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Subject: Passive control for DAW volume
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Original Message 1/20 22-Oct-04 @ 07:05 PM - Passive control for DAW volume
only thing is its missing a fcking headphone output. SUCKS
I remember milan was griping about nobody making something like this. Now theres the Samson C-Control, Mackie Big Knob, and this one...plus some high end from Coleman and CraneSong I believe
I was so stoked on this M-Patch until I realized no fcking headphone out put. thats lame
Message 2/20 22-Oct-04 @ 08:53 PM - RE: Passive control for DAW volume
anyway... whats wrong with the Samson?
Message 3/20 22-Oct-04 @ 11:38 PM - RE: Passive control for DAW volume
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Message 4/20 23-Oct-04 @ 01:31 AM - RE: Passive control for DAW volume
the Big Knob has it...
Id prefer passive circuitry where possible. Obviously headphones are gonna need an amp.
Im probably gonna go with the C-Control simply based on the ridiculously low cost.
If only that other one had a damn headphone out. bastards
Message 5/20 23-Oct-04 @ 07:20 AM - RE: Passive control for DAW volume
Message 6/20 23-Oct-04 @ 10:35 PM - RE: Passive control for DAW volume
but then...headphone amp? multiple speaker outputs? mono summing? (would that need an amp?)
science project time, eh?
Message 7/20 25-Oct-04 @ 08:37 PM - RE: Passive control for DAW volume
Message 8/20 02-Dec-04 @ 01:17 PM - RE: Passive control for DAW volume
my C-Control just arrived, and YES it does have a mono summing function... its a switch on the front labeled MONO and works as expected.
first impressions are very good. its a sturdy little half-rack box made of aluminium and feels nice and quite solid to the touch. all connections are attached directly to the casing, so nothing wobbles when attaching/detaching cables. even the RCA plugs are nice and big and stick out far enough from the casing for even the most demanding rca cable you'd care to connect to them :P
so at least physicaly, it feels like at least twice the money i paid for it.
headphone amp sounds much better to me than on my old yamaha promix, with better definition and stereo imaging (coming from my Edirol FA101) and is loud enough to blow your head off, quite literaly.
will comment on the monitor outs a bit later when i get the chance to turn it up nice and proper... i just read it sounds crap compared to a "digital output of a TASCAM CD player into a Lucid 9624 DAC using short star-quad cables with gold connectors to a pair of Dynaudio BM15A monitors with a BX30 subwoofer" but that isnt saying much is it? :P
i can however say that i turned it all the way up with no music playing and while i did detect noise it was nothing that would bother you at normal listening levels. it was certainly lower than the noise of my (relatively) quiet-ish pc and only audible when i pressed my ears very close the speaker.
to be continued...
Message 9/20 02-Dec-04 @ 04:48 PM - RE: Passive control for DAW volume
anyways, if not i'll set you up and you could kindly add a review to the listings
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I had an idea for a script once. It's basically Jaws except when the guys in the boat are going after Jaws, they look around and there's an even bigger Jaws. The guys have to team up with Jaws to get Bigger Jaws.... I call it... Big Jaws!!!
Message 10/20 02-Dec-04 @ 07:36 PM - RE: Passive control for DAW volume
Message 11/20 02-Dec-04 @ 07:38 PM - RE: Passive control for DAW volume
Message 12/20 02-Dec-04 @ 07:42 PM - RE: Passive control for DAW volume
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I had an idea for a script once. It's basically Jaws except when the guys in the boat are going after Jaws, they look around and there's an even bigger Jaws. The guys have to team up with Jaws to get Bigger Jaws.... I call it... Big Jaws!!!
Message 13/20 03-Dec-04 @ 03:41 PM - RE: Passive control for DAW volume
mabye it wouldnt be a problem if speaker outs -B and -C werent on RCA connectors only... bah
Message 14/20 05-Dec-04 @ 11:43 PM - RE: Passive control for DAW volume
altho...is that across the board or only at low volumes?
my ashly mixer I had...did the same thing...quieter on one side at low volumes
if only that damn passive one had a headphone out!
might have to try the big knob
Message 15/20 08-Dec-04 @ 02:18 PM - RE: Passive control for DAW volume
and while on topic of sound... the unit unfortunately does degrade your transients somewhat, so if you're monitoring on expensive speakers in a good listening enviroment you might wanna look into the BigKnob or something else instead.
then again, majority of ppl who use small nearfields do *not* hear those transients anyway, so its no loss in a typical home studio. all in all it still sounds nice and clear.
on the upside, i noticed another nifty feature btw: when you select an input for monitoring, it automaticaly cuts the feed to the corresponding output (2tk i/o A,B,C), so there's no chance of a feedback loop
Message 16/20 08-Dec-04 @ 02:21 PM - RE: Passive control for DAW volume
Message 17/20 08-Dec-04 @ 09:00 PM - RE: Passive control for DAW volume
can you explain what you mean by transient response? Are you saying it would make a kick sound mushier than it was?
Im not working in a perfect room so I dunno if that would be as important.
and the monitoring, well...I could probably get used to that.
Message 18/20 08-Dec-04 @ 10:16 PM - RE: Passive control for DAW volume
Message 19/20 09-Dec-04 @ 06:08 PM - RE: Passive control for DAW volume
when I had a Delta66 I used to get one side hotter than the other. drove me NUTS!
never did figure out why.
Message 20/20 09-Dec-04 @ 10:14 PM - RE: Passive control for DAW volume
anyway, i took the unit back today and got a new one which works perfectly. i did a series of tests today, geek style , and i dont think it degrades the signal much compared to the output of the soundcard.
i'll explain it all tomorrow, and then hopefuly string it all into a proper review for kilo
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