--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 200 PRO AUDIO Ref: DBA00005 Date: 07/06/96 From: KRISTIAN KJELDSEN Time: 12:54pm \/To: T OWEN (Read 2 times) Subj: Re: IS it high end? * Quoting a message from T Owen to Kristian Kjeldsen. TO> -=> Quoting Kristian Kjeldsen to T Owen <=- KK> Ok, so enlighten me, whats High-End to you? TO> Enlightenment? Hmmm... Not sure about that, but to me high end means Mm? I meant that he should enlighten me... What he thought high-end was... TO> names like Meyer, FM Acoustics, Neumann, Neve, ATI, Studer, Bryston, TO> Calrec, Beyer Dynamic, AKG, Focusrite, Canare, Dolby, Grace, ADL,... TO> that sort of thing. If this wasn't the Professional Audio echo, I TO> would have said Aragon, Mission, Quad, Esoteric Audio, Grado, Bryston TO> (again), Kef,... those sort of things. Take care. OK, so anything from those manufacturers are high-end? * Origin: Vikings like it, call GautLand +46 8 767 60 91 (2:201/362) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 200 PRO AUDIO Ref: DBB00000 Date: 07/06/96 From: JASON LAVOIE Time: 01:06am \/To: T OWEN (Read 3 times) Subj: Re:NO Car Audio TO> That's ok, but what would be the point? A car is an awful environment TO> to try to get decent reproduction in; the glass, the road noise, the TO> fact that if anything is visible it will be stolen. The other factor TO> for me is that *very* few companies make decent amplifiers that run TO> on 12 volts; in fact, I can think of only one (McIntosh). If I was well, just don't spoil the fun for those of us that like a challenge.. Jason Lavoie --- Renegade v5-11 Exp * Origin: Cranial Disturbance (613)723-9841 (1:163/572) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 200 PRO AUDIO Ref: DBD00000 Date: 07/08/96 From: TOM MOORE Time: 10:21am \/To: AURELIO MARTINEZ (Read 3 times) Subj: CAR AUDIO AM> something. Have you seen Sony's mini disc car stereo? Its one hell of AM> a unit. Just put one in my car and its great! I have been using MiniDisks almost since they came out. I use one to master direct to 2 track recordings and they sound great. The purists scoff at MD but I have achieved excellent results with mine. Tom Moore Appreciate it. Tom Moore ... Why put Braille dots on the keypad of the drive-up ATM? * Silver Xpress V4.02B03 RB10207 --- FLAME v1.1 * Origin: Gator Gulch BBS - Beverly Hills, FL V.34 352/746-6542 (1:3653/42) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 200 PRO AUDIO Ref: DBE00000 Date: 07/08/96 From: CHRIS HORN Time: 07:27am \/To: TONY TANG (Read 3 times) Subj: what's up with the new eurodesk? * Replying to a message in : COPYAREA.TO-ME Hi Tony, at July 4, 1996, You wrote to me about: Re: what's up with the new eurodesk? CH>> That's the idea: copy a good design but assemble it cheaper... :-( CH>> The look and feel is like a Mackie TT> I've played with the knobs and kicked the wheels. The parts seem to TT> be "cheaper" or they don't have a good feel to them. TT> The pots in particular have little resistance, and the covering TT> on the LED meters seems like a cheap thin piece of plastic. That's one point of 'copy a good design but assemble it cheaper' TT> I was surprised to see that they put the mic/line switch way in TT> between the mic/line connectors where it is almost impossible to TT> reach when you have everything plugged in. I haven't worked with it yet so I didn't realise it... 'til nexttime Chris Horn FidoNet 2:241/505.4 InterNet Chris_Horn@proaudio.de .!. I never doubt for a minute that I am right - I guess. --- Terminate 4.00/Pro * Origin: chance favours the prepared mind (2:241/505.4) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 200 PRO AUDIO Ref: DBG00000 Date: 07/11/96 From: MATT WALKER Time: 01:11am \/To: ALL (Read 3 times) Subj: Live Sound and Lighting Engineer Hello All. I am a live sound engineer, and lighting engineer, with some experience as stage crew, lighting designer, technical director, set builder. Please call me or send me a message with address or fax number for me to send you an impressive resumae. Matt Walker Phone: (713) 476-0007 ext. 2 fax: (713) 476-0672 FidoNet: 1:106/3436 --- GEcho 1.00 * Origin: Texas Online 1000 Doors, File and Message Areas 713-476 (1:106/3436) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 200 PRO AUDIO Ref: DBG00001 Date: 07/10/96 From: AURELIO MARTINEZ Time: 01:22pm \/To: TOM MOORE (Read 3 times) Subj: MiniDisks -> I have been using MiniDisks almost since they came out. I use one to master -> direct to 2 track recordings and they sound great. The purists scoff at D -> but I have achieved excellent results with mine. I agree, the minidisk format gives you the recordability of a cassette and he conveinence of a CD. You can jump from song to song instead of having to rewind or fast forward. Hopefully the costs will come down some. How would you compare your minidisk recordings to that of a cassette tape? --- PCBoard (R) v15.22/5 * Origin: Parabolic Denver, CO 1:104/523 (1:104/523) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 200 PRO AUDIO Ref: DBH00000 Date: 07/12/96 From: NANCY WOOD Time: 06:06pm \/To: JASON LAVOIE (Read 3 times) Subj: NO Car Audio JL> TO> "Most people" are not audio professionals, they are JL> TO> consumers. I have yet to meet an audio professional that has spent JL> TO> more that $500 on a car audio system. JL> well, that depends on what you consider to be a JL> 'professional'... Probably someone who makes