DAT-heads Digest #226, Volume #6 Fri, 22 Feb 02 18:50:01 EST Contents: Re: A/D with FireWire (Wayne Brissette) George Harrison special on BBC2 radio Sat.night (Mike Parker) where to buy Soundman mics? ("mark t weygandt") I.S.O. John Hiatt from The Netherlands - 1884 (Mexminute@aol.com) Re: Compressor settings in CoolEdit 2000? (Mike Edmonson) Build/buy a cheap "battery box"? (Scott.Goodwin@AstenJohnson.com) ISO Arcata,CA. tapers ("lochs o' dread") Re: Build/buy a cheap "battery box"? ("Wayne D. Hoxsie Jr.") Dylan/Jerry Jeff Walker in Tx ("paul gluchanicz") FS: eMagic Audiowerk 2 Production Kit ("BB") Question / Yamaha has audio cd recorder & Hard Drive in one box (bigjazzfan@hdni.cc) Re: USB Audio Devices (Keith Bode) Zoltrix Pro6 coax OUT problem ("David Reid") Possible new virus...??? ("Michael Ryan") nickelbag or stevie salas live ("Slipkid") Taped: Slayer/Hatebreed/Diecast ("Steve Mew") FS: Santana tickets for 3/22 West Palm Beach, FL ("king lerxst") USB- Limitations ("Onno J.R. Bakker") seeking A/D converter with Firewire out advice ("Onno J.R. Bakker") ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Wayne Brissette Subject: Re: A/D with FireWire Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 03:18:34 -0600 Digestifier DAT-heads-Request@datheads.phish.net on 2/22/02 at 2:50 scribbled: >From: ABershaw@aol.com >Subject: seeking A/D converter with Firewire out advice >Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 17:43:52 EST > >Hi all, > I'm curious if anyone knows who might manufacture a reasonably priced >analog/digital converter that has analog ins for both video and 2 audio >channels and Firewire out. Does such a unit exist yet in the consumer realm? > I know how to do this using a digital video camera as the converter, but >would like to know the currently available alternatives. Any advice or >suggestions appreciated. Alan Alan: You may want to check out Metric Halo. They recently released their Mobile 2882 I/O unit (really designed for field laptop recording). However it provides Analog balanced and unbalanced, FireWire, S/PDIF, AES/EBU and ADAT optical in's and outs. It isn't cheap though (the list is around $1500), and this may not work for what you want to do, but it might be worth a look anyhow. I haven't seen the unit, but it certainly looks intriguing. Wayne -- "Nature can survive without man--in fact, that may be its salvation--but man cannot survive without nature." ---- Homero Aridjis ---- Music Trading List: http://homepage.mac.com/wayneb/ PowerMail AppleScript Archives: http://homepage.mac.com/wayneb/powermail.html ------------------------------ From: Mike Parker Subject: George Harrison special on BBC2 radio Sat.night Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 01:38:57 -0800 Hello fellow dat-heads, for all you Beatle fans out there: >UK, RADIO, 2/23/02, "George Harrison - The Inner Light," start time 2200, BBC2. >Description: "On the weekend before what would have been his 59th birthday, Radio 2 >broadcasts the first of a two-part tribute to George Harrison. The series includes extracts >from revealing archive interviews with George from throughout his career, some of which >haven’t been heard since the original broadcast." (Thanks to Karen Dyson.) Would love to hear from anyone who could tape this. thanks very much, Mike Parker parker@aracnet.com ------------------------------ From: "mark t weygandt" Subject: where to buy Soundman mics? Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 08:53:02 -0500 I'm looking for an online retailer where I can purchase the Soundman OKM-IIR mics. Can anyone point me in the right direction? mark mtwnet@hotmail.com _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ From: Mexminute@aol.com Subject: I.S.O. John Hiatt from The Netherlands - 1884 Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 09:54:43 EST In a recent trade, I got a copy of a fantastic John Hiatt show from "Utrecht" in the Netherlands....the date says 1984. The show clocks in approx 90 with filler from Mountain Stage (3/13/88) & Oakland, CA (8/89). This is truely a gem, except for the fact that there are nasty bumps at each index mark. Therefore, I am looking for someone who has a clean copy on cd or dat without the describes flaws. I have over 2,300 entries on my cd list for trade. If you have this show would you kindly contact me at mexminute@aol.com Many thanks, Mitchell ------------------------------ From: Mike Edmonson Subject: Re: Compressor settings in CoolEdit 2000? Reply-To: mikeedmo@voicenet.com Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 10:47:02 -0500 > I'm interested in using CE2000 to improve audience recordings of acoustic > music that have the fairly common problem of applause much louder than the > music. I'm interested in this subject as well. I've been pleased by results I've gotten using trivial 1.3:1 to 1.5:1 compression. In the "traditional" tab, #2 is set to Compress, 1.3 (or 1.5, whatever). The graphical view should show a single diagonal line somewhat higher than the gray dashed 1:1 line. I like 1.3 for music where the dynamic range is particularly important (e.g. the very quiet band Low). 