Switch 2 Emulation

I muddled through setup (not my strong suit), and got it up and running fairly quickly with the four 18Tb HDD's and two 4 Tb NVME M.2's I had. I added another four 18tb HDD's when they arrived a few days later. It worked, but not necessarily how I wanted it arranged, so I copied everything to a drive, deleted the storage pools, and reset the whole setup as new. Got everything copied back over. I am still slower than I want to be, but I think it has to do with my slow Office Depot network switch, I have ordered another that does 10g. from B&H. My relevant notes about the QNAP product. 1) Use heat sinks on your NVME M.2 - under heavy load they will overheat (which the QNAP product will monitor and warn you about) 2) QNAP software is EASY to use, and when you want to do something and can't figure it out, the software pretty much tells you what you need to install. Some of it is free, but some of it is an additional purchase, but I think it is priced well (The one app I needed for a file format was $3.) 3) Order all the hardware you want with the machine, and be patient until it arrives.. lol. I spent an extra 5 hours on setup because I have the patience of a 3 year old looking at a bag of marshmallows. I am doing 4k video editing, with LARGE files. It is acceptable as is for my purposes, but the new network switch should make this thing great.

Film arrived quick through B&H and was well within expiration window. Not sure if it's the exact emulation as the 35mm KG200, but typical (great) quality from Kodak. Great warm tones, not too grainy, forgiving exposure latitude and great skin tone reproduction. Have run several rolls through my Yashica TLR without any issues. Honestly, my go to color film for medium format. Much better value, considering the number of shots you get on 120, than Portra or Ektar and very pleasing images.

A surprisingly nice sounding analog string emulation! Few controls but considerate ones. The effects sections reverb is nice and open sounding for strings. Sits nicely in mixes so far. Plus, unlike some vintage machines, this one's already in stereo!

I used this to convert an older PC to HDMI out as Im turning it into a retro gaming emulation system. Worked great...Im able to hear/see perfect audio/visual from my 10+ year old PC onto my less than 1 year old receiver and 4k TV. Exactly what I needed!

I have been using a pair of these for two 1K monitors switching between Windows (at first W7 and now W10) and Linux (Kubuntu) for several years now. I have never had much of a problem with them. I have always used a wired keyboard with them which suits my needs since I use it on a desktop. I have also always used a Logitech M510 wireless mouse with them and that worked perfectly, including forward/back side buttons which I use frequently in Linux to switch between virtual desktops. I have never had to touch the settings in the KVM, which means mouse emulation has always been on. However, one of them died, sort of. It got worse and worse. I think they must have some kind of low power processor in them that deals with them mouse emulation and keyboard functions. I could no longer communicate with it via the keyboard nor did my scroll wheel or side buttons work on the mouse. Intermittently at first, but permanently at the end. I switched the KM part of the KVM to the other one which still worked fine. I had trouble finding a replacement at some of the other big sites where you might expect to get them, but was happy to see the B&H had them in stock. And, as usual the shipping was prompt. The replacement works perfectly. I expect to get another bunch of years of service from it.

I bought the MDR - 7506 to use in conjunction with the Waves plug-in “Ocean Way Nashville,” an emulation of of a state-of-the-art control room environment. The 7506 was one of the more affordable options that OWN recommended. My mixes have improved 100%! Thank you, B&H.

The Ripple trackerballs look and feel great, which would honestly be enough at this price. Great solution for editors and occasional colorists to more easily interact with your grading software, as long as it supports the Ripple. Tangent has Ripple user manual and very complete setup guides online for both Resolve and Premiere (so far): www.tangentwave.co.uk/support.asp I'm using it with Resolve 12.5 Studio. In Resolve you need to install the Tangent Hub software currently, and then run Resolve with Tangent Element selected as the color panel. This Element emulation mode seems fine so far, with one exception: the buttons aren't reprogrammable with Resolve (yet), also Button A on the panel doesn't function at all within Resolve (yet). However button B is used for Bypass the grade (logically enough), which is the first thing you need anyway. If you need more hardware buttons than that it looks like adding an Xkeys might be the best bet for now. No doubt Blackmagic will add Ripple panel selection in a later version, but emulation is good for now. Sensitivity is fully adjustable within software for both Premiere and Resolve for both the wheels and the balls. Out of the box the trackerball sensitivity felt perfect to me in Resolve and the dials felt a bit too sensitive. I'm going to turn those up and try it again. I'm guessing you would want to set that based on how far off the luminence of the original material is from where it's going to go. One warning: don't put the balls in and then turn it upside down to look at the label, the balls will just fall out. At least cleaning them and their sockets is easy, but gravity is a necessary factor here. It comes with two nice drawstring bags for dust protection, one for the unit and a smaller one for the balls. It will all fit (barely) in the big bag. Seems to me even colorists that already have a panel might want to look at this for remote location work, especially for quick dailies and such.

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M.2 very easy to install, 2TB great addition to laptop, its fast access

The ASUS Hyper m.2 Card is the best M.2 card on the market. Slots to add up to 4(four) M.2 SSDs to your computer. Hyper m.2 card comes in well-built sleek looking card with a built-in cooling fan for the SSD's. What more could you want?