Recent content by AndreiR

Such times indeed. Covering one’s ..s is the most important thing. Your friend’s story is quite exemplary. But for the sakes of scientific truth sacrificing a mic is a small thing to pay (easy for me to say, right?))) The innocence of Mr. Phantom is proven again!

Thanks rob aylestone. This is where the question started, in the following statement of the manual: “Set the phantom power switch to ON only when using a condenser microphone that requires phantom power. Turning phantom power on when a dynamic mic or other mic that does not require it is...

OK, I found it in the manual: “When using condenser mics that require phantom power and dynamic mics together, be sure to use balanced dynamic mics. Unbalanced dynamic mics cannot be used when phantom power is enabled.” SM57 is a balanced mic.

Thanks Chili for your reply! My worries are not about the sm57 (it’s quite indestructible), but about the dr40x/dr40, thinking that something might get “fried” in it... preamp?... But if you say it works just fine, then it’s great!

Hello everybody! I have a question about tascam dr-40x. Is it possible to use two different types of mics at the same time — one condenser (phantom powered) and one dynamic (something like sm57)? :unsure: Thank you!

Here is my solution for protecting my monitor speakers against our cats. Simple but effective and snug. You never know if them felines would want to try their claws on the nice rubber surfaces...

Hi all! I have a question. I'm recording live jam with Presonus Studio 1810, Reaper on Mac OS x, Universal Control: Trumpet/Voice - Mic 1 Guitar amp - Mic 2 Bass amp - Line 3 Drums - Track on Reaper or Drum machine into lines 5/6. Out to PA system. The question is: how do I rout the drums...

My room, space, whatever... where some noise happens sometimes and occasionally recorded for one reason or another ...

Hi all! I hope everybody's well. I'm replacing my good old Tascam US1641 which I was very happy with, but is not supported anymore. Right now I'm using Focusrite Scarlett Solo 3rd gen. as a temporary setup, on my iMac OS X Catalina, running Reaper. I narrowed down my search to these...

Hello everybody! Does anybody know how to get that crunchy guitar tone in O Lucky Man! song by Alan Price (from the movie O Lucky Man!)? https://youtu.be/81IOO9EC1nE Thank you for your help!

Does anybody know if there is a driver/drivers for US-1641 for OS X Yosemite? Right now I have OS X 10.9.5 and it works just fine. But the system bugs me to update to 10.10.3 Yosemite. Thanks for your help!

Hello everybody! I'm thinking of getting my first iMac ME089LL/A with Core i5 or i7 to replace my old PC windows vista. On my old PC a combination of Tascam US-1641 interface with Reaper worked almost perfectly. But how will it work with this new mac? Will I be able to use my old projects on a...

Hi! I'm trying to reply to a private message, and it looks like my messages just disappear. After sending my message, I can't find it anywhere. My Sent Items folder looks empty: "Sent Items contains 0 messages." Is there anything wrong with my doing, or a system? Thank you for your help.

Hi everybody! Did anybody use two different mics for overheads? For those I have Audio-Technica AT2035 and Oktava MC 012. There is also one SM57 on a snare, and Shure Beta 52A on a kick. I plan positioning the overheads two feet above cymbals on either side and from the back of the drummer...

I know it's been covered from many different angles. But here is my novice question: I currently have a pair of M-audio Studiophile SP-5B monitors in my home studio. I got them a while ago for video editing purpose. Now when I started mixing my own music, I see (or rather hear)) that they...