Rick Sarson
Senior Engineer
In search of fidelity
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What!
Mar 4, 2009 13:23:02 GMT 1
Post by Rick Sarson on Mar 4, 2009 13:23:02 GMT 1
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Rick Sarson
Senior Engineer
In search of fidelity
Posts: 106
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Post by Rick Sarson on Feb 18, 2009 12:46:27 GMT 1
I have just bought myself a Blue "Bluebird" for some voiceover work. It is supposed to be the first 'general purpose' Blue mic. If you have ready access to some domesticated muscians I would be well up for popping over and trying it out on some instruments. It might help narrow your choice of mic? Following your advice I borrowed a reflexion filter and found it works very well for recording voice overs. I will try it live next week.
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Rick Sarson
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In search of fidelity
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Post by Rick Sarson on Feb 12, 2009 12:58:52 GMT 1
Hmmm. Difficult. The really technical stuff in the white papers is too technical for me. Maths and me have never been friends! But looking at those threads it seemed that the gist was those who had tried it said it worked and those who hadn't said it was rubbish and there was no science behind it. It does seem to me, from my position of relative ignorance, that the clock is the most fundamental building block of a digital device and that if it is a poor clock then (surely?) that digital device will not work as accurately/well as if it had a good clock? The hokum behind the CD player thing that got me into this train of thought was that manufacturers of CD players build to a price and that replacing the cheap clock would improve the functioning of everything it controls i.e. all the digital cicuits in the CD player. The evidence of my ears says that there was a significant gain in audio quality, which is subjective but I stand by it nonetheless. A PM5D, being a reasonably expensive desk, would (I hope) have a good clock in it, whereas an LS9, being a budget desk, might not. There is definitely something odd about the LS9 clock, you try getting a CD or MD player to sync with it. It is close enough for signal to pass but 'clock error' flashes constantly until you disable the notification. But then using a £1200 clock seems a bit excessive on a £3000 desk. You are right I will have to get hold of one and try it.
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Rick Sarson
Senior Engineer
In search of fidelity
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Post by Rick Sarson on Feb 11, 2009 0:44:10 GMT 1
What are the technical arguements against, please?
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Rick Sarson
Senior Engineer
In search of fidelity
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Post by Rick Sarson on Feb 2, 2009 1:12:28 GMT 1
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Rick Sarson
Senior Engineer
In search of fidelity
Posts: 106
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Post by Rick Sarson on Feb 1, 2009 17:01:42 GMT 1
I have read good reviews of the AKG 214 www.dv247.com/invt/51651/ if that is any help, I have always loved the 414 and it is supposed to have the family sound. Are you looking for an all purpose mic or something for a particular job? On a similar subject, how are you finding the Reflexion filter? I do a lot of shows using live voice overs and was wondering ifI could up the clarity and quality by using one?
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Rick Sarson
Senior Engineer
In search of fidelity
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Post by Rick Sarson on Jan 31, 2009 13:37:24 GMT 1
Being a saddo hifi type as well as a noise boy I recently had the clock on my SACD player upgraded. I had it done to my CD player quite a few years ago and, once again, the results were a startling improvement in the sound. The kind of thing that even wives/girlfriends notice. It set me thinking. Has anybody any experience of this sort of thing www.apogeedigital.com/products/bigben.php Apparently vidiots have been using them for some time on really big and complex video stuff. Any thoughts?
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Rick Sarson
Senior Engineer
In search of fidelity
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Post by Rick Sarson on Dec 13, 2008 14:59:31 GMT 1
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Rick Sarson
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In search of fidelity
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Post by Rick Sarson on Dec 2, 2008 18:07:30 GMT 1
Here is a simple and cheap idea you might like to try. A friend with a small studio hung curtains against the blank wall behind the desk. That, combined with a couple of those very expensive Canford sculpted foam panels on the ceiling, really calmed the room down. He was also able to experiment with how far open or closed they were. Obviously this has no effect on low frequencies but tamed the HF combing very well indeed. Just a thought.
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Rick Sarson
Senior Engineer
In search of fidelity
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Post by Rick Sarson on Nov 27, 2008 22:14:30 GMT 1
Aaah! Thank you.
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Rick Sarson
Senior Engineer
In search of fidelity
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Post by Rick Sarson on Nov 27, 2008 11:42:01 GMT 1
Has anybody had dealings with these people www.red5audio.com/ Are they/their kit any good?
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Rick Sarson
Senior Engineer
In search of fidelity
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Post by Rick Sarson on Nov 26, 2008 15:00:11 GMT 1
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Rick Sarson
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Website
Nov 12, 2008 20:26:57 GMT 1
Post by Rick Sarson on Nov 12, 2008 20:26:57 GMT 1
Your website looks great. Nice job Ian.
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Rick Sarson
Senior Engineer
In search of fidelity
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Tascam
Nov 9, 2008 16:36:39 GMT 1
Post by Rick Sarson on Nov 9, 2008 16:36:39 GMT 1
Has anybody used the SSR1 yet? www.tascam.de/en/index.html From the specs it looks like it could be a viable show machine replacement for minidisc.
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Rick Sarson
Senior Engineer
In search of fidelity
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Post by Rick Sarson on Nov 4, 2008 23:54:55 GMT 1
Any snaps?
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