Recent content by TheWinterSnow

Just a heads up, there is not way on your site to register for the forum. I wanted to post a question there but could not register.

Great series so far and I can't wait for future installments. As for WDL, I am all for it. I have decent experience with programming but VST development has always intimidated me with the sparse documentation of the API. Having someone break it down to the useful functions and actually...

Realistically anything that is not mic level to balanced line level with as much frequency and phase linearity as humanly possible. Not Familiar with that phrase but I think I know what you are talking about so yes? Its already released, I was trying to get a feeler for the idea of adding an...

There was one free VST that I found but it wasn't tat versatile and it didn't sound very good. I have debated making a hardware distortion unit but all commercially available analog to digital converters have built in aliasing filters that get rid of that type of distortion. I haven't been...

Let's say the DI is an active unity gain buffer and outputs a balanced +4dbu output signal so that the DI does not need to go into a preamp. If the gain for a particular pickup is not enough, the DI can provide a boost to get it to tracking levels, instead of attenuating like a typical DI does...

For many years I have been trying to find a distortion that mimics the sounds of aliasing of audio. No amount of googling has ever helped me so I figured I would ask. The only thing that I can think of that has this particular effect is a few songs of Linkin Park's first two albums. I cannot...

Sorry I meant that there would be a pot on the PCB that would be screwdriver adjustable, and there would be a hole in the enclosure so you didn't need to open the enclosure up. You just need a screwdriver and if you have it rackmounted, pull it out of the rack/slide the rack drawer out.

Transformers in passive DI's have less noise per gain than a mic pre. My scenario was if you are using an active DI that had a built in preamp and the gain I am talking about is coming from that internal preamp.

Lets throw the idea out there...if a DI box was too small to have another gain control would it be acceptable or tolerable to have that gain control as a screwdriver pot that is inside the enclosure. I ask because to me I could see that as an issue for some that rack their DI and would have to...

The third option you mention is actually something that did go through my mind as being a possibility. My curiosity was more along the lines of, if you had to choose one shitty situation, which would it be?

I am trying to get a census here especially by the big hitters around here as to how you prefer the natural gain of a DI. If you have an active DI that has a gain control built-in would you either: 1) Have a DI that has really low gain (unity to 6dB max) where you might now have enough gain...

Definitely liking the 5153 more, smoother distortion and a little edgier. It is also chunkier as well.

Something to remember is that bass traps not only absorb bass frequencies, they also filter out everything above as well. You need more mass to absorb lower frequencies as they carry more power, but that doesn't mean higher frequencies aren't removed as well. A bass trap on your wall behind...

You don't loose information when you adjust the volume in the DAW, it is rendering the source audio every time you playback. Adjust the volume back up and all it does is doesn't attenuate as much. Printing is another story though. If you dither on the way out, the noise floor stays the...

Don't have it myself but I have heard that the "Play" engine likes to crash frequently (dropout) and users wish they would have stuck with the NI engine, then again some have said it wasn't a problem.