A Long List of Compromises - new music space

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Post by Drew Stephenson »

Not that much!

Not a lot of progress on the cabinet today but on the positive side the finger is healing up nicely.
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You're not supposed to pull it that hard . . :smirk:
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Ba dum tsh!
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Post by MOF »

sync errors can also be caused by the viewing equipment, particularly if you take audio from a TV to reproduce via a hifi system or external 'sound bar' as so many do.

I listen to 99% of TV on the built in speakers. Occasionally I’ll fire up the hi-fi but it’s an analogue connection and doesn’t cause delay issues.
The rest of the programmes are in sync’ it just seems to be archival material that’s not correctly synchronised.
A mate of mine recently bought an OLED 4k TV and sound bar and there are issues.
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Whisper it, but I think I'm almost done...
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Oh dear. Didn't anyone tell you? A D.I.Y. project is never actually finished :lol:
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Post by Drew Stephenson »

Oh I've still got some nice lights and nameplate to make, don't worry, it's only for a given definition of 'done'.
What I won't have any excuses for is not finishing off my various projects.
Anyway, I'll 'finish' it tomorrow and post some rough sample recordings. Proper ones will follow in due course along with some REW measurements.
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The last job was building a cabinet for the computer.
Ends and sides:
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Add some left-over acoustic plasterboard for mass:
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Glue and press:
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Make a box:
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Opening front end:
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Handle and panel clips:
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Lick of paint, wheels and clips:
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Ready to go in:
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Still a bit of tidying up to do but here we go:

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But how does it sound?
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Post by Logarhythm »

Looks great, Drew :clap:
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Post by Folderol »

Looks good.
Now you need to invite people in to assess the performance and usability.
This should be a range from highly experienced mix engineers like Eddie, to laymen like... um... Me :wave:
{This latter group to simply go Ooo, and Ahh at appropriate moments}:)
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Post by Wonks »

I must say that a computer using 300-500W of power in a small thermally insulated enclosure with no ventilation isn't going to work for very long before achieving meltdown. :(
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