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I am currently working on a recording that is going to be sent in for professional mastering. This is the first recording project I have done that is going to be commercially released and I want to make sure everything goes smoothly. I am using Logic Express 8. My main question is about the...

I can't seem to find colored strat knobs anywhere, specifically red and blue. Do these exist? All i can find are skulls or dice or knobs with abalone inlays... where are the plain colored knobs??

I'm recently the proud owner of a 6.5x14 ludwig supraphonic snare. I already can tell that this thing screams. however, Im not sure about the heads that were on it when I bought it- they are the origanal ludwigs. It was tuned very very tight (ala primus) and I am looking for a deeper sound. I...

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this may sound stupid, but I was wondering if the amount of power that an amp uses is more a function of the volume setting or of the amount of signal going through it. For example, which would use more power (in regards to my electric bill): A: I leave my guitar amp or powered monitors on...

I know this topic has been done to death, but my question is pretty specific to my situation, so i'll ask anyway... I'm trying to power an old ribbon mic that i have. It's one of those reslo "beatles style" mics. It sounds Ok through my mixer, but it needs a lot of gain and gets a little...

I curious about trying some non-backcoated tape for a few sessions. I'd like to hear what it sounds like first of all, i assume it sounds more "vintage" if that means anything... Also, is it true that it doesn't suffer from sticky shed? that would be a huge selling point for me. I'm also...

I have a TSR-8 that is starting to show its age. Grooves have formed on some of the transports and/or the lifter mechanism. This is causing brand new tape to shed, gunking up the heads. Ive had my problems with sticky shed in the past, and now i'm using only brand new SM900 tape. (i'm only...

I'm considering making my next purchase of (1/2") tape and was thinking about buying pancakes to save a few bucks- i've got a bunch of sticky tape i could toss and keep the empty reels. Unfortunately I'm not even sure what a pancake looks like or how i would transfer it to one of the blank...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=011&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=320087683950&rd=1&rd=1 does that seem like an insanely good deal or am I crazy?

I recently found out that the album "Hairway to Steven" by the Butthole Surfers was recorded on digital equipment in the mid 1980's. I have always thought that this album had a very unique sound, almost an artificial sound. if you have heard it, you know what i mean. Does anyone know what kind...

If a tape machine (specifically a TSR-8) is set to use 456 tape, and one were to put a (brand new) tape like 499 or SM-900 on the machine simply for the purpose of diagnosing whether the record head is functioning properly, could this cause any damage? is the bias difference so extreem that it...

Am I the only one here who has never used noise reduction on any of my recordings?

Hello. Ive got a broken tascam TSR-8. It shut down on me a few months ago and i've been heartbroken and confused ever since. I was in the middle of a recording session, trying to listen back to what i had just recorded, and figure out why i was hearing nothing. Then, mid-rewind, the machine...

Sorry if this is mis-catigorized, but I cant think of anywhere else to post this (suggesstions are welcome) I have an Imac G5 with a M-audio mobile pre USB. I Use it for sound editing and recording, but also for gamesand internet (duh). the games i have and my internet browser, however, refuse...