Alan Tubbs

Will do. I was hoping to publish a review but know no go so far. I’ll let cakewalk forum users read about when I get it.

Thanks all. Most guesses were right. The shop said it was the mo Bo and power supply. Double dose. I've got a Jim and purrrfect computer on the way.

I got to the 1st green screen with the repair options. Couldn’t repair from the internet. Not sure why my password did not work with my internet connection, maybe Ms wanted a different kind of number. I’ll look for my original save disk but I’ll probably just take it in to see about the power or bad disk. Hopefully I can save some of the info fromthe os drive, I save all my project audio on a 2nd drive. and I’m getting Jim to build me a new StudioCat computer with a separate back up drive. That should solve that! thanks all. If they can do anything I’ll update the post, hopefully with solved.

I wish I’d said yes to reviewing the Neumann but I was too slammed at the time. But if it is anywhere near the sound quality of the m48 interface I’d assume you’d be a winner. Crystal clear repro. But a lot depends on the music. The Neumann won’t be a thumper but your soundstage and depth and discrimination should be better. I replaced an almost 50 year old Yamaha amp with a hafler and the old “relaxed” sound got a lot more upfront, which is better for audio work rather than listening for enjoyment. As for bass, the Yama speaker I still use are the old ns style monitors with beryllium tweeters. Mine are 10 inchers and do good bass . I always checked the bass in “real” studios on barefoots etc., however. If you have access to such you’ll understand the translation pretty quick if you have the wherewithal I’d go for the Neumanns but keep the Mackies just to check the bass on. It probably goes lower if not as cleanly. At some point you can add the sub that goes with it. I haven’t heard either, but from what I’ve researched it fixes any bass questions. At this point, and I’m not ready to buy yet, my first choice would be for the 3 way Neumann 310.

I checked the on button already. I had a case that wouldn’t always aline perfectly.

Lots of good ideas here, esp the power source . thanks all. @

Thanks for all the suggestions. The problem is inconsistency. To keep the computer from turning on I have to unplug the computer. Otherwise the computer will continue to turn itself on, go to the pin page and I can start to log on. Sometimes the computer will full boot, such as when I tried to download the latest cakewalk sonar version. The computer then shut down after 85% loaded. It seemed to finish downloading the file since I saw no more about the file. Neither did I get any info whether it finished downloading or installing. It makes it really difficult to figure what is going on. to summarize, the unit starts and starts to load the os. It usually gets thru the pin sign. After that all bets re off. Most tries it turns itself off and then starts to load again. As I said above, it is usually is signed in after it turns itself off and on again. But I can’t get much done since it only stays on a minute or two. It might keep cycling thru several times before it sticks on and I have a couple of minutes to try to figure out what is going on. ill try reseating everything but it hard because I got one of those small cases and report back. I’m kinda slammed now but will report back. thanks for the help. Ever little bit helps.

it does boot up, but then turns off after various periods of time. It might work for 10 minutes (or not even finish the boot). I turned on my interface and had to re log into Bandlab and then got 85% thru the download of the latest cakewalk sonar before crashing. I think it finished downloading but I couldn’t tell if it updated. you can’t trust it to stay on long enough to finish any work.

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Will try. Thanks for idea.

I image I know the answer but I thought I’d ask here first. I haven’t been doing much music and I started up my Cakewalk Sonar rig up and it cycled thru and shut itself off. Then it would start up again and rinse and repeat for shorter or longer times. At two points I got a screen (greenish) that offered to continue to win 11 or several other choices. The first time it turned itself off before I could read the options. The next time I got to the greenish options, I choose to continue to win 11 instead of repair. I haven’t seen the repair option since then. the weirdest thing is when it dies and starts, it stays logged in. I got all the way to enabling my Neumann interface and to cakewalk sonar before it crashed. The Neumann disconnected when the computer died. am I screwed or does anyone have any ideas other than replace the computer? And along those lines does anybody here build bespoke computer systems? I’ve usually used HP but I’m open to suggestions. The old computer is only about 4 or 5 years old but my previous Win 10 computer was still going. thanks for time and ideas. @ Alan Tubbs

I’ve considered the perpetual license and love it but Bandlab considered it and doesn’t. Guess who won?

Yea, I went around and around with some Warm pieces. If you use the “real” thing for a while you can hear some anomalies when testing, but basically similar circuits yield similar sonic results. One of the best recordings I ever did was with the wa2a on a female. A beautiful bloom over her performance as I rode the levels. Not having the real thing would have made no difference I believe. on the other hand, I’m hoping to get a vintech clone since it sounds the most “vintage” to my ears. Should compare and contrast well with my portico II Chanel. @

I’d never trust usb power for anything critical, esp. preamps. It may work fine most of the time, but .…

Thanks for the vid.