their living exclusively from doing audio work! G> Having done that in the past, I can agree with you both. I've had expensive sound systems in my vehicles and have had rather inexpensive ones. The expensive ones, as far as I was concerned, were because the previous owner of the vehicle had made the mistake of buying "the name" instead of investing in quality. I've had some systems that were through-togethers with Radio Shack 10's and generic hardware equipment that would outperform and outproduce car audio installers "boom car" stereos that were well overpriced. I had some of them even send in "spies" to my work shop to find out how my systems did what they did (which was outperform theirs) for such a low price. The competitor even paid for a customer to have a system put together by my company so he could tear it apart. He didn't get what he expected: He got literally a pandora's box when he took the boxes apart cause parts came flying out like opening a jack-in-the-box. We had prewarned the customer to never take the box apart (had been forewarned by someone that the competitor would be sending in a customer, even knew what kind of vehicle). JL> one of the definitions in webster's dictionary is "Having much JL> experience and great skill in a specified role" I tend to agree with this JL> and would say that many audio professionals are spending a lot more than JL> $500 on car audio systems. I've spent thousands before I knew better... Now I shop wisely and build my own amps and enclosures, and crossovers... and I buy wholesale on everything. I've had my own company's enclosures, etc. in vehicles where if necessary, at a moment's notice, a small sound system was available for use (complete with Perkins-style cabinets, and professional horns and drivers as well as CS400 or equivalent amplifiers and crossovers), just riding around in my company utility van. There have been more than one occasion when we've come up on a street festival which needed a p.a. system and we just hooked up their feed to our vehicle's stereo and raised the back door of the van! Even then, we only paid dealer's prices for the stuff that we bought (not the speaker cabinets cause they were our design.) In short, it's not the amount of money that is spent... It is the quality of the audio that is emitted. Not necessarily more (as far as money spent) is better. Nancy --- FMail 1.02 * Origin: Electronic Avenue * San Antonio, TX * 210-333-0060 (1:387/510) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 200 PRO AUDIO Ref: DBH00001 Date: 07/12/96 From: NANCY WOOD Time: 06:14pm \/To: T OWEN (Read 3 times) Subj: NO Car Audio TO> gear, instead of being stuck with "car audio" junk. Another TO> thought TO> is that studio engineers tend to leave the stock stereo in the TO> car, so TO> that they can see how their mixes sound when played back on TO> ordinary TO> junk gear, as I do. Take care. I know a fellow who used to stress that very thing with me. He's say, "Don't waste the stereo equipment... even in the studio on the playback monitor for the final mix. If you do, you won't get a good clear mix... cause those folks who don't have $1000 stereos in their homes or cars won't hear the stuff. Play it back on as cheap a radio as you can find and THEN, when you hear it all, you'll have a good mix! Until then, it'll only be a mediocre mix, at best!" I've tried to keep that in mind... cause the studio I have been using of late has EV's for the speakers for the monitor system (Owner thinks bigger is better -)... So I bring my rough mixes home and listen on a cheap system then take notes at each spot that needs correcting... then I go back to the studio and fix it right! (Lots of back tracking but it keeps everyone happy!) Nancy --- FMail 1.02 * Origin: Electronic Avenue * San Antonio, TX * 210-333-0060 (1:387/510) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 200 PRO AUDIO Ref: DBH00002 Date: 07/10/96 From: T OWEN Time: 11:57pm \/To: TOM MOORE (Read 3 times) Subj: Re: Minidisk -=> Quoting Tom Moore to Aurelio Martinez <=- TM> I have been using MiniDisks almost since they came out. I use one to TM> master direct to 2 track recordings and they sound great. The purists TM> scoff at MD but I have achieved excellent results with mine. Are there any mastering houses that will take the MD as a valid format to be mastered to CD? ... Order your Chia Klinton, today! Comes with weed and Flowers! --- Blue Wave/DOS v2.30 * Origin: Computer Castle / 20 Lines / Newton, NH / 603-382-0338 (1:324/127) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 200 PRO AUDIO Ref: DBK00000 Date: 07/14/96 From: TOM MOORE Time: 11:30am \/To: T OWEN (Read 3 times) Subj: RE: MINIDISK >TM> I have been using MiniDisks almost since they came out. I use one to >TM> master direct to 2 track recordings and they sound great. The purists >TM> scoff at MD but I have achieved excellent results with mine. > > Are there any mastering houses that will take the MD as a valid > format to be mastered to CD? Hmm, I am sure there are several but I can only think of one at the moment. I have their card here someplace. They are here in Florida - Orlando as I recall. I will try to look 'em up and pass it along to you. I have been burning my own CDs and if I need them duplicated, I would probably send that instead of the MiniDisk. Tom Moore --- FLAME v1.1 * Origin: Gator Gulch BBS - Beverly Hills, FL V.34 352/746-6542 (1:3653/42)