--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 200 PRO AUDIO Ref: CBH00000 Date: 07/11/95 From: WILLIAM HILL Time: 6:03Aam \/To: ALL (Read 5 times) Subj: DJ's? I am curious.. Are there any DJ's that write in this echo .. if so, please send a reply. --- DLG Pro v1.0/DLGMail * Origin: Rabbit Hole BBS - [403]425-8527 - Edmonton, AB (1:342/716) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 200 PRO AUDIO Ref: CBH00001 Date: 07/10/95 From: CHRIS BAUGH Time: 09:40pm \/To: RON NEWMAN (Read 5 times) Subj: noise reduction methods On (07 Jul 95) Ron Newman wrote to Chris Baugh... RN> thanks for the info. i'm surprised it's such a brute force RN> method. i expected something analogous to pattern recognition, RN> except dealing in samples rather than pixels. It sure would be nice to have a pattern recognition system that could recognize what was played, and then change it into what people MEANT to play, removing the noise at the same time! :-) --- PPoint 1.92 * Origin: "Bother," said Pooh (1:105/290.5) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 200 PRO AUDIO Ref: CBL00000 Date: 07/12/95 From: JIM MOSEBY Time: 03:14am \/To: ALL (Read 4 times) Subj: Tascam 80-8 Hiya gang! I have a Tascam 80-8 and am looking for the 8 channel DBX unit that was an option for that machine. Does anyone here have a clue where I might search for such a semi-vintage item? Thanx in advance! Jim --- GEcho 1.00 * Origin: The End of the Line 1-919-756-6487 24/7 (1:3665/435) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 200 PRO AUDIO Ref: CBL00001 Date: 07/13/95 From: RAY WILSON Time: 12:15am \/To: WILLIAM HILL (Read 4 times) Subj: DJ's? William Hill wrote in a message to All: WH> I am curious.. Are there any DJ's that write in this echo WH> .. if so, please send a reply. I'm here, but I don't post much. I've been more content to just read. :) Best Regards, Ray --- timEd-B9 * Origin: The Recovery Room * Akron Ohio's 12 Step BBS (1:2215/12) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 200 PRO AUDIO Ref: CBL00002 Date: 07/13/95 From: LASZLO SOKOLAI Time: 12:31pm \/To: CHRIS BAUGH (Read 4 times) Subj: big, big, big sound! For sound amplification, i use the following power amplifiers in my racks: 1 2000 watt stereo power amplifier, model ap-1200 made by yorkville sound, 1 4000 watt stereo power amplifier, model ap-3400 made by yorkville sound, 1 crest audio model 10004 power amplifier, 4 channels at 2500 watts each @1 ohm per channel (major current draw), for BASIC mixing i use a sa-909 cheapo mixer (does the job great) for advanced mixing i use a yamaha 12 channel mixer (kinda in rough shape from road shows) for speakers, i use speakers that DO last for more than 3 hours (unlike JBL): 2 ex-1000 Elite speaker cabinets, made by yorkville sound (2 15's and a 9 x 6 horn and 2 2 inch peizo tweeters, (50 hz and up) powered by the 4000 2 Yamaha 4115H-II's for mid bass region (70hz and up) powered by the 2000 4 sw-800's 800 watt 8 ohm subwoofers, 1 18 inch woofer in each cabinet using reflex compound loaded horn design for up to 148 DB of SPL from each cabinet, The cabinets above are rated as follows: the ex-1000's are 4 ohms 1000 watts each, driven at 1700 watts average RMS, not PEAK, the yamaha 4115's are driven at 375 watts RMS each, not PEAK, it says 240 watts program on the back of each cabinet, the sw800's are kind of linear driven, the 10004 amp is a wierd class H amplification model, it is not too linear because of its class, it drives each subwoofer at about 1500 watts peak. The 2000 watt and 4000 watt are both class AB, and the highs and lows are crisp and tight, never overexagerrated. I am planning on getting more control over my equipment in the future (noise gates, compressors) as i plan to expand my equipment a bit more. I just wish i can afford clusters of MEYER sound cabinets (generates 120 db at 100 feet), but MEYER is outta touch with real life prices, each cluster (4 18's, 6 15's and a few other wierd ribbon/horn/peizo tweeters and 10 and 8 inch midranges) costs close to over $23,000 per cluster. I AM open to suggestions from anybody else that can direct me in the direction of durable speakers (a few thousand watts of bass drum kick without unwrapping its voice coil like JBL's). When i first started, i had the 2000 watt amp and the Yamaha's, then a few months after that i ran into a bad dilemma, someone who rented the speakers off me and the 2000 watt matching amp hooked the yamaha's up to a QSC USA 850, and well, the stupid dirty QSC took out the tweeters on both Yamaha's. Well, i charged the guy extra money to replace tweeters, no problems there. Then i went and bought the 4000 watt amp, and matched the 4 sw 800's to the 4000 watt amp, no problems at all but i found that i was running low on current on the way the 4000 watt amp was built, so i souped up the internal power supply (it had a measly 1500 VA toroidal xformer, so i got 2 1500 VA toroidals, 1 for each channel, and souped up the capacitance