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[polishedball]

I sure as hell am not buying 12 $900 DAC's to see it! No... really... I'm not!

I'm writing this down. to say told ya so later

Content is gonna rock this year, any chance your recording it to the HD24 for easy playback without DAC swapping. You need to loop through a modded ADAT lightpipe as you can;t mod the analog inputs to the HD24.

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cool!

i'm planning on bringing 45-60 minutes of my own content.

Hopefully this will be scheduled to run a couple times. Your gonna love layering DZ effects and wheels on the second head.

[swamidog]

i'm bringing my lsx laptop and etherdream. we can play them as many times as people can tolerate.

I'm writing this down. to say told ya so later

Content is gonna rock this year, any chance your recording it to the HD24 for easy playback without DAC swapping. You need to loop through a modded ADAT lightpipe as you can;t mod the analog inputs to the HD24.

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Hopefully this will be scheduled to run a couple times. Your gonna love layering DZ effects and wheels on the second head.

[Bradfo69]

I'm writing this down. to say told ya so later

Smart man. I actually did almost get my second dac for Fiesta recently.

Content is gonna rock this year, any chance your recording it to the HD24 for easy playback without DAC swapping. You need to loop through a modded ADAT lightpipe as you can;t mod the analog inputs to the HD24.

Mark asked me about that last night. Or at least about putting them on ADAT. An EXCELLENT idea. However.... I don't know shit about how to do that yet. He said I can just play the show straight from the computer and DAC into the ADAT somehow and call them track one, track two, track 3, etc. What kind of tape do I buy though? Can you really just use a VCR tape?

[polishedball]

Smart man. I actually did almost get my second dac for Fiesta recently.




Mark asked me about that last night. Or at least about putting them on ADAT. An EXCELLENT idea. However.... I don't know shit about how to do that yet. He said I can just play the show straight from the computer and DAC into the ADAT somehow and call them track one, track two, track 3, etc. What kind of tape do I buy though? Can you really just use a VCR tape?

SVHS tape will work, but you don;t need to goto tape, just use the black face as a a/d. Run the analog output of the DAC to the inputs on the BlackFace, I made you an input cable for them and output on the weird connector. Then use a fiber cable out of the Black Face to the digital input of the HD24. If you need a phone call or diagram lmk and i'll make one or the other.

[Bradfo69]

This is a sick, stupid ass hobby... seriously.

Who buys a couple of ADAT's, has them modified, buys an HD24. Buy's a damn 12U rack for it all. Buys a power conditioner with little lights in it to shine down on the equipment... all well over a year ago and... has never even seen an ADAT tape in person? Or has never tried to do anything with them.

Sometimes I swear I'm an idiot.

[JohnYayas]

Adam,
Yes currently own 4 collective pitch helis. One if them is a Chinook (still building it) that each rotor is 3 ft across.

The big advantage of collective pitch is the ability to do aerobatics, as a result they are far less stable and much more maneuverable aka harder to fly.
Is the fixed pitch heli you bought like the one I brought to SELEM a few years ago? In other words a counter rotating dual rotor design (one rotor above the other)? If so, they don't fliy anything like a collective pitch heli. They are more of a hovering machine that you can coax to move in certain directions. Great for beginners but don't really teach you how to fly a helicopter. Many people buy these, master them, then step up to a collective pitch and crash getting frustrated buying tons of replacement parts and give up. I'm not saying that you can't do it, I just want you to know what your buying and what to expect. They are tricky machines.
Unless you have a simulator to practice on or have someone to teach you I would not recommend jumping into collective pitch. A simulator will teach you everything you need to know and crash as many times as you want without costing more. There are even free simulators out there, just make sure if you go that route you get a controller to plug into the computer. Without it you won't learn a thing.
I will be bringing my simulator with me to SELEM if you want to try a collective pitch heli before you buy anything. I'm also going to bring at least one of my new obsessions.

Quadcopters!

The big one is fully autonomous and has a GoPro mounted on it. Don't know that I will bring it, but definitely one of the smaller ones.

Chris
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I was on the fence about attending SELEM but this post pushed me over the edge.

[Bradfo69]

I was on the fence about attending SELEM but this post pushed me over the edge.

Nice to hear it Gary! I think it's shaping up to busy but good one.

[steve-o]

This does sound like an interesting one ..

[Lazerjock]

I was on the fence about attending SELEM but this post pushed me over the edge.

Great to hear Gary!
I didn't realize I was such an influence. Is it my eyes?

[ImageLight]

This is a sick, stupid ass hobby... seriously.

Who buys a couple of ADAT's, has them modified, buys an HD24. Buy's a damn 12U rack for it all. Buys a power conditioner with little lights in it to shine down on the equipment... all well over a year ago and... has never even seen an ADAT tape in person? Or has never tried to do anything with them.

Let me know when you want to try it... Would love to be involved in the process..
Mark