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louzucaro
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 Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 10:22 pm Post subject: This is the part I really hate... |
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After all the posts I've read, the advice I've gotten (thanks!), the manufacturer, retailer and enthusiast sites I've visited, I finally made some purchases for recording gear. And now? Now...I have to WAIT for the stuff to be shipped & to get here. Aaargh!
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Yoda117
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| Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 3:53 am Post subject: Re: This is the part I really hate... |
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LOL! I don't know what's worse... earmarking the money for the purchase, or waiting for it to get into your hands afterwards for use.
I'll be playing that game in a few weeks with a new setup I'll be cobbling together between May and June.
Gotta love it 
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Hart
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I feel your pain. Do you find yourself checking the tracking numbers several times a day? I'm bad about that. And then I start bitching to my wife, "oh come on, it's been sitting in Cleveland for 4 hours already... get that thing on a truck"
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tackerman
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| Jowillie wrote: | | What did you get?? huh, huh, what did you get? |
Exactly what I was thinking.
How insensitive to start a thread about new equipment and not tell the junkies what it is...  |
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louzucaro
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| Hart wrote: | | Do you find yourself checking the tracking numbers several times a day? |
Uh, you mean kinda like I did right before I came in and read this post?
"Hi. I'm Lou and I'm 8 years old. But I'm gonna be 9 REAL soon!"
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louzucaro
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| VoiceTom wrote: | | Jowillie wrote: | | What did you get?? huh, huh, what did you get? |
Exactly what I was thinking.
How insensitive to start a thread about new equipment and not tell the junkies what it is... |
Sorry! I decided to build a DAW and use it running XP until things get up to speed with Vista. Only problem is I dunno if everything's gonna play nice together, so gimme some time on that and then if it works I'll report back afterward.
But for the audio interface itself I decided to go with the EMU 1616m sound card with breakout box. I read that the D/A convertors are really good and it also has a bunch of effects in hardware. Not sure how many of them I'd ever use, but they're there.
Then I got a PreSonus Bluetube DP mic pre, a pair of AKG K240S headphones and some misc stuff like a mic stand, music stand, pop filter blah blah blah.
I decided not to get a mic yet...I have a couple of mics with XLR connectors that we had for an old karaoke DVD player, so I figured I'd make sure all the other hardware jives, testing with those mics, then once I know the system works in general, I'll audition a few mics from someplace like Guitar Center.
So I'm hopeful that my research into the computer hardware part of things pays off when I put the whole thing together.
I'll report back after I've built the thing and got it working.
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Jowillie
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Oh, we are going to have so much fun learning about DAW setups with YOUR new system . Options like dual-booting, minimal active desk-top, and all the other performance enhancing (can I say that on the radio?) tweaks.
Really, thanks for sharing your excitment. Now, check that tracking number again and make sure it's all not hung up in Albuquerque.
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louzucaro
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Yeah, should be a barrel of monkeys. Or gremlins, depending on how it goes.
Nothing stuck in Albequerque...so far, Parsippany NJ, Maumee OH, Ontario CA and...yikes...one out for delivery!!
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| louzucaro wrote: | | Nothing stuck in Albequerque...so far, Parsippany NJ,... |
Just have Tom (Rognog) pick it up for ya! 
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| Hart wrote: | | And then I start bitching to my wife, "oh come on, it's been sitting in Cleveland for 4 hours already... get that thing on a truck" |
When we finally DO meet, I'm buying the first round.
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| louzucaro wrote: |
Then I got a PreSonus Bluetube DP mic pre, a pair of AKG K240S headphones and some misc stuff like a mic stand, music stand, pop filter blah blah blah. |
I have the same pre Lou. Let me know how you like it. |
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Hart
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| glittlefield wrote: | | Hart wrote: | | And then I start bitching to my wife, "oh come on, it's been sitting in Cleveland for 4 hours already... get that thing on a truck" |
When we finally DO meet, I'm buying the first round. |
Agreed, as long as I can buy the second.
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louzucaro
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| richgates wrote: | | louzucaro wrote: |
Then I got a PreSonus Bluetube DP mic pre, a pair of AKG K240S headphones and some misc stuff like a mic stand, music stand, pop filter blah blah blah. |
I have the same pre Lou. Let me know how you like it. |
Will do, cap'n...
I actually canceled the order for the motherboard I got. It was backordered and they said they had none on order. Huh? So I got a different one that should be just as good or maybe better.
The EMU arrived today. It's so lonely.
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