Orban Audicy
John Higdon
would like to give my last remaining Audicy editor a good home. For
those who know what it is, the software level is 3.10/1. It is fully
functional and mechanically intact. Work surface, monitor, keyboard, and
roll-about stand are fully operational. The hard drive was replaced
about two years ago by the factory.
Full disclosure: This unit is no longer supported by the factory in any
way. There are people who will personally support it for a price
(including some regulars on this group). This particular unit has no
known problems at the moment.
But...it is consuming power, space, and air-conditioning in our
production room. If you want it, you must come and get it. You can
either disassemble it and haul it away, or you can, if you have an
appropriate vehicle, wheel it down the hall, down the elevator, and out
to your waiting chariot.
Please, no inquiries about what it is, or questions about its size, or
about what it can do. If you know what it is and you want it and are
willing to come and get it...it's yours.
Please make arrangements first...don't just show up!
--
John Higdon
+1 408 ANdrews 6-4400
Steven
Guess I'm not going to bother if it doesn't work in a Burley trailer...
kimm...@gmail.com
away! :)
John Higdon
kimm...@gmail.com wrote:
> If it's in P-town, I'd borrow a dar bus from work and haul that thing
> away! :)
The Orban Audicy is one of the very first multitrack digital editors
outside of recording studios, at a scale that could be afforded by radio
stations. The unit I'm offering is in perfect condition and in perfect
working order. (http://snipurl.com/1o0jg)
I'm thinking that if the radio museum doesn't already have one, this
might be something they would want. The system is a product of Bay Area
development by local Bay Area people.
kimm...@gmail.com
dust. I think that would be perfect for the radio museum, either
David's or the KRE one.
On Jul 9, 4:23 pm, John Higdon <skep...@IBOCisaCrock.org> wrote:
> In article <1184008954.059223.175...@z28g2000prd.googlegroups.com>,
Mike Ward
>I did a little Googling and found a pic or 2 of that unit, minus the
>dust. I think that would be perfect for the radio museum, either
>David's or the KRE one.
I saw one in Roanoke that was still in use when I worked there
(WFIR/960 etc.). But "still in use" basically meant that it was, as
John indicated, taking up space, power and air conditioning.
It's hard to see anyone actually finding a use for one in 2007.
The Audicy in Roanoke was basically only there because someone rolled
it into the new building's new production room and plugged it in. I
think they eventually migrated all the audio off of it, and it's
probably not there today...
Yep, definitely a museum piece in today's world. Great while it was
around, tho...before it got lapped by PC software.
Dino T
> In article <1184008954.059223.175...@z28g2000prd.googlegroups.com>,
>
John you do know my background?
There are plenty of folks at aud...@googlegroups.com that would love
to hear from you.
audicyguy AT Yahoo daht kam
Dino T
Not at all, in fact I have recent email from Sacramento re: the museum
piece and one of the leading ad agencies in the CAP city uses one.
There are hundreds in use daily.
dtiernan
Mike Ward
>Not at all, in fact I have recent email from Sacramento re: the museum
>piece and one of the leading ad agencies in the CAP city uses one.
>There are hundreds in use daily.
Well, as far as broadcast radio goes, I'm guessing that almost all of
'em are gone. The radio world has moved on to PC software for the
most part.
I'm not surprised about the ad agency, though. And perhaps they tap
into parts of the box that simple radio productions never would.
Dino
Then you should not visit the former Jefferson Pilot group or CBS
stations in San Francisco or Seattle. The two production voices of KCBS
"the Rons" used Audicys. There are still hundreds of Audicys in use in
commercial radio daily. As of the last year CC Sac was using one.
Dino T
wrote:
Here's the scoop on Audicy from one of the top prod guys in Chicago
and from an engineer in the midwest who recently purchased a new
Audicy for real US dollars from SCMS.
