Harmony
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WOW, they're both THAT good!? Yeah, maybe I will just flip a coin thenYou know, it's like Halle Berry and Jessica Biel just asked you out on a date and you're just trying to figure out which one you'd regret not taking the least
But seriously, I'm just afraid that I'm not going to be able to really tell with the type IV. If I set my levels properly, then it doesn't do anything.
The latency issue bother me though. The SOS reviewer claimed he got 1ms latency with ASIO (128 samples) on the Ionix. Not sure what computer he was using or even what recording setup, but that sounds impressive.
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Next weekend I’m dead set on buying a new audio interface and since this will most likely be my biggest musical purchase in the next year or so, I’m trying not to screw it up. I thought I had it figured out, and I was going with the Lexicon Ionix FW810S, but I just read the SOS review of it and it casts some doubts which make me think the M-Audio ProFire 2626 would be better for me.
Lexicon:
PRO: Lots of DSP input fx processing and the Pantheon II reverb plug-in (how useful would that really be? I'd rather track clean and mess with fx during mixing)
CON: Single headphone output (Profire has 2)
CON: No pad on inputs (Profire has 20dB pad)
CON: 55dB of preamp gain (Profire claims 75dB!? That seems questionable for this price)
Profire:
PRO: It’s M-Audio. I trust M-Audio.
PRO: Lots more I/O than Lexicon, although most is digital that I won’t use
CON: No fancy type IV conversion on input (Lexicon has it)
CON: No front-panel XLR inputs (Lexicon has 2)
CON: 2 LED front-panel metering (Lexicon has 3 LEDs)
Anyone have any experiences they want to share with either? I wonder how preamp quality compares; I've heard that both are 'good'? bgc, would you trade your Profire for the Ionix?
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It seems my hat was a more successful party guest than myself.
We could all learn from my hat.
Oh there's more....
Dyne + Brushfire's hat
zircon + Brushfire's hat
zarggg + Brishfire's hat
Brushfire + Katsurugi's frisbee?
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the birthplace of phat beatz
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Frisbee
Who knew playing in a tree vagina could be so fun?
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Most persistent bee EVER.
I have no idea why, but this meetup included lots of examples of people trying to balance things, usually on their head
smores and smiles
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Just got back and I had an awesome time. BBQ, frisbee, video games, phat beatz tutorial...yes, yes, yes, and YES!!! Thanks for hosting Andy 'n' Jill!
Here are a few pics. I'm sure there will be massive amounts of media from others soon enough. (prepare for lazy captioning)
fire it up!
Brushfire's hat made it's rounds throughout the day...
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I use an M-Audio Fast Track Pro ($200) which I've had no significant problems with. It's not USB 2.0 though. The biggest problem with that is that you won't be able to play+record 96kHz audio at the same time. No biggie for me, but may be for others. Read the first couple of pages of the users guide for a few other USB 1 related limitations.
If I was buying a USB interface now, bgc got me interested in the Lexicon Ionix series. The U42S ($325, sale) and the U22 ($250, sale) seem cool They look great, have 4 and 2 preamps, respectively, come with a great reverb plugin, and are $50 off for a limited time.
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Harmony+bro will be there
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So a long time ago, analoq (i think) posted a video of Exile doing his mashup thing with Reaktor 5 and a fairly simple laptop setup. Can't find the video now, but it was like
without the suck. I thought that micro was already available to Reaktor users? If so, then doesn't this only offer a similar capability in Kore format?Cool that lame people without Reaktor can use it (like me), but nothing new?
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Some of those are combinations of EQ, stereo widening and maybe some excitation (which are the elements that I think are at play with the Windows Media Player WOW feature).
Pulling back the EQ mids (or pushing up the low and high frequencies) can give the illusion of a thicker more clear mix. The reason artists don't just blindly do it to all of their tracks is it messes with the relative volume of the instruments, it can make the bass sound muddy and indistinct, and it can make the highs sound harsh, amongst other things.
Stereo widening can be done in a number of ways, but the common method involves taking a stereo signal and delaying one channel by a few milliseconds then panning the two signals. This gives the illusion of more depth, but it messes with the timing of certain instruments and gives the music a looser feel, imo. More advanced methods minimize these problems, but getting the song to have lots of depth is best accomplished at the mixing stage through panning, reverb and other stuff.
