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From: unruh on 20 Apr 2010 15:17 On 2010-04-20, Grant Edwards <invalid(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: > On 2010-04-20, Harald Meyer <meyersharald(a)googlemail.com> wrote: >> unruh wrote: >> >>>> Using the microphone input of a notebook is not an option for him, >>>> but he >>> >>> Still trying to figure out why that is "not an option". >> >> Their noise level is too high, > > Ah, another top-secret requirement that we don't find out about until > 40 posts into the discussion. Unfortunately probably no. I suspect that Meyer is guessing, just as the rest of us are. > >> especially after some 30 dB dynamic compression by amp modeling >> software. >
From: Grant Edwards on 20 Apr 2010 15:20 On 2010-04-20, unruh <unruh(a)wormhole.physics.ubc.ca> wrote: > On 2010-04-20, Harald Meyer <meyersharald(a)googlemail.com> wrote: >>> Still trying to figure out why that is "not an option". >> >> Their noise level is too high, especially after some 30 dB dynamic >> compression by amp modeling software. > > The dynamic range of the a good mic input is probably at least 70dB. > That noise level would surely get lost in all the noise caused by the > compression. > > Again, we have no idea what he really wants, he has still refused to > tell us. If he wants really top quality recording with minimum noise > level, then I agree he wants line level input, and a really good preamp, > and 24 bit recording soundcard. If he wants top quality, he needs to avoid sound cards, mainboard audio chipsets -- IOW: no analog in the PC at all. An external, rack-mounted, firewire-attached unit is the way to go. > If he wants to record his kids first words, or the output to his > synthesizer, he may not need that at all and attenuation into the mic > input might be fine. Until he tells us what he really needs he is > going to continue to get lousy advice, and is going to turn off > anyone who might have good advice for him. I think all he really wants is to troll, and he's done a good job of that. -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! Is this sexual at intercourse yet?? Is it, gmail.com huh, is it??
From: Aragorn on 20 Apr 2010 15:33 On Tuesday 20 April 2010 19:36 in comp.os.linux.misc, somebody identifying as unruh wrote... > On 2010-04-20, Harald Meyer <meyersharald(a)googlemail.com> wrote: > >> POD x3 = Small battery powered DSP device that models various amps. > > I certainly have no idea what this is, even now. It's a floor effects device, which, as Harald says, contains digitally sampled amplifier models, but you can also use it for plain electric guitar (or bass) effects, like chorus, flanging, phasing, reverb, delay, pitch shift, overdrive/distortion, and the likes.[1] Think of it as a digitalized pre-amp with built-in effects, in which the pre-amp can be any of a whole series of vary famous amplifiers, e.g. Marshall, Mesa Boogie, Roland, Vox AC30, et al. You can hook a POD straight up to a mixer or P.A. and sound like you're playing with (for instance) a Marshall JCM 900 full stack[1] behind you. The digital amplifier models basically mimick all the nuances and dynamics of the selected amplifier type. [1] At least, I think it does contain all those effects. I've never used a POD myself, but I have a couple of similar devices - a Zoom 8080 and a Boss GT-10 - which do contain a whole series of effects, so I presume that the POD does too. [2] A full stack is an amplifier head with two (generally 4 x 12") speaker cabinets. With one cabinet it's called a half stack. If the amplifier is integrated with the speaker cabinet, it's called a combo. -- *Aragorn* (registered GNU/Linux user #223157)
From: Harald Meyer on 20 Apr 2010 15:59 Harald Meyer wrote: > The compression is done behind the D/A converter ^^^ I meant A/D
From: Dan C on 20 Apr 2010 16:29
On Tue, 20 Apr 2010 20:34:20 +0200, J G Miller wrote: > On Tue, 20 Apr 2010 11:46:10 -0500, Harold Stevens explained: > >> "Rui" seems to have a history of deliberately ignoring suggestions for >> more info, and very rarely following up with anything actually useful. > > It would be nice to know what he did actually buy in the end, and > whether or not it worked successfully on his GNU/Linux system. I'm betting he didn't actually buy anything. It was a troll ploy all along. -- "Ubuntu" -- an African word, meaning "Slackware is too hard for me". "Bother!" said Pooh, as he slipped his date a Purple Microdot. Usenet Improvement Project: http://twovoyagers.com/improve-usenet.org/ Thanks, Obama: http://brandybuck.site40.net/pics/politica/thanks.jpg |