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@Xonetacular
I'm building my own IKEA DJ booth and I'm following your design almost exactlyy. I've assembled one bookcase and still have to assemble another, I've also done the Lillangen leg frames. How do those hold up? When I was putting them together I noticed the middle parts of the frame are really bendy and whatnot.
Also, how did you bolt the two bookcases together?
Thanks,
-Panda
Xone, are you sure you don't want racks built in a la this? http://www.custom-consoles.com/studi...re-gallery.php
The aluminum is really beautiful, though.
look through the ikea dj booth thread I have pics/details in there. I used steel brackets from home depot to bolt the two together. be sure you assemble the expedits with gorilla glue all around then you use metal brackets to attach them together (you attach the brackets to the particle board shelves). the leg frames hold up fine just drill some extra holes in them so you can attach more screwsQuote:
Originally Posted by zco14
the one I posted above has a decent amount of rack space in the desk especially considering how little outboard I have at the moment.Quote:
Originally Posted by botstein
That desk is the thing dreams are made of. My pants just got shorter.
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Originally Posted by Xonetacular
I desperately need to get rid of a pair of my KRKs and get some real studio monitors. These things are an absolute joke for production (great for DJing), I didn't realize how bad they were until I've been trying to seriously mix a track this weekend and I have to do most mixing in headphones since they are useless. I'm sure it's also my room but a big part is the monitors.
What do you find so bad about your KRK's? I use the VXT6's in my mates studio and love them. Away to buy some VXT8's for myself tomorrow..Quote:
Originally Posted by Xonetacular
The VXTs are great and a whole different thing, it's the rokkits that suck.Quote:
Originally Posted by Liambo
Ah i suppose you have the Gen 1 rokits huh? I have the Rokit 6's G2 and they are great for DJ'n but crap for production.
yeah same story. i'm keeping a pair for my dj setup for sure but need to decide on monitors for the studio. it's a tough decision, i also can't tell if the KRK 10s subwoofer is any good or not and I should ditch that for production too.
The VXT6's we use in the studio we also use a Genelec subwoofer with it because the 6" cone just ain't enough so we have the sub to back us up. Hence why i'm away to buy the 8's. I was considering the Genelecs but i don't want to spend £1400 on a 6" cone i'm not going to be happy with.
Ok so I actually have a big update...
I completely rearranged my entire apartment to relocate my studio into my living room where my DJ area was so that I can actually have a decent monitoring environment. Still need a new desk, sound treatment, and new monitors but this made a world of difference and is definitely usable with the KRKs in the meantime.
I also took this chance to take some detailed pics of my ikea dj booth that I didn't when I built it which will hopefully answer some questions about how it is assembled.
http://i.imgur.com/lBhfT.jpg
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sounds so much better
What do you do to organise all you cables? I'm moving soon and I want to have my setup facing out into a room rather than against the wall so I'm thinking of getting one of those expedit cupboard inserts and drilling a couple of holes in the back so I can keep all the cabling as far out of sight as possible.
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Originally Posted by fullenglishpint
Before I had stuff in front of the cables in the shelf. I may get some sort of insert to block them off from the front or one of those cable tube things.
some hackintosh parts have arrived
http://i.imgur.com/TfGst.jpg?1
new spot for the booth, glad I didn't buy a kitchen table for that spot... :D
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I've been talking with a couple of the guys from GIK acoustics and they are helping me with a plan to treat my space- I've got like a $400-$500 budget for panels. I was going to go the DIY route and source OC703 insulation and build my own panels but I am really sensitive to particles in the air and allergies and they have a lot of chemicals and fibers I don't want to contaminate my apartment. I would rather spend a bit more and get nice finished looking panels that are made with more air quality friendly materials that are already wrapped.
Trying to decide on a fabric color. I could either go red or go for a muted grey or spend a bit more for the silvery fabric.
http://www.gikacoustics.com/images/244_500.jpg
I will have a couple panels on metal stands like this that I can move around and it will allow me to place one in the corner by that door so I can move it.
Once sound treatment is done I will look into a monitor upgrade- I'm really leaning to Focal CMS65s, I've near heard them but everything I read and they are amazing and the look pretty damn sexy.
http://pi.b5z.net/i/u/1352634/i/focal65_edit-1-1.jpg
$1600 for a pair is not so great but maybe I can find a pair for a bit less used. I am tempted to go with cheaper monitors but in my mind I am already sold on them and know I will regret not getting the Focals if I get anything else.
do you have any photos of when you did the monitor stands for the expedit ?
They look a bit like these: http://bit.ly/I9YPbV
how high are your's xone?
http://www.amazon.com/Auralex-Subwoo.../dp/B001140OZ0
You should put your 10S sub up on an isolation riser.
