Apogee PSX-100 AD DA Converter Apogee BIG BEN Word Clock Deep House Akai s-5000

Описание: The intention of this video is to share knowledge and personal practices. I think to achieve a "considerably" acceptable sound, today there are no rules. There are many tools we have in these times, from the software to extreme hard end. Simple audio interfaces and converters in the range of U$s 300 to U$s 13000 there are many possibilities of linkages that can be put into practice. While there are many professional brands such as UAD, RME, MOTU, APOGEE, ANTELOPE, LYNX, MYTEK, DANGEROUS etc. each one must give the best that one can with what one has, many times we do not look around to realize that we have many tools available and we are self-confused. I can't say that a LAVRY of $ 13,000 is the same as a Waves bundle, it would be very crazy and a ridiculous comment, but if I can say that a simple MIDIMAN Flying Cow is not worse than an Apogee PSX-100 (it's only different) in this In this case, both have their pros and cons, but there are many more positive qualities.

I would like to focus on this recording and the equipment used here:

As for the Yamaha 01v96 it seems to me a great digital mixer for all time, it is very complete and surgical for the work of EQ. I do not prefer it for its previous ones, but it is very respectable.
In this case I prefer the sound of the old Roland VS (They sound very very good) :)

The MIDIMAN Flying Cow 24bit version is an a / d - d / a converter that can be obtained for little money and I can assure you that it will not disappoint you. It has great conversion quality on both connections as d/a and a/d. It has a nice punch and widens the stereo field (without losing paste!) The latter seems important because many machines that expand stereo space lose dynamics groove.

As for the PSX-100 a classic of all time, I am very comfortable with it and I would stay forever. In short it has that certain quality that gives life and brings color at frequencies around 400hz that seems to be magical and minimizes the work of EQ and gives less headaches :)
It is a true classic that will always give you satisfaction.
It will make you listen to very specific things and details until the smallest db where you will realize that it makes its contribution and leaves its mark ..

I have verified that despite knowing the technical specifications of the performance of different audio equipment, it is never really known how it will sound until it is connected and let go by the ear itself. There are many machines that claim to have high qualities of dynamic ranges, but then in practice and according to the connection position assigned to it in the chain it can disappoint you. These problems are sometimes solved with a simple routing change.
I still have my old E-MU 1616m and although I don't use it, it still sounds beautiful and better than current interfaces.
There are things that are no longer manufactured and do not sound like before .. except the high leagues ...

Regarding the BIG BEN of Apogee I assure that it is a great tool for Studio and live. Provide clarity without doing anything from the beginning to all your mixes and recordings.
He is responsible for ordering all types of digital stream and makes the audio feel more even and tidy, without clips or digital pops. The effect on everything that is active in the DAW so that it can sound at its maximum performance without losing performance.

The external recording was done in my Roland M-1000 digital mixer with word clock of apogee big ben in 44.1 who resamples at the SPDIF input and then be captured in MINIDISC DENON DN-M1050R that has a compression format of type ATRAC v 4.5 very acceptable, although I prefer the venerated DAT machine with its PCM and its 48khz :)
I have verified that in such resampling it is more what you get than what you lose in that final capture.

OPINIONS AND PRODUCTIVE CONTRIBUTIONS ARE WELCOME!

Finally I detail the synthesizers that were used in this track:
Classic Deep House with Classic machines:

AKAI S-5000 / Yamaha RS 7000 (DRUMS - PERCS - BASS - FX)
Roland JD-800 (Preset classic Drum)
KURZWEIL PC3 with KORE64 (DRUMS - PERCS - Soundscapes)
PADS & FX: Roland JP-8080 - Roland Super JV-1080 & YAMAHA TG-77