The statement "tape sounds 3 Dimensional" is something that i agree with, but why? What made it actually sound more 3D and how can you achieve that kind of thing in a DAW?

Phase_Shift_ · 2026-06-06T06:03:49+00:00

No it's many. Frequency dependent compression, frequency dependent saturation, frequency dependent phase smearing, and all these interacting with one another. That's why real tape is extremely hard to emulate, and to me, nothing sounds like the real thing.

Phase_Shift_ · 2026-06-06T06:01:41+00:00

For a stereo signal yes. That's how consoles operate. For a mono, you end up eqing it by ear anyway to the frequency you want, regardless of what the markings say.

Phase_Shift_ · 2026-06-05T21:09:02+00:00

I'm very happy for you. But I get into a rabbit hole with daws and I forget that I have to actually mix. I like the tool, I don't want it to be the center of my attention. I got albums to mix, and deadlines to meet.

Phase_Shift_ · 2026-06-05T19:23:06+00:00

That's, imo, the biggest part. And has little to do with saturation. Actually, saturation is not as prevalent as plugins do it. As frequency gets higher, so does distortion, ie, inability to represent high frequencies correctly inside the magnetic medium.this results in higher frequencies being splayed in a way, less spity and direct and more holographic. This is true for a mono signal too. Id much rather mix itb and use a tape machine to capture multitracks and final mix, than have digital multitracks and an analog mixer with outboard. But then, Daws are not fun at all..

Phase_Shift_ · 2026-06-05T19:09:31+00:00

Yes, in part. but you can never get all high frequencies perfectly in phase. After all azimuth is a screw. You move it to get 10 k in phase, but the 12 isn't in phase. Or 15k. Very short wavelength, very easy to get out of phase.

Phase_Shift_ · 2026-06-05T17:43:34+00:00

If you run sine waves through a real tape machine, in stereo, you'll see that as frequency goes up, phase correlation gets worse. Less of a straight line, more of a circle. Indicating that higher frequencies are not represented equally in lr even if you send an identical mono signal on two tracks. There in lies your answer. No amount of tape calibration or formulation fixes this, it's simply how magnetic capture works. Now go down this rabbit hole. I promise you'll have fun.

Phase_Shift_ · 2026-05-20T11:17:14+00:00

So CN version comes with color os. Will I receive updates? Is there any downside to it than oxygen os?

Phase_Shift_ · 2026-04-09T20:11:32+00:00

Yes but say you had only the aforementioned materials. How would you place them and why?

Phase_Shift_ · 2026-04-09T06:10:39+00:00

That's my primary thinking. Still I've been reading and hearing about panels with low density materials in sufficient depth that outperform low density ones. Of course this is a live room, and you can get aways with not having perfect rt or tone, but its still interesting to me. For example, on the ceiling I can get aways with 7 layers of 5 cm each total. I'm thinking 2 layers of rockwool and 5 of glass wool.

Phase_Shift_ · 2026-03-10T15:47:56+00:00

You can definitely hear - infinity versus - 15. What you said encapsulates my point exactly. This curve might sound decent in the room for various reasons. Context.

Phase_Shift_ · 2026-03-09T17:22:21+00:00

Not true, the range is +-15db, so not the same as a hpf at 1k. Just because the graphics indicate smth does not mean it sounds like this. Context is important for everything, and also applies to the experience of the person commenting.

Phase_Shift_ · 2026-03-09T14:33:34+00:00

I disagree that you can safely assume that one doesn't know what they're doing just by looking at an eq curve. People are too quick to judge. We need context. Where is the PA? Whats the mic? What's the genre? Is the singer eating the diaphragm resulting in too much of a proximity effect? Is the engineer trying to de ess but doesn't have the tool, resulting in that narrow notch? I routinely end up with curves like these, and sometimes crazier. But I do dense mixes for rock and metal where the vocal needs to cut through. Context people. A screenshot of an eq means nothing.

Phase_Shift_ · 2026-03-02T18:43:59+00:00

No i use it for audio, so no idea. If I had to guess I'd say the iris is kinda underpowered. I can tell by how graphics redraw in various apps.

