Recent content by jeffree

Folks, I've got a new M-Audio DMP3 pre coming my way--it should fit well into my cheapo home studio (Yam aw16g standalone, SP B1 mics, etc.). Is there any use for the DMP3 besides boosting mic signals? Just wondering what you think about the pros and cons of sending line sources to the DMP3...

Folks, I've been reading mostly good reviews of the DMP3 here at the forum in recent years, and I'm finally ready to add a cheap pre to my cheap studio. I've set $200 as my limit since it's just for the late-night weird stuff that I don't want to take into a full studio. My guitars are good, but...

Hi all, My first visit to the clinic... I'd be glad to have anyone give my newest tune a listen, and if you have the time, do send me any feedback you might have. Please keep in mind that this is one of my solo efforts--all writing, performance, and recording by me alone with lots of...

Folks, I have a special need: a very basic 61-key synth with built-in sounds, under $300. I'd like to buy it new, if possible--I've been unlucky with used gear. I'm a guitar-player/composer, producing jazz-rock stuff that sometimes needs some simple backing string and synth parts. I've...

Folks, just wondering if anyone has experience using the optical ins/outs for a CD player and stereo receiver. I understand the advantage technically, but would any difference in sound be noticeable and worth the extra cable price in a modest home system? Thanks for any insight, J.

If you're shopping for monitors, the new issue of Future Music mag has a blind monitor shoot-out, a lengthy article that shares a group of six engineers' impressions of about a dozen popular monitors at various price points... Mackie, Samson, KRK, Behringer, Dynaudio, Genelec, etc. A lot of...

Folks, I've been thinking that I should tear apart my bird's nest of wires in my studio to find out if I can eliminate the ever-present low-level hum from my monitors. The hum's low enough to disappear when listening even at lower volumes, but it's very apparent when working without any music to...

Just want to let you know that M-Audio has a new sub out, which means that the older SBX model has dropped in price to $199. I know from my own rig how much a sub helps the BX5s, and I've heard the SBX is a solid choice. No, I don't work for M-Audio; I just know we have quite a few Spb5, BX5...

Just wondering if anyone can explain which version of volume pedal would be best for me. My research here and elsewhere hasn't cleared up the issue for me. I need to add a volume pedal for a recording I'm working on--I'll be using it both direct to the board for bass (no effects) and with a...

Folks, I've been searching online with no luck for the dedicated Johnson J-Station footswitch. I often use the J-Station while recording but am planning to use it for some live gigs in the near future. The J-Station was discontinued a couple of years back, but I'm sure that footswitches are...

Hi, all. I'd appreciate some advice. I've been using a MusicMan RD112 Fifty amp for many years and need to replace the worn-out stock speaker. You may know that Leo Fender started this company soon after he left Fender, and I've had great luck with the combination solid-state/tube design. This...

To anyone interested in some cheap wireless cans... I've been wanting some wireless cans, not for tracking (nor mixing, heaven forbid), but just for casually listening to rough mixes for ideas while roaming the house and yard. I've generally found that cheap + wireless is usually a disaster...

I haven't seen this exact question posed during the last couple of years, so let me give it a shot. I'm using Senn 280s in my home studio, but I'd like to buy another set of cans for late-night listening/relaxing. Forget tracking and isolation, forget editing and rough mixing... instead, just...

The link between equipment reviews and the reviewers giving them is an important if confusing one. I recently lost 4 points in one day--probably shouldn't have mentioned that I like my amp modeler as much as my tube amp for recording--and I started wondering about the biggest point gain and drop...

Not to beat a live horse, but a tune I did using only a B1 was reviewed in this month's Recording mag. Given my small and very modest home studio, I was pleased to see the reference to the acoustic instruments I recorded with the B1, with minimal EQ or other processing and no external mic pres...