@@Me-sr9gn I have noticed the way the scsi port is used, the file is in a slightly different format. All the data is there, but it is put together differently than how it’s stored on a disc or the HDD. When I’m done with my project, I may place the ZuluSCSI card in the cd drive and see if any difference is indeed made.

Considering it's SCSI it might be possible to daisy chain it on the CD line so the CD can be kept. Question is will it see the Zulu in the chain as a seperate drive for storage or did they create a more specific code for what the unit was designed to have. I've been meaning to get a Zulu for my AW for a while now so I'll be looking into this as well.

@@Me-sr9gn I haven’t been able to get the AW to recognize the Zulu scsi as a cd drive. It freezes when I try to use it that way. From what I’ve read, if you want the ZuluSCSI to emulate a cd drive, you create the drive image file as an ISO. However, I have also read that with units that do both data and audio, you’re supposed to create two separate drive images under the same scsi ID with one being a .bin file and another a .cue file. Now, when you create files on a cd rom and load them in a computer, the file name starts with an A, but when storing on an external drive, the file name starts with a P. And the extraction program we have recognizes the information is there, but it’s not in a format like the HDD has for the cd has, and therefore remains unreadable except by the AW itself.

@@kevinricesr.9903 worst case scenario is that your cd burner has failed and doesn’t recognize when there is a disc in there. Maybe it’s just not plugged in properly. Maybe you don’t have the cd drive properly selected when trying to burn the disc. Hard to say with this little information. If your cd drive has truly failed, you could try to find a replacement. But there is no guarantee it would work, or for how long. Or, you could join the AW4416 Facebook group and purchase AWMiner from one of our group members whom created it to rip the audio from your hard drive. Or you could purchase ZuluSCSI and create a WAV drive to transfer mixes to as WAV files, and then load the SD chip into your computer, open the virtual hard drive with the appropriate software, and extract the wav file so you could then burn to cd from your computer.

​@@fstudiosmusicandvideo7795thanks for responding to my question it is a big help,I have an old computer that doesn't have a CD burner. I guess I will keep trying not going to spend a lot thanks

@@mossomstylz yes. I’ve been using mine with a dead battery for several months. You will have to reset the clock every time you power up the machine, otherwise all your saves will read 1,1,2000. And the low battery warning will always be there until you replace the battery.

@@fstudiosmusicandvideo7795 thank you

@@othelo989 they are all great machines. However, they all will be limited in what their editing and fx features offer. And they will be slower to execute editing functions. I chose the AW4416 because it offered everything I was looking for. It could record all tracks at once, uncompressed audio, 44 channels, 20 busses, expandability to make use of the 24 input mixing channels, as well as being able to swap cards out for different needs, 8 aux sends, internal patching, etc… Overall a very flexible machine. But it took a month to really come to understand how to use it. Also, these machines are getting old and will require continued maintenance. Battery replacements, fader replacements for those that have flying faders, etc… They also burn to cd, which can be slow for people that are used to working in DAWs and modern tech. Plus, cdr and cdrw tech has suffered from quality control issues now and it’s easy to get problems in the burn. The cd rom may be old and ready to fail as well. So, replacements will have to be sourced. With the AW, our community has found methods and created software to allow us to forgo the cd rom if it becomes and issue. Despite these machines being older and slower than modern DAWs, my clients prefer how they sound over DAWs. The machines have their own sound, because of how they are designed with physical circuitry. Hope this helps

Thank you. I appreciate that you are enjoying the song thus far. This song is the opening track for my own album, Delve Deep Inside the Mind of a Madman. It is currently unreleased as I am still finishing the mixes, and then need to bring in voice over actors for different parts and characters. This album serves as a theatrical rock opera and will be presented in a matrixed surround format so that it is playable in both standard stereo applications and surround applications.

A great sounding system.

Koss’s website does not describe them for phone use. They come with a 3.5mm plug to put in music players, computers, tablets, etc… it is a standard 3.5mm headphone jack. If you see their photo, it shows you the standard pole setup.You just buy 3.5mm to quarter in stereo headphone adapters. I prefer the gold adapters.

It works well, but only as a backup and restore option thus far. I haven’t found a proper image reader to be able to pull the files from ZuluScsi to a computer hard drive and then be read by any AW to computer software. It is also just as slow as transferring to and from cd. But it definitely works to create work in progress backups.

The laptop is just used to record the audio output for the video.

Thank you

I do not use the WAVES card. However, if you join the AW4416 group on Facebook, there are members there that have them and can help you. I do listen to some old Alice Cooper. This album is somewhat of a throwback to the 70s era of his performances. I also produce hard rock, and heavy metal.

Inevitable when recording drums using multiple mics. It's the nature of the beast. You can adjust the distance of the two mics from the source to alter the signal, but they will always be out of phase to a degree being that the sound reaches the close mic before the overheads.

