Recent content by Joseph Hanna

Bob Ludwig used to swear unbalanced, short-run cables, sounded better, or at least equal to, balanced cables, provided, obviously, there was no interference. I dunno if that's empirical or just his ears talking to him. I'd however tend to trust either side. Arguments about Behringer aside I'd...

That’s just it. I did share the answer. Use your ears to make audio conclusions and decidedly not an internet warriors opinions. If you just "know better" than my shared beliefs, by all means use that as a base. Far, far from me to ridicule. Nobody ask for my resume, this is true. They did...

If I may dude, let me do my best to expand and explain my conclusions. "What's that all about" are my 30 years of audio schooling here in the film, motion picture, and cue industry here in Hollywood. What's that all about" are my good fortunes to have worked (in the early days) with the...

The only two ways I'd ever raise track levels are 1) Clip Gain. Maintains the sonic of the track without reverting to compression algorithms. Far better (sonically) than Normalizing at least for preserving the integrity of the original track. 2) Some type of decent input/output gain structure...

This makes my head hurt :) As above I dunno what the possible end game might be. If I kinda understand where you're coming from, I don't. There are about a gabillion ways that aren't costly to get where you're going...I think? Again...what's the purpose here?

I have a Model 24 and a Model 16. As far as the interface side they're nicely tucked together as an aggregate device so I have successfully linked them as one, at least as far as Pro Tools and or Studio One is concerned. Essentially it shows up as a 40-channel interface. Plays nicely although...

Yes Japov but even at the absolute entry-level, a beginner if you will, audio person, gain staging and understanding unity gain and levels is fundamentally vital, of which LUFS and the digital K meters are now our metering scales and measuring stick. Honestly and with respect I dunno how one...

What bugs?

When I tech-supported for Digidesign there was a saying among the ranks that almost everyone who developed a Pro Tools problem would ultimately look under the wrong rock for the solution. The client inevitably would respond that our suggestions weren't valid because it wasn't behaving that way...

Did not know this. I stand corrected. That seems like a recipe for disaster. What would be the advantage?

Presumably, the plug-in is in an existing DAW session. I don't know how you could mismatch sample rates within a session. The plug-in would run at whatever sample rate of the session itself. One, however, could have a sample rate mismatch with an external device, but the ensuing problems...

Then, if I understand correctly, you're incurring latency. Pretty fundamental issue if so. Many factors cause latency. Computer, RAM, Hard Drive Speed (if the library is on external drives), buffer size, RAM allocation within the plug-in, drivers for soundcard, and drivers for your interface...

Yep. Jimmy Webb. Galveston, The Highwaymen, Wichita Lineman, Up, Up and Away, MacArthur Park, By the Time I Get to Phoenix, Worst that Could Happen, co-penned Gentle on My Mind, and probably a bunch I’ve forgotten.

Well...I'm a little surprised Jimmy Webb hasn't come up yet. His resume of hits is tough to top. Diane Warren is right up there as well. John Prine. Kris Kristofferson. Tom Waits Rodney Crowell and James Taylor.

Ha :) There's no right or wrong here. I don't know if Plug-in Boutique offers a demo of Scaler, but if they do, it might be worth a look. It's a powerful tool. The only caveat I'd submit is that it takes a couple of days to start understanding everything. A demo might provide for time challenges.