Recent content by garf

My Tascam CD-RW 2000 has developed an intermittent problem on its left channel where it either 1 works fine sometimes 2 records at a very low level 3 records distorted. One other clue is it seems to be sensitive to humidity. Its 6 years old. Have users here had much luck sending in...

I am looking to go from recording 2 channels to 4 channels. I would like to keep the pres & A/d converters separate from the mixer. In the mixer all I really want is a very simple user interface with just a digital in & a hard drive. I plan on doing my mixing for the tracks on the computer...

I am doing home recording of harp music & was thinking about have a modification done to my harp where they install 36 pickups. If you listen to the top sound clip at: http://www.gourd.com/amainframe.html?134A.HTML&2 you can hear a harp that is recorded with both mics & the pickups. This...

I have been recording harp (the one with strings) using the standard acoustic methods with expensive mics, expensive preamps, etc. But just recently I ran across a harp maker that will install a pickup on each string, and then a custom midi board. This has some obvious advantages and...

Let me preface this by stating that I have never used equalizers. In a previoius thread Roblows commented: A little high shelving from a nice EQ on a good ribbon will often give a nice, smooth airy-ness that can otherwise be tough to get. This goes along with other comments I have read on...

I am thinking about getting a ribbon mic, and understand its common to have to use eq on these. Currently I simply have a Grace Design mic preamp, with nothing else in the chain (well, other than the mic & recorder of course). What I am wondering is what are some reasonable equalizers out...

Apogee Rosetta A/D , 'Solution Series', This is the 96K High definition (so has 44.1, 48 , 88.2, 96 selections). No scratches, perfect. $750 I have only been using this in the 44.1, and in truth can not hear the difference between this & the Apogee 500 AD which I also have. (could be the...

I know you have all been thinking about doing this, so I will save you some time by posting my experiences. You know that satellite dish you picked up at the garbage sale? After watching all that football, and wondering how those big clear parabolic dishes managed to give such a directed sound...

Anyone have a Lucid AD9624 they want to part with? Or I would also be interested in a Apogee Rosetta. You can check my feedback on ebay with member id garf222

I was reading 'Mastering Audio by Bob Katz', and he makes the point that the PLL circuitry in our equipment is generally a poor second cousin to the amount of effor that is put into the rest of it. His suggestion for digital inputs is to also provide a word clock, because this being (I presume)...

I was thinking about picking up a used Symetrix 620 A/D converter or the Lucid ADA1000 converter. Anyone have any opinions on how good these are? Anyone used both? I guess for another $500 or so I could pick up a used apogee rosetta but I wonder if i could hear the difference...

I have a Tascam CDRW 2000. I am wondering how good its internal A/D converter is, and am wondering if it might be worthwhile getting the 5000, as all these units are fairly inexpensive used. Any opinions?

What mixing software would you recommend? I am recording a solo acoustic instrument (harp & occassionally guitar). Currently I simply record to a Tascam CDRW 2000 recorder. Now that I have finally figured out mic placement (thanks Harvey) I want to begin attempting the mixing phase. My...

I wanted to solicit some opinions on whether for recording an acoustic instrument (harp) with 2 mics if it is important that both mics be the same, or only that they be complimentary in how they sound. The reason I ask is that after purchasing a used Blue Blueberry, I was thinking of getting...

Bit of a newbie question here. I just purchased a used Apogee AD-500 A/D converter to upgrade my signal path (was using the internal A/D in the Tascam CD recorder before). So from my mic pre's I am going directly to the Apogee, and from there directly to a Tascam CD recorder. The AES/EBU...