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Is the ceiling the same as walls where you need to put up the drywall before the green glue dries? I ask only because working on ceilings is exhausting for your arms, and urgency might make it stressful.

Then I'll try this- help me out and tell me if it makes sense: I think I want a non-normalled patchbay because I don't mind re-routing the cables since I never run more than 14 or 15 simultaneous tracks. Also it is bad to split the signal yeah? Or is normalled better, where it is set up to have a ty...

There is another patchbay conversation going on, but it kind of left me behind. I am looking into easing wiring difficulty in my studio. Can someone help me with the lingo and the science? Normalled means that it is set for unbalanced signals? What does TT stand for in reference to patchbays? I thin...

Sounds like easy shopping. The only thing I need to watch for is making sure my drywall screws aren't too long. I think the 'sub-floor' in my house might be the only floor. Don't wanna stab any feet.

That kind of humility might be a bit of what has kept Tapeop amazing for so long.

So sorry to derail, but I have gone w/o a patch bay thus far and I am soon to invest in one. What does it mean to have a normaled patch bay or not?

dgrieser wrote:Sytek, my first really good pre.

Yeah mine too. That was my new gear of the summer. Now I wonder what's next w/ only 4 good channels. You can get 4 more sytek channels, save and get API, or get handy and make some Seventh Circle Audio. Hmmmmm.....

well, "dubious condition off ebay" is how I got this one, and it didn't last long before I noticed the (you said it best) telephony quality to it. If I get another one it'll be new, but I'm hoping this is salvageable. Reading around the internet, people seem to think relatively highly of EV's repai...

That's tough. It definitely sounds thinner than normal. An re20 should roll of some of the proximity effect that is apparent in the 421, but I don't think that is right it's a little too telephony. You could send it in, but I hear EV charges a couple hundo for repairs. Such a great mic though, and y...

I found the exchange spicy and entertaining. I've yet to afford a speaker I can get excited about, but when I do I won't tell anyone because they might pee on me. Talking speakers is like talkin 'momma jokes' around here.

Anybody recommend a different fabric than burlap? My wife is having issues with that. From what I've read most every one says burlap, but maybe there is something slightly more attractive to the woman eye. You can get burlap in multiple colors. The fabric store by my house has it in off white, oliv...

Sexy rack. You can compress so many things at the same time.... and well.

Who wouldn't?


Wait what are we talking about?

I'm gonna have that funky riff in my head all day.

The phase as eq concept is especially interesting to me.

Another thing you can do for more isolation is to cut sheets of drywall into 16" strips (or however wide your ceiling joists are), and install them at the top of each space between the joists, touching the floor board above, and holding them in place with small cleats. Rod talks about this in his b...