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Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"
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We got back last night...what a time of spiritual renewal! Anyhow, I see y'all didn't accomplish much funniness while we were out of touch.
Well I been a busy lad over the last few days!! I decided to put together some gear that I have to make it useful. Started off with a six space SKB rack case. Loaded in a Carvin DCM1204 four channel 300W per power amp into the bottom two spaces. A Carvin power bar with lights in the top position. The rest hold an Alesis 12 channel mixer. Needing effects I added a Zoom Studio in the back top position. Back bottom space I filled with a custom made panel with SpeakOns for Mains (channels 1 and 2), a SpeakOn plus a Phone socket each for the monitors (channels 3 and 4). As it would be a hassle connecting XLRs inside the case I connected an eight XLR microphone snake. Every thing folds into the case for a fairly compact unit. All in all it weighs 30 Kg! 
It worked first time except I got right and left crossed - an easy fix.
Next I added a music feed to my big PA to allow between set music from an iPod. It has a Mackie 16 channel mixer, a Carvin DCM1750L for mains and a Carvin DCM2004L for monitors individually controlled by the four Aux. sliders on the mixer. It’s all housed in a big black SKB cube to which I added wheels.
Lastly I took a 12 channel Mackie mixer, four microphone channels, and a Carvin DCM<1000L (mounted in a SKB four space rack case with another Carvin power bar) and an ART FX 1 effects unit for reverb. It too worked beautifully. Flying cables do the interconnects for Right, Left, Send and return. These cables store inside the SKB case. A one space box in the bottom position with power sockets allow for easy plug in for AC supplies.
Between testing all this stuff and me having fun, my garage has been rocking out for days!
Where I had a pile of miscellaneous stuff lying around it’s now all usable. On the 19th it’s my street’s Corn roast (33rd year IIRC) and I always get friends to come out to give some live entertainment. I’ll give the big PA an outing to see how it all works together.
Edit: Amusingly the music is held on an original IPod with the HDD. I can power this via a Firewire power supply and it still works well after all these years!!
It worked first time except I got right and left crossed - an easy fix. Next I added a music feed to my big PA to allow between set music from an iPod. It has a Mackie 16 channel mixer, a Carvin DCM1750L for mains and a Carvin DCM2004L for monitors individually controlled by the four Aux. sliders on the mixer. It’s all housed in a big black SKB cube to which I added wheels.
Lastly I took a 12 channel Mackie mixer, four microphone channels, and a Carvin DCM<1000L (mounted in a SKB four space rack case with another Carvin power bar) and an ART FX 1 effects unit for reverb. It too worked beautifully. Flying cables do the interconnects for Right, Left, Send and return. These cables store inside the SKB case. A one space box in the bottom position with power sockets allow for easy plug in for AC supplies.
Between testing all this stuff and me having fun, my garage has been rocking out for days!
Where I had a pile of miscellaneous stuff lying around it’s now all usable. On the 19th it’s my street’s Corn roast (33rd year IIRC) and I always get friends to come out to give some live entertainment. I’ll give the big PA an outing to see how it all works together.
Edit: Amusingly the music is held on an original IPod with the HDD. I can power this via a Firewire power supply and it still works well after all these years!!
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- Feb 12, 2006
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- Development Engineer-Mesa Boogie, Development Engineer-Genzler (pedals), Product Support-Genz Benz
My (current) production i-pod is an original with HHD as well, turned out to be a very reliable unit.
I have one of those first ipods as well. People still use them, Apple sold them till 2014. I also have a Sony DAT recorder that I used to make audio backups in the studio. I used a video recorder for audio, it worked well, but I eventually moved on from that.
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That’s newer than mine.
When my son moved out I found treasures in the “junk” he just left behind for us to deal with!!
When my son moved out I found treasures in the “junk” he just left behind for us to deal with!!
- Feb 12, 2006
- 61,051
- 5
- 221,021
- Disclosures
- Development Engineer-Mesa Boogie, Development Engineer-Genzler (pedals), Product Support-Genz Benz
The ADAT lightpipe standard is still supported in many modern IO boxes used in studios.
I mean Alesis ADATSs, not just the interface...
Yes, I assumed that. They were all the rage a long ago, when knights were bold.
I still have an Alesis Quadraverb. It's a rack box with EQ, pitch, delay, and reverb. I keep it for the reverb. It stands up better than the Yamaha SPX90 which was also popular at the time.
The ADAT I still have is a 20bit POS, and is currently holding up some magazines...my REV7 ended up in the county landfill 8 yrs ago...
Its all so depressing. Quadraverbs have some great drum verb sounds I always thought, but not many people agreed with me. I used a MicroVerb for a decade in some capacity or another. Always had a warm place for Roland reverbs (330, et al)...but it doesn't matter anymore since I don't do those things for anyone except myself.
Its all so depressing. Quadraverbs have some great drum verb sounds I always thought, but not many people agreed with me. I used a MicroVerb for a decade in some capacity or another. Always had a warm place for Roland reverbs (330, et al)...but it doesn't matter anymore since I don't do those things for anyone except myself.
A REV7 in the trash, that's a shame. It could have been used as a boat anchor. 
All those products were made very well given the era, even by today's standards. They were at the start of the digital age in the musical instrument industry. I still use my DX7 keyboard and Yamaha RX5 drum machine. Both are pretty cool.
All those products were made very well given the era, even by today's standards. They were at the start of the digital age in the musical instrument industry. I still use my DX7 keyboard and Yamaha RX5 drum machine. Both are pretty cool.
- Feb 12, 2006
- 61,051
- 5
- 221,021
- Disclosures
- Development Engineer-Mesa Boogie, Development Engineer-Genzler (pedals), Product Support-Genz Benz
I sold a nice clean Rev 7 recently for $400, they still have value assuming it's not a beater.A REV7 in the trash, that's a shame. It could have been used as a boat anchor.
All those products were made very well given the era, even by today's standards. They were at the start of the digital age in the musical instrument industry. I still use my DX7 keyboard and Yamaha RX5 drum machine. Both are pretty cool.
Not really! I would have preferred it if the bugger had taken all of his crap with him.
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