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VaticanShotglass wrote: Fri Jul 07, 2023 2:44 pm 3) Ben Adrian mentioned battery power. We had an old tread on this but it may be vaporized. Is anyone successfully rocking a pedalboard with a single (or a couple) rechargeable power bank(s) as opposed to individual batteries? If so, what’s your setup?

While not rechargeable, I did wire something up.

My Cartographer/Zach Dracula pedal board is tuner (0mA draw when not on), noise gate (maybe 20-30mA, and KWB (6-10mA).
I have the pedals on a board with a simple daisy chain power supply cable. At rehearsals, I plug in a regular wall wart to the DC input. Live, I just hook up a single 9v battery. I wired up a power cable that take the 9v connectors and feed it to the same 5.5/2.1 barrel plug that regular power supplies use.

I can get away with this for about 10 hours of play time, maybe a bit more. Of course, this would just take a quick shit if I tried to run digital effects off of it, or a larger pedal board. It's a fun, funny, and easy solution for my rather pedestrian pedal set up.

There were a couple companies making rechargeable power banks with 9v out. Pedal,train, for instance. I can't seem to find any in production. I think Mission Engineering and maybe some other companies make a 5v to 9v DC/DC converter. Then you can use a USB power bank and power guitar pedals. I've neer used one.

kmc wrote: Fri Jul 07, 2023 4:07 pm Does anyone have strong opinions of studio headphones, not really for critical mixing, that are a step up sound wise from AKG K240s. Between 2-3 hundred bucks

Got two pair of the monoprice ones because I had to record four people.

kmc wrote: Fri Jul 07, 2023 4:07 pm Does anyone have strong opinions of studio headphones, not really for critical mixing, that are a step up sound wise from AKG K240s. Between 2-3 hundred bucks

Sony MDR-7506 4 lyfe

I have been using Izotope plug in stuff for a while now. I first bought some stuff about 10 years ago. Then I got a hook up through work, but have since lost their contact. Now I'm using my new M2 Mac for recording and two of my most used plugs didn't get ported over for the M2 architecture (legacy Ozone and Neutron). Strangely, my existing Nectar and RX stuff works fine.

I like the Izotope stuff because it's a pretty great one stop shop to get a great channel strip and a great mastering bundle. I don't get too in the weeds with plug ins, looking for the perfect vintage recreation of preamp harmonics, or some other BS. Still, I've not looked at what has existed in the world recently, and I'm a bit annoyed that I may have to toss out $400 to get the latest versions of stuff I already own so that I can run stuff on my modern computer.

The peanut gallery is open.

mdc wrote: Sun Jul 09, 2023 7:29 am

kmc wrote: Fri Jul 07, 2023 4:07 pm Does anyone have strong opinions of studio headphones, not really for critical mixing, that are a step up sound wise from AKG K240s. Between 2-3 hundred bucks

Sony MDR-7506 4 lyfe

I used to be like you. NOw I've moved on to Beyer Dynamics cause they are way more comfortable, sound better, and I hate coiled cables.

mdc wrote: Sony MDR-7506 4 lyfe

I must say I bought a pair years ago and I've used them (not in the studio) all the time, everywhere, every day, and I'm impressed by their durability thus far.

Teacher's Pet wrote: Mon Jul 10, 2023 2:00 pm

mdc wrote: Sony MDR-7506 4 lyfe

I must say I bought a pair years ago and I've used them (not in the studio) all the time, everywhere, every day, and I'm impressed by their durability thus far.

Mine have to be 25 years old at this point, hard to beat. I've been interested in trying others but hardly scrambling to do so.

benadrian wrote: Mon Jul 10, 2023 12:51 pm I have been using Izotope plug in stuff for a while now. I first bought some stuff about 10 years ago. Then I got a hook up through work, but have since lost their contact. Now I'm using my new M2 Mac for recording and two of my most used plugs didn't get ported over for the M2 architecture (legacy Ozone and Neutron). Strangely, my existing Nectar and RX stuff works fine.

I like the Izotope stuff because it's a pretty great one stop shop to get a great channel strip and a great mastering bundle. I don't get too in the weeds with plug ins, looking for the perfect vintage recreation of preamp harmonics, or some other BS. Still, I've not looked at what has existed in the world recently, and I'm a bit annoyed that I may have to toss out $400 to get the latest versions of stuff I already own so that I can run stuff on my modern computer.

The peanut gallery is open.

I feel ya. Plugins are a sunk cost that annoys me cause I've spent a shit ton of money on plugins over the last decade and will never recover any of it. When I don't use Izotope on a master bus I usually use a good eq like Fab Filter, or maybe Eventide Split Eq, and any compressor. For free, I like the TDR Kotelnikov Compressor. TDR Nova and Slick EQ. Each have a fancier version that cost like $30 or something. With those 3 plugins, I can probably do most of what I use Izotope for. Melda Productions makes a ton of fantastic utility plugins. Not the cheapest, but they do have a Free package that has a bunch of good stuff.

Which model? It seems the DT 770 PRO are comparable, but which impedance? 32, 80, 250?

Kniferide wrote: Mon Jul 10, 2023 1:18 pm

mdc wrote: Sun Jul 09, 2023 7:29 am

kmc wrote: Fri Jul 07, 2023 4:07 pm Does anyone have strong opinions of studio headphones, not really for critical mixing, that are a step up sound wise from AKG K240s. Between 2-3 hundred bucks

Sony MDR-7506 4 lyfe

I used to be like you. NOw I've moved on to Beyer Dynamics cause they are way more comfortable, sound better, and I hate coiled cables.

I use (and enjoy) a lot of the Analog Obsessions VSTs.
The handful of free Klanghelm doo dads are also super useful.

For clean, surgical, destructive editing options, the built in suite of tools in Adobe Audition is quite good. Not as good as izotope probably, but if you already have an adobe license through your job or avocation or whatever they're worth checking out.