Soooo....

M-Audio soundcard + PT TDM? Anyone know any more?

Are you running on a Mac?

What about running an aggregate device?

http://www.sweetwater.com/expert-center ... gateDevice

You can set them up in Audio MIDI Setup (Mac HD/Applications/Utilities) although I don't know if it'll work in PT M-Powered... I don't think it'll show up as an M-Audio device...

However, i've recently moved over to using some fancy fuckers with yellow bits on them. None of this screwing and unscrewing to move it, instead you get a bit you press and it just moves. I can't believe it's taken the industry 60 years to get there...

I can't remember the brand, but i'll check ...

PLEASE do, I'm dieing to find a better way. Of course heavier stands are normally loads better but it's still just such a shit design. Would love to see what you have.

Will do mate. I've had a brief look on the studiospares site but they've not got then (so fuck knows where we got them...) but ...

I personally think Mic Stands are really badly designed in general, unless they are actually supposed to be called "limp, wobbly finger trappers", which we as engineers have mistakenly used as mic stands. But don't ask me how they would be better designed, the only thing I've thought of so far has ...

The Samson CO3 is exactly what i'm talking about vis a vis cheap OHs.
Plus, it's got switchable pickup patterns for a nice bit of natural reverb from the room if you can't add it later.

If someone can host it I can provide an .mp3 of some drum tracks using 2xSM57s and 2xCO3s...

2x Random Chinese cardiod condensers for OHs,
2x SM57 - one for snare and one for bassdrum (no, really, try it, it's really quite surprising).

Oh, and tune the drums...
That's worth a few hundred pounds of my money.

Not directly related, more like a cousin of the original question, but... hey, you guys did mention 'mix-architecture'!

There's a really, really interesting thread on the merits of in-the-box vs. out of-the-box summing (ie. keeping it in the computer vs. doing your summing on an 'actual' desk ...

'All Things' - The Cinematic Orchestra from the album 'Man With a Movie Camera'.

Man, we got like 6 inches of snow overnight here in Scotland.
He's probably out having a snowball fight!