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Bob Cap
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Wed Oct 26, 2005 3:05 am Post subject:
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Does anybody have any personal use reports of the Alesis DEQ-830? I'm
thinking the lightpipe interface could be useful. The going price is pretty
cheep for eight graphic eq's.
Yeah I know you usually get what you pay for. But many items coming down the
digital pipe are fairly inexpensive.
Thanks
Bob Cap
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Phildo
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Wed Oct 26, 2005 3:23 am Post subject:
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"Bob Cap" <bob@parallel.tzo.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Does anybody have any personal use reports of the Alesis DEQ-830? I'm
thinking the lightpipe interface could be useful. The going price is
pretty cheep for eight graphic eq's.
Yeah I know you usually get what you pay for. But many items coming down
the digital pipe are fairly inexpensive.
I've got one and have used it quite a bit on monitors when I was having |
trouble with a BSS unit. Sound quality is fine, EQ is what you would expect
from a high quality analogue graphic EQ, only real problem is everything is
done on balanced 1/4" jack plugs and the back panel gets a bit crowded. Took
me seconds to find my way around it without a manual. RTA is useful as well,
especially if you are ringing out monitors and not experienced enough to
recognise the feedback frequencies by ear.
Mine is currently out with a friend of mine who runs all his monitors from
it and loves it to bits. Is nowhere near as versatile as a DEQ2496 but 8
channels in one RU is a useful unit to carry around.
Phildo |
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Tim Scott
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Wed Oct 26, 2005 3:58 am Post subject:
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"Bob Cap" <bob@parallel.tzo.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Does anybody have any personal use reports of the Alesis DEQ-830? I'm
thinking the lightpipe interface could be useful. The going price is
pretty cheep for eight graphic eq's.
Yeah I know you usually get what you pay for. But many items coming down
the digital pipe are fairly inexpensive.
8 channels in one box, I would have liked to hve seen an ethernet port on it |
for pc control - at distance - would be great for installs in the amp room,
or having in the amp/drive rack, and just use a PC @ FOH, i think a pc could
make control easier with decent software, to make it easier to get around 8
channels worth of EQ. |
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Tim Scott
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Wed Oct 26, 2005 4:03 am Post subject:
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"Bob Cap" <bob@parallel.tzo.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Does anybody have any personal use reports of the Alesis DEQ-830? I'm
thinking the lightpipe interface could be useful. The going price is
pretty cheep for eight graphic eq's.
Yeah I know you usually get what you pay for. But many items coming down
the digital pipe are fairly inexpensive.
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Speaking of Alesis, have a look at www.alesis.co.uk |
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Bob Cap
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Wed Oct 26, 2005 4:17 am Post subject:
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| Quote: | 8 channels in one box, I would have liked to hve seen an ethernet port on
it for pc control - at distance - would be great for installs in the amp
room, or having in the amp/drive rack, and just use a PC @ FOH, i think a
pc could make control easier with decent software, to make it easier to
get around 8 channels worth of EQ.
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Tim,
It does have midi. I wonder if you can control the EQ via midi???
Bob |
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Tim Scott
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Wed Oct 26, 2005 4:42 am Post subject:
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"Bob Cap" <bob@parallel.tzo.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | 8 channels in one box, I would have liked to hve seen an ethernet port on
it for pc control - at distance - would be great for installs in the amp
room, or having in the amp/drive rack, and just use a PC @ FOH, i think a
pc could make control easier with decent software, to make it easier to
get around 8 channels worth of EQ.
Tim,
It does have midi. I wonder if you can control the EQ via midi???
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It does, i did try following links to support but it 404'd, to try and find
details on midi software
MIDI is quite slow, and can't travel much distance, hence why i'd preferred
to see ethernet |
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Bob Cap
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Wed Oct 26, 2005 4:42 am Post subject:
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"Tim Scott" <timscott18@nospamplease.spamarrest.com> wrote in message
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"Bob Cap" <bob@parallel.tzo.com> wrote in message
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8 channels in one box, I would have liked to hve seen an ethernet port
on it for pc control - at distance - would be great for installs in the
amp room, or having in the amp/drive rack, and just use a PC @ FOH, i
think a pc could make control easier with decent software, to make it
easier to get around 8 channels worth of EQ.
Tim,
It does have midi. I wonder if you can control the EQ via midi???
It does, i did try following links to support but it 404'd, to try and
find details on midi software
MIDI is quite slow, and can't travel much distance, hence why i'd
preferred to see ethernet
I agree. Although midi would be fast enough to make adjustments for eq. I |
would think that if you ran a pc on stage/amp room and used a wireless
laptop via remote desktop it could be workable. Now I gotta dig for the midi
info. I could not find it on the Alesis site. I have sent an email to them
to see if they can supply me the midi info.
Have you ever heard this eq? Is it worth the time? It is priced pretty low.
Bob |
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Bob Cap
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Wed Oct 26, 2005 4:42 am Post subject:
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I've got one and have used it quite a bit on monitors when I was having
trouble with a BSS unit. Sound quality is fine, EQ is what you would
expect from a high quality analogue graphic EQ, only real problem is
everything is done on balanced 1/4" jack plugs and the back panel gets a
bit crowded. Took me seconds to find my way around it without a manual.
RTA is useful as well, especially if you are ringing out monitors and not
experienced enough to recognise the feedback frequencies by ear.
Mine is currently out with a friend of mine who runs all his monitors from
it and loves it to bits. Is nowhere near as versatile as a DEQ2496 but 8
channels in one RU is a useful unit to carry around.
