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Re: "Adjusting the Intonation"?

merlyn wrote: Fri May 02, 2025 3:06 pm It's better if you figure this out yourself.

Well, the main thing is that all of my guitars are set up nicely and have good intonation. So I must have already figured it out accidentally.

10+ times in a row. Imagine the chances. ;)
by Luke WFri May 02, 2025 3:36 pm
Forum: Guitar Technology Topic: "Adjusting the Intonation"? Replies: 55 Views: 1300

Re: "Adjusting the Intonation"?

Eh, so that changes the amount the string bends out of tune as you push it down. Or doesn't it? Are you telling me that 12s are as easy to bend as 9s? I'm telling you exactly what I said :lol: Unless I misunderstood, you were saying that moving saddles is solely to compensate for how much strings ...
by Luke WFri May 02, 2025 2:55 pm
Forum: Guitar Technology Topic: "Adjusting the Intonation"? Replies: 55 Views: 1300

Re: "Adjusting the Intonation"?

Wonks has already covered this well. But there are a couple of simple points that strike me as being worthy of a mention. Why would you care how far or close the end of the string is to the neck, since we are only talking about a quarter of an inch of adjustment? Because the distance between the nut ...
by Luke WFri May 02, 2025 10:35 am
Forum: Guitar Technology Topic: "Adjusting the Intonation"? Replies: 55 Views: 1300

Re: How to connect Atem Mini HDMI out to MacBook USB-C?

What is the correct solution? What's the maximum resolution you need? There's a rear USB-C port that will present the ATEM Mini as a webcam to any connected computer, and it mirrors the main HDMI output. It'll only support up to 1080p, though. And is it possible to route ALL audio from Atem mini to ...
by Luke WThu Apr 17, 2025 4:30 pm
Forum: Recording: Gear + Techniques Topic: How to connect Atem Mini HDMI out to MacBook USB-C? Replies: 2 Views: 144

Re: AI Guitarist

I can admit to using NI's Session Guitarist Strummed Acoustic (1 and 2) every now and then. Even though I've got some nice acoustics that I'm just about capable of playing, it's often quicker to program a part that's just going to sit in the background than it is to set up some mics and play it ...
by Luke WMon Apr 07, 2025 1:54 pm
Forum: Recording: Gear + Techniques Topic: AI Guitarist Replies: 16 Views: 493

Re: IKMultimedia Total Studio Max 4

That information is listed in the Spec section of the product page on IK Multimedia’s website: https://www.ikmultimedia.com/products/ts4/index.php?p=specs How much of the content you put on an external drive is up to you, although Max requires more space than you have available on your MacBook, so y ...
by Luke WWed Apr 02, 2025 7:39 am
Forum: Recording: Gear + Techniques Topic: IKMultimedia Total Studio Max 4 Replies: 2 Views: 234

Re: Lithium AA’s in radio mics - any thoughts?

Rechargeables in radio packs was always a huge no-go for me when I was working on shows. A couple of people I worked with tried it with their systems and it always ended in tears, and they tend to get worse as time goes on. I did a run of rehearsals with them but had lots of unexpected drop-outs, so ...
by Luke WFri Mar 28, 2025 9:48 am
Forum: Live Sound | Performance Topic: Lithium AA’s in radio mics - any thoughts? Replies: 8 Views: 336

Re: Recommendations for an amplifier channel MIDI Switcher please?

You're exactly correct. I've opened the Marshal two-button pedal and it's wired that way as best I can tell (I'm no circuitry expert). One wire from the TRS cable into the Clean/OD button and two wires from the TRS cable into the OD1/OD2 button. And a link wire between the two buttons So it's got 3 ...
by Luke WFri Mar 14, 2025 12:52 pm
Forum: Guitar Technology Topic: Recommendations for an amplifier channel MIDI Switcher please? Replies: 21 Views: 561

Re: Recommendations for an amplifier channel MIDI Switcher please?

Thanks for the response. I think a Y cable would only allow me to switch between only 2 of the 3 amp channels? The Marshall 2 button pedal allows all 3 channels, but uses a TRS jack at the amp. I'm guessing some kind of link wire between the two buttons, but I'm struggling how to understand how it ...
by Luke WFri Mar 14, 2025 11:42 am
Forum: Guitar Technology Topic: Recommendations for an amplifier channel MIDI Switcher please? Replies: 21 Views: 561

Re: Recommendations for an amplifier channel MIDI Switcher please?

If the DSL uses a 'standard' two-button footswitch, then I'd have thought that it'd just be a case of buying/making and appropriately wired TRS to dual TS (Y cable). That would let you connect two of the Control Switcher channels to the single TRS footswitch input on the DSL. A nose through the amp ...
by Luke WFri Mar 14, 2025 8:25 am
Forum: Guitar Technology Topic: Recommendations for an amplifier channel MIDI Switcher please? Replies: 21 Views: 561

Re: Dolby Atmos

As Hugh says, try them all and see what works for you! That said, if you're doing lots of orchestral work then I think MIR Pro 3D is well worth exploring. I've not used it myself, but it's a clever bit of software and has been designed specifically for creating spatial/immersive mixes with ...
by Luke WWed Mar 12, 2025 4:28 pm
Forum: Mixing | Mastering | Post Production Topic: Dolby Atmos Replies: 20 Views: 971

Re: I need some good orchestral strings

The string section of BCCSO is really rather nice, in my humble opinion. The Core version is pretty hard to beat as an all-rounder orchestral library given the price.
by Luke WWed Mar 05, 2025 12:14 pm
Forum: Mac Music Topic: I need some good orchestral strings Replies: 15 Views: 1367

Re: Mastering Recommendation

A regular collaborator of mine uses Tim Debney at Fluid Mastering and the results are always top-notch.

https://www.fluidmastering.com/
by Luke WTue Mar 04, 2025 9:10 am
Forum: Mixing | Mastering | Post Production Topic: Mastering Recommendation Replies: 15 Views: 780

Re: Microsoft baking MIDI support into Windows

Indeed!