1.5 works well for more conventional pop music. Higher values start sounding harsh and artificial to my ears. While these settings have worked pretty well for me, I would like to know more about the correct/proper/professional way of doing this. I'm a complete neophyte and am sure there's a lot more to it. With this in mind, I always keep my originals around for trades, or in case I learn a better approach down the road. -Michael ------------------------------ From: Scott.Goodwin@AstenJohnson.com Subject: Build/buy a cheap "battery box"? Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 10:55:59 -0500 I 'm looking for a solution to power some Core Binaurals. All I need is voltage, as it seems my "new" used D3 does not supply phantom power. I had been told before that it does, but this is not the case in reality. It bothers me to see a simple circuit in a box selling for $60. Is there anyone out there who could steer me to a diagram of a simple "battery box"? Or, better still does somebody make on for a resaonable price? Just wondering - SWG ------------------------------ From: "lochs o' dread" Subject: ISO Arcata,CA. tapers Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 07:54:58 -0800 still looking for > Keller Williams 04-07-01 cafe tomo. arcata, ca. does a DAT (or even CD) recording of this show even exist? _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ From: "Wayne D. Hoxsie Jr." Subject: Re: Build/buy a cheap "battery box"? Reply-To: wayne@hoxnet.com Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 10:27:43 -0600 (CST) On Fri, 22 Feb 2002 Scott.Goodwin@AstenJohnson.com wrote: > I 'm looking for a solution to power some Core Binaurals. All I need is > voltage, as it seems my "new" used D3 does not supply phantom power. I had > been told before that it does, but this is not the case in reality. > > It bothers me to see a simple circuit in a box selling for $60. Is there > anyone out there who could steer me to a diagram of a simple "battery box"? > Or, better still does somebody make on for a resaonable price? > > Just wondering - > > SWG > > Check out the microphone DIY'ers page at: http://home.earthlink.net/~gottapes/micdiyers/main.htm Here's a neat little unit I came across the other day: http://www.soundprofessionals.com/cgi-bin/gold/category.cgi?category=310&item=SP-SPSB-6&type=store -- Wayne D. Hoxsie Jr. wayne@hoxnet.com http://www.hoxnet.com PGP Key ID 138BCEE1 ------------------------------ From: "paul gluchanicz" Subject: Dylan/Jerry Jeff Walker in Tx Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 16:37:29 Anyone in Austin planning to tape the Jerry Jeff show on 3-23 please let me know, would love to have copy will make worth your time. Looking for any Dylan shows from current southern tour specially any of the TX shows, have several to trade. Let me know. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. ------------------------------ From: "BB" Subject: FS: eMagic Audiowerk 2 Production Kit Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 10:42:20 -0600 I've had this card about 3months. I don't really need it now as I have the VXPocket2 in my Powerbook. First $90 gets it. Sunday it goes to eBay if it's not sold yet. I'll pay shipping and insurance. I have all the original packaging, manuals, cds, etc. I think I actually still have the receipt as well. Bill usagi@accessus.net http://db.etree.org/bobZemuda (.shn list) AIM: olandbill "If you understood everything I said, you'd be me." -Miles Davis ------------------------------ From: bigjazzfan@hdni.cc Subject: Question / Yamaha has audio cd recorder & Hard Drive in one box Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 11:12:46 -0700 Hi, I just noticed Yamaha has a CD recorder with a Hard Drive. You can edit like a minidisc but no loss of quality. 16bit CD quality. And no computer needed. Analog and Digital In/Out. Is anyone here using this unit. Sounds pretty cool. Thanks, Mark bigjazzfan@hdni.cc ------------------------------ From: Keith Bode Subject: Re: USB Audio Devices Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 10:17:41 -0800 I have used, and own an Ego Sys U2A. On the settings for the unit, there is no frequenct specified, but it is limited to 32 bit. Opening up Samplitude 2496, it looks like it will allow 96 mhz recording. As I bought the unti for transferring DAT's or other audio sources to my HD, having 44.1 and 48 khz, is all I really need, I think. Keith ------------------------------ From: "David Reid" <8dlr@qlink.queensu.ca> Subject: Zoltrix Pro6 coax OUT problem Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 13:29:28 -0500 I have a brand new