Dusty Chalk

Garden of Shadows, Quo Vadis, and Psycroptic, off YouTube ( ).

Was sold out by the time I woke up (3am).

Apogee have a great sense of humor -- knowing them, it's probably on purpose.

Splitting should be fine depending on the impedances of the pre-outs, power-in, and sub-in (or headamp and powered monitors in the case of Hopstretch). Try it, worst you can get (in your specific case) is deteriorated sound.

Incorrect -- the Maestro was designed as a preamp, and did well as one.

Current gen? & Hurray!

Of course I'm interested in hearing what someone like you (I.E. someone with a good ear) can do!

Whoa. I just heard something I've never heard before: at 3:27 of "Why So Serious?" from the Dark Knight soundtrack, there are some bass throbs that are practically subterranean. I've got it set at 25% (-32db). Seems to be a good place (gain), plus it's a power of two, so the computer isn't taxed at doing the maths.

When I said, "it's not even my house", what I meant to say was, "I don't want to listen to it, much less subject my headphones -- expensive or otherwise -- plus a house that's not even mine -- to the (admittedly unknown) dangers". I'm not worried about fires, I'm worried about the unknown. If I had more confidence in him as an engineer, then I wouldn't; but I don't, so I do.

Well, (a) I was being snarky; ( attacking Singlepower at this point is like kicking a dead horse when it's down; © attacking Singlepower to throw off the attack of RSA is ... well, like beating a dead horse -- let's not compare oranges to apples that have fallen off the tree long enough ago to start to rot; (d) RSA has done nothing to reinstate my confidence in RSA -- fire, electrical, or otherwise. I didn't like the way he handled that, and I am particularly suspect when higher voltages are involved. I am merely stating my skepticism, which -- under the circumstances -- is apt.

Pfff. Sorry, it's not even my house, I'm not willing to risk it.

Jesus, MicroCenter blowing out older Mac Minis for $399.

Widescreen edition.

Hurray!

Isolation + exaggerated bass + easily obtainable + <US$200 == DT770 (comes in 80 ohm) AKG K271?

Spinecar, Autophile -- indie metal

What the hell is 'death by flatulence'?

What do you mean, 'if'?

Cool! Will do.

Want.

I thought DPA was a bunch of ex-employees of ...that other big microphone company, whose name I forget -- M&K? H+K? EDIT: B&K? Yes, it appears to be B&K. Okay, yes, it appears they weren't "cloning" the B&K mics, so much as picking up where Br

So...wow. I got mine today. Either they're overdriving my amp (Radii HAP-02) -- which means they're louder than the standard output of the Mac -- or I'm suffering from lack of burn-in. Or something else. I'll play with levels. Anyone know any good upsampling software for Mac? I might also have to try my Singlepower amp on it.

Right now I am trying grawk's microtrack -- still need to get a microphone/pair of microphones to go with it. Yes, Gearslutz was the name I was looking for, thanks! Yes, MicroTrack or H4 are high on my list. Budget is a couple hundred US$. Might go up if I start doing this seriously, but that will happen later -- I need to see if, once I have the equipment, that I actually use it. Haven't decided between grawk's suggestion of Church Audio microphones or go straight to serious binaural microphones like Dallas Simpson uses. (I believe he uses DPA 4060's, which are a clone of something else, some well-known brand, and are very good.) But I'm thinking the latter is not a good idea with my allergies, as I make a lot of noise (straightening throat, coughing, sniffling, etc.), and he sticks them straight in his ears and walks around with them. I don't necessarily need a one-button or built-in mic approach, but I need an all-encompassing approach -- I.E. everything needs to fit in one bag, so that I can remember to just grab that one bag. But yes, a one-button, built-in mic approach would definitely satisfy that criteria. The cool sound was: they were doing some construction in the garage, and had left one of those large ventilation fans running. A piece of plastic tarp must have been waving near it, because a harmonic (7th, I think) of the fundamental of the fan was fading into and out of existence. I think it's the 7th for a very specific reason -- that's a particularly eerie harmonic to hear. It's utilized in one of the Prophet 5 patches with which I am familiar. It was particularly musical. Sounded like something a musician would try to accomplish on purpose, and it was just there. Or it might be the 7th harmonic of the 2nd harmonic (in other words, pretend the fundamental was really a divide-down subharmonic of the fundamental), since the fundamental was already pretty low.