gear Archive

  • I posted a message about my receiving the binaurals that I ordered from the States. I have been busy on other topics last week so I didn’t really have a...

    New binaurals : physical setup

    I posted a message about my receiving the binaurals that I ordered from the States. I have been busy on other topics last week so I didn’t really have a...

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  • There are thousands of VST plugins that concentrate on really traditional functions like compressors, reverbs, limiters. There are much less tools that take different approaches to sound editing.  This one,...

    DTBFX

    There are thousands of VST plugins that concentrate on really traditional functions like compressors, reverbs, limiters. There are much less tools that take different approaches to sound editing.  This one,...

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  • I am planning to invest in my computer. Have been ‘shopping’ last weekend and will purchase a new motherboard, processor, RAM and a raid harddisk system (2 x 1 Terabyte)....

    New gear, phase 1

    I am planning to invest in my computer. Have been ‘shopping’ last weekend and will purchase a new motherboard, processor, RAM and a raid harddisk system (2 x 1 Terabyte)....

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  • Today, on the last day of 2008 I bought a new microphone: the famous Rode NT2a. Ever since I got a new soundcard, with phantom power for condenser mics, I...

    New mic in the studio !!

    Today, on the last day of 2008 I bought a new microphone: the famous Rode NT2a. Ever since I got a new soundcard, with phantom power for condenser mics, I...

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  • Have been working on and off on new stuff, lately. But not on a regular basis. Slowly I am getting back into the musical domain. Written a few reviews as...

    VST’s #1

    Have been working on and off on new stuff, lately. But not on a regular basis. Slowly I am getting back into the musical domain. Written a few reviews as...

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  • Today I have started moving my stuff to the new studio room. Here are the first pictures. This top picture shows the keyboard, Behringer BCR2000 midi controller and the screen...

    New studio: first pics

    Today I have started moving my stuff to the new studio room. Here are the first pictures. This top picture shows the keyboard, Behringer BCR2000 midi controller and the screen...

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  • A week ago I wrote about how I couldn’t get my midi controller connected to Reaper. Well, with persistence and a lot of help from fellow Reaperites on the [...

    I now have a 24 track mixing desk

    A week ago I wrote about how I couldn’t get my midi controller connected to Reaper. Well, with persistence and a lot of help from fellow Reaperites on the [...

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  • When you’re working on very silent passages you want a silent environment. But there’s a constant humm on the background: yer computer. I have made quite a lot of adaptations...

    Changing the lab setup

    When you’re working on very silent passages you want a silent environment. But there’s a constant humm on the background: yer computer. I have made quite a lot of adaptations...

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  • I have tested a new soundcard last weekend: the Echo Audiofire4. I have been using an Echo card since the mid 90s, the Gina. It cost me a fortune at...

    New soundcard enters the studio

    I have tested a new soundcard last weekend: the Echo Audiofire4. I have been using an Echo card since the mid 90s, the Gina. It cost me a fortune at...

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