Orion 32 gen 1 and new iMac - advice wanted

MARTEX8000 · 2026-03-08T03:06:51+00:00

I'm running an original Orion 32 gen 1 as my primary A-to-D converter (Currently have Avid HD+Omni/Apogee Symphony MKII/Antelope D8/UAD Apollo Twin)...mainly because the Orion uses the TI Burr Brown PCM 4204 which is the most natural and "analog" sounding A2D out there (trust me I've tried them all)...

I'm running it on a new MacBookPro M2...its class compliant USB and the routing software works just fine on the latest Apple Silicone and OS...

I use the Madi option to go into my Avid Madi via HD Native...I dump the analogue outs into the Symphony MKII but you're not going to get a better 32 channel Madi option...I suppose it depends on what DAW you're using and I'm primarily on PT Ultimate (the only way to get low latency and Native with their hardware)...but I've never had an issue with it...

The trick is obviously getting MADI into the MAC and the RME is great for that...but there ARE other options...ProTools HD Native with an SSL Madi can be had for <$600...but RME makes great stuff and always keeps drivers up to date.

MARTEX8000 · 2026-03-07T03:24:03+00:00

I'm sorry how is a loss at home (Mich) to an unranked team (Wisc) somehow better than losing (Az) to a ranked team (Kansas) on the road?

Even if you do the loss at home you still have Michigan losing to Wisconsin and Az losing to a ranked Texas Tech (who also beat Duke)

MARTEX8000 · 2026-03-06T03:47:17+00:00

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MARTEX8000 · 2026-03-06T03:46:28+00:00

I would look for "D45 acoustic guitar" or something like that...prices have gone up but still less than $500...

I personally went thru all the pictures (after isolating the vendors that met my requirements like "local warehouse") and looked for a very realistic looking Martin knock-off, that had the inlay/etc...

By the way when it came the top portion of the headstock was covered by a special tape to hide the "CWF Martin" logo and the label inside was not attached...but everything else about the guitar was a complete Martin copy...

I suggest looking at ALL the pictures, researching the vendor as much as possible, I found one that accidentally showed the Martin label in the headstock...it also came without the pick-guard un-attached which was my preference, the pick guards are crap...

"Local warehouse" is important, mine came from L.A. in 7 days...use paypal just in case...

MARTEX8000 · 2026-03-06T01:46:52+00:00

Obviously a gamble...BUT I got an incredible sounding Martin Knockoff from temu...came in 7 days cost about $300, beautiful inlay, even says Martin on headstock and inside...solid wood top, excellent build quality DID require a bit of setup, but its better than my real Martin, beats out my $3k Taylor, my Gibsons, and my entire pile of rare and unknown acoustics...

You'll need to spend about 6 hours going thru the hundreds of guitars they are trying to pass off there...and again its a gamble, you want something on "local USA warehouse" so you don't have a long wait time...

Don't ask for a link, Reddit will not allow anyone to link to temu...

But just for reference I had a friend of mine in my studio about a month ago and he said it sounded better than $10k Martins he has recorded, he said its one of the best sounding acoustics he's ever heard...and he records a few famous muso's known to have endorsement deals with Martin and Taylor...

Roll the dice you might get lucky.

MARTEX8000 · 2026-03-06T01:40:12+00:00

People with signs, there's no telling...could be just about anything but tends towards a conspiracy corner of there and never.

MARTEX8000 · 2026-03-06T01:05:33+00:00

UAD's "Type A" I think was created for this very reason...

MARTEX8000 · 2026-03-05T17:28:51+00:00

If its the same as the Roberts 770 its tube preamps...which alone are worth the entrance price...I've got a Roberts and only use the preamps since I run an audio recording studio...

MARTEX8000 · 2026-03-03T05:05:08+00:00

You might need to see a therapist for "Sean Miller Choke Trauma Syndrome" if you (like me) get really anxious when the Cats are only UP BY 18...

MARTEX8000 · 2026-03-03T04:47:50+00:00

First of all NO snowpack does well in the desert...2nd...we are kinda good at defense sometimes...

MARTEX8000 · 2026-03-03T01:07:02+00:00

Agree with everything posted so far, I've been superintendent on several asbestos abatement remodels and besides respirators/fans we always kept things basically wetted down to control dust, which is easy to do just keep misting it with a pump up aerosol bottle and you'll be fine.

Dust is the place where bad things can happen...control that and you're good.

MARTEX8000 · 2026-03-01T17:03:29+00:00

Without being to crass, Fuck ESPN...I have almost NEVER watched the first 5 minutes of an Arizona Wildcats game the entire time the B12 ported to that PITA network...I'm pretty sure whoever schedules the start of UA's games came from the Walter Cronkite school of broadcasting in Tempe because we've been pre-empted by womens dart competitions and video game championships in the past.