@@fstudiosmusicandvideo7795 it's obvious from the lack of low end however that a simple polarity flip would have solved the issue, it's also important to do sound checks to avoid this very issue. I'd recommend doing a quick 10 second test recording when setting up mics in future just to check this out, as phase coherence is one of the make or break elements of a drum recording

@@jsraudio of course a polarity flip would fill in the sound of the snare. But that wasn’t the point of the demonstration. As stated, this was the raw sound of what you can expect to get from each type of mic set up. Getting involved with phasing and polarity settings is for another video.

The auto mix function records and plays back all your mixing parameters. So, you can adjust faders, eq settings, fx settings, dynamics settings, and scenes throughout the song, recording those in the auto mix section of the machine. Then every time you play the song back, the machine will recreate the mix as you programmed it and performed it.

@@fstudiosmusicandvideo7795 Thanks so much. Good to know. This machine is amazing the more I learn about it.

Thanks you. And yes, these headphones are great for me to mix and master with. I have been using them since 2007.

@@fstudiosmusicandvideo7795 I will definitely apply your approach to mixing for all of my stuff on the anvil! Instead of a track-by-track remediation of sound defeciencies and yielding a lifeless shit in the end))

@@user-vu3cp4pz3h all the best to you! Don’t forget to check out my other mixing demonstration where I take a poorly live recorded song, and make it sound commercially viable.

I see you left some comments on my Adventures in Reaper Land. But they aren’t appearing on the video, or anywhere where I can respond. So, I’ll reply to you here. Actually, I have found that different amp circuits with different products will change the sound enough to definitely affect your mix. The point will be always to just create a well balanced mix. As long as all the aspects of the mix are balanced, once the track goes to mastering, whatever eq corrections are needed can be made easily. The purpose of the comparisons were to see how the software DAW compares to the YAMAHA system in it’s sound. Going by the numbers, the same settings yielded differing results. It showed that even in the digital domain, a dB isn’t always equal. An EQ, compressor, limiter, etc... just aren’t equal. Placing the two different EQs at the same point, with the same boost, and same Q produced different results, and so forth... In essence, the sound quality is still only as good as the programming of the software that runs it and operates it. And 20 year old tech can still beat modern equipment because it was a superior design. Ultimately, it just shows that you cannot mix with your eyes. You have to mix with your ears. And mixing techniques will have to be changed to get the best results from different gear.

@@fstudiosmusicandvideo7795 I decided to revoke th e commentary as I was not correct in my supposition) Sure - mixing is about the overall balance which may be fixed later on. Totally agree. I was just really surprised with the dead mid range of the mixdown cooked in Reaper. Yesterday I tried out some bufferring and adio thread priority settings available in Reaper and this showed signifficant chnages in the character of a blend. Strange how the most obvious principles of audio mixing are still ignored, why can't SW developers emulate the overlapping of a tape recording in digits with parametrized controls over audio thread priorities instead of producing those multiple tape sturation plugins. And it seems that I will have to prefer an older solution to a modern stuff again. Hope the seller keeps the AW4416 booked for me)

Colin Childs I prefer the mobility of my current set up. I’m not tied to a specific location. Just put it in a case with the stand and take it anywhere I want.

iamexodusnow I’m afraid I can’t put another before and after up. I no longer have the data files. However, at the very beginning of the video, you are given a brief demonstration of a before and after.

I simply went to the channel delay setting that is used to fix issues with phasing and syncing when recording an acoustic signal with mics set in different places. Basically works the same as you had thought.

Hi! Thanks for watching. This is a Yamaha AW4416, which has been out of production for 17 years.

Yeah. Here's their official mix and release. Recorded at F Studios, but mixed by the band at their place. This youtube video is of my mixes and master of their album. sacramentovimpurity.bandcamp.com/ and their facebook page. facebook.com/SacramentOvImpurity/ The Sacrament ov Impurity era has ended. They've moved on to a slightly different writing style, so they have changed their name and brand. The new stuff can be found here. facebook.com/WearyMusic/ wearyband.bandcamp.com/?fbclid=IwAR0BiNwxFPJ0PYbJXccZoBtwKxEn-XUmkSQsFryI6gi3Qm-FwPnF4vo5H84 The Weary official releases were completely recorded, mixed, and mastered at F Studios by me.

Yeah, this was the only mix of a demonstration I did for someone else just wanting to see me playing the kit. I spent less than an hour mixing it. There is no bus compression with this machine. It's just compression on the master channel, not within the bus system. They tend to do the same thing, but from what I have read, they are placed in different paths of the signal. Maybe I'm wrong about that. Yes, there is some pumping. I personally liked the track better that way. It was reminiscent of some Metallica and Megadeth tracks I enjoy, as well as other thrash metal bands I listened to back in the day. Bringing the kick down just a couple db got rid of it, but I personally didn't like how it affected the rest of the sound. I wanted more punch in the kick. Especially when hitting the crash at the same time. I suppose I could have made the release on the limiter quicker, but at the point I said the hell with it. It was good enough for its intended purposes. I feel the low end of the track is very well balanced within the rest. Thanks for your interest!