I honestly can't remember if he said it was used as a demo at NAB
convention - it may have been I can't remember. I will tell you the
first Audicy I bought I bought from Harris "new" 4 or 5 years ago and
it had been used at NAB (they gave me a slight discount on the price)
- it came with several "demo" tracks on it they must have played for
people at NAB. This last unit I bought had "nothing" on it - so that
is not a "guarantee" it was not used at NAB but I found it interesting
that the drive was "clean" when I got it. You asked about how much I
paid:.................
"Oh yeah that came from Harris - it's still here in the backroom.
How much did you pay for your last one?" I told him (honestly) I paid
$xxxx.xx for a used one from a radio station in Indiana. He said
"Well would $xxxx.xx (+ 50%) be fair for this
one?" ..................
this weekend an engineer from the TV station I work at (my day job)
came by and re-seated all the cards and we fired it up and it worked
perfectly (a relief as I was not sure what I would do if it "didn't"
work ok - there's obviously no warranty
By the way, I wanted to throw a compliment Audicy's way from my good
friend Todd Manley production director at WGN radio in Chicago - he
worked with an Audicy for years at WGN and only recently switched to
Pro Tools cause it had some bells and whistles he now needed which
Audicy doesn't have. He said "I wish every designer or manufacturer
of DAW's could have an Audicy by their side to use as a "guide" when
designing a new DAW"
I thought that was a strong compliment from one of the top guys in the
radio production biz.
I went up to Chicago a year or more ago to sit in with Todd and get
some pointers on Audicy from him. He's a great guy.
So that is my story - again, if there is any info Miquel could send my
way to fill in - that would be great - and thanks for your supplying
me with info -
Rivergoat
DAW, it had to follow the lead of KROQ, there really wasn't any
original thought at management of KOME by this time, and San Jose had
become "KROQ North." Anyway, the station had the Orban DSE7000.
Relatively small HDD, and at first no tape back-up. Later a RAM
upgrade and a software upgrade to simulate an Audicy unit.
So where's THAT archaic piece of history now?
And what are radio stations using nowadays? ProTools would be awesome,
but it was always fairly high priced. I use Adobe Audition at home, it
probably would suit most broadcast houses OK.
John Higdon
Rivergoat <go...@goathead.com> wrote:
> And what are radio stations using nowadays? ProTools would be awesome,
> but it was always fairly high priced. I use Adobe Audition at home, it
> probably would suit most broadcast houses OK.
Actually, compared to the price of the vintage Audicys, ProTools comes
off like a screaming bargain. I was able to sell management on buying
three ProTools workstations to replace two Audicys.
Mark Howell
> And what are radio stations using nowadays? ProTools would be awesome,
> but it was always fairly high priced. I use Adobe Audition at home, it
> probably would suit most broadcast houses OK.
We use SAW, Adobe Audition and, for simple newsroom tasks, CoolEdit
2000. I also have Audacity installed on the newsroom machines because
it's the easiest and quickest program for converting .mp3's to .wav's.
(Downloadable AP audio comes in .mp3's, but NewsBoss/Audiovault wants
only .wav's). Audacity is free, and could probably be used for most
routine radio production, although I personally find it awkward for
any but the simplest of tasks.
I have Adobe Audition installed on a laptop which enables me to do
pretty slick production on news stories in the field. I even used it
to produce an entire two-hour jazz show for a public radio station
while sitting in Toronto's Nathan Phillips Square during the jazz
festival in June.
For broadcast purposes, ProTools is kind of like driving a Ferrari to
the grocery store. Impressive, but unnecessary.
Mark Howell
John Higdon
Mark Howell <howell...@gmail.com> wrote:
> For broadcast purposes, ProTools is kind of like driving a Ferrari to
> the grocery store. Impressive, but unnecessary.
In many cases, yes. When you're producing music beds and singing
commercials, ProTools is a gawdsend.
Oh...GarageBand is pretty handy, too.
Dino T
ProTools and some Audicys. Few others including SawStudio. Various.
Primarily Protools. Well about the DSE...it was well maintained, by me
and other's till its final days. Audicy was the upgrade from the DSE
with a new control surface and software.