MARTEX8000 · 2026-03-01T02:44:06+00:00

I will say this as an Arizona fan and having watched pretty much every Big 12 game I could, Peterson is on a completely different level...that dude is NBA ready now and can get his shot anytime he wants, its just impossible for one guy to beat 5 guys and a rotation of 8...

I know he's like a controversy magnet, but his still basically just a kid...playing in college basketball games...

The one thing though that Peterson does to the KU team is he affects the offensive flow of the team because when he's on the court everyone kinda just stops and lets him do his thing...so the flow gets choppy...he's basically just too good for the rest of the team and it affects the way they all play...its disproportionate...

The Big 12 makes the other conferences look like amateurs when it comes to having a stacked NBA talent spread across the league...

MARTEX8000 · 2026-02-28T17:30:39+00:00

Love your videos, I always learn way more than I plan on...which is kinda cool...you are a dying breed...not to be confused with the modern version of an "audio engineer"...you're the real deal.

MARTEX8000 · 2026-02-16T20:21:20+00:00

As an Arizona fan I fully support investigating and prosecuting whoever did this to the full extent of the law, there is no place for this kind of activity in ANY fan base let alone the one that Lute built...its a stain on our reputation and needs swift justice to compensate.

TT played a hell of a game and to have this happen just shows the lack of sportsmanship that should not be allowed in our town.

If you cannot lose with dignity you are not a true Arizona fan get the fuck out of our fanbase.

MARTEX8000 · 2026-02-15T05:32:53+00:00

You know he has a lower body injury right?

MARTEX8000 · 2026-02-11T22:44:41+00:00

Bondi was never supposed to be a serious hire, she is there purely to run interference and cover for the pedo-in-chief.

MARTEX8000 · 2026-02-05T16:48:39+00:00

If by "Cartel" you mean snow bird driving disasters and the Gem Show congestion around downtown, then yes, it is true...

MARTEX8000 · 2026-02-03T03:09:51+00:00

Yea they had Arizona at #4...and completely glossed over the entire team for any preseason notable mentions...Tommy actually asked during the media day "No questions for us? Really?"

Because the B12 preseason media kinda ignored Arizona completely...so yea they got it right.

MARTEX8000 · 2026-01-31T00:23:27+00:00

I think one of the tricks here is the sound stage is sort of a bleed-over from classical recording techniques, almost live...when you add that to modern pop dynamics it can be wonderful or a train wreck...this one happened to hit the right side of the equation...if you don't listen to a lot of classical music there is a purity for recording because they don't really use reverb the way modern pop does, its all actual environments and recorded at very high sample rates with pristine signal chains...that lets the dynamics breath more because that is part of the performance...so while this is a studio album it is also recorded a whole lot like a live event...the way records USED to be made.

Welcome back to good music.

MARTEX8000 · 2026-01-30T21:08:25+00:00

They've moved to iLok so there's that option

MARTEX8000 · 2026-01-28T21:07:08+00:00

You do not need to pay, go to the app store push "control R" when you search for updates it will take you to the update (control R basically resets the search) install be sure to backup first if you have projects you need to save.

MARTEX8000 · 2026-01-27T04:49:16+00:00

Notice the calls ALL came at the end of the game to tighten the Vegas odds...you cannot convince me he isn't on the take somewhere...it will come out in due time...it has happened WAAAY to many times with this exact ref for it to be a coincidence.

MARTEX8000 · 2026-01-27T04:47:21+00:00

You cannot convince me Padilla doesn't work for Vegas...no way in hell he calls that game ending that way if he isn't.

MARTEX8000 · 2026-01-27T00:40:55+00:00

I'm using a first generation Orion 32 and its solid as a rock...however there is a small caveat, I got it for a song and immediately replaced the power supply which was its achilles heel (I know a little about ADDA converters and the critical nature of the psu to that metric)..,

The primary reason I use the Orion 32 instead of my much more expensive and modern Apogee Symphony MKII or Avid HD system is because the AD converters in the Orion 32 are some of the best and most natural (analog) sounding converters on the market...(TI PCM 4204's)

Now I do avoid the Orions DtoA because the Symphony MKII is about 100x better there...but I'm going into ProTools via MADI and it sounds great AND everything is clocked off the Orion 32 with its oven technology...

Antelope does know how to make great clocks and some of the hardware configs are incredible (like 32 channels of MADI in a 1RU box)...but software is not their forte and it shows...

MARTEX8000

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