Recent content by Fiddlermatt

Absolutely! I run almost the identical setup. I use the same Tascam US200 and a Audio Technica AT-2020.

I've been down this exact same road before. My hum/noise was caused by a worthless pre-amp and bad wiring. Here's something to try. If you interface can be bus powered (doesn't need a wall wart) take it a plug it into a laptop on battery power. If you don't have a laptop take it to a friend's...

I can draw it on the waveform with reaper. Thanks so much for the advice, I'm going to try it first thing tomorrow!

By volume automation you are referring to manually as you described earlier or some type of processing? Thanks for the advice.

I'm working on learning how to mix bluegrass, and I've run into a problem. The dynamic range on my guitar playing varies by about 4 db. Now, on stage or while jamming this is fine, but for recording it is not so good. Now, I know compression fixes this type of problem by reducing fluctuations in...

In your price range I've heard lots of good things about Trinity College. They are about 700 dollars. That would leave you plenty of money left over for a good set-up. Good luck on you mandolin playing!

There will be a little black button on your audiobox that says +48V. Make sure it is pressed; condenser mics have to be powered by that (phantom power). @c7sus I ran it through several good de-essers and still heard the room noise.

Is there any pattern to when the noise shows up? On louder words or certain words/phrases. The only other things left in the chain are the mic and interface. Do you possibly have access to another mic to try? I know this is probably really stupid to ask, but you do have phantom power turned on?

Well, it does sound like the room does have some issues, and using any plugin to deal with a room isn't ideal. You might want to try using another DAW like reaper (which is free) to see if it might be something with Audacity itself. REAPER | Download. In a case like this, you have to remove one...

What are the walls actually made of in the room? Something reflective? I sounds very much like flutter echoes to me. I'm dealing with the same thing right now. If you don't remind record a few handclaps in the room. That should demonstrate whether or not it is flutter echoes. Otherwise, you...

Are you talking about the "reverb" type sound? What kind of room are you recording in, that may be your problem.

I haven't had a huge amount of experience with octaves, but I am VERY familiar with normal mandolins. Most of my experiences applies to both, hopefully! First, you are going to have to decide how much you really want one. In other words, how much are you willing to pay. -In the mandolin...

Sorry I haven't replied in a little while, I've been having to help make funeral arrangements for my grandfather. I'm running a Audio Technica AT-2020 into a TASCAM US-200. The AT-2020 appeared to have the flattest frequency of any the low-end condenser mics (Having a tight budget, stinks.) It...

There are several things to look at when purchasing an acoustic guitar. I think the first thing to decide is what type of tone you want. Do you want a big, boomy, cutting sound like a Martin HD-28? Do you like the more "sparkly-ness" of Taylors? I agree with the previous posters go to a music...

Oh, that helped quite a bit! Here's an updated image with smoothing.