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CheersDtoT · Unread post by **CheersDtoT** » Sun Jul 04, 2004 1:01 am

Does anyone here have a real studio? I would love to talk audio engineering with some-one. Here's my rig. My core is Protools HD3 with two PreSonus micpres, I use a Digidesign 192I/O inter. . Our controlsurface is a Yam. 02R-96...(basicly a DM-2000). We use ethernet for outboard... and lightpipe for the Presonus. As far as hardware... we got some Shure KSM's... we have one Neuman 87... we made our own playback monitors... JBL speakers... and the cabs are....... I forgot. As far as power we run pretty much everything on Etison... we include some 30 amp here and there... but no Five-Wire or anything... I would LOVE to talk audio engineering with other people... and hear about your rig... or feel free to ask any questions. Thanks

fatjack · Unread post by **fatjack** » Sun Jul 04, 2004 1:04 am

sounds like you know a lot more than anyone else here

i do simple home recording, and im in the process of getting a better setup

CheersDtoT · Unread post by **CheersDtoT** » Sun Jul 04, 2004 1:09 am

Really well what are you looking at ???
And feel free to ask any questions

fatjack · Unread post by **fatjack** » Sun Jul 04, 2004 1:11 am

CheersDtoT wrote:Really well what are you looking at ???
And feel free to ask any questions

right now in looking to get an M-Audio sound card with RCA ins and SPDIF. i have a simple 6 channel mixer that i plug and mics or preamps into.

right now i have a fostex digital recorder that i record onto and then move to my computer for mixing with Acid 4.0. as of right now, my computer will no longer read the fostex's card, so im recorderless right now

im also about to buy an alesis 30 band stereo eq

CheersDtoT · Unread post by **CheersDtoT** » Sun Jul 04, 2004 1:16 am

Nice...very Nice... I have heard of the M-Audio sound card... what kind of sample rate do they have on it? And you are using RCA for an input correct?

fatjack · Unread post by **fatjack** » Sun Jul 04, 2004 1:24 am

CheersDtoT wrote:Nice...very Nice... I have heard of the M-Audio sound card... what kind of sample rate do they have on it? And you are using RCA for an input correct?

well the fostex is 16bit, but the m audio card is 24bit (im not sure if thats exactly what sample rate is)

unfortunately, the fostex has no rca ins, just two 1/4 and two XLR, kinda lame, which is why i want the m audio

isaac · Unread post by **isaac** » Sun Jul 04, 2004 1:27 am

CheersDtoT wrote:Does anyone here have a real studio? I would love to talk audio engineering with some-one. Here's my rig. My core is Protools HD3 with two PreSonus micpres, I use a Digidesign 192I/O inter. . Our controlsurface is a Yam. 02R-96...(basicly a DM-2000). We use ethernet for outboard... and lightpipe for the Presonus. As far as hardware... we got some Shure KSM's... we have one Neuman 87... we made our own playback monitors... JBL speakers... and the cabs are....... I forgot. As far as power we run pretty much everything on Etison... we include some 30 amp here and there... but no Five-Wire or anything... I would LOVE to talk audio engineering with other people... and hear about your rig... or feel free to ask any questions. Thanks

That sounds like an excellent set-up. I'd love to put together a good studio, but I just don't have the money right now.

I'm still trying to figure out a way to soundproof my room or build a makeshift isolation booth because I constantly pick up the computer fan + air conditioning. EQing does help a bit, but fortunately I haven't written anything worth recording yet so it's not a huge priority.

M-Audio does make some pretty good pres. I'm stuck with a crappy Behringer UB802 mixer right now, but it does it's job.

CheersDtoT · Unread post by **CheersDtoT** » Sun Jul 04, 2004 1:30 am

NO No No .... 1/4 and XLR are much better than RCA. WE are talking about the connection between the console and the computer right. If that is what we are talking about then make sure that it is Balanced. If you have one XLR out and one XLR into your computer thats fine... because most are balanced (double check the cable). If you have one 1/4 out and one 1/4 in one your computer make sure you run a Balanced 1/4 connector, if you have stero outs on the console and in the computer then just run it stero with unbalanced 1/4... that will work. Quality is MUCH better for your sampling rate.... on that sample rate is it 24bit/48KHz ... or 24bit/96KHz ???

fatjack · Unread post by **fatjack** » Sun Jul 04, 2004 1:34 am

CheersDtoT wrote:NO No No .... 1/4 and XLR are much better than RCA. WE are talking about the connection between the console and the computer right. If that is what we are talking about then make sure that it is Balanced. If you have one XLR out and one XLR into your computer thats fine... because most are balanced (double check the cable). If you have one 1/4 out and one 1/4 in one your computer make sure you run a Balanced 1/4 connector, if you have stero outs on the console and in the computer then just run it stero with unbalanced 1/4... that will work. Quality is MUCH better for your sampling rate.... on that sample rate is it 24bit/48KHz ... or 24bit/96KHz ???

the sample rate on my fostex is 16bit/44kHz

and you might not understand how my setup works, i record tracks onto the fostex and then transfer it as a wav file through a usb connection. there is no actual recording unto my computer right now

i was under the assumption that rca outs on a mixer are better for computer recording

isaac · Unread post by **isaac** » Sun Jul 04, 2004 1:34 am

CheersDtoT wrote:NO No No .... 1/4 and XLR are much better than RCA. WE are talking about the connection between the console and the computer right. If that is what we are talking about then make sure that it is Balanced. If you have one XLR out and one XLR into your computer thats fine... because most are balanced (double check the cable). If you have one 1/4 out and one 1/4 in one your computer make sure you run a Balanced 1/4 connector, if you have stero outs on the console and in the computer then just run it stero with unbalanced 1/4... that will work. Quality is MUCH better for your sampling rate.... on that sample rate is it 24bit/48KHz ... or 24bit/96KHz ???

So clarify: my mixer has a 1/4 out and computer accepts one 1/4 connection. That will be better quality than having RCA into the Auxilary input of my sound card? I have two large condensor mics (though small are better, I like the warmth of the large ones in my price range) and I like to mess with stereo recordings of the acoustic guitar..

CheersDtoT · Unread post by **CheersDtoT** » Sun Jul 04, 2004 1:43 am

Ok lets start with the first thing about making a freefield. Freefield (sound proof) is a very difficult thing to make... if you want a complete FREE-Field I will tell you how to make it... but if not... you just need to dampen your room... you must look at the materials of the walls floors and cellings... Are the walls square to eachother?.... if you are going to open up a condenser mic in a large room you might have a problem.
Ok you have One 1/4 from your mixer... and one 1/4 input into the computer... just make sure your 1/4 cable is balanced... so it will be stareo... you can tell because unbalanced lines have one strip on them and balanced lines have two... one is a hot and the other a cold... we are talking AC signal.

CheersDtoT · Unread post by **CheersDtoT** » Sun Jul 04, 2004 1:47 am

ok so it has a 16/44kHZ sample rate... nice... USB is a good connection when using computers because it's a language that the computer knows very well. What inst. do you play when recording?

fatjack · Unread post by **fatjack** » Sun Jul 04, 2004 1:48 am

CheersDtoT wrote:ok so it has a 16/44kHZ sample rate... nice... USB is a good connection when using computers because it's a language that the computer knows very well. What inst. do you play when recording?

inst?

CheersDtoT · Unread post by **CheersDtoT** » Sun Jul 04, 2004 1:49 am

Instrument

fatjack · Unread post by **fatjack** » Sun Jul 04, 2004 1:50 am

guitars, piano, banjo, some drums, djembe

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