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The AKGs definitely look like they have the sturdier construction. My one concern with going that direction is that since they're made specifically for monitoring and mixing (ie, they're real flat) will they not be as good to listen to music and play games through?

I recently lost my last pair of headphones, mostly due to cheap materials, although I loved the sound... so, what I'm looking for are versatile closed ear headphones, that I can record and mix with sometimes, and use for listening to music and gaming on my pc at others. The main thing is...

i've been using horrible cheap mics for so long that i'm almost getting used to how flat and dull they sound... but, sadly, i've got to part ways with them and spend some money on more real mics. a question, though. could part of the problem be that i'm not using any mic preamps? i've used a...

like I said, they're very new... they're supposed to replace the ZBT-Plus series, and be a big improvement on top of that. They definitely LOOK better, and have a lot more variety in their range, but...

Zildjian's new top of their bottom line, the ZXTs - anyone have them or tried them out? I'm looking to replace some horrible horrible cymbals I have on my practice set and although they're still too new to have a lot of reviews out on them, I've heard good things.

This may or may not be a completely stupid question... I have always used a similar technique which involves recording and mixing with my 4, 8, now 16 track, and then recording the output via my soundcard in a sound editor and editing and saving it that way. This seems fine, but I've always had...

Thanks... but I knew that. ;) Reread the question... I said REAL tracks, not total tracks, virtual tracks, or anything else. The AW16G claims to be a 16 track, has 16 REAL tracks, but only 12 faders. I know a lot of newer units are setup this way or similarly but I've never owned one that...

This is a pretty stupid question, but while this thread is alive I thought I'd ask. I've been thinking about buying an AW16G myself... I've never owned a recorder with more REAL tracks than it has faders - how this implemented on that AW16G? Are they shared, toggled, or what? Thanks.

I've pretty much decided on the Korg EM-1 for various reasons, but if anyone else stops by this thread I did check out those two Yamaha and they seem to be outstanding boxes... and as for more expensive? Nah, you can buy BOTH of them for under 500 dollars used on E-bay. I'll probably pick them...

thanks! wow, the electribes are definitely interesting - i'm not sure how i missed them before. i'm considering getting a used em-1 (the groovebox like one) used and, if I like it, getting a es-1 (the beat sampler one) and synching them together to expand my sounds... then, after looking around...

I'm looking for some kind of hardware sampler/sequencer/groovebox/synth, whatever, to play with. I have tons of experience with software sequencers/trackers but I've always wanted to try the seemingly more limited scope of hardware. I enjoy and make a lot of industrial type stuff, but would like...

I record music on a digital 4 track and then record it with my sound card through the line in... its ok, but there is just a tiny amount of background static that totally degrades the overall quality of the track. Recently I was playing around with CoolEdit2000's noise reduction feature and...

I record music on a digital 4 track and then record it with my sound card through the line in... its ok, but there is just a tiny amount of background static that totally degrades the overall quality of the track. Recently I was playing around with CoolEdit2000's noise reduction feature and...

a complete newbie question, I know... I've had both very good and very poor results when mixing my multitrack to my computer to make my recordings into .wav or .mp3 format - here's the deal. I run the output on my 4 track into the input on my soundcard and use cooledit (or any other sound...

Ah... excellent, figured something like that would be the most likely reason...