Personal computing discussed
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yogibbear wrote:But it takes up sooo much space!
seankay wrote:This is the the kind of stuff that makes me wanna say old school is cool!
ludi wrote:Okay, I just GIS'd some pics of that beastie and I see "digital stereo In/Out" jacks on the rear. Is that only a passthrough for a digital source, or you can you take a mix output from there?
SecretSquirrel wrote:seankay wrote:This is the the kind of stuff that makes me wanna say old school is cool!
Didn't have a lot of time to play with it this weekend. My niece was visiting, and we got a new dog,
It may be "old school", but the core technology isn't really out of date. It's got 24bit ADCs in it. It's biggest limitation is you have to use CD-RWs to get recordings onto a computer. No removable media and no USB interface. Once I get it cleaned up, I'm going to replace the fan with a newer quieter one and the HDD with something solid state. It uses a 2.5" IDE drive and there are SSDs that are known to work with it. Might also try an IDE to CF adapter.
Now, I just need to get a video of the faders doing "the wave"....
--SS
juzz86 wrote:A great bit of kit, as you say mate in fantastic shape. Is it the 4416 or the 4416A?
I know the A was for ATAPI, where they replaced the 50pin SCSI CD writer with an ATAPI one, and I think you could use a modular rack after you cut the fascia a bit to replace it with a HDD caddy. Not sure if this works on the SCSI model?
I've got a few hours on these, they are still capable of producing a great recording and are as reliable as an old boot - if you don't mind a bit of a whir
Enjoy!
juzz86 wrote:Looks like there are some SCSI external HDD caddies that might work anyway? Interesting.
SecretSquirrel wrote:ludi wrote:Okay, I just GIS'd some pics of that beastie and I see "digital stereo In/Out" jacks on the rear. Is that only a passthrough for a digital source, or you can you take a mix output from there?
I believe that you can route the digital in to the recording mix and any of the busses, including the master mix, to the digital outputs. But, I'm just starting to learn where everything is hidden in the myriad of control screens. Unfortunately I am traveling this week so I won't get to play with it more until next weekend.
--SS
the wrote:For the hard drive, it maybe wiser to go the solid state route. There are several SCSI-to-CF adapters out there but CF cards are starting to become harder to find. There are 50 pin SCSI to SD card adapters that can provide 10 MB/s while emulating a SCSI-2 drive. SD cards aren't going away anytime soon.
SecretSquirrel wrote:Being able to export to an external solid state device would be nice. Especially if I can coax my Linux box into reading it.
just brew it! wrote:Uh oh, #16 is sticking...
SecretSquirrel wrote:The wipers on the faders are definitely showing wear. The end of the wiper has a little V shape in the metal fingers that rides against the resistive trace on the board. Several of them have worn through the point of the V.
ludi wrote:SecretSquirrel wrote:The wipers on the faders are definitely showing wear. The end of the wiper has a little V shape in the metal fingers that rides against the resistive trace on the board. Several of them have worn through the point of the V.
Got a close-up picture of one of those? Maybe with a coin for size reference? I'm curious what you're up against.