See? I said you'd say that. My current personal phone has 256G, which when I bought it (3 years ago?) I though was just impossibly large. My work phone is a newer model, but only has 64G, because that's what accountants do.Sarum “who thinks rdenney needs a phone with larger storage” bear
How gorgeous! I have a sorted Studer 962. ASR's review of the Neumann KH 310 A contributed significantly to its recent acquisition. I've been perusing the 962 and 310 manuals. Thomann will be delivering K&M monitor stands and bearing plates later today and Reverb should be delivering a Plixio stand which will be used for the 962, tomorrow. By the weekend, I should have everything connected. Now, I just need more room!Here is a view of the mixing console. I made this from scratch - the circuit design, etching the circuit boards, assembling the module chassis, the woodwork, cutting the front panels, and even silk screening the text to the front of those panels. Everything. It took me almost a year to construct, but I learned a hell of a lot in the process.
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I know it's crazy! Actually, when I got into it, I was most interested in direct-to-2 track, analog recording of acoustic performances, applying minimal mic techniques. See where it's lead me!! My friend and Studer tech extraordinaire, Charlie Bolois, encouraged me to be the next Wally Heider. Haha - I wish!
Good luck. Be warned though that it can be a money-suck, and you'll end up like this in no time.I know it's crazy! Actually, when I got into it, I was most interested in direct-to-2 track, analog recording of acoustic performances, applying minimal mic techniques. See where it's lead me!! My friend and Studer tech extraordinaire, Charlie Bolois, encouraged me to be the next Wally Heider. Haha - I wish!
Wow!!Good luck. Be warned though that it can be a money-suck, and you'll end up like this in no time.
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Heider remote truck. The tape machines are 3M M-56s.
I wish I had a few dozen of those, new, and still in their original boxes.Ha! I have a very modest mic/capsule collection...got any M49's or M50's about?
Hehe.I wish I had a few dozen of those, new, and still in their original boxes.
I suppose it'll have to be FLEA 49's, then!
If you have enough coin, you can get these freshly minted microphones. I'll take a couple of each, please.Hehe.
AEA ribbons, nice - I think I have a mic pre that will work well with them.If you have enough coin, you can get these freshly minted microphones. I'll take a couple of each, please.
To this day, I don't know anybody who actually likes SSL preamps. The EQs are another story, but the mic pres? None of them sound good.
Yes I was referring to lossy compression. I thought in the context it was implied, and clear, since I made an opposition to lossless, and it was replying to a comment about AptX Lossless (Lossless but not always since it's an adaptative CODEC.)
At this late stage of the game, all open reel decks are in need of some servicing. Unless they have just been recently serviced, which few have. And even those need to be closely watched!
I would agree with that - more so since those with knowledge of how to service and maintain them (not to mention some of the specialized tools such as alignment tapes, head squares, demagnetizers, tension gauges.....) is thinning out every day. At this point in my life, you couldn't pay me enough to go through the hassle of servicing or repairing someone else's machine.
The big thing, here, is parts availability. And then finding someone who can use the parts the way they are supposed to be used. From the point of perfection, my guess is that most 'consumer' grade machines were always aligned on the 'close' side of 'accurate'. I don't recall any consumer open reel machines having azimuth and auto bias controls, like the better cassette decks had. Maybe some had them, but I don't remember.
