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by Randyman...
Sat Nov 21, 2015 7:00 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: first reflection /sidewalls
Replies: 16
Views: 8919

I've always been a big believer in treatments. Our ceiling is 100 year old concrete and super hard to get any fittings into. Looks nice! I feel your pain about drilling into a reinforced concrete ceiling!!! I think I went through like 2 dozen masonry bits with a hammer-drill hanging 4 large clouds ...
by Randyman...
Wed Sep 30, 2015 6:47 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: first reflection /sidewalls
Replies: 16
Views: 8919

I'd have to assume there is a lower limit (distance from the sidewall) that this will become a bad idea? As in: Most bedroom monitoring environments where the 1st sidewall reflection is less than 10ms or so (and almost equal in amplitude to the direct sound)? The quote specifically mentioned "less t...
by Randyman...
Thu Aug 27, 2015 4:40 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Possible Moron DIY: Headphone Switch
Replies: 23
Views: 7917

I feel ya. Have you looked at the online video tutorials for Totalmix? Once you get it, you will really get it (A light will eventually illuminate in your head!) :) But you really don't even need to touch TM - I believe Preset #1 defaults where Software Out #1 feeds Hardware Out #1, and so on (a 1:1...
by Randyman...
Thu Aug 27, 2015 3:47 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Possible Moron DIY: Headphone Switch
Replies: 23
Views: 7917

Perhaps I'm missing the point here, but why not just pan the entire mix in your daw to the side of the phones you want to monitor with? Solves the bleed from unused side problem. That's a great idea. Unfortunately, my headphone amp doesn't have a pan knob. I use Cubase. I -can- pan the mix left/rig...
by Randyman...
Thu Aug 27, 2015 11:24 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Possible Moron DIY: Headphone Switch
Replies: 23
Views: 7917

I think the key sentence there is, "Flip the polarity anywhere in the signal chain." Same should apply to the channel mute. Somewhere in your DAW or interface control there's prolly a solution that takes only a few mouse clicks once you find it. Very cool pair of ideas BTW. Makes me consider headph...
by Randyman...
Wed Aug 26, 2015 11:16 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Latest gear you've acquired.....
Replies: 5329
Views: 2132359

My guitar player just headed off to North Texas to finish up his degree, and took his tasty 80's Marshall SS combo with him (Master Lead Combo IIRC? 1 Channel, 30Watts, 12" Celestion). To fill the void, I snapped up a modern Marshall DSL40C all-tube combo. This thing is pretty sweet for under $700 I...
by Randyman...
Wed Aug 26, 2015 11:16 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Latest gear you've acquired.....
Replies: 5329
Views: 2132359

Dupe! Sorry - See below...
by Randyman...
Sat Jun 20, 2015 2:39 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: A/D/A converter upgrades - Apollo 16, Rosetta 800, AD-16x?
Replies: 11
Views: 10099

Need to address this statement :) : I run a RME RayDat on my live PC, and unfortunately, they let me down with no drivers past XP for my original hammer fall 96/52. That's a fail to me . I can't speak to other brands. You can run the DIGI9652 under W7-32 Bit no problem. Just can't go to 64-Bit W7 wi...
by Randyman...
Sat May 30, 2015 1:00 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Best Practices for Compensating D-A-D Latency
Replies: 13
Views: 4691

I believe the problem is not drift (offsets *should* remain constant for a given converter - excluding jitter - more on that at the end :) ), but the inability to EXACTLY compensate for the AD/DA's delays. A Converters' inherent oversampling results in delays that are not whole samples (due to said ...
by Randyman...
Wed May 06, 2015 3:33 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Best Practices for Compensating D-A-D Latency
Replies: 13
Views: 4691

Even when dealing with "Sample Accurate" timing in a DAW, the AD/DA chips will often times have delays that are NOT EXACT MULTIPLES OF 1 SAMPLE! The oversampling happens at many times the base samplerate, so ending up with a nice round result with no remainder is unlikely. I believe a few chips *mig...
by Randyman...
Wed Apr 01, 2015 1:34 pm
Forum: Tape Op Message Board (TOMB)
Topic: https everywhere
Replies: 3
Views: 13621

Agreed. Just makes sense IMNSHO...
by Randyman...
Sun Mar 29, 2015 2:52 pm
Forum: People/Places/Things
Topic: Remember the brown sound?
Replies: 5
Views: 2913

Lol! Fighting fire with bass! I've done that plenty of times: The Jamroom PA can easily "extinguish" a lighter in a few choice areas (dances like crazy and then gets blown out), and my truck system would have also no problem doing the same :) (I do like it loud!) I guess this is a similar concept wi...
by Randyman...
Wed Mar 25, 2015 6:40 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Would this be effective as an ISO transformer?
Replies: 6
Views: 1651

With a 240VAC Input, you'd get 141VAC out. Too high for anything expecting 120VAC (even with some tolerance assumed). 220VAC input would still end up with around 130VAC out. Still too hot for me :) This specific unit seems specifically designed for 208VAC in to 120VAC out :( Unless there are multipl...
by Randyman...
Wed Mar 25, 2015 4:15 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Would this be effective as an ISO transformer?
Replies: 6
Views: 1651

As indicted, it's a "Step Down" transformer, not a 1:1 transformer. It appears to be designed to step down from 208VAC to 120VAC.

You'll end up with a measly 70VAC output with a 120VAC input.

You are probably after a 1:1 style isolation transformer unless I'm assuming incorrectly...

:cool:
by Randyman...
Wed Mar 25, 2015 4:08 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Latest gear you've acquired.....
Replies: 5329
Views: 2132359

After yearning for a good small set of "Monitor B" speakers and being totally unsatisfied with the Equator D5's Hype (actually gave my pair of D5's to a buddy!), I decided to try another pair of small monitors to itch my scratch. After reading so many glowing reviews on the Sonodyne SRP400 4.5" near...