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| DJ Twenty |
Right i have moved into the world of creating a proper 'decent' home hardware studio, i was just wondering if anyone knew any sites/guides that may be of help to me, i.e setting up equipment, good places to put certain things, wiring diagrams etc etc.
I am quite aware of whats what in the devices, but would be nice to have somewhere to refer to if i don't understand something.
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| DjDefected |
| I was wondering the same thing. If you find anything let me know. -- Ryan |
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| IDarkISwordI |
Its hard to have such a guide because qhat suits some people just wont go for others. Genally, if you want to have a good, well accessible studio, you'll want some angled racks for your hardware synths/fx/mixers. You'll also want plenty of desk space so you can write/draw whatever without having to move anything off the desk. A good rule that I've found is that have your keyboards opposite that of your main writing hand (i.e. keyboards left of you if you are right handed). Which brings another point, have a swivel chair. They come in very handy if you have tons of stuff all around you. Now, I'm not sure what all you have, so if you want me to be a little more descriptive on how to wire things up, youll need to tell me what kind of equipment you're sporting.
Cheers,
Zac |
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| Derivative |
god i love my little collection of freebie softies! no wires! no midi sync issues! no driver related problems! no possibility of breakdown! theoretically infinite polyphony and multitimbrality! no global limitations to effects.
thank you steinberg VB-1, muon tau, greenoak crystal, ichiro toda synth1! you make my life just that little bit easier ;) |
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| IDarkISwordI |
Yeah, vsts and dx plugins are grat but you are also greatly hindered in your flow of productivity because of two things.
1) You are limited to your processors potential. Having more than say 2 Korg Legacy plugins going at once will wreck a high end system.
2) Single edit tweaking. Unless you have a bunch of midi contoller panels, you are going to be stuck tweaking every setting with a mouse, meaning almost no chance of live production. With hardware effects and synths, you get atleast a knob and more than likely a few knobs and everything can be tweaked in real time.
Cheers,
Zac |
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| Derivative |
| the cursed downside of software! that said, it beats having to deal the midi sync issues i get with my virus b :\ that i swear is the bane of my hardware existence. |
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| IDarkISwordI |
If you have a bunch of midi instruments and you want them all synced, its est that instead of daisy chainging them that you get something like a Peavey Midi Master. They are pretty hard to track down but essentially its a router for midi instruments, effects, contollers whatever. Not sure why you would be having sync issues with only one instrument unless its the sync in between the instrument and your computer. In that case, most likely, its your sound card.
Cheers,
Zac |
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| Derivative |
i narrowed it down to my soundcard or floops 5.0 or both. i have an m-audio delta 1010 so i didnt expect the drivers to be as glitchy as they are. they are supposed to be rock solid stable. and yet the delta ASIO drivers cause my PC to hang at extremely high CPU loads - it is very annoying when im fiddling with the release envelope on a synth like vanguard and CPU load will suddenly shoot up to 90% thus crashing my computer. i hate it when that happens and it happens regularly.
at high CPU loads the midi out light on my 1010 starts to flash erratically indicating its not sending midi clock correctly. this is a royal pain in the arse and it makes monitoring from hardware really annoying. additionally the latency on the virus means even if it doesnt stutter and up, it plays slightly out of time with the rest of my project so it sounds pretty weird anyway. seeing as i never experience these technical hikes with softies, i tend to just stick with those for any song projects. i enjoy sound designing on the virus though. |
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| el.maestro |
| quote: | Originally posted by Derivative
god i love my little collection of freebie softies! no wires! no midi sync issues! no driver related problems! no possibility of breakdown! theoretically infinite polyphony and multitimbrality! no global limitations to effects.
thank you steinberg VB-1, muon tau, greenoak crystal, ichiro toda synth1! you make my life just that little bit easier ;) |
I agree. I've found it very hard to get back to hardware for production work. I want to spend less time fumbling with wires and more time producting. Granted, working with DAWs offer their own set of problems. Mostly when a change is made.
Though I must admit, for live performance or just a jamming situation, I find myself reaching for the hardware every time. |
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