trock
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Hello
I just joined this forum here after being directed to it from a fellow recording.org member.
I have not built any of my own equipment but became interested in checking this out when reading about Bill Putnam's life and how those guys, when not satisfied with equipment they had at the time, would basically create these classis's we now have.
that being said i had no IDEA there was such a DIY community for Recording Studio Gear, especially based on some of the classic gear.
I just purchased an Avalon M5 Pre amp, and an Avalon 747sp which set me back a good 3700 bucks and i was bummin cause i wanted an 1176 UA also. that began my reading on Bill Putnam and thus led to my discovery of DIY places.
So what i am looking at doing is trying my hand at one of the DIY projects i have found on the web. i was looking at a DIY Neve 1272 that one of my forum friends showed me.
I am NOT the engineer here though, i am the one with the home recording studio, basically the musician. the nice thing is i am going to try this with my Dad and a friend. My Friend is an electrical engineer, and my dad is an old solid state physicist retired from 30+ years at westinghouse and they are both really into trying something with me. So it will be a fun and bonding time too.
sorry for the rambling so here are a couple of questions
1) can someone recommend PC based data aquisition tools? maybe from this site or wherever??
http://www.instrument.com/pci/index.asp
2) My dad was saying that in the old days they used oscilloscopes and signal generators, is this the best way to go over the PC stuff?? if so what is a good brand/price for an oscilloscope and signal generator today?? is eBay a viable place to get this??
3) i have found alot of stuff on the classic gear (LA-2A, 1176, Fairchild 670 etc) has anyone ever done something based on the Avalon 2055 or any avalon product?
4) I would like to do an EQ, has anyone done this? do you have a link or pics i could check out?
thanks for the great site and all the info
I just joined this forum here after being directed to it from a fellow recording.org member.
I have not built any of my own equipment but became interested in checking this out when reading about Bill Putnam's life and how those guys, when not satisfied with equipment they had at the time, would basically create these classis's we now have.
that being said i had no IDEA there was such a DIY community for Recording Studio Gear, especially based on some of the classic gear.
I just purchased an Avalon M5 Pre amp, and an Avalon 747sp which set me back a good 3700 bucks and i was bummin cause i wanted an 1176 UA also. that began my reading on Bill Putnam and thus led to my discovery of DIY places.
So what i am looking at doing is trying my hand at one of the DIY projects i have found on the web. i was looking at a DIY Neve 1272 that one of my forum friends showed me.
I am NOT the engineer here though, i am the one with the home recording studio, basically the musician. the nice thing is i am going to try this with my Dad and a friend. My Friend is an electrical engineer, and my dad is an old solid state physicist retired from 30+ years at westinghouse and they are both really into trying something with me. So it will be a fun and bonding time too.
sorry for the rambling so here are a couple of questions
1) can someone recommend PC based data aquisition tools? maybe from this site or wherever??
http://www.instrument.com/pci/index.asp
2) My dad was saying that in the old days they used oscilloscopes and signal generators, is this the best way to go over the PC stuff?? if so what is a good brand/price for an oscilloscope and signal generator today?? is eBay a viable place to get this??
3) i have found alot of stuff on the classic gear (LA-2A, 1176, Fairchild 670 etc) has anyone ever done something based on the Avalon 2055 or any avalon product?
4) I would like to do an EQ, has anyone done this? do you have a link or pics i could check out?
thanks for the great site and all the info