slaphappygarry Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 In the few weeks downtime i have for my studio i decided to learn to solder and rewire my studio racks. Here is how it looked yesterday afternoon: and with all the new wires (pre solder ): And here is how it is now: Everything has been balanced and a few little hum and hiss problems have totally gone. The really great thing about my setup is that the top rack is my portable rig and only requires the mac to be a powerful 8 input (and once i get new pre's - 16 input) rig. I am running the M-Audio 1814 sound card and use ASR MX-8 Preamps which suck but do the job. I also have a wee Presonus Tube Pre up there too which is a nice little pre amp. There is also an external 500gb drive in that top rig so everything is in the one box. The bottom rig is the static one which has the TC M-one FX unit which i use for delays and reverbs and the patchbay which everything is routed too. I am waiting on another track to house the 160gb library drive i have. There is plenty of space in this one for future gadgets too The power amp is hooked up to tannoy speakers (pictures above). Cool G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obbm Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 (edited) I recognise some bits in there. Nice tidy job. Edited October 19, 2007 by obbm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slaphappygarry Posted October 19, 2007 Author Share Posted October 19, 2007 (edited) hehe aye cheers for the amp, jack-xlr leads and patch leads Forgot this front pic: G Edited October 19, 2007 by slaphappygarry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 Wow, lovely little setup and nice job. Even though I hate wires and cables, part of me loves fiddling around and tidying them all up!! Are you left handed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slaphappygarry Posted October 19, 2007 Author Share Posted October 19, 2007 I am right handed How? G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 Because your laptop is over to the right I assumed you were using the mouse with your left! Random I know. Probo best go to bed eh son. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slaphappygarry Posted October 19, 2007 Author Share Posted October 19, 2007 aye it sits centrally to be honest. I moved it to get my cat out of the 3u space. The power amp is warm and she likes it.... Those empty spaces usually sit behind the screen G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr.funk Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 Very neat! Did you use the FW410 and upgrade to the 1814? I just bought a FW410 and am delighted with it. What is the spec of your mac by the way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slaphappygarry Posted October 20, 2007 Author Share Posted October 20, 2007 I did have the 410 which as your right is great but the two inputs are restrictive. The 1814 is up to 16 ins Its 2.0ghz dual core 1gb ram and running 10.4 G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr.funk Posted October 21, 2007 Share Posted October 21, 2007 Yeah I can see how the 2 inputs could become restrictive, thankfully our drummer has a rich friend so band recordings can be done there. I'm trying to sort out a laptop at the moment, the macbook looks lovely although I don't think I can really justify the extra cost. Looks like it will be a Lenovo I end up with. Mind you I'm using a 1.5ghz Celeron Toshiba at the moment with Live and it runs a lot better than I expected! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urb Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 Awesome Gary - looks ace - I'll have to study it in more detail when I have time - one question that springs to mind is any idea how much a used MOTU 828 goes for these days? Just thought you - or others here - might know - I think I can borrow one. Last other question - and slightly cheeky (PM if you prefer) but how much did all those bits and bobs (minus laptop) cost you? Cheers dude Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slaphappygarry Posted October 22, 2007 Author Share Posted October 22, 2007 Hey Urb, I would hate to add it up but here goes: Tube pre - £70 1814 sound card - £320 Pre amps - £80 Hard drive/hub - £150 TC M One Xl - £350 Patch Bay - £30 Racks - £80 Power amp - £100 (included another rack i use elsewhere) leads and stuff - £80+ i think. I bought alot as i went along and made the rest. extra bits - £60+ Add that up and its a little over a grand. The pre amps are very basic though. I do not recommend them to anyone dead serious about production. That and the half dozen mics and stands and xlr's and pop shields and head phones and and and and and ...... G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urb Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Wicked - thanks G - I think it's all very reasonable really - considering what it would have cost 10 years ago etc. Unfortuntely I'm about to pay for my new Sei bass - and that's my last 'toy' for a while - but I will start to put something like a home studio together at some point - it's good to see how you have done yours. M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oddjob Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 sweet setup there!! Is the hard drive just a usb input and does it handle recording lots of track simultaneously and is it quiet enough to record in the same room? I've got a lacie hard drive and it's noisy as hell so generally record to my mac's hard drive and just use the hard drive for archiving stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colda Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 This is something that I'm very tempted to do - we have the space in the garage and a small office above that could easily become a control room I dunno a lot about recording (always done live), I have a Studiomaster Proline Gold 16-8-16 desk so am assuming that firstly I need a soundcard that can take 16 (8 if I just go from the groups - will prolly be plenty for what I'll do) line inputs - any recommendations? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slaphappygarry Posted October 23, 2007 Author Share Posted October 23, 2007 Its pretty quiet. I just got it and so far its been great. Its both usb 2.0 and Firewire but the firewire port when daisy chained to the 1814 makes protools bomb out. I think i am running too much into one socket rather than it being PTS fault. G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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