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by valis
Wed Aug 27, 2025 3:23 am
Forum: General Scope Discussion
Topic: HDMI switch
Replies: 6
Views: 512

Re: HDMI switch

Reminder that a switch adds latency to the connection.
by valis
Mon Aug 25, 2025 1:06 pm
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: Audio Interfaces: Behringer vs Focusrite
Replies: 13
Views: 2085

Re: Audio Interfaces: Behringer vs Focusrite

I stand corrected about the power supplies, I’m just remembering threads. I read from a few decades ago on Gearslutz, so thank you for the corrections
by valis
Sun Aug 24, 2025 7:09 pm
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: Audio Interfaces: Behringer vs Focusrite
Replies: 13
Views: 2085

Re: Audio Interfaces: Behringer vs Focusrite

The first run had integrated PSU and the heat caused problems, iirc. Later external wall wart (I think? haven't owned one) psu ADA8000's fixed it. I haven't seen anyone complain about ADA8200, and even though the "midas" pre's are not going to make it sound like $12000 of pro desk channels, compared ...
by valis
Sun Aug 24, 2025 1:36 am
Forum: XITE
Topic: New setup with scope XITE1 in the studio
Replies: 5
Views: 1032

Re: New setup in the studio

MRCC and RME stuff is nice companion to the pair of Xites.

Sending you a pm for photo use.
by valis
Fri Aug 22, 2025 7:28 pm
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: Audio Interfaces: Behringer vs Focusrite
Replies: 13
Views: 2085

Re: Audio Interfaces: Behringer vs Focusrite

I do not think the focusrite operates standalone, which is why I recommended the ADA8200 upgrade.
by valis
Wed Aug 20, 2025 11:17 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: Audio Interfaces: Behringer vs Focusrite
Replies: 13
Views: 2085

Re: Audio Interfaces: Behringer vs Focusrite

Firewire based, will likely need to be connected to host PC to enable proper routing of adat i/o to analog i/o's.

I'm guessing you have the gen1 Behringer ADA8000, my understanding is the Behringer ADA8200 fixed the noisy power supply issue and upgraded the pre's. You should check current prices ...
by valis
Tue Aug 19, 2025 9:05 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: Shoutout for DAWMAN
Replies: 19
Views: 39054

Re: Shoutout for DAWMAN

DAWman once sent me an iLok (v1) key that had a license on it someone had given him at a trade show, just because he didn't want it and I didn't want to pay $40 for a key for some other device we were discussing in a thread on here.

So, to this day my iLok account account came from him, because all ...
by valis
Fri Aug 15, 2025 8:46 am
Forum: Device/Module Wishlist
Topic: Tiny 2 channel mixer?
Replies: 15
Views: 65019

Re: Tiny 2 channel mixer?

How tested are the current versions given above (Mix2)? I'll check phase.
by valis
Thu Aug 14, 2025 6:11 pm
Forum: Device/Module Wishlist
Topic: Tiny 2 channel mixer?
Replies: 15
Views: 65019

Re: Tiny 2 channel mixer?

How are they for phase lock on the PCI cards?
by valis
Mon Jul 28, 2025 5:22 pm
Forum: XITE
Topic: boot problem with my xite-1
Replies: 2
Views: 9433

Re: boot problem with my xite-1

Power supply. Email support or check the website for a replacement
by valis
Mon Jul 28, 2025 4:26 pm
Forum: General Scope Discussion
Topic: A working PCI Express adapter has been found!
Replies: 12
Views: 16581

Re: A working PCI Express adapter has been found!

Searching Amazon, Newegg or whatever regional supplier for "internal case fan bracket" and then finding one that fits a given solution is what I recommend. I happen to have quite a few leftover from various cases (Lian Li, Supermicro, etc) over the years and so have options.

In terms of direction ...
by valis
Sun Jul 27, 2025 4:16 pm
Forum: General Scope Discussion
Topic: A working PCI Express adapter has been found!
Replies: 12
Views: 16581

Re: A working PCI Express adapter has been found!

That’s more or less exactly what all of my cases have, double or triple height GPU slots for vertical placement. I even bought a PCIe extender cable but never took advantage of using it.

My primary concern would be getting enough airflow on the cards, especially if there was a big GPU next to them ...
by valis
Sat Jul 26, 2025 11:05 am
Forum: General Scope Discussion
Topic: A working PCI Express adapter has been found!
Replies: 12
Views: 16581

Re: A working PCI Express adapter has been found!


This one seems to use the same bridging chipset:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005450389969.html

You could combine it with a DIY enclosure built around this:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005009372724043.html

If it worked it would be a nice solution 8)


Yes this seems to be a good ...
by valis
Sat Jul 19, 2025 12:54 pm
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: Weird MIDI issues
Replies: 8
Views: 23112

Re: Weird MIDI issues

If a Windows update did not fully install, there can be any number of subsystems and windows that are impacted and failed to start. Impossible to know without digging in what was interfering, but my guess is something conflicted with the installation of the update, this does occasionally happen.
by valis
Sun Jul 13, 2025 1:03 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: PlanetZ Chatbot (LLM vector DB)
Replies: 6
Views: 12657

Re: PlanetZ Chatbot (LLM vector DB)

A vector database is not an LLM itself, but converts the data into an interlinked format through transformers that's more akin to a mini-model that only contains the data from the source you included. Sometimes they're called "static embeddings" too if not transformed at all, but that's akin to a ...
by valis
Sun Jul 13, 2025 9:45 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: PlanetZ Chatbot (LLM vector DB)
Replies: 6
Views: 12657

Re: PlanetZ Chatbot (LLM vector DB)

The audio platforms are gaining stem separation now. Using it for traditional sample digging is fun too (make me some funk beats please), even if you swap out or layer bits to have higher fidelity in the final form. And the LLM platforms are useful at all kinds of documentation, as well as coding ...
by valis
Thu Jul 10, 2025 7:44 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: PlanetZ Chatbot (LLM vector DB)
Replies: 6
Views: 12657

Re: PlanetZ Chatbot (LLM vector DB)

I know there's a few people here who played with AI at various points, so open where to take this.
by valis
Thu Jul 10, 2025 5:10 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: PlanetZ Chatbot (LLM vector DB)
Replies: 6
Views: 12657

PlanetZ Chatbot (LLM vector DB)

The database for this site is rather large, which is half the reason that it required my primary hosting platform for all clients/projects scale to support this place (DDOSes were part of this too of course).

No, this isn't a donation post, rather know that to do a RAG or vector db required pruning ...
by valis
Tue Jul 01, 2025 5:43 pm
Forum: General Scope Discussion
Topic: A working PCI Express adapter has been found!
Replies: 12
Views: 16581

Re: A working PCI Express adapter has been found!

Ooh good idea, I have an extra HammerFall PCI card, and two extra boxes. I could put one more into Service for very cheap.