Zoltrix Nightingale Pro 6 with the optical / digital module. Everything works great except for the coax spdif OUT, which as far as I can tell isn't doing anything. I'm trying to send a 44.1 or 48 kHz wav from my pc to my Sony PCM-M1 DAT recorder using the coax spdif OUT. When I try this, I don't receive any errors on the M1 - I get nothing at all. The coax IN works perfectly. The strange thing I noticed was that when I enable spdif OUT in the drivers, the optical output lights up. So I was thinking that maybe it's only sending the signal to the optical out and not the coax out. People were telling me about a coax hack for the Zoltrix. I had a look, and the coax hack is simply for the spdif IN. All you do is solder a connection from the 2-pin spdif IN on the board (J11 or whatever it is) to an RCA jack. I had a look at my board to see where all the connections were going. Of course to do this I had to remove all the "void warranty if removed" stickers, but oh well. From what I can tell, the spdif coax IN actually IS connected properly as is. It is connected to it's own pin which goes back to the main board, and it is also connected directly to the J11 2-pin spdif IN. So there's no need to do the hack on the new boards, because you can see just by looking at the board that the coax IN is hardwired to the other spdif IN. And besides, the coax IN works flawlessly for me. The interesting thing I noticed was that the coax OUT is wired together with the optical OUT. This is not the case with the coax IN - the optical in and the coax in go to separate pins. But it explains why the optical OUT lights up when I want to use my coax OUT... but it doesn't explain why I can't get a signal out of the coax OUT. I really need an oscilloscope to figure out what's going on. For all I know, I'm getting a signal out of the coax OUT, but my M1 isn't detecting it for some reason. If anyone's had any experience with this problem, or something similar to it, let me know. It's driving me crazy! -Dave ------------------------------ From: "Michael Ryan" Subject: Possible new virus...??? Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 12:11:43 -0800 Hey Now all! Just started this thing up for the first time in a couple of days and found several messages with this virus. My Norton says it has no fix for this . It is - virus W32.badtrans.gen@mm - If you have any info please LMK on or off list.. Sorry for NDC but...B/W Tax... for first from each time zone, prefer to do DATs but will do CDs.... B&P for Stacey Earle 12/9/01 Big Lagoon House party, Trinidad , CA. VERY SMALL venue, 21 people.. Source SBD> DA-P1 ------------------------------ From: "Slipkid" Subject: nickelbag or stevie salas live Reply-To: "Slipkid" Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 15:32:38 -0500 does anyone have any unofficial live stuff for trade by stevie salas or NICKLEBAG (his partnership with bernard fowler, NOT "nickleback" a totally different band) NICKLEBAG did some shows at the viper room in l.a. in 2000 & i have a musician friend asking me if i can track anything down by them thanks very much for any leads, - jon - slipkid@voicenet.com surf me at: http://www.voicenet.com/~slipkid (please read my guideline page before agreeing to trade with me) ------------------------------ From: "Steve Mew" Subject: Taped: Slayer/Hatebreed/Diecast Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 14:37:24 -0800 2/16/02 Hatebreed ~30min Slayer ~90min. 2/17/02 Diecast ~30min Hatebreed ~30min. Slayer ~90min. Commodore Ballroom Vancouver, BC SS-DSM-S/L>PA6LC3B(250)>M1 left Stack ~10 meters Hatebreed from the 16th is about 2seconds cut. almost missed the beginning of the second night too. It's their fault. They don't have intro music. http://members.tripod.com/New_Jack _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com ------------------------------ From: "king lerxst" Subject: FS: Santana tickets for 3/22 West Palm Beach, FL Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 22:45:00 +0000 I have 2 extra tickets for this show that I'm selling. Before I put them up on ebay I thought I'd post them here to see if anyone needed them. They are in Section 6 Row M. I'm only selling them at what I payed for them if possible, not looking to make any sort of profit. If interested, drop me an email. Thanks, Joe kinglerxst@hotmail.com _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com ------------------------------ From: "Onno J.R. Bakker" Subject: USB- Limitations Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 23:50:56 +0100 Hi All I got an answer from Max : quote: I use USB (analog and MIDI) as well as MIDI input/output to my computer. To my knowledge, 48khz is the maximum sampling frequency currently available by samplers, DAT, and interfaces regardless if USB, Firewire, or MIDI. However, some cards and sampling 'resolution' can be 24-32 bits depending on the type of card but has nothing to do with transfer rates (usually in the 90-100khz range). 