Recent content by Codmate

Hi all, When I started playing the guitar I had some classical lessons. I didn't take to it at the time and ended up playing jazz/blues/rock instead. Now, many years later, I have picked up the classical guitar again, and have learned some lovely little pieces. The only trouble is my sitting...

Hi all - it seems as though my M-Audio Delta66 is dying a slow painful death, so I'm looking to replace a Delta66/OmniStudio combination. I don't need anything more than the Omnistudio provides really - 4 analogue inputs with 2 mic pre's built in is fine for my purposes. Balanced outs are a...

Hi all - I found a link to this site on www.eurotubes.com http://herbiesaudiolab.home.att.net/ I run a tube combo and suffer from the odd rattle, so I'm in the market for something like this. Does anybody have experience with these anti-rattle products?

Anybody else here use Last.FM? It's great to keep track of what you're listening to :) Here's mine: http://www.last.fm/user/Codmate/ If there are enough of us using it, we should set up a group :D

I got myself a nice new Spanish guitar recently. http://tinyurl.com/n9hy9 It's been about fourteen years since I re-stringed one and I messed up a bit before getting it right :( I should have practiced on my old rubbish classical guitar, but I ended up making a small scar on my nice new...

Hi there, I have some nice locking tuners (Schaller style) on my Strat and was wondering what tuners people would suggest as an upgrade to my Les Paul Studio as, although the 'Gibson Deluxe' tuners work fine, I'd prefer something that feels as solid as the ones on my Strat. I also really like...

I know there are a number of us here that would like advice on what cabs would go well with the Epiphone Valve Junior head :) It would be great if people could advise on specific models - but it would also be cool to know what kind of wattage and impedance we should be looking at. For...

Here's a short video I found of two of my favorite guitarists :) https://youtube.com/watch?v=fRbkjxOTl7E&search=lenny%20breau

I've just recieved a Deucetone RAT pedal and its power supply input looks totally different from those on other pedals I have. The trouble is that I have a Boss BCB-60 pedal board that I would like to use the pedal in. I'd dearly like to use the on-board power as it's so convenient. Is there...

This is just a post to recommend the AMD X2 CPUs for Cubase use. The multi CPU support really seems to work! I can also check my e-mail/surf the web/burn a DVD, while doing an audio export. Before having the X2 my machine would basically freeze until it had finished. Anybody who's building a...

Does anybody here have special musical instrument insurance? I'm thinking of taking some out as I'm gigging pretty regularly at the moment. Anybody know of any reputable UK brokers? Anybody ever made a claim. What's people's experience with musical instrument insurance generally?

I've just been given a short recording of a spoken-word piece. It's just one male voice speaking on the recording. The problem is that the voice-artist was too far away from the microphone and the room the recording took place in was far too echoey. Is there any way to remove the room's...

Here's a re-worked version of a track I posted in the mixing/mastering forum a while back. Comments please - many thanks... http://tinyurl.com/8fhxo The line-up for this track is: * Gibson Les Paul Studio through Fender Vibrolux - mic was an SM58 on the cab. Sounded fairly bright at the time...

Hi all, I've been doing some home recording over the past year and have got some reasonable results with one caveat - none of the mixes I make have any 'sparkle' to them. Basically everything I do ends up sounding as though it has come through a cushion :( Now - I know I'm posting this in the...

Hi everybody. I'm using Cubase SX to record audio and midi in the same project. I'm having some problems with MIDI latency. My soundcard is an M-Audio Delta66 with the OmniStudio box. I'm using an old controller keyboard via an M-Audio Midisport 4in4out via USB for MIDI input. Now, when I'm...