victor tarassov

Received the Digidesign 002 with the Black Lion Audio Signature Mod.  Sound seems lika a pretty good improvement.  However there seems to be a problem with the time clock code in Pro Tools v8 theres a freeze and then a  message appears that says to find a valid time clock code.  The mod changes the pre amps (4) a/d and d/a converters and a Time Clock Change.   I was a bit disappointed with the communication with Black Lion as well.  The unit was delayed in receiving the mod. Black Lion had the 002 for two weeks, I would email, call and finally they did a one day delivery so we could do a session the unit was never was working ok, and we were not able to do the session that we had planed.  I worked on it until 2:00am and gave up.  I will try more today and see if I can get it working.  I will write back more later.  Hear is a pic of the top of the Black Lion.

UPDATE 2.1.09  Its now going rock solid and sounds as good or even better then the Apogee Ensemble.  It took some time to clean things out with the drivers.  I had to uninstall and clean out all clock codes in the audio section on the mac.  After that I am having no problems with running the 002 at 96 for capturing audio.  I use a Neuman M 149 into a Martech MSS 10 Mic  pre and into input  #5 on 002 and it sounds great.   The original problem was something wrong in the time code.  I had to switch the RTAS to 7 instead of 8 Up the playback and running the CPU at 90%.  Also the mic pres on the 002 at 12 or hafe way up on the gain seem to get some his it the signal.  So it took some time to get it all straightened out but it’s running pretty well and most likely will sell my Apogee Ensemble.

Update 5.24.09 While I did not care for the communication break down as well as some of the billing ishues with Black Lion, I am very happy with the Mod and would recomend it to anyone who whants to upgrade thier sound and ability to improve the clarity of the dynamics of sound captured in live audio. There is a depth to the sound in bass and treble. I have been running the unit now for 5 months and have not had any ishues. I did sell my Apogee

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