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| Topic: 101 vs the brick (Help!) |
Nika
Replies: 27
Views: 2877
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Forum: Recording Forum
Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2005 8:28 am Subject: 101 vs the brick (Help!) |
| The 101 is the best value in transparent, linear, clean preamps I have been exposed to. It is essentially the same circuitry as their flagship 801, but with a few cost reductions where it matters lea ... |
| Topic: Do I have phantom power |
Nika
Replies: 3
Views: 843
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Forum: Budget Gear
Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2005 8:25 am Subject: Do I have phantom power |
| I doubt it, but there are various devices out there that you can buy for not a whole lot of money that provide phantom power. It's just a little in-line box that plugs into the wall and goes between ... |
| Topic: is 24/96 worth the sacrifice in speed/space? |
Nika
Replies: 34
Views: 3514
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Forum: Recording Forum
Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2005 12:28 pm Subject: is 24/96 worth the sacrifice in speed/space? |
Cucco,
Sorry, I lost track of this thread.
Conceptually of course I like the idea of limiting the presence of extraneous high frequency content (especially artificial HF content such as is produ ... |
| Topic: Recording Opera, one singer at a time |
Nika
Replies: 3
Views: 1148
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Forum: Vocal Booth
Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2005 9:18 am Subject: Recording Opera, one singer at a time |
Having done precisely what you are planning on doing for several years, and with a wife who is an opera singer, I give you some of what I know:
Most times an opera singer wants a recording they wil ... |
| Topic: is 24/96 worth the sacrifice in speed/space? |
Nika
Replies: 34
Views: 3514
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Forum: Recording Forum
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 8:27 am Subject: is 24/96 worth the sacrifice in speed/space? |
| (What I find to be funny is that the opponents of DSD are often the proponents of 24/44.1 and their argument for 44.1 is that there is nothing to be had outside of 20k. Then they turn around in the ... |
| Topic: Apogee Rosetta vs. Lynx 2 |
Nika
Replies: 10
Views: 1769
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Forum: Pro Audio Gear
Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 7:34 am Subject: Apogee Rosetta vs. Lynx 2 |
http://www.merging.com/
This doesn't seem RME's market. Have you looked into the limitations of what can be done in that software running DSD?
http://www.merging.com/2002/images/dsdresponse ... |
| Topic: Apogee Rosetta vs. Lynx 2 |
Nika
Replies: 10
Views: 1769
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Forum: Pro Audio Gear
Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 8:33 pm Subject: Apogee Rosetta vs. Lynx 2 |
COOL HUH????????????
So my guess is......The new MULTIFACE II WILL WORK WITH DSD.
WOW.
You never know...But I think if RME uses that chip,they will want to explode on the market with the first DS ... |
| Topic: Unhappy with mBox and DigiDesign |
Nika
Replies: 9
Views: 1165
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Forum: Digital Audio Forum
Posted: Thu May 26, 2005 9:25 am Subject: Re: Thanks for Your Responses, But . . . |
In my view, a well designed software package does not work for OS version X.2 and then suddenly stop working for version X.3, for example.
I understand this opinion, but I don't think it conforms t ... |
| Topic: Unhappy with mBox and DigiDesign |
Nika
Replies: 9
Views: 1165
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Forum: Digital Audio Forum
Posted: Thu May 26, 2005 7:32 am Subject: Unhappy with mBox and DigiDesign |
Steve,
Let me echo the response by PCM above. Frankly, if you were to call me with your needs I would recommend the Mbox still today. You need to make sure that your computer is compatable in all ... |
| Topic: Audio Essay |
Nika
Replies: 5
Views: 614
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Forum: Pro Sound Chat
Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 12:26 pm Subject: Audio Essay |
| Stereo microphone techniques - their history and uses. Figure one page for intro, a page each for ORTF, AB (spaced omni), NOS, XY, Blumlein, M/S, Decca Trees, etc. Perhaps a page on microphones buil ... |
| Topic: Digital consoles floating point |
Nika
Replies: 28
Views: 2141
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Forum: Pro Audio Gear
Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 3:34 pm Subject: Digital consoles floating point |
| It is very difficult to ascertain the quality of dither inside a console. Just for example, however, at one point in the lifespan of the Sony Oxford console roughly 1/3 of the 450 dedicated DSP chips ... |
| Topic: Digital consoles floating point |
Nika
Replies: 28
Views: 2141
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Forum: Pro Audio Gear
Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 11:44 am Subject: Digital consoles floating point |
Fixed or floating point processing does not have such a lot of impact
on what comes out of the mixer as I thought.
I mean, the Sony Oxford or the DM 2000 both use 32 bit fixed point
processing, b ... |
| Topic: Digital consoles floating point |
Nika
Replies: 28
Views: 2141
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Forum: Pro Audio Gear
Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 8:03 am Subject: Digital consoles floating point |
| 2. There seems to be confusion as to what "headroom" is. There is no headroom technically in digital. Period. There comes a point, where all available bits have been used, and that is 0. This is n ... |
| Topic: Digital consoles floating point |
Nika
Replies: 28
Views: 2141
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Forum: Pro Audio Gear
Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 7:47 am Subject: Digital consoles floating point |
That remark is an important one Gunnar.
If I do this on the Yamaha it won't work.
I mean, even if I don't have tracks going 0 dB, the master will overload fairly quickly. This actually struck me ver ... |
| Topic: Digital consoles floating point |
Nika
Replies: 28
Views: 2141
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Forum: Pro Audio Gear
Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 7:44 am Subject: Digital consoles floating point |
PT TDM is 48bit fixed point and as NO internal headroom above 0dBfs.
This is absolutely erroneous as I described above. Protools TDM has 30dB of headroom internally. I doubt you could exceed this ... |
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