Limited editing capabilities offset by ease of use.
The Alesis HD-24 is the hard drive based successor to the ADAT system. The interface is basically the same, and you can still use many of the features of the old BRC. As it doesn't rely on tape, there's no more waiting for machines to synch or time wasted rewinding. When compared to computer based recording systems, the lack of a viewable waveform and fancy editing software makes it less than the ideal mixing and mastering system, but that's not why I got it anyway. The fancier version of the HD-24 allows you to record at up to a 96K sampling rate and accepts a digital signal from your mixer or preamps. It's quite flexible in terms of normaling, has rehearsal and loop modes and is set up with two drives so that you can immediately back up your work. For those of us who worked in the ADAT format, it's a total no brainer to use, as opposed to having to master Protools or Digital Performer. I take my raw tracks to a studio and have someone who has put in the hours to master these programs do the post production work. The machine has proved very reliable over the last five years or so, and I wholeheartedly recommend it to anyone who DOESN'T plan on doing their own editing/mastering. If that is your desire, it's still a useful tool for recording, just not flexible enough for the editing process.
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NEW Schaller 3x3 GRAND TUNE Tuners Tuning Keys Waverly Butterbean 18:1 - NICKEL
Jan 16, 2018
Fine tuners
These tuners are remarkably smooth, more so even than the Waverly version. The plating is high quality as well. My only issue is with the tiny wood screws. While they certainly don't run the risk of being too long for even the thinnest headstocks, they're very difficult to hold onto and put in place, at least for my hands.
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Oct 05, 2007
Unique Document...and Fine Music
This set contains the complete recordings of Jelly Roll Morton for Alan Lomax at the Library of Congress. This encompasses many of Jelly's original tunes, his musical impressions of other players from early New Orleans and most of the source material for the book Mr Jelly Roll. It's an amazing document about a true American original. Morton, while he didn't single-handedly invent jazz as he seemed to claim, was a pioneer and the first person to notate the music so that others could play it. His voice, whether speaking or singing, is mesmerizing. This was perhaps the first major oral history project, but it also is a collection of great music. Highly recommended!