Hey there, I'm looking to scrape a deal off a used compressor/limiter for dealing with too great a dynamic range in live situations.

If you have anything contact me at ' alex.the.kone (AT) [ gmail.com ] '.

Thanks.

Hey there,

I am looking for a used midi controller or whatever midi signal emmiting gizmo that features either some knobs, faders and/or expression pedal control for under 200$.

e-mail me at alex.the.kone (AT) gmail 'dot' com .

On the side note, has anyone of you ever used a breath controller?

Alex.

This is the [insert british accent] bloddey sickest fookin' keÿboard I've évâ~ sëen. Must be hell to set-up though...

Well then it's only logical for me to buy some since 'they're a requirement for the safe operation of my powered tools'.

I'm wondering. Does anyone knows where I can buy those sort of big hearphones the jackhammer people put on? You know, the kind that's big enough to fit a pair of big Sony in. "Des coquilles", you know, to put over my headphones.

I have sensitive ears and I'd like to go do live events with my band (an electro band) enventually.

Sony are really touchy. Not all of what they make is good but when they make it good it no cool thing but a real worktool. For example, anything under the 7506s in the studio line is pretty meaningless on the quality side (but the price is right). But the 7506s have been the industry standard for studio monitoring and glitch detection for track mastering for years. They're the meanest pair (and harshest pair) of cans around, but they hurt your ears after a while because of a plastic soft moulded piece inside them that protects the diaphragm (which can be removed and is largely documented at Head-Fi by the guy I bought my headphones from). The too cruel sound make some people nauseous. I personally dig that sound.

But ScotyP is right, choose a comfortalble pair. (Try your pair for a long while before you buy it.) As for expensive... it depends of you. If you're a hobbyist, you may not want to spend a lot of money because you know you will maybe not be exactly the most careful with your hardware. On my side, sound quality is prime requisite for my job (I'm a sound engineer on films and I'm an electro musician). I spent 275 bucks on my pair and I've never regreted it. It a precious and enjoyable tool I use everyday. Good tools just make me happy. Choose a pair of cans that will make you happy in the long run.

Edit : Forgot to say, Sony is japanese. Made by small japanese guys... with small ears. If you have big ears (or simply not small ears) you might have trouble with the sony supraaurals (ring over your ear). You can look for circumaurals (ring around your ear), it provides better isolation and is more comfortable most of the time.

There is no reason here for a fanboy style war on wether the now should (or shall) triumph over the old. Both offer advantages over the other, which ones suits is yours to choose and one should not tell another which he should choose but underline why he should. (matduke's comment was instructive)

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Mise en situation :
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"I have an old vinyl turntable and matduke has a cd player. I decide to whack him because I think he is a digitally pompous asshole (no offence)

If I am able to whack him, my heavy turntable will smash his skull to pieces and he'll be spend the next four days waiting for an hospital bed, BUT the turntable is heavy and cumbersome.
Since matduke has a light cd player, he could avoid my swing, come around me and whack my ass 'till it gets rosy red."

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So in the end, it does not depend on the hardware itself but who weilds it.

I personally hate digital stuff. I like old school analogue stuff. Technology a hundred years old had the time to mature and stay for particular reasons. That's my opinion. Any is good.

You cannot UPGRADE to CDs. You can try CDs and see if you like them.

In this case, they seem an appropriate change.

You could look into the sony DJ line. I hear a couple of pro DJs in Montreal use Sonys (DJ Mini for example). I use super hi-end studio headphones (MDR-7509, had a deal for a used pair) for mastering and everyday listening but that's not exactly what I guess you're about to do. If you plan to mix in your basement, look for sturdiness (you'll sit on them for SURE) and sound quality (flat is good, unless it tires you.). If you're doing live, you'll be looking for sound insulation and ability to be driven loud. (for example, the Fostex T-40 are for sale at MediaMusique [ www.mediamusique.com ] for something like 120-140. But they're hard to drive and not quite DJ-style.) By the way, loud have to be louder than those huuuuge boxes filling the hundreds of cubic feet with barely bearable loud sound.

You could look over at [ Head-Fi.Org ] , they're THE headphones specialists and are quite friendly. Their archive is also quite $%?*ing extensive, complete, and pertinent to heaphone interested people of all levels.

One good tip : Don't hesitate to go to places and TRY some pairs, and a lot of them, and for a LONG time. There's plenty of places selling good headphones. There's Steeve's Music Store at métro place d'armes (yes that old guy looks scary but he's actually quite nice when you get used to him. I've sat for hours trying the sony 7509s and 06s on that marantz cd player and the guy was real cool about it.) There's MediaMusique, not quite a DJs store but the salesman is really nice. There's Italmelody, good place but I don't get to go there often. Archambault Music is a cool place to ask questions and try stuff, look at things, BUT IT'S NOT A REAL PLACE. IT'S FISHER PRICE. If you're planning sonys, don't go to la maison sony, they're stuffed up morons and sell four times the price.) Look around, and bring a lot of different CDs. Jazz, techno, electro, pop, rock. Piano and Rhodes (or EP) tracks are the most revelant for headphone performance.

So :
Look around
Try, try, try, don't be shy
Carry plenty of CDs

Quote from I don't remember where (probably the demotivators office posters things) : «There's no stupid question, but only a lot of inquisitive morons.» ;)