Funny you mention that I just got one of those in the mail yesterday from amazon along with the computer parts. It's pretty nice and makes a difference and I'm sure my neighbors will appreciate it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scott Michael
They are ikea godmorgon legs with some metal monitor stand plates bolted on top I had laying around.Quote:
Originally Posted by Early Birds
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/10177767/
that piece on the bottom slides off, you can get double the legs if you want to make a top plate you can screw into from a second set of legs
Letme know what you think.. I'm curious, I just ordered one myself. My 10s has been sitting on a towel and laminated concrete flooring. Not sure if it will make any difference or not but it cant hurt.Quote:
Originally Posted by Xonetacular
It makes a difference. I had it on some styrofoam my DB4 came in the other week and really liked how it seemed to improve the sound and wanted something better looking so I picked it up. I have carpet too but I just want the least chance of disturbing neighbors (even though I have never had a complaint). I'll grab another at some point for my other sub.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scott Michael
I suppose every little bit helps. I've been doing research on building my own acustic pannles. Found a place locally selling Owens Corning 703 at a good price. That's going to be my next project~!Quote:
Originally Posted by Xonetacular
Yeah I was planning on doing that but I just don't want to work with the fibers in my apartment and there are some tiny amounts of formaldehyde in it. The formaldehyde doesn't worry me but the fibers do since I've developed sensitivity to the air in my apartment recently and need to change ultra fine air filters in my apartment every other week and clean often so I don't die of allergies or whatever so I would rather spend more for finished panels that are known to be very good and not take a chance.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scott Michael
hacintosh update (xpost from hackintosh thread)
So far so good and relatively straightforward. Ran into some issues with getting it to post and it kept going in a loop where it would power on then shut off after 3 seconds. I think it is picky about the ram I have it stable with 8gb in two slots and installed fine. Kakewalk is easy, easier/faster than installing windows and everything works fine. No kext files or anything to deal with it creates a bootable usb from a lion app store download (which I already had so didn't even need to buy it again since you can install it on all your personal macs, it's not like windows with license limits). You choose your mobo from the list when created the usb drive and it does everything else for you. I have no idea why anyone builds a hackintosh any other way these days. Got dual monitors via an active displayport adapter.
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Did you change the High Precision Event Timer (HPET) to 64 bit and set the AHCI mode instead of IDE in the bios prior to install. That could be cause your boot issues.
Also here is an entire thread dedicated to UD3/6870(50) builds. Its almost 50 pages long and loaded full of good information.
http://www.tonymacx86.com/viewtopic.php?f=168&t=32306
If you decide to re-install to achieve better stability and proper boot times, I'd highly reccomend unibeast/multibeast method. I can gladly help you if you'd like as well. Installing kext files (kernel extentions) and selecting the proper set up files from multibeast isn't hard at all. Feel free to PM me if you need some help an decided to try the install again.
Here are the basics to the install though:
Once done with making Unibeast drive do this:
Set bios to these settings:
1.HPET to 64bit from 32bit
2.All settings that say IDE, change it to AHCI
3.Plug in flash drive, mouse, monitor, keyboard and reboot.
4.Go to boot menu (on the GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 it is F12)
5.Select USB-HDD and hit enter.
6.If it doesn't boot into the iBoot looking screen try to plug USB drive into other port and 7.hit enter again
8.Choose USB from menu
-OPTIONAL- Go to disk utility and format your HDD/SSD, you may need to do this.
9.Install OSX Like normal
10.Boot from Unibeast Drive again
11. Boot from new OSX install
12.Put DSDT-x.aml on desktop (free download from tonymacx86)
13.Run MultiBeast with recommended settings by Gordo
14. Reboot and enjoy!
Download these few programs and run them to check for system stablity and proper function. What are your read/write speeds of the SSD?
Uniegine Heaven (there is a mac version)
Nova Bench
Geek Bench
Cinebench
any chance you could post a direct link to the picture used on the right monitor? :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Xonetacular
and as usual, amazing setup - I'd totaly steal all of that if I could ;)
Yeah I changed all those settings- I don't think the issue I was having was related to OSX it is just a hardware issue since I was having issues just posting and getting stability- pretty sure it's the ram. I might get some g.skill and send this stuff back. Once I changed everything to AHCI I had no issue installing OSX to the SSD.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scott Michael
Didn't have time last night to set up anything else or run benchmarks, I'll do it this weekend. I'll also check out that thread, thanks.
@ashigari - that image was from scratchworx
I've been totally taking advantage of the past year and the following few months where I will still have an opportunity to spend recklessly and not save any money I earn, it's working out quite nicely.
Just ordered a pair of new Focal CMS 65s. Everything I have read and they are stunning- they don't pop up used really and Focal has an agreement with all sellers where they cannot go below $795 each so I had to pay full price.
http://bajaao.com/components/com_vir...f431bc796e.jpg
If I'm going to upgrade from KRKs I might as well do it right and really upgrade. I actually sold my lesser cosmetic condition RP8s for $300 which is $100 more than I paid over the weekend. Room treatment is next on the list for sure next week and will place an order with GIK.
Are you going to be selling your sub also?
sweet hackintosh man, glorious double monitor goodness
I have two KRK 10s subs. I'll keep one for my dj setup with my other set of RP8s and eventually sell the other and get a Focal CMS sub.Quote:
Originally Posted by djlotus
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Originally Posted by Otacon
Thanks. At some point I plan to upgrade LCDs and get two of those cheap Korean LED 27" 2560x1440 monitors.
http://www.overclock.net/t/1225919/y...p-monitor-club
http://cdn.overclock.net/2/22/600x50..._1024X768.jpeg
Let me know when you plan to sell one of your subs.
Using and mapping a Xone 1D for loops, track browsing and selection, and some effects, do you think it's well suited for that ?
How did you map it ? And what was your overall impression of the controller ?
And do you think the tiny buttons in the middle are suited for cuepoints ?
I'm afraid not, but then again I've never seen a 1D in the flesh.
The 1D was the best at what it did during its time, but now there are much better options and I wouldn't buy one... Better off with an X1 or K2.
Dude, where did you get the white MASCHINE?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NI-Maschine-...#ht_500wt_1054Quote:
Originally Posted by HedgeHog
Looks slick for the money. The custom white ones they raffled are 200$ a pop, a bit too much.