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    Music recording, corporate webcast, live event productions, occasional sports broadcast.
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  1. Real world example/warning - I was mixing a classical guitar orchestra piece recently and did the mixes as 32 bit floating point bounces, no plugins on the mix bus, and I found that +3.5dBFS was still a clipping point. Latest version of Digital Performer. I have no idea why. I did get some 32 bit floating point masters back that were hotter, but did not show clipping.
  2. Curious what basic alignment/maintenance costs these days. I wonder if alternate rubber parts have surfaced, or if there are basic things no longer available.
  3. Just now seeing this quote. I'll add I've had to do several outdoor free-sync recordings with the F8n since then (ambient concert pickup ,hour-ish blocks), in some cases the files aligned well enough to use without time editing, in others I had to re-align about every 5 minutes.
  4. Yes, I've read many times they don't service these anymore, with many stuck in one pattern. I think maybe within the decade they were still servicing these.
  5. The audio is likely asymmetrical in the first place, human voice generally is. Perhaps the clipping is your concern?
  6. After doing a bunch of MS and dual MS nature recordings, I've started mixing it up with a pair of spaced omni, which is useful for ultra low frequency events like thunder. I can get a pair of MKH 20's pointed in opposite directions in the older model Rycote medium MS blimp, FWIW, so that makes it good for both MS and AB omni. It'll also hold a shotgun (I have a KMR 81) and an MKH 30, for length reference.
  7. EmRR

    BALANCED RCA

    Boy that's something.
  8. Sad to see him go. I got to work on an ex-BBC console from the mid-70's in music production for awhile.
  9. That must've been something.....it's hard to even relate to what those PRICES must've felt like in inflation adjusted dollars. That doesn't do it justice compared to now; $29.75 for The Who. Does not compute......
  10. I've done a lot of corporate event work with one, and more recently have been using one for the broadcast mix on a live music show webcast, taking Dante feed from a QL5 FOH mixer, Dante to multitrack record also. Like anything, there are strong points and 'gotchas'.
  11. Gotta be this, late 1930's RCA line amp, chassis and front louvres chromed. Has front door that folds down to access tubes, and the chassis is hinged at the rear so it can fold open for service without taking it out of the rack. I have a pair that I use as mic preamps or mix bus amps in R&R recording work. Definitely NOT for field work!
  12. I have a pair that Sitler modified, and another pair that are stock. The mod cleared up the top end, but somewhat to the detriment of the low end. I will pick one or the other type depending on what I'm after. In comparison a KM184 is better balanced across the full spectrum, having the good bass presence of the stock Oktava and the good treble of the modified. The HPF barrel is useless in my opinion, it raises the noise floor far too much for most work. Related to that, I still haven't seen anyone say they've tried the updated UP-012 preamp, which puts pad and HPF on body switches, possibly a totally different improved design. Been out for years too. They are definitely the most microphonic mic type I own, just try holding one in your hand as still as possible and listen to it!
  13. Oh yes, another DR701D note: NOT designed to monitoring during playback! Just record! If you set it up to print a mix to tracks 5-6, you can monitor that in playback, otherwise it's an undefined mono mix of the raw tracks. It's really just a capture device.
  14. All reports are that the DR701D sounded massively better than the 70. I owned the 701 for a year, then moved to a F8n. Wouldn't kick the 701 to the curb, but wouldn't go back either. Options and operation seem antiquated in comparison. If you only have $200 to spend, and can wait for a deal, a used 701D isn't a bad option, but there are probably also better ones in that range too.
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