Recent content by gonzoagain

i've gotta admit, what you say is all basically true... and that a tube preamp pedal, or any distortion pedal, by itself, usually sounds terrible to me, but there are some magic combinations.... there is a certain dynamic, a kind of sag of the note, and certain compression, that goes along with...

i recently had my older infinity research standards refinished. granted, they are not "studio" monitors, i use them as my mixdown speakers. i set them up close field, and eq them flat for the room they're in. i blew them out jamming 'guano apes' through them, in fact, the cones were fine, but...

i use an 880ex, but the idea is the same- it's how you set up the effects in either the input mode mixer or the track mixer. if you want to print the effects as you mix down to the pair, you've got to get the effects inserted/send/return on the track mixer side (green). it sounds as if you've...

my first guitar (bought with grass-cutting money) was a sears and roebuck, that had a plywood laminate neck. the plys were pine, and even though the neck had a varnish finish, in time (about 3 months) of warm sweaty hands grabbing the neck, a spot developed on the middle of the back of the neck...

i'd like to bypass the crummy sounding vs inputs, and go digital in. i'm in the market for an outboard effects unit, i was thinking about either going with a compressor (dbx) with digital outs, or a lexicon unit, but really don't know enough about either to make a decision. any ideas?

nilbog- take slackmaster's advice, try to cut them individually, but plan it out so that you've always got a pair to submix to, especially if you're talking about more than 3 tracks that you want mixed in stereo. if you're really strapped (4 track) then you're probably having to submix...

has anyone here come to the point where they feel they've gotten a handle on how the input gains, compression settings, and limiter section and output gains interact with each other? i'd love to here about some experimentation and parameter settings from anyone who is racking their brains with...

i would try going back to the live cab set-up, and try some noise gates to control the noise- using a mic will possibly set up the sonic stage for you to blend with the other instruments- experiment a great deal with rotating the axis of the front of the mic in relation to the speaker, small...