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Hiya all
Can anyone tell me the difference between the Delta 1010 And the Delta
1010lt? Apart from ease of use (breakout box) and of course the price??

Does anyone have any advise on what interfaces I should be looking at for 16
inputs: 2x Delta 1010 or 2x PHASE 88 Racks?
Have I missed any options out about the same price range?

Thanks a million

Dylan

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"Dylan" <dylan@rattlebox.plus.com> wrote in message
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> Can anyone tell me the difference between the Delta 1010
> And the Delta 1010lt? Apart from ease of use (breakout
> box) and of course the price??

They are vastly different devices. The 1010 has balanced
inputs TRS in that breakout box with impedance balanced TRS
outputs, while the cable bundle that comes with the 1010LT
is unbalanced RCA connectors, in and out except for the
first 2 input channels, which are jumperable as either
no-phantom mic inputs, or balanced inputs.

I suspect that the 1010 and the 1010LT share almost no
specific chips in common. OTOH the PCI interface and
converter chips are from the same vendors - Via and AKM.

> anyone have any advise on what interfaces I should
> be looking at for 16 inputs: 2x Delta 1010 or 2x PHASE
> 88 Racks?

Depends what you want to do.

The Deltqa 1010LT is kinda nasty to hook up because the id
for the inputs and outputs is embossed in the plastic grips
on the RCA connectors. Didn't stop me from getting 2!

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Dylan <dylan@rattlebox.plus.com> wrote:
>
>I'm recording a band and want to record the rhythm section live... that's 7
>inputs for drums, 1 for bass and 4 for 2 guitars.

Why seven inputs for drums?

Why two mikes on each guitar?

I might do this sort of thing with a total of four mikes on everything.
Maybe even two, depending on the guitar amps.
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

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On Sat, 23 Jul 2005 23:50:37 +0100, "Dylan" <dylan@rattlebox.plus.com>
wrote:

>Snare, Kick, Stereo Toms, Stereo overheads & hi hats. Guitars are 1 mic & DI
>(Line 6 amps)
>
>This is how I've always recorded... thought it was pretty standard

It's pretty standard. But not necessarily for any very good reason.

If you multi-mic a drum kit you open a can of worms of leakage and
phase problems. To cure that, you start gating. Then the close-miced
snare sounds lifeless, so you add artificial reverb. Etc etc. You
cause yourself problems which have to be fixed.


Isn't there a place near the drums where they sound good? Why not a
stereo pair there? Plus, perhaps, a spot mic on the bass drum, if a
strong thud is central to the style of music.