Rats monthly Gear Horn!

studiorat

Saw this today and thought of you... here

frobisher

Look at it. Who cares how it sounds!!

trackmixstudio

looks nice but you would need 8 channels of worthy DA to go with it.
Darren in studio solutions has a great deal on a phoenix audio nicerizer 16 if you are after a summer.

What I really want next is this
http://rupertneve.com/products/fidelice-quad-pre/
No price for it yet but it looks fantastic and will probably sound as good as it looks. Has AD too so it will probably be very expensive.

studiorat

I already have 16 channels of super-duper DA:eek: I'm not really in the market for a summing box, if I was the SSL baby desk would be more useful. I'm in the middle of re-capping and replacing pots on my current 16 channel desk and power supply and it's looking like I have an excellent summing box already!!!

I got a lend of a prototype Early-Bird mic pre a few years ago it was amazing, really. One of the best I've ever heard. Anyway, if I could get the Thermomic Culture face-plate and knobs alone, I reckon the studio would sound better.

It's not something I'd ever consider buying but I love their design and build. The Portico stuff is really excellent but it doesn't have that sexy hand-built thing going on though it's probably more affordable and less maintenance hassle.


Mind you I think this will be interesting...

the optional forthcoming Little Bustard 16 channel expander.

dav nagle

Personaly speaking I am going to be a Portico man for life. I want the 5034 Compressor which will bus directly from my Mic Pre 5012 and bus it again into the 5033 EQ, then I will have a sweet chain. Expensive but tasty stuff. Lets hope my business doesn't fail though your looking at 3k+ right there:o

PaulBrewer

I think we should do this as a Sticky ....

dav nagle

Has anyone else had an erotic affair or a threesome with the portico series? Have you told your Apogee? Was counselling ever a consideration? Did you use lube and condoms? Was the portico wearing a coil? Sorry just interested that’s all, any takers? Studiorat seems to have a huge horn for classic broads and I beg the question, is being a closet gear pervert acceptable or should I tell me friends and family?

PaulBrewer

Seriously, shall we do 'Rat's Monthly Gear Horn' as a sticky?

Once the great man hisself is into it?

studiorat

my own name in sticky lights!!

dav nagle

studiorat wrote: »

my own name in sticky lights!!

Yeah we should and light it up like it's 2099

PaulBrewer

Now Da Rat has been stuck it's up to him to keep us entertained and informed .....

dav nagle

PaulBrewer wrote: »

Now Da Rat has been stuck it's up to him to keep us entertained and informed .....

Agreed, da rat should post about his gear horn as much as he possibly can, within reason...

studiorat

Unfortunately, when you get to my age/experience one doesn't get the GH as often as one used to. Still, as always, I'll try my best.

PaulBrewer

studiorat wrote: »

Unfortunately, when you get to my age/experience one doesn't get the GH as often as one used to. Still, as always, I'll try my best.

A monthly Semi is a possibility, surely?

studiorat

I don't do semi-anything.

Now, lets stop before this gets really silly and someone mentions a Brewers Droop gag.

PaulBrewer

studiorat wrote: »

I don't do semi-anything.

Now, lets stop before this gets really silly and someone mentions a Brewers Droop gag.

BOOMBOOM!

studiorat

May 1st a sunny summers day and it gives the Rat the urge to report once more on the 2nd monthly GH. This month the Rat found himself getting the gear horn in the most unusual of situations, in public and for relatively little money too, oh yes. Down a side street in our capital city center did mister Rat come over a new object of his desire.

It's all about DIY at the moment what with a new workshop in the pipeline and a couple of very sexy projects on paper, the old Rat is keeping his snake eye out, particularly for a bargain down in the electronics department. So on a usual errand to procure a new soldering iron tip we were most unusually surprised to discover that our local purveyor of electronic bits and pieces one Mr. Maplin of Jervis street, Dublin, has renovated his shop and decided to focus once more on the needs of the Electronic Hobbyist and there's definitely a more welcoming analogue feel to the place.

Now, alongside 12V fridges and remote control hover craft, one can actually get the previously mentioned soldering tip. Indeed, past the crap hard drives and brightly packaged motherboards for the PC gaming filth, one can actually find items that are of interest to the music recordist and general music electronics person. Notable items of soft-core Gear Porn included Neutrik rack mounted Ethernet, USB's and S/P Dif sockets. For less than a tenner anyone bringing their computer to the studio can plug in without having to slither behind a rack of equipment, unless you are partial to that kind of thing of course.

The audio section, of note to Mr. Rat and his young companion, has got bigger and now seem to have more useful bits and pieces, all sorts of plugs and devices were on show and we did examined all there with great interest. Over with the meters and tools we were delighted to find little self build kits. €8.69 buys you a kit for a 40dB mic amp which might make a good distortion pedal, under €20.00 a stereo line amp and around the same for a rather suspect looking 200W power amp. I thought the cheap LED sound meter would be good fun to have lying around the studio.

Little bags of resistors and diodes hung on the wall like bags of sweets as we stood with our mouths open like young boys. Rats own personal fantasy that day was get his hairy palms on a lovely little a 3 way variable power supply with tag block outputs, old skool. (I'll be back for you bitch!)

All in all we think Mr. Maplin has done a good job in providing a central venue for the Audio brown mackintosh brigade to get their jollies before returning home to satisfy their lust on the internet!

PaulBrewer

studiorat wrote: »

remote control hover craft,

I have one of them ...

fitz

Seriously considering building a 1176 clone at some stage this year, or maybe an SSL bus clone.
http://www.gyraf.dk/gy_pd/gyraf_diy.html
DIY's where it's at with this recession lark.

ZV Yoda

studiorat wrote: »

May 1st a sunny summers day and it gives the Rat the urge to report once more on the 2nd monthly GH. This month the Rat found himself getting the gear horn in the most unusual of situations, in public and for relatively little money too, oh yes. Down a side street in our capital city center did mister Rat come over a new object of his desire.......

....Little bags of resistors and diodes hung on the wall like bags of sweets as we stood with our mouths open like young boys.

Very funny post... still chuckling away at that image.... reminds me of the Pot Noodle adverts for some reason.

studiorat

fitz wrote: »

Seriously considering building a 1176 clone at some stage this year, or maybe an SSL bus clone.
http://www.gyraf.dk/gy_pd/gyraf_diy.html
DIY's where it's at with this recession lark.

Very tricky, I've seen the SSL clone PCB, it's pretty daunting. Sorting out the etching of a setup like that would be a bitch IMO. If you do decide to try it Fitz let me know how you get on with the PCB.

EDIT: Cancel that http://www.audiokitchenpcb.co.uk/

Next up here is a copy of a Collins Valve limiting amp. Very simple circuit done with valves and point to point wiring.

fitz

No intention of etching. If I do it, I'll be buying the pcb's pre-made. Would be a case of stuffing the boards and wiring...

madtheory

studiorat- LOL!