Excitation of higher frequencies gives the illusion of a higher 'quality' song by taking some of the high frequencies and amplifying the volume of their higher harmonics. That's all well and good, except too much of that leads to a song that's tiring to the ears and possibly harsh, depending on the quality of the exciter.
Bottom line is, while those "make music sound better" buttons do give a cool effect, most of them come with side-effects that artists just don't want in their tracks, or at least want to have more control over than what they offer.
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What would be the required number to book a night?I was trying to think of events that would draw enough people to be able to book a night, and I thought an OCR night would be a cool idea, I just don't know if enough people live close enough to attend and really fill out the room. -
As long as I don't have a time conflict I'll be there!
Dude, just move to the east coast already!Not gonna happen for me. MAGfest is my OCR meetup and jam-time. And probably Taucer's house party. -
haha, I'm glad to see that other people share some of my OCReMixer fanboyism
And of the many that I've met (non-remixers as well), most have been totally cool people. So next MAG, Avatar of Justice and everyone else reading this shouldn't hesitate to seek out the OCR peeps to hang out with, even if you've got your own crew.
Plus, our crew has matching shirts
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Well, the best way is to just google for "acapella for XXX", "vocals only for XXX" or something similar and hope to get lucky. If the song is popular, you shouldn't have too big of a problem finding what you're looking for.
Pulling the vocals from the full track is no simple task and you'll never get it as clean as you would with finding the isolated vocals from the recording session. Good luck if you have to go that route.
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When it comes to meeting remixers, I'm easily star-struck. Everytime I meet a new one I have a mental battle with myself to stay composed:You guys seem to know each other better than it seems like you could through a message board<OMG it's zircon! don't say something stupid...don't say something stupid...don't say something stupid...>
"Hi zircon, er, Andy, er...Mr. Aversa...umm...hurrr, I like ur muzic cuz it's real good"
<DAMN!>
So yeah, my poorly made point is that I feel like I know people and have stuff to discuss IRL through their music, just like so many people feel like they know something about their favorite celeb even before they've met them.
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Haha, I remember seeing that a while ago
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If only that weren't so expensive! They should make an introductory modelZendrum: This is another idea that I think is really cool. I've seen a few people play them and they can be quit expressive instruments.
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Interestingly enough, I showed the onion report to two people at school today that I have a friendly ongoing Mac-vs-PC thing with, and they both thought it was realI love it when people think the Onion is real. Especially when it's a company... and they quote it...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_onion#The_Onion_taken_seriously
So Riggs you're not alone. In defense of everyone who thought that was real, if you're not familiar with the onion (my two friends weren't) then the MacBook Wheel report is one of the more difficult jokes to catch imo. The reporters don't curse or make incredibly wrong or ridiculous claims, and if you don't read the ticker at the bottom, everything sounds like it could be legit.
But that's a problem! Even people who own and support Apple actually believe that the company would try to sell them an obviously impractical piece of hardware in the name of innovation. And successful or not, that's how you know that the company is too focused on design/innovation, as has been said.
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Maybe this is more of a personal thing, but I actually find it invaluable, since you can usually map the aftertouch to something else other than mod, like filter cutoff, pitch, or lfo frequency. You can even get a little more creative with it and link it to a level on an FX send and get a really cool dynamic distortion or reverb thing going.Plus, not that many things use a lot of after touch, so while it's a nifty bell/whistle, it's not all that necessary most of the time, so I wouldn't worry too much about that either.In general, it opens up some amazing possibilities for expression with a keyboard that are otherwise just not possible. Yeah you might not use it as often as the pitch bend, for example, but in the $1000 price range, it would be something that I'd have to have.
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anyone have any samples of the mics they're using?
100% NT1-A, except that the 2 guitars are recorded with both the NT1-A and direct out.
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That news report is from the OnionShit. Did the Onion say something like that? Whatever
They put in so much time, effort, and money to mock stuff. I <3 those guys.
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LOL. the Onion strikes againGario not trying to stomp on your boner err anything...The Wheel?!? You can still type.... but it just takes a lot longer... and with that cricket battery you got what, 20min's before it expires. Probably couldn't even finish two sentences of your message like that. It just seems silly... like trying to mix without speakers.
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atm, whatever they're doing, they should just keep doing that. Innovation is what keeps them competitive, and without that cool factor they'd lose a huge part of their fanbase.their flair for 'innovation' isn't really helping them, atm
Philly Meetup/BBQ - pics posted!
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