You may or may not be aware of the HUGE audio scene on Irc's DALnet among others. Many of the channels and topics there may be extremely distasteful for many users here. Hopefully I dont need to elaborate.
A few of us are banding together to create a new channel with all the good of DALnet audio, yet hopefully without the bad.

I'm looking a getting a new A/D converter as a front end for my Yamaha Aw4416
choices so far are used CRane Song Hedd (not the 192) or Lucid 2496

I guess the Crane Song would be "better" and i guess open up some more options but i've never seen one.Its also 3x the price of the lucid.

Anyone use one? Can they be upgraded to other sample rates(96hz or up)?

Downloading the songs now. .yes, I will participate.

Questions that need to be addressed:

Mine will arrive in the next few days.

Fletcher, gimme some starting ideas to try out.

What are some 'fantastic' things you've done around a drum set with it? (in combination with a few distressors)

Any favorite settings yet? ...on OH, drum bus, other bus, Gtrs, other instruments.

I have to mix a bonus track on an album that is kind of a joke but well done 70's porn rock.

Alright, now we have our submissions. Now it's time for us to pick a song for Mixerman's MixFest 2001.

It appears that Sony and Phillips are at it again, with the new DSD format. Can anyone tell me what the implications are here? Are we all going to have to re-tool our studios to keep up with this technology? It seems to be rolling right over all the PCM technology advances that have been made.

I bought a Pro Tools system after working 15 years with a board and tape machine. As mixerman has said, Pro Tools proved to be a sonic compromise for me, so I have partnered up with a fellow and now we got the rig hooked to a Neotek Elite and some good outboard with Apogee D/A.

I do a lot of tinkering with midi files.I want to make some good pad sounds that blend together in a smooth type of effect Im mainly trying to get horns and violins to work together.Anyone have any tips on using Pro Tools free to help me get better pad sounds.Also Im not to familiar with the many plugins in Pro Tools...compressors,eq,etc.Im a novice so please keep it simple I would deeply app

What are the downsides to buying, say, a PT Mix system from a "non-authorized" Digi dealer?

For instance, I see them a lot on ebay and they claI'm the box is unopened and unregistered (blank registration card).