48khz at 16-bits is not really a 'limitation' if you think about it. A stereo signal at 48khz translates to about 22-24khz and still is above human perception of digital interval (generally thought to be 20-21khz). What your problem might be is in editing a 16-bit sample within a 24-bit program (transfer, EQ, etc...). If this is the case, then the problem is not in your transfer rate/resolution, but in keeping your resolution consistent (ie, 16-bit with 16-bit and so forth). This applies to any means of digital transfer of samples; firewire, USB, files from MP3 and so forth. I hope this helps, Max unquote. My answer : Hi Max Thanks for reply For a lontg time I used an isa digital soundcard (Multiwav Digital Pro) maximum sampling freq was 48 khz max wordlenght 16 bit. That card did not have any ad or da converter on board. The connected dat recorder had them. In wave editing progs like Wavelab Cool edit pro Saw24 plus pro etc i could tranfer to my hd to a wav file with max 48 khz samplerate and 16 bits. Now I am using a pci card RME Digi 96/8 PST (in a home made portable hd recorder) maximum sampling freq is 96 khz max wordlength 24 bit That card has 24 bits ad and da converters on board and spdif and aes-ebu.. . With that card I can transfer to my hd wav files with max 96 khz and 24 bit. I use those files for making dvd audio disk (burned with a A03 pioneer burner) dvd audio 2 channel stereo is usung 96 khz and 24 bit. Further for common cd use I dither down from 24 bit to 16 bit with the apogee UV 22 HR algoritme (plug in in Cubase 5 and therefore available in WaveLab 3 (Wave lab 4 has its own UV 22 plug in !) to keep the upper 8 bit information. And after downdithering I resample from 96 khz to 44.1 khz. I do have a usb U2A (ego sys) and a usb sonic datport (coax) from opcode. The max sample freq from both is 48 khz both have 24 bit ad and da converters. In spite of the 24 bit converters the tranfer to hd has a max of 48 khz and 16 bit. I thought because USB 1 is limited to that. Helas the u2a and the datport do NOT dither down from 24 bit to 16 bit but simply truncate the 8 bits above bit 16 !! I have not seen any USB 1 card or device that is capable of tranferring to HD with a higher max than 48 khz samplingfreq and a higher max than a wordlength of 16 bit. The new coming Mini-Me from Apogee is an USB 1 device! It has 24 bit 96 khz ad and da converters. It has aes-ebu (balanced xlr) and coax spdif out and I am sure that the 96khz 24 bit is available on the aes-ebu and spdif outputs. But what is available on the usb output ?? is there 96 khz with 24 bit to transfer to HD ? I do not think so.! And that is why (IHMO) the Mini-Me has build in the UV-22 HR dithering. That gives the opportunity to go from 24 bit ad converters by 44.1 khz or max 48 khz to 16 bit with ok downdithering and to transfer that signal via usb to hd keeping the 8 upper bit information. So my question is am I right and further why does Apogee not use firewire or usb 2 in the coming Mini-Me ?? like they do now for the 8000 ! Than such tranfers are (IHMO) possible. Because I think that many dat heads know a lot I put your email and my answer on that mail in the coming Dat Heads edition. BTW edithing is an other chapiter. I do only classical music. So no effects reverbs etcetera . If there is only cut and past and simple fade in and out to make the tracks for cd the I do that that after downdithering and after resampling. Otherwise I do it in 32 bit Onno. ------------------------------ From: "Onno J.R. Bakker" Subject: seeking A/D converter with Firewire out advice Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2002 00:17:19 +0100 Hi Look for the Canopus ADVC 100 it has DV in out analog video in out and stereo audio in and out and is very smal and has a decent prof look. It converts DV to analog and analog to dv on the fly. it does pal and ntsc and has a bypass for macrovision. It works with any ochi compliant firewirecard (and oc canopus propietary cards). I have the unit now for 3 weeks and I love it (about 350 USD) It is replacing my dv camera. (no tear and wear) www.canopuscorp.com To stay in the audio field it is possible to transfer analog audio to hd via firewire direct to a wav file but it is limited to 48 khz 16 bit. You need a special prog for it. Normal the audio is embedded in the avi file. I tried several other converters (Dazzle Hollywood fi) but this one is far out the best. Onno ===== ------------------------------ ** FOR YOUR REFERENCE ** To unsubscribe from this digest, please send email to dat-heads-unsubscribe@datheads.phish.net If your email address has changed, you may (optionally) send the message to dat-heads-unsubscribe-oldaddress=olddomain@datheads.phish.net and the old address will be removed. 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