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Alesis HD24
So, who's using one and what do you think? Reliable? Conversion
acceptable to you? Anybody heard one with Jim Williams' mods to the convertors? (And did he ever mod a Radar 24 96 KHz unit?) I been googlin' but am seeking the very latest opinions from users here. TIA -- ha |
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Alesis HD24
So, who's using one and what do you think?
I use one for remotes and it's great. Compact, easy to use, works like an ADAT only no tape, tape transport or dirty heads to deal with. In the studio, I like it because it's linear recording and that means no latency problems on punch-ins, etc. Instant rewind (HD) and fast forward. Reliable? Yes Conversion acceptable to you? The AD/DA sound better than the ProTools 001 and way better than any ADAT or Tascam I've heard. If you're running a PC, it should be a real nice addition to your recording gear with the Firewire card. Running it with a MAC is a little inconvient when transferring files because of the slow 10 bps lan hookup. Hank, there's a users group @ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hd24 Hope this helps --Wayne -"sounded good to me"- |
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Alesis HD24
So, who's using one and what do you think?
I use one for remotes and it's great. Compact, easy to use, works like an ADAT only no tape, tape transport or dirty heads to deal with. In the studio, I like it because it's linear recording and that means no latency problems on punch-ins, etc. Instant rewind (HD) and fast forward. Reliable? Yes Conversion acceptable to you? The AD/DA sound better than the ProTools 001 and way better than any ADAT or Tascam I've heard. If you're running a PC, it should be a real nice addition to your recording gear with the Firewire card. Running it with a MAC is a little inconvient when transferring files because of the slow 10 bps lan hookup. Hank, there's a users group @ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hd24 Hope this helps --Wayne -"sounded good to me"- |
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Alesis HD24
I have used it a few times for multitracking live bands. It works great.
No problems. It sounds good too. Wayne wrote: So, who's using one and what do you think? I use one for remotes and it's great. Compact, easy to use, works like an ADAT only no tape, tape transport or dirty heads to deal with. In the studio, I like it because it's linear recording and that means no latency problems on punch-ins, etc. Instant rewind (HD) and fast forward. Reliable? Yes Conversion acceptable to you? The AD/DA sound better than the ProTools 001 and way better than any ADAT or Tascam I've heard. If you're running a PC, it should be a real nice addition to your recording gear with the Firewire card. Running it with a MAC is a little inconvient when transferring files because of the slow 10 bps lan hookup. Hank, there's a users group @ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hd24 Hope this helps --Wayne -"sounded good to me"- |
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Alesis HD24
I have used it a few times for multitracking live bands. It works great.
No problems. It sounds good too. Wayne wrote: So, who's using one and what do you think? I use one for remotes and it's great. Compact, easy to use, works like an ADAT only no tape, tape transport or dirty heads to deal with. In the studio, I like it because it's linear recording and that means no latency problems on punch-ins, etc. Instant rewind (HD) and fast forward. Reliable? Yes Conversion acceptable to you? The AD/DA sound better than the ProTools 001 and way better than any ADAT or Tascam I've heard. If you're running a PC, it should be a real nice addition to your recording gear with the Firewire card. Running it with a MAC is a little inconvient when transferring files because of the slow 10 bps lan hookup. Hank, there's a users group @ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hd24 Hope this helps --Wayne -"sounded good to me"- |
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Alesis HD24
LeBaron & Alrich wrote:
So, who's using one and what do you think? Reliable? Conversion acceptable to you? Anybody heard one with Jim Williams' mods to the convertors? (And did he ever mod a Radar 24 96 KHz unit?) I been googlin' but am seeking the very latest opinions from users here. Join the HD24 group on Yahoo. It's a pretty good group with a lot of knowledge and experience. I haven't seen much discussion of Jim's mods other than from Jim himself who has posted some discussion of both the stock unit and his mods to it. Read through the archives if you want to see what he had to say. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hd24/ The unit is quite reliable. Occasionally someone will have trouble getting a drive to mount, and there have been some compatibility problems with the Alesis "BRC". But Alesis has been pretty good about updating the firmware to solve these problems - they released version 1.16 of the firmware a month or so ago. Most of the input to my HD24 comes in via Lightpipe, so I don't have a lot of experience with the converters. Other folks seem to like them, but I'll refer you to the group for more direct input. |
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Alesis HD24
LeBaron & Alrich wrote:
So, who's using one and what do you think? Reliable? Conversion acceptable to you? Anybody heard one with Jim Williams' mods to the convertors? (And did he ever mod a Radar 24 96 KHz unit?) I been googlin' but am seeking the very latest opinions from users here. Join the HD24 group on Yahoo. It's a pretty good group with a lot of knowledge and experience. I haven't seen much discussion of Jim's mods other than from Jim himself who has posted some discussion of both the stock unit and his mods to it. Read through the archives if you want to see what he had to say. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hd24/ The unit is quite reliable. Occasionally someone will have trouble getting a drive to mount, and there have been some compatibility problems with the Alesis "BRC". But Alesis has been pretty good about updating the firmware to solve these problems - they released version 1.16 of the firmware a month or so ago. Most of the input to my HD24 comes in via Lightpipe, so I don't have a lot of experience with the converters. Other folks seem to like them, but I'll refer you to the group for more direct input. |
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Alesis HD24
Wayne wrote:
If you're running a PC, it should be a real nice addition to your recording gear with the Firewire card. Running it with a MAC is a little inconvient when transferring files because of the slow 10 bps lan hookup. So that Fireport 1394 needs the Alesis software that's not Mac compatible? Might not matter to me. Thanks for the info, Wayne. -- ha |
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Alesis HD24
Wayne wrote: If you're running a PC, it should be a real nice addition to your recording gear with the Firewire card. Running it with a MAC is a little inconvient when transferring files because of the slow 10 bps lan hookup. So that Fireport 1394 needs the Alesis software that's not Mac compatible? Might not matter to me. Thanks for the info, Wayne. -- ha Supposedly Alesis will have fireprt software for th Mac in a couple of months. Currently vaporware. Richard H. Kuschel "I canna change the law of physics."-----Scotty |
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