bbkong wrote on Thu, 13 May 2004 11:21 |
Hi, George.
That's my Dad's name btw, a good one. This is my first post here so I'll be brief and try not to sound as stupid as I really am.
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Yeah, good name. With any luck I'll not appear as stupid as I really am.
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I'm building a new room and doing all the right stuff acoustically, but I'm getting hung up looking for the perfect board for my application.
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I'd like to have it in-line and simple to use and maintain. My application is going to be blues and jazz primarily and would like to have something that added warmth if anything at all.
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Yeah, you and everybody else say they want the same thing...
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I see that Mackie has some digital stuff coming out and it looks good, but they aren't the only builders out there. Analog would/could be just as nice, and I'm not afraid to pick up something used provided spare parts aren't made of unobtainium.
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Unobtainium...I love it. This was also the name of the plastic with a certain, hard-to-find index of refraction for the dual-layer DVD platform.
Mackie has demonstrated that they aren't likely follow through on their committments to customers. Why would you choose them for anything? Also, the Mackie analog stuff is known to be lo-fi...
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I'm also not an electronic wiz, so reliability is a factor.
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Well, reliability is always one of the most important things, I'd think. But that has nothing to do with you're
learning enough tech to make yourself happy. Listen, there are more and moremusicians out there that aren't electronic wizzes and they're making music just fine without you. What are you going to do for them, anyway??
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I'm putting a lot of myself into this, my last studio and will probably have to sell a Harley to get it finished, so I'm looking for the best bang for the buck here. I'm not in any big rush either, but I'm not getting any younger.
Yes, I've dug around the internet for months now trying to come up with a decision, but alas...
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Good. Let's clear the air right from the start and get you up to speed. What you want isn't made. What you want isn't on the internet. And what you want isn't
likely to be made in the very near future. There are companies that will tell you that they make something or other, and they're not telling you the truth. Especially about some vague, chimerical "analog" sounding board or box.
Although I'm not going to allow recommendations for equipment to go too far on this forum, I wouldn't have a problem recommending certain technologies if I knew that they worked well together.
I think for now you're going to be putting together your working environment from pieces.
And my advice to you is to definitely keep the Harley if you're into riding it.
George