover of the Tascam Recording Equipment brochure...
Very cool!
So its odd to me that the M50 was placed side-by-side with the M512 and M520 consoles in that first set of pics you uploaded Danny...looking at the surface of the M50 compared to the M512, they seem virtually identical...are they? And the M50 is just labeled to be more specific to audio production?
The M520 is overkill for a single 8-track and I can easily see that it is setup nice for 16-track production...might be handy when I get my 48 up and sync'ed to the 58. OOOOOO!!
.....................as soon as I find....a power supply....
No laughing...pleez.
I know some of you are thinking you wouldn't have gone there (picking up the console without a power supply).
LET ME BE A LESSON TO YOU ALL!!! I'M DYIN' TO SEE THE THING LIT UP LIKE ON THE COVER OF THE BROCHURE ETHYRVALVE UPLOADED!!!
By the way, I've pulled all the knobs and switch caps off and I'm about 2/5 the way through scrubbing each one of them down.
OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE AUDIO FREAKS UNITE!!!
And yes, Dave (Hilltop Studios), I'm using a toothbrush!
Yeah, I know, Danny...
There's just a piece that's been missing from my setup and its the utility of a big fat collection of analog channel strips...I've been trying to piece that together out of individual components, but its hard to avoid taking an unnecessary A/D/A trip with what I have...it ends up being kind mickey-moused (sorry Walt), and when I saw the M520 and they took $50 for it I just couldn't pass it up. It will compliment my 48/58 combo well, and having the additional features like the talkback section, built in oscillator, real VU's...I can't tell you how much that alone will be nice now that I've been doing my own calibrating y'know?
I've looked at the DM-24...over...and over...
It goes back to the Yamaha setup I'm using though. I have better GUI control with Yamaha's Studio Manager and Graphic Patchbay software. I'm really happy with the Yamaha setup. The DM-24 does some things better and some things not as well, but the Yamaha is a better fit for me. My Yamaha setup provides me 16 in and out at 96kHz and I'm happy with the converters.
The M520 though is going to fill the void I've been increasingly feeling for years now...A full traditional analog signal path. I've been trying to cheat what I know deep in my mind to be true, and I've learned a ton about the digital world in the process, but the ears in my heart and mind are aching for what contemporary culture has largely cast aside...Its a decision of emotion and passion. The DM-24, though a great package (and I've read the manual and stuff) is still going to do what all my digital gear has been doing to the sounds...I don't want to sound like some purist or expert or snob or anything because I hope to never be one...I just know after working with digital now for several years it has become hard to listen to some of the stuff that is coming out because of what the converters are doing to vocals in particular...I feel like screaming to others in the room "Can't you HEAR that?!" Its very personal and I try not to project it on others. Here is a really obvious example, Britt Nicole's Set The World on Fire. Yes, it is an mp3, and maybe they did it on purpose (adding distortion to her vocal on the chorus and bridge maybe?), but here's a woman who, IMHO has a GREAT voice, and I love this song, but it is like masochistic experience for me...I've been listening to this song all day because I love it, but I have to force myself to listen past the digital buzz on her voice...So, Danny, long answer to a short question, but I want to do what I can in the analog domain and then use the digital setup for more detailed post-production editing and possibly mastering.
Can't afford $1000 for the console though...that's why the M520 looked good...I've seen, rarely, a PS520 pop up for around $100.
Rob Logic, you have an M50? Do you know the difference between the M50 and M512?
yeah i love my M50 but am not aware of the difference between the 2
Do you have any tech info regarding the power supply......eg: schematic, etc?
I forgot you had the Yamaha mixer and were using Cubase. Drat's. Well, then, get that danged 520 going. It might be a while before you see another power supply. But maybe you'll get lucky. Otoh, you could call Jim Williams and see maybe if he could build you a power supply. I gotta feeling it won't be cheap though. Also check with Patrick up in Canada and see if maybe he could find you one from Tascam Canada. Heck he might have one in his shop. Another possiblity is Tom at Amp Services down in West Palm Beach Florida. He also does heads for anyone interested. Also Audio Specialties in Texas. Can't remember his name but I have it here somewhere. In fact I have all their info here somewhere. I just can't remember where anymore
If I recall correctly, and it's been a while, the 520 had one set of phono preamps and I assume the 512 had the same. Could it be that the M50 had more that one set?