For those interested, it's covered here. The story also has a few links to some detailed breakdowns from the team at Scan and Microsoft's own developer blogs.
by Luke WFri Feb 07, 2025 3:50 pm
Forum: Windows Music Topic: Microsoft baking MIDI support into Windows Replies: 26 Views: 1302

Re: Dante VSC Pro - What the £$%^&?!

If I'd bought 'pro' Dante hardware I'd expect to get the 'Pro' software included for my money. That's the bit I'm struggling to understand, though. If you've bought said hardware, then you don't need DVS or DVS Pro — it's an alternative to the hardware interface, not a companion for it. To me it's l ...
by Luke WWed Jan 15, 2025 2:12 pm
Forum: Windows Music Topic: Dante VSC Pro - What the £$%^&?! Replies: 25 Views: 851

Re: Dante VSC Pro - What the £$%^&?!

But so does a hardware Dante interface. What am I missing?! If you're running something like, lets say, a Rednet PCIe card, then hooking it up to your Rednet I/O units (other Dante systems are available :lol: ) means that all of the audio I/O present on the Dante network will be provided to the DAW ...
by Luke WWed Jan 15, 2025 11:01 am
Forum: Windows Music Topic: Dante VSC Pro - What the £$%^&?! Replies: 25 Views: 851

Re: Dante VSC Pro - What the £$%^&?!

When these large systems that could benefit from this 'Pro' version have paid through the nose for their Dante-badged interfaces (check those prices) then the least Audinate could do is *give* them the software. This is what's confusing me. If they've got a Dante interface, then they don't need DVS ...
by Luke WWed Jan 15, 2025 10:37 am
Forum: Windows Music Topic: Dante VSC Pro - What the £$%^&?! Replies: 25 Views: 851

Re: Dante VSC Pro - What the £$%^&?!

Looks like they're still doing perpetual licenses of the standard version, so it does seem an odd choice to go for subscription-only on this one. It seems that the features the Pro version offers over the standard are very much aimed at large-scale stuff, though, so I can't see the cost being too ...
by Luke WTue Jan 14, 2025 6:55 pm
Forum: Windows Music Topic: Dante VSC Pro - What the £$%^&?! Replies: 25 Views: 851

Re: Adding a Converter for monitoring

Would adding a Converter like the RME ADI 2 FS Pro improve things? Improve things in what way? I think the best approach with decisions like this is to ask yourself what you feel you're lacking at the moment — it's easy to focus on numbers and measurements lose sight of the bigger picture. The c ...
by Luke WWed Jan 08, 2025 1:28 pm
Forum: Recording: Gear + Techniques Topic: Adding a Converter for monitoring Replies: 6 Views: 258

Re: A visit to Auden Guitars

Nice! Certainly a bigger operation there than I realised. They're not far down the road from me so I see quite a lot of their guitars around, but I don't think I've ever actually played one. I didn't know they'd acquired GS either.
by Luke WTue Dec 24, 2024 9:58 am
Forum: Guitar Technology Topic: A visit to Auden Guitars Replies: 16 Views: 695

Re: New second monitor for iMac M4

Absolutely no idea. I didn't even realise that there were multiple versions of HDMI. What makes HDMI 2.0 or 2.1 better than 1.4? Later (higher number) versions offer more bandwidth, so support higher resolutions and refresh rates. The newer ones are backwards compatible, so a computer with a 2.1 ...
by Luke WFri Dec 20, 2024 7:37 am
Forum: Mac Music Topic: New second monitor for iMac M4 Replies: 11 Views: 540

Re: How Important Is Optimal Gain Structure In A Modern PA System?

As others have already said, this particular issue sounds like a lack of experience at the console end. If its audible with no noise and clipping, it'll probably do just fine! My approach to rushed soundchecks was always to do a very rough pass at setting gains whilst kit was being rigged (find me a ...
by Luke WFri Dec 13, 2024 4:07 pm
Forum: Live Sound | Performance Topic: How Important Is Optimal Gain Structure In A Modern PA System? Replies: 20 Views: 747

Re: Upgrading in 2025

I'm not shy of spending a bit of money here (>£2K) for the right system and I wanted to find out what people thought was a good place to go and a good system to get. I'd recommend having a chat with Scan. Let them know what you're looking to do and they'll be able to suggest a build that makes sure ...
by Luke WTue Dec 10, 2024 10:59 am
Forum: Windows Music Topic: Upgrading in 2025 Replies: 37 Views: 1086

Re: Steampipe, it's getting nearer

The Elf wrote: Fri Dec 06, 2024 12:12 pm Wonder if the Stempipe will implement MPE - is so it might pair well with such as the Osmose, or Steamboards. The Osmose is an absolute nightmare to program.

It does indeed. Along with the wind controller bits and pieces their demo video shows it paired up with a LinnStrument.
by Luke WFri Dec 06, 2024 1:56 pm
Forum: Keyboards + Synthesizers Topic: Steampipe, it's getting nearer Replies: 11 Views: 627