Now, I realize that for many of you this scenario would not apply as you are, shall we say, entreprenuers. But imagine, if you will, that it's the beginning of your career...

glad to be on board. i'm just "hear" to hang, learn and share.

I know, I know they are all important. But if you had to rank in order of importance.
Mic, Mic Pre, Compressor, HD or tape, Mixer, reverbs-delays-modulation, 2-bus compressors,external eq's, two track deck.
And not to leave out converters, cables, and word clocks.

Just thought I'd drop by and say hi. I know if you continue to impart the type of knowledge here that you've graced RAP with this forum will go a long way.

Anybody that doesn't know Mix, believe me, he knows whereof he speaks. Listen, read, print it out, put it in a 3 ring binder, and read it again!

anyone ever go through the own personal debate of the investment quality of gear you purchase? For example, some people who make enough income can afford to own pieces of gear that will be worth 25% of the purchase cost in 5 years - where as some of us cannot.

I enjoy my trips to mastering houses, (I am having some trouble here in the UK over 24 bit AIFF files) but that aside...

I do however have to make my own Red Book masters for budget clients.

How can I give my CRS a 'once over' before they get sent to the factory? (or my bulk duplicator!)

Anybody experiencing this? Had 24 tracks going with a channel strip inserted on each track. 3 Realverb Pros running as sends, 1 LA-2A as insert on a group channel, 1 1176LN insert on the bass track. On mixdown, distortion is heard on the bass track alone. Tried mixdown without the 1176LN insert on the bass track... no distortion! Anybody experiencing this?

Let's talk about mastering..
What software do you use?
What's the "mastering" chain you prefer?

I will ilustrate something with a example. When you play a pro track in some spectrum analyzer you notice that all the frequencies "jump" simoultanously when they hit..
How this can be achieved?

I recently received my DP3 upgrade, and just got REASON. (virtual syhth/sampler software)
Although I've followed the directions from Motu, and Propellerhead, I cannot get the 2 programs to work together.
Furthermore the two manufacturer's have conflicting directions.
I called MOTU, and they seem to be clueless.

Hey guys,
I've just come across some old sonic outboard gear. I am wondering if any of it is usable without the core system.

A/D D/A converters-
1/2 rack w/5pin XLR i/o and optical i/o. has
word clock in

optical converter-
appears to convert optical to/from S/PDIF or
AES. has wordclock