Just wanted to say hi and welcome to RO! I'm a big fan of the distorted guitar thread! 8-)

Hey guys -

One GREAT positive effect from the post which no one must refer to by name is that we have picked up a lot of new passengers. Some are forum legends from the Marsh (Shotgun, Dwoz and others), some are visitors from other forums and still others are just new converts desiring to make their pilgrimage to Minnesota.

I am looking to beef up my Optical Compressor investments. I am currently looking at a either a Avalon 747 or a Avalon AD2044. I already know there are some obvious differences i.e. The 747 has a Graphic EQ in the chain, the 747 has a side chain option, the 747 only allows for linked operation (the two channels cannot be operated seperately). Many of their specs seem similar.

i'm on a 002, and I am upgrading its converters (both Ad and Da) to an Apogeerosetta 800 (96). I shall hook up the monitors from there...

RO gurus:
Transferring my question from an old thread, to see if others
have some insight to my 'dilemma' with the Brick..

first off, I have marginal equipment, i know it, you will know it
but please read on (afterall we are in the Budget Gear section!)

Hi everybody, I'm new on this forum.
I just have a little question:
My mixer's analog outputs (Yamaha DM1000) are connected to a pair of Mackie monitors.
Considering the quality of DM 1000 built in converters (which shouldn't be bad), how much I would benefit if I buy an external dac, like the Benchmark DAC1 or Apogee Rosetta 200 for monitoring?

Recently I have decided to make an attempt at coming up with enough equipment to run a small home studio. As of now I am on a fairly tight budget. I currently have several mics and all the computer/I/O hardware that I need. As for mics I have several sm57s, a d112, a pair of AKGC1000s and a Blue Dragonfly. I need suggestions on what I should do for preamps .

I recently got finished mixing and mastering 6 new songs for my brothers band, "Dear Vanity". Previously, I'd only done sound editing for video projects and some simple mastering, so being able to finally be in charge of mixing an album from scratch was a real treat. Even though they couldn't pay me, I still agreed to do it just for the experience.

Hello everyone! Please help us to welcome our newest moderator, Big_D, to the DAW's and Computing forum. Don, you've been a valuable asset to RO since you first started posting here, and on behalf of the entire RO team...

ok so ive been recording my band for about a year now (full songs for download at ), and when i started i knew nothing about recording, nothing. so anyway, i was wondering if you guys have some suggestions about what hardware to use. I'm sure youve gotten this question a billion times but I'm going to ask anyway. ok here's what we have right now for our setup: