Recent content by canakas

Hello all, Can I use Tape Out (1 kOhm) in mono to feed an effects chain (input impedance > 2 MOhms), and return the signal (output impedance unknown) to the Tape In (> 10 kOhms) ? I am specifically thinking about using this solution with a Mackie 402 or similar tiny mixer and my EHX SMMH. Or...

Dear all, I have a single effects chain and I want to route my microphone(s) and my guitar(s) through this chain. "Easy!," you say. "Get a mixer!" I say: "Yes, a mixer is certainly the way to go, but I need it to be compact, since I will be on stage working with this gear and be on the road...

Hi everyone, I wanted to hear your opinion on this: Theres someone who is selling a couple of Genelec S30 from 1992 (triamped monitor)... says he paid more than 4000 USD for them back in '92 He says he has repleaced the bass elements but one of the speakers is still defect... He says the...

thread moved to mixing and mastering.

Significant mods for the DOD R-825 Compressor/Limiter In reference to the post quoted under I wish make a previously mentioned topic resurface, for the benefit of anyone who wishes to sprite up their mono compressor; You can see the schematics here Now, I wonder which one is the 5532 opamp...

The room, the proximity, the timber, the crunch, the balance is an historic soundmans deed... and mr stevens' art goes without saying... and I know theres a lot to be done with a good eq-strip..... BUT how did they record those guitars? what microphones sound like this...? and the...

Hello good folk I have a nylon and steel guitars I want to record in such a way that I can capture the acoustic sound of the guitars on my Portastudio 246 ;) I am thinking of getting a DMP3 anyway... but then the the idea of the Para DI struck me... has anyone used this Para Acoustic DI (LR...

Dear everyone, I have just been reading the lot of threads concerning Type II / CrO2 / High Bias tapes. This, combined with the fact that Europe is not an easy place in which to be reborn into the organic light of analogy, from the nightmares of 0 and 1... ...some shallow depths for your...

Hello all, I recently got my hands on a Philips CCS 400 Conference unit, like the one they use in the UN for interpreters and such. CCS 400 Microphone Button and DIN plug Connectors on the back The microphone probably isnt the best, but I would like to give this little project a try... that...

Dear all, In the cold north(read Norway) we use 220V instead of 110V. As a nostalgic I proudly own a Tascam 246 Portasudio beauty, that I want to treat to regular head demagnetizing. I am wondering if it, in the name of homogenizing the magnetic ion distribution in the head(isnt this what one...

Dear all, I have a friend who is a linguist and wants to record people talking, but her laptop(a dell...) does not power the microphone input so I figured what'd be good for her was a portable mic amp so that she has full control over volume and such... Does anyone have a clue what she'd want...

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Dear all, I have a beautiful 246 that I had to send away to service in place that supposedly knows about Tascam here in Norway. Why? well because the monitors arent working and theres a hum on the phone outs. After having a look at it he calls me and tells me about all the screws he's going to...