| The Big Day [message #60432] |
Sat, 19 November 2005 08:38  |
Don Nafe
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---=_linux43a3de0e--....as easy as it allways have been with a ploppydrive that can do a floppy
job:-D...
Erling
"DJ" <animix_spam-this-ahole_@animas.net> skrev i melding
news:43a33f5f$1@linux...
> It'ws pretty easy to flash these boards, even if the bios doesn't support
> dual core CPU's. All you do is DL the newest bios, unzip it to a floppy,
> name it ASUS.ROM, load it to your ploppy drive, hit the power switch and
> key
> ALT>F2. The rest takes care of itself.
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> "EK Sound" <Report message to a moderator
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| Re: The Big Day [message #60456 is a reply to message #60432] |
Sun, 20 November 2005 02:53   |
rick
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rebate. These are consumer 88 key weighted boards with
built
> in speakers and sounds and an included ikea type put together stand and
seat.
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>
> I was headed out to buy a MIDI controller but checked over two dozen
boards
> and midi controllers and nothing had action that was even close so I
bought
> it.
>
> I plugged into my giga box via MIDI, silenced the on board sounds and was
> up and running within minutes.
>
> Man what a difference having a playable keyboard makes.
>
> So then onto the GIGA. I have the latest GIGAstuduio and was pretty
unhappy
> with the Gigapiano II with resonance model so I went digging around on the
> 5 sample CDs that come with it and found a PMI stage piano that sounds
really,
> incredibly nice.
>
> Then onto the presonus. With the new drivers you don't have to have the
> pre-sonus hooked up to your computer at all - you can hook up all your
gear
> and use it as a mixer. So I hooked in the outoput of my giga box and my
> KRK V6s for output. I was seriously disappointed by the sound - it was
weird
> and phasey and had some kind of psychoacoustic thing going on where the
piano
> sound appeared to hang all bunched up in mid air somewhere between my
eyes.
>
> So I tore the thing apart and re-wired and checked and re-checked and same
> thing. Then I found the 'MIX' knob on the pre-sonus does very strange
things
> to the pan positions when used in anything other than the full right
position.
> The mix knob is supposed to be presonus answer to monitoring live inputs
> with no latency. When all the way left you are monitoring live inputs,
when
> all the way right you are monitoring the computer mix. It was
counter-intuitive
> to use this thing all the way right when not even connected to a
computer,
> but there you go...
>
> So now I have an incredibly playable, fantastic sounding, great recording
> digital piano and it only took me three years of screwing around with
shitty
> MIDIMAN and ROLAND USB midi controllers, different versions of GIGA and
HALION,
> different computers, licensing snafus...
>
> So I've been playing this rig for about a week and feeling really good and
>
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| Re: The Big Day [message #60466 is a reply to message #60432] |
Sun, 20 November 2005 14:51  |
Kim
Messages: 1246 Registered: October 2005
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e31$1@linux...
> Hmmm......maybe I need to poke around in my bios some more but my AMD 64
> 4200 dual core CPU is operating at 2200MHz? Is this normal? Does this mean
> each core is operating at this speed, or both?
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> It's a bit faster than the XP 3000 that I was using on my old mobo, but
> nothing tht would call for a tickertape parade.
>
> Perhaps the juju is in the ability of these to handle heavier processing
> loads?
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> Right now, I'm underwhelmed, but I haven't had a chance to really use this
> for anything other than booting Windows and loading drivers.
>
> ;oP
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>I will admit that the Mac is a much prettier Borg......perhaps a Borgette?
I'm sure gonna wake up one day and notice a heatsink with a spinning fan
where my right eye used to be
;o)
"Jamie K" <Meta@Dimensional.com> wrote in message news:43a45cf8@linux...
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> You are already one with the Borg, Deej. Choose your Borg. On Slashdot
> the Borg icon is reserved for Microsoft, and for good reason.
>
> Not that you shouldn't feel free to use whatever system you feel does
> the job for you. Enjoy what you dig. And dig deep. ;^)
>
> Cheers,
> -Jamie
> http://www.JamieKrutz.com
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>
> DJ wrote:
> > I was down an the local Mac store here yesterday. I played around with a
new
> > monster G5. I must say that *elegant in every way* was my
> > impression..........but that's my impression of Pro Tool HD system too.
> > IMO, with both of them, the purchaser becomes the *screwee* whenever the
> > moneymonkey needs a new injection of cash. Thing is, with a little
tweaking,
> > I can achieve at least an equal, if not better result with alternative
> > platforms and not become one with the Borg.
> >
> > ;o)
> >
> > "James McCloskey" <excelsm@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:43a43ddf$1@linux...
> >
> >>Sorry about mucking up Deej's thread. I wasn't looking to start the
whole
> >>Mac vs. PC debate. I was just thinking out loud. I go through this
same
> >>kind of thing every time I build a new PC or upgrade, it's kind of a
PITA.
> >> I was just wondering if upgrading an Apple Intel mac will have the same
> >>kind of issues? I hope they get it right. I wonder if Apple will have
> >
> > affordable
> >
> >>upgrade paths? Knowing Appl
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