Phildo
The other item is it has lightpipe in/out. It will patch right into a |
monitor system using a Yamaha digital mixer....
I guess I might have to get one to try...
Bob |
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Rv!
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Bob Cap
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Wed Oct 26, 2005 4:42 am Post subject:
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"Rv!" <Rv@no.way.invalid> wrote in message news:435ed217$1@nntp.onyx.net...
| Quote: | www.alesis.com/downloads/manuals/DEQ830_Manual.pdf
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Thanks. I already downloaded the manual. I does not give any midi info. The
operation is fairly straight forward, good features, easy to run, 10 pounds
of shit in a 5 pound bag.
What I really need are the midi specs and opinions on the sound of the unit.
Bob |
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Q
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Wed Oct 26, 2005 4:42 am Post subject:
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"Phildo" <Phil@phildo.net> skrev i en meddelelse
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I've got one and have used it quite a bit on monitors when I was having
trouble with a BSS unit. Sound quality is fine, EQ is what you would
expect
from a high quality analogue graphic EQ, only real problem is everything
is
done on balanced 1/4" jack plugs and the back panel gets a bit crowded.
Took
me seconds to find my way around it without a manual. RTA is useful as
well,
especially if you are ringing out monitors and not experienced enough to
recognise the feedback frequencies by ear.
Mine is currently out with a friend of mine who runs all his monitors from
it and loves it to bits. Is nowhere near as versatile as a DEQ2496 but 8
channels in one RU is a useful unit to carry around.
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This certainly looks like an interesting item..
I have been looking for an EQ solution to go in my personal FOH rack, but so
far the results have turned out too big to fit in that rack ( also need to
accomodate a DAT recorder, som fx, some inserts and still fit in a van full
of backline )..
the 1/4" plugs shouldnt be too much of an issue, you could just make an I/O
panel w. XLR instead..
Hmm.. The price is attractive too, even less than I spent on home stereo
stuff a couple of weeks ago :-)..
Looks like I have to order one sometime soon..
/peter |
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Phildo
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Wed Oct 26, 2005 6:17 pm Post subject:
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"Q" <Q@Q.Q> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Hmm.. The price is attractive too, even less than I spent on home stereo
stuff a couple of weeks ago :-)..
Looks like I have to order one sometime soon..
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Where are you based?
Phildo |
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Tim Scott
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Wed Oct 26, 2005 6:52 pm Post subject:
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"Arny Krueger" <arnyk@hotpop.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | "Bob Cap" <bob@parallel.tzo.com> wrote in message
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8 channels in one box, I would have liked to hve seen an
ethernet port on it for pc control - at distance - would
be great for installs in the amp room, or having in the
amp/drive rack, and just use a PC @ FOH, i think a pc
could make control easier with decent software, to make
it easier to get around 8 channels worth of EQ.
Tim,
It does have midi. I wonder if you can control the EQ via
midi???
The charm of having 8 channels of remoted-controlled EQ in 1 RU is clear.
As you many already know, another bulkier approach involves 4 units of the
1 RU Behringer DSP 1124 which gives you 8 channels of eq, can cost less
money, and is said to have software support for remote operation via a PC.
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There are lots of bulkier and more expensive options, one that springs to
mind would be a 2U EAW Commercial (Mackie) DX810e |
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George Gleason
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Wed Oct 26, 2005 6:58 pm Post subject:
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"Bob Cap" <bob@parallel.tzo.com> wrote in
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| Quote: | Does anybody have any personal use reports of the Alesis DEQ-830? I'm
thinking the lightpipe interface could be useful. The going price is
pretty cheep for eight graphic eq's.
Yeah I know you usually get what you pay for. But many items coming
down the digital pipe are fairly inexpensive.
Thanks
Bob Cap
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I owned one
it did not work out for my live rig
I wanted to match it to two of my powersoft 3204's and have a 8 mix monitor
rig in a 3 rack space 45 lb package
the displays gets washed out even in the shade and I found the 1/4 inch
in/out connectors unsuitable for pro live sound.
I belive it has been installed somewhere and the constants reseating of the
1/4 inch connections and thier dodgy contact may not be such a issue in its
new homw
do not get one for a portable rig |
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Tim Scott
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Wed Oct 26, 2005 7:14 pm Post subject:
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"Arny Krueger" <arnyk@hotpop.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | "Bob Cap" <bob@parallel.tzo.com> wrote in message
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8 channels in one box, I would have liked to hve seen an
ethernet port on it for pc control - at distance - would
be great for installs in the amp room, or having in the
amp/drive rack, and just use a PC @ FOH, i think a pc
could make control easier with decent software, to make
it easier to get around 8 channels worth of EQ.
Tim,
It does have midi. I wonder if you can control the EQ via
midi???
The charm of having 8 channels of remoted-controlled EQ in 1 RU is clear.
As you many already know, another bulkier approach involves 4 units of the
1 RU Behringer DSP 1124 which gives you 8 channels of eq, can cost less
money, and is said to have software support for remote operation via a PC.
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Thoman have the Alesis DEQ830 at £240.53 (inc VAT ex delivery)
The DSP 1124 is a feddback destroyer/parametric EQ so is not really a
compareable alternative to the DEQ230 - the lowest price Behringer digital
graphic EQ is the DEQ1024 and costs £129.70 (ex VAT+Delivery) , so four of
these is £518.80 with VAT @17.5% is £609.59 (and then you'll have a delivery
on top of that) This price is from Studiospares, Thomann doesn't have the
DEQ830 and Studiospares doesn't stock the DEQ830.
I don't have time to google around and find a dealer who stocks both models. |
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