on both channels, then i was getting the right amount of damping on the woofer cones (before i beefed up the supply, a kick drum sounded like a muddy thud), now from those 4 18's, it feels like a large kick drum. Then i changed half my setup and bought 2 ex-1000's, and ran them off the 4000 watt amp, no problems. Then i bought a crest 10004 amplifier, and decided to run the 18's off the crest, so i did, no problems, until i saw the line cord that plugs into the wall - that was a problem, a 50 ampere capacity cord was on there. My 2000 and 4000 watt amps have 1 and 2 split line cords for each channel respectively, but this one took the cake. In the future i am planning on running 1 bridged power amp for each speaker for less crosstalk between amplifier chassies. I noticed crosstalk definately on the 2000 watt amp because it has 1 1.5kva xformer, like the 4000 watt amp, so when i run my left speaker with more bass, the right speaker gets softer in the bass region. I know that bridging an amp will increase the slew rate, wattage, and decrease the damping factor, but that is the only way of protecting speakers from semi-reactive loads taken on by paralleled speakers. So far i do not run any of my speakers in parallel, and do not plan to because it causes more heat in the voice coils (blew many Cerwin Vega commercial speakers this way). As for protection equipment, i just use alot of MOV's, and line breakers on my racks, and well, i am borrowing an auto switching device (beta testing for a friend), it is supposed to detect correct line voltage and switch over to the corresponding plug in the back, and it does, but it takes 3 seconds to detect voltage, phase etc. It will give you 2 red warning lights if the voltage exceeds 250 volts, and a yellow light if it is a normal 120 volt plug, and a single red light to tell you that it is a 250 volt receptacle. It has LARGE 30 ampere loud relays, so even the clicking will tell you what voltage you plugged it into (3 clicks for > 250 volts, 2 clicks for 250 volts, and 1 click for 120 volts, and a loud BUZZ if it is from 40 volts to 90 volts). I really doubt that this beta protection mechanism works under DC voltages, but i doubt that anybody will have an DC receptacles (welding gear?). Laszlo --- BBS 42 * Origin: BBS 42 (1:221/605) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 200 PRO AUDIO Ref: CBL00003 Date: 07/13/95 From: LASZLO SOKOLAI Time: 12:35pm \/To: CHRIS BAUGH (Read 4 times) Subj: big, big, big sound! Oops, for corssovers, i use locked crossovers (electronic, and some passive), the electronic crossovers are the Elite ex-401's (90 hz and 500 hz cutoffs). As for passive crossovers, i try to avoid using them, i get phasing problems between speakers. And YES, like you mentioned and reminded me, i may need a small delay circuit (NOT REVERB) to time the difference between the yamaha 4115's and the rest of my cabinets, which are front loaded, not horn loaded like my yamaha's. Laszlo --- BBS 42 * Origin: BBS 42 (1:221/605) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 200 PRO AUDIO Ref: CBL00004 Date: 07/13/95 From: WILLIAM HILL Time: 03:47pm \/To: RAY WILSON (Read 4 times) Subj: Re: DJ's? Check out what Ray Wilson wrote on 13 Jul 95 00:15:44: RW> William Hill wrote in a message to All: WH> I am curious.. Are there any DJ's that write in this echo WH> .. if so, please send a reply. RW> I'm here, but I don't post much. I've been more content to just RW> read. :) Hiya Ray, are you a club jock .. ?? If you are, perhaps we can exchange recordings or something like that.. I am also in corresponence with a DJ in Germany ... he is sending me a tape of the newest hottest toons from Germany .. Basically, that is where all of the good dance music comes from .. what style music do you spin down there anyways?? --- DLG Pro v1.0/DLGMail * Origin: Rabbit Hole BBS - [403]425-8527 - Edmonton, AB (1:342/716) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 200 PRO AUDIO Ref: CBL00005 Date: 07/14/95 From: MURRAY NELSON Time: 05:19pm \/To: JIM MOSEBY (Read 4 times) Subj: RE: TASCAM 80-8 JM> Hiya gang! I have a Tascam 80-8 and am looking for the 8 JM> channel DBX unit that was an option for that machine. Does JM> anyone here have a clue where I might search for such a JM> semi-vintage item? JM> Thanx in advance! JM> Jim JM> --- GEcho 1.00 JM> * Origin: The End of the Line 1-919-756-6487 24/7 (1:3665/435) Well I have one I am trying to sell as a unit with an 80-8. I might be pursuaded if the price was right. These units make an incredible difference to the clarity of the recorded signal on the 80-8 MURRAY NELSON ... It just doesn't get any ETA than this ... --- via Silver Xpress V3.02 * Origin: The TERMINAL BBS (403)327-9731 Lethbridge,AB,Canada (1:358/1) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 200 PRO AUDIO Ref: CBL00006 Date: 07/15/95 From: GREGG DECKER Time: 03:14pm \/To: ALL (Read 4 times) Subj: Midi Software for $5.00 I came across a bunch of