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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...

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...

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...

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...

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I'm looking for a power amp to match up with my 6ohm Yorkville Ysm1's Cheap of course, any suggestions???

Howdy, Here's what I'm looking to accomplish: record keys/guitars/ect. on my analog 4-track and bring the tracks home to dump on my computer having them properly sync with some other tracks already recorded in acid. my question: Is there any way to have the analog tracks properly sync(on...

I have found an old second-hand Tascam 424mkII at a used music store. It is the dissconntinued model, I do believe. It's black/dark grey instead of blue. has the XRL and 1/4 jacks....ect. My questions are: What should I look for or how should I test it to make sure that it is in top working...

Hello, my bad....I have a question that is probably obvious as fuck. The only compressor that I have at my dissposal is the one in Sounge Forge 4.5. It's all I got and will have for a while. So, I've done some reading up on compressors. I understand what the attack and release do. I understand...

I'm getting a pair of passive monitors. The only thing that I have to use as an amp right now is an Onkyo stereo tuner/amplifier. Is this a legit option for amplification of nearfield monitors? Will there be any problems in using this? 2nd: The only kind of outputs are the unshielded...

I've been wondering how to get that squelchy-ass distorted vocal sound. I've tryed using just plain distortion, but that ain't cuttin' it. anyone got any tips?

I am using sound forge 4.5 and acid music 3.0. When I go to send a track into s.f. for proccessing I have to save it when I go back into acid. If I fuck up I can't change the track back to it's olriginal form. For example, I send a bassline into s.f. for some compression, save it, and hear the...

Has anyone heard any good or fairly decent albums recorded entirely on 4-track-portastudio-(cassette)-boombox-hand held recorder-answering machine-ect.?