Recent content by Dr. Bell

OK, spring cleaning time and I'm rearranging my studio. Akai DPS 16: 16 track digital hard disk recorder with external, high-speed SCSI CD-R/CD-RW burner, manuals, power cables, scsi cable, software backup. Excellent unit for home recording. $650 plus shipping. Email me for more info or for...

There is VSTi host, which is relatively cheap but it is a Mac program. There's a sequencer usually packaged with Computer Music (a UK magazine) caled Muszys or something that is free and uses VST plugs. It should do what you want.

old old AKG

The black one is, sure enough, the V67b. There is/was a silver or chrome one, though I have never actually seen it. Bah to paying $20 extra bucks for the green, even though it is handsome. I've tried it out now, and yes it is pretty good on my acoustic guitar. I had been using a mxl 603 before...

Frankie Vali? Or something like that? Ditto on the mics looking cool.

I just bought a Marshall v67 (the black one) at a Sam Ash store for $79.99, which they considered a "blowout" price, but it seemed like just a regular price to me. The prices I'm finding on the web are all over the place, though, and I'm having a hard time trying to figure out whether or not I...

Gasp, speaking of FMR dealers, I saw one at Sam Ash the other night... the coolness rating has just dropped by about 25%. I will still buy one anyway, just not there.

I haven't done any business with hotwired, but others have recommended their cables here. I have bought cables on ebay from Nnissel, he sells hand made canare star-quad cables with neutrik connectors for a slightly better price. I have been pleased with both of the cables I bought from him. You...

I can't think of anything in the circuitry of that mixer that could cause this problem. I'm with the wet/dry mix response. It's not that uncommon to change a setting without knowing about it. Or maybe you've got the dry signal panned to one side and the effect signal panned to the other. ...

I'm all for incidental noise in general, but I really hate the sound of my right shirtsleeve agains the guitar, really not musical at all. So I just wear a shortsleeve shirt. One of those moments when you feel like you've really gone off the deepend with the audio geekiness. If you're working...

Yes, keep everything dry, dry, dry. Reverb is not at all funky.

Yes. I have a camera case like that I use for my guitar gear. The dividers are movable/removable.

So I'm looking for oopinions on an orchestral sounds only module. The one I've heard that I like on records is the Roland M0c-1, which is old and hard to find on ebay, even. Any other suggestions? I don't have mega bucks to spend...

Psst... dude... you can totally learn all of this stuff other places, like a book. Or a magazine. Or the thousands of free articles on the internet about music and recording. You can't learn a subject in and out with a 25 word response from someone on the internet. There just isn't a good answer...

Here's one thing I've noticed: If you grasp the pick too lightly there's more pick noise, and it's a really annoying sound. Not really sure why, but it sounds like that might be what you're describing. And when it comes to mic placement, inches can make a big difference. 12th fret.