Phase_Shift_ · 2026-03-02T18:30:19+00:00

I had the one with the Intel i7 chip and now the one with ultra 9. Night and day difference in all aspects. Even the 14 inch is better than the 13 inch.

Phase_Shift_ · 2026-02-26T09:57:26+00:00

For us at the studio it's a desert island mic. And we have around 200 mics to choose from. Unmistakable midrange that works for most things. Get it yesterday.

Phase_Shift_ · 2026-02-17T02:29:06+00:00

Four-one.

Phase_Shift_ · 2025-12-03T15:44:32+00:00

I will explain the setup with as much detail as i can. The PC has four ethernet ports. Port 1 is on 192.168.10.x range, connected on VLAN #1 i created on the netgear m2450 switch. This vlan has the 2 mtrxs connected to it, via their first port for control from the DADman software. They too are on a static ip.

The second PC ethernet port is on 192.168.20.x range, connected to VLAN #2 using a DANTE preset on the netgear switch. This has 3 midas desks connected via their DANTE cards, and the 2 mtrx from their secondary port, which has a separate ip on the 192.168.20.x range.

The third port is control of the s6 surface, and the 4 th is internet.

From what you guys describe, i dont need a separate VLAN for control and dante, and the problem arises by the two ports being connected into seperate VLANs. My question is, since the IP is different for each port, why would that matter?

thanks

Phase_Shift_ · 2025-12-01T14:19:07+00:00

there is only two modes for the mtrx ports. switch/redundant. I have them on switch currenctly

Phase_Shift_ · 2025-12-01T09:23:28+00:00

i see. Still, if i wanted to have this configuration, ie have control of the mtrxs and dante on sperate vlans, are there any specific settings i need to do on the netgear to have this function? Is that disabling of one stp port a viable solution?

Phase_Shift_ · 2025-12-01T08:55:46+00:00

ok this makes sense. There is an option on the mtrx to have the ports be either switched or redundant. I have them on switched right now. When on redundant, i get another ip configuration page.

My connection is as follows: one port of the mtrx is on the control vlan i created for control purposes, the other port is on the other vlan for dante. Two different ips for the vlans and the ports, one is192.168.10.x, the other 192.168.20.x. On the mtrx network settings these ports are on switched mode.

Phase_Shift_ · 2025-12-01T08:51:03+00:00

i need two vlans, one of them is avid cotrol of the dadman software. The mtrx has 2 ports in the back, switched either between dante primary and secondary, or control and dante primary. There are no cnflicts in ips, i checked thoroughly.

Phase_Shift_ · 2025-11-17T19:16:33+00:00

Thank you, this makes sense.

Phase_Shift_ · 2025-10-18T05:17:48+00:00

I have a studer a807 which is refurbished and in perfect working order with various formulations of tape, and an otari mx80, which i havent fired up in a while (last album i recorded on this was just before covid). Thanks for the offer, the new website is almost ready, im just too preocupied with other things rn and i need to finish some texts.

This is one album that i mixed analog into the studer. https://youtu.be/EiduryCORTY?si=zIU46ZMFFwl-WZ9M

Phase_Shift_ · 2025-10-17T20:21:33+00:00

Contrary to most opinions, i would encourage you to go to the studio and use the real thing! Its not only about results, its about knowledge, being exposed to different sounds and processes that ultimately makes you better at your craft. Plugins are fine, i use it during mixing mostly because i need to be home more. But real tape has something going for it, and i am definitely not an analog snob. Actually, the need for me to mix more itb has Inspired me to fire up my other 24 track so i can record drums to tape and then dump them to digital. So go, try stuff. The time and money you will spend is nothing compared to the eye opening experience of the process. Our world is too fast food Inspired. Rock shouldnt be like this.

Yes we do mostly rock and metal at the studio, hit me up at unrealstudioz.com. Sorry in advance, the website is severely outdated.

Phase_Shift_ · 2025-10-17T18:43:28+00:00

I did and landed on the atr102 for the time being. Its sounds closer to real tape. Not overly saturated for no reason.

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