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Message |
| Topic: Mic/cable issues..please help!! |
Zilla
Replies: 32
Views: 1710
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 Forum: Budget Gear
Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 5:38 pm Subject: Mic/cable issues..please help!! |
| Hueseph, I have no idea where you heard about some difference in wiring from US to UK. The wiring standard for XLR (as listed by Kev) is the same globally. I dread to think of the mess we would be in ... |
| Topic: for the curious |
Zilla
Replies: 0
Views: 320
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Forum: Acoustic Music
Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 3:53 pm Subject: for the curious |
A recent project I participated in which readers here may find interesting...
http://www.elusivedisc.com/prodinfo.asp?number=GRV1041 |
| Topic: Getting organised... |
Zilla
Replies: 27
Views: 3146
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Forum: Acoustic Music
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 12:39 pm Subject: Getting organised... |
| WaveLab has an integrated audio file database. I have not fully explored it, however, so I don't know how well it works in practice. |
| Topic: Longest tube cable runs |
Zilla
Replies: 21
Views: 2145
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Forum: Acoustic Music
Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 1:16 pm Subject: Longest tube cable runs |
Sorry, I had to pull away before I finished my last post.
That 1.5Ah figure is wrong. The 250mA is the A/C current draw. Likely the battery connected to the inverter will be 48V. 27/48=600mA. * ... |
| Topic: Longest tube cable runs |
Zilla
Replies: 21
Views: 2145
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Forum: Acoustic Music
Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 11:58 am Subject: Longest tube cable runs |
If you were using the same mics, one could build a central HV+heater supply. This would be a practical and elegant solution. Clean on stage or in the cloud, easy set-up and low hump factor.
****** ... |
| Topic: Longest tube cable runs |
Zilla
Replies: 21
Views: 2145
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Forum: Acoustic Music
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 2:53 pm Subject: Longest tube cable runs |
| An engineer I know hangs C12's over orchestras. The cables like a 100-125' run. |
| Topic: Mahler 7 Anecdotes |
Zilla
Replies: 10
Views: 1351
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Forum: Acoustic Music
Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 3:32 pm Subject: Mahler 7 Anecdotes |
| http://www.groovytunesday.com/descriptions/music/stereo_action.html |
| Topic: Serious ? about mic cabling |
Zilla
Replies: 30
Views: 4514
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Forum: Acoustic Music
Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 7:19 pm Subject: Serious ? about mic cabling |
I never have connected pin 1 to case, but I'm starting to rethink this issue. And it seems appropriate in high/unknown RF and electromagnetic areas to do this.
When a cable is connected to a mic out ... |
| Topic: Serious ? about mic cabling |
Zilla
Replies: 30
Views: 4514
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Forum: Acoustic Music
Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 4:30 pm Subject: Serious ? about mic cabling |
| If you like, come up to Alpine Zilla. I got stout and silver solder. We make that cable mo' gooooood. |
| Topic: Serious ? about mic cabling |
Zilla
Replies: 30
Views: 4514
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Forum: Acoustic Music
Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 3:53 pm Subject: Serious ? about mic cabling |
| Right. Matching materials seems to make for a better connection chemically. Also, matching manufacturers products will generally mate better mechanically (neutrik to neutrik, switchcraft to switchcr ... |
| Topic: Serious ? about mic cabling |
Zilla
Replies: 30
Views: 4514
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Forum: Acoustic Music
Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 3:19 pm Subject: Serious ? about mic cabling |
Can somone here say what the sonic difference is using silver vs. copper? If any!
Silver connectors are better but need more attention as it tarnishes regularly. Also, both connectors should be the ... |
| Topic: Serious ? about mic cabling |
Zilla
Replies: 30
Views: 4514
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Forum: Acoustic Music
Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 7:26 pm Subject: Serious ? about mic cabling |
Yo Homie!
What kind of noise are you getting? Like, RF, Hum, Hash, or Cable Microphonics? What be ailing you mahn? How the cable is constructed and its current state of repair has more to do with ... |
| Topic: Orchestra: The Final Frontier |
Zilla
Replies: 61
Views: 5699
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Forum: Acoustic Music
Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 6:26 pm Subject: Orchestra: The Final Frontier |
| height really is a MAJOR factor in orchestral recording. Holy God, did the balance change. Eight feet did tame the percussion, but the winds lost all focus and the strings may have been a bit too mu ... |
| Topic: Here we go again.... |
Zilla
Replies: 11
Views: 1916
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Forum: Mastering Sound
Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 5:18 pm Subject: Here we go again.... |
| The mastering engineers and QC engineers I know from the vinyl era all preferred the sound of lacquer. While DMM surely had advantages in noise figures, they all felt that it had a buzzy tonal qualit ... |
| Topic: AES Paper on SACD vs CD |
Zilla
Replies: 16
Views: 2725
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Forum: Acoustic Music
Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2007 4:53 pm Subject: AES Paper on SACD vs CD |
| David, as I don't seem to have access to the paper, would you mind spelling out their exact conclusion? |
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