Well, I just ordered my Avocet....(just blowing off steam)

soundthinker · 15th August 2005, 06:02 AM

I've been planning on getting one eventually, just not this soon. My Mackie HUI went bonkers this weekend - writing pan automation when it shouldn't, faders pushing against my fingers(loss of touch sensitivity) and a pitched buzzing sound that moves from speaker to speaker. I figured my surge protector had finally expired as funky power is a common cause of crazy touch-sensitive fader activity. So... 30 minutes later I've picked up 155$ in power strips: 1 belkin Isolator, 1 APC SurgeArrester, and 1 4.99 Inland plain old power strip. Not surpisingly, the 100$ belkin made things worse, same with the APC. Plugin in the no-frills power strip and my HUI becomes usable again, at least the faders work(for now). The noise is still there and I find it's hard to clean up dialog tracks with a constant buzz in the foreground.
So, after looking at some short term slightly cheaper solutions I figure it's time to bite the bullet and head over to mercenary. I'm fairly certain that I'll love it, but the 'dropped 2500$ on it now because my POS HUI finally crapped out' factor is damping my excitement. Anyway, as I said I'm just blowing off some steam. Now that I'm thinking about it, any word on the surround uprgrade?

/jim

MASSIVE Master · 15th August 2005, 07:27 AM

I was over there (Crane Song) a few weeks ago and saw one (surround version) sprawled out on the console... Didn't have a chance to mess with it, but Dave seemed pretty excited about it.

Congrats though - I'm a 2-channel user myself. Great piece, worth every penny.

e-cue · 15th August 2005, 08:54 AM

You'll be very happy. I did the same upgrade only I still use my HUI at my small studio for fader duties. An A/B is just obsene. You'll shave a couple hours off each day with the avocet. Augh. That sounded like a jingle.

soundthinker · 15th August 2005, 03:07 PM

Thanks all, I'm feeling much better after a night's rest.

/jim

84K · 15th August 2005, 03:11 PM

CONGRATS!!!!

soundthinker · 20th August 2005, 09:39 PM

For those interested, I did a quick write-up of my impressions in this thread.

/jim

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15th August 2005, 06:02 AM	#1
soundthinker Gear Head Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Chicago Posts: 47	Well, I just ordered my Avocet....(just blowing off steam) I've been planning on getting one eventually, just not this soon. My Mackie HUI went bonkers this weekend - writing pan automation when it shouldn't, faders pushing against my fingers(loss of touch sensitivity) and a pitched buzzing sound that moves from speaker to speaker. I figured my surge protector had finally expired as funky power is a common cause of crazy touch-sensitive fader activity. So... 30 minutes later I've picked up 155$ in power strips: 1 belkin Isolator, 1 APC SurgeArrester, and 1 4.99 Inland plain old power strip. Not surpisingly, the 100$ belkin made things worse, same with the APC. Plugin in the no-frills power strip and my HUI becomes usable again, at least the faders work(for now). The noise is still there and I find it's hard to clean up dialog tracks with a constant buzz in the foreground. So, after looking at some short term slightly cheaper solutions I figure it's time to bite the bullet and head over to mercenary. I'm fairly certain that I'll love it, but the 'dropped 2500$ on it now because my POS HUI finally crapped out' factor is damping my excitement. Anyway, as I said I'm just blowing off some steam. Now that I'm thinking about it, any word on the surround uprgrade? /jim __________________ Stop. Think. Listen.

15th August 2005, 07:27 AM	#2
MASSIVE Master Lives for gear Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Chicago (Schaumburg / Hoffman Est.) IL Posts: 1,616	I was over there (Crane Song) a few weeks ago and saw one (surround version) sprawled out on the console... Didn't have a chance to mess with it, but Dave seemed pretty excited about it. Congrats though - I'm a 2-channel user myself. Great piece, worth every penny. __________________ John Scrip - Massive Mastering - www.massivemastering.com Spoon-feed a newb some answer and he'll mix for a day - Get him to think about it and figure it out for himself and he'll mix for a lifetime.

15th August 2005, 03:07 PM	#4
soundthinker Gear Head Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Chicago Posts: 47	Thanks all, I'm feeling much better after a night's rest. /jim __________________ Stop. Think. Listen.

20th August 2005, 09:39 PM	#6
soundthinker Gear Head Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Chicago Posts: 47	For those interested, I did a quick write-up of my impressions in this thread. /jim __________________ Stop. Think. Listen.

15th August 2005, 08:54 AM	#3
e-cue Lives for gear Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Lost Angeles Posts: 3,883	You'll be very happy. I did the same upgrade only I still use my HUI at my small studio for fader duties. An A/B is just obsene. You'll shave a couple hours off each day with the avocet. Augh. That sounded like a jingle.

15th August 2005, 03:11 PM	#5
84K Lives for gear Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: right coast Posts: 3,809	CONGRATS!!!!

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