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I've used one of those hand held Sony ($30 or cheaper)mini-cassette recorders before I bought some "real" condensers. I just used the earphone out into a pre, kept it in the record position, and had to e.q. some of the buzz out. It worked for what I needed to do. (I'm into lo-fi stuff) I have a...

""""listening with my hafler TA 1600 amp and my Yorkville Ysm-1 monitors. It sounded great/better then the ordinary cd's of which these songs are also on. EXCEPT: My monitors tweek out on certain snare hits. (possibly around 5k???)-sounding VERY harsh, as if my monitors are puking/coughing out...

I decided to come here in my search and ask if anyone around here knows what this is. (What is PCM Stereo: 48K/24-bit?) Reason: A lot of music DVD's seem to be having this feature of sound quality. Why is it so special? What is it? I got a DVD of a bunch of music videos by my one of my...

Damn....I just wasted a couple of hours reading this shit???(me kicks myself in the head)....I guess it was pretty funny though. :p There ought to be a "is your recording worse then the Legend Garcia" contest. I know I've got a couple of drug induced pieces of corn speckled shit that could go...

I had the same problem using similar equipment(mxl's, 424mkII, sm57) Keep the gain down on your overheads. I was getting an awfully beligerant overhead sound and noticed that the problem went away when I turned the gain down on my preamp and compensated by turning the channel faders up on my...

I was using some cheap audio technica dynamic mics as overheads before. I did have a bit of distortion on the toms but not as bad as my SDL's. I find that making a cut at around 250 khz helps a bit. It's been pissing me off. They sound good on acoustic guitar and all the other drums/cymbals. The...

I saw a picture awhile back of Green Day or some such punk band in the studio. It appeared as if the kick were being miced by a ten inch speaker cone. Am I crazy? or can you reverse the wiring on a speaker and use that as a mic? (I know, I know, I have yet to read and digest the Harvy Gerst Mic...

Until I find/buy a single mic stand that makes xy overhead micing easy I plan on trying to rig one. So far I've used wire and twist ties an such. It wasn't fun. I'm wondering if anyone has made a DIY xy mount tfor use on a single boom stand. If so, please share any ideas!!!

I've been recording drums for a couple of weeks. It's going pretty good except for the toms coming out distorted. Here's my gear and method- Two mxl603s either in xy configuration or one almost over the drummers shoulder micing the left side of the kit and one over the right side(over snare...

thanks dude :)

Hello, I have a pair of passive Yorkville YSM1's I was powering them with some shit-ass receiver. I now have a hafler TA 1600. The speakers are 6ohm and the amp is 4. It has two channels. How do I safely hook these speakers up? One thread said that this combination should be "wired in a...

So, I bought one and tried it out for myself. It was the last one at GC (in the display case and all) and they couldn't find the papers or the box for it so I haggled and got $10 off. They still hooked me up with a thirty day warranty or whatever....anyway, My first thoughts: "Damn this thing...

damn, I was at GC just yesterday and came here looking for the same answers. $50, huh? sounds kinda suspicious to me. So, have you tried it yet? Results?

thank you, thank you very much. :cool:

Hi, I've been around here for awhile and find this place to be quite a valuable source of information. I've been recording for a couple of years. All low-fi 4- track stuff ect. Lately I've been saving to upgrade my gear for more possibilities/better sound and have been doing some studying...