Midisoft Recording Session Version 1.07M P/N: 557-0101-00 1.44 3.5 inch diskettes, all original and made by Midisoft. I purchased them at a surplus price. I am not a dealer, actually I D.J. on weekends and work for a university during the week in the Audio Visual Department. I am saying all this to show that I am not in the "selling" business. This program, which comes on one 1.44 disk automatically creates music notation for any midi file opened. It has over 500 tracks (I stopped at 503 tracks), each track has a seperate mixer on the bottom of the screen (if you want it there) that have the following adjustments: Chorus-reverb- "lights" to show the tracks being played, pan-mute-solo-record-and the ability to change instruments on each track. There are many more features also. Also on top are pull down menus for doing just about anything you could want to do. I did not try the record feature but it writes the music notation as soon as you input the music from a keyboard or what-ever. Of course this program has many editing features too. This program will probally not match many of the programs out there for $200.00 or more, but for the price of $5.00 which includes postage, handling and me personally testing the disk with Norton Disk Doctor before shipment, it will sure beat any Midi program out there selling for $50.00 or so. I am running this program under Windows 95 (it is a windows program) with no problems (that I have yet noticed). It works fine. I use a Turtlebeach Tropez sound card. When you first access the program is asks: Channels 1-10 or channels 10-16 (for regular sound cards) or general midi Channels 1-16 (which you would use for general midi use). The disk has a date on it of Copywrite 1986-1992. I do not know if this means that the program was written in 1992 or not. I really believe that it is newer than this because of the features that it has. I have reciepts for these disks and as far as I know I can sell them like other people sell software at a computer swap. For $5.00, those on a budget get a fully functional midi sequencer that instantly produces music notation. Not bad. So far, so good. By the way, the notes get highligted as they are played. The only thing that this program does not do, as far as I can see, is print the musical score (which I realize is very important to some people). Their is no print command within the program. I tried copying an entire song and it made a duplicate file ok, but according to the instructions the copying is supposed to go to the clipboard automatically but I didn't see it there. Could this be a Windows 95 incompatibility (spelling) problem? Or maybe I'm just not doing it right. Anyway, except for screen capturing, I couldn't get the entire file to print. I am selling these as is. I will replace defective disks, but will not refund any money. The disk is fully documented via the help menu which is has hypertext. Requires about 3 megs of hard disk space. I also includes about a dozen full size midi songs. The program has three screens, music notation, mixer, and a midi list, (which shows other information by tracks). The best way for me to use it is to have the music notation take about 3/4 of the screen and the bottom 1/4 give to the mixer. This way you will have full control of whats playing without needing to use any of the pull down menus. If you do not have a program that shows music notation this program will very interesting to you. Whether you read music or not. All the notes and chords that are being played become highlighted as the music moves on, including the drums section. If you transpose a song, the musical score changes also, so you can learn music theory. For $5.00 you get a fully functional midi sequencer with music notation, and if you are a shareware user you don't have to worry about beg screens and proudly display full ownership to this amazing program by having the original disk. I have about 75 of these disks with none found defective. If I sell all 75 f these disks, after my paying all the postage and costs of the disks, I'll make $2.00 per disk or $150.00 total. All this so I can buy that new Iomega Zip drive thats out, without begging my wife for money. The things that we do for this hobby. $5.00 to: Gregg Decker 8059 Camstock Ct Citrus Heights, CA 95610 gdecker@ns.net Questions here or e-mail please. ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.12 --- FLAME v1.1 * Origin: 24th Street Exchange * A BBS Since 1983 * 916.448.2483 (1:203/52) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 200 PRO AUDIO Ref: CBL00007 Date: 07/13/95 From: ROB GREEN Time: 07:48am \/To: WILLIAM HILL (Read 4 times) Subj: DJ's? Rob Green wondered what on earth William Hill from 1:342/716 was talking about when he wrote to All WH> I am curious.. Are there any DJ's that write in this echo .. WH> if so, please send a reply. Me. I syndicate from home. --- msgedsq 2.1 * Origin: Joyful Sounds! Turn on the LIGHT! Brownsburg IN! (8:7450/777)