Recent content by Oancient1

Yamaha site has no manual for anything called an M1608, but has one for a MC1608M "Monitor Mixing Console" that would indeed be worth the 25, assuming it works of course. Link to manual: http://www2.yamaha.co.jp/manual/pdf/pa/english/mixers/MC1608ME.pdf

Me too. Still use it for vocal effects and occasionally for the patterns.

Assuming that the Boss you have been using is the old BR-8, I would reccommend that your friend get one (they're cheap on ebay) so as to make it easy for you to help him get up on the HR learning curve, and make it possible for the two of you to exchange files. Assumiing that the recorder has...

I use a printed lyric sheet on which are noted the sections where I sing and the sections where I don't. Question -- a karaoke machine provides backing music to which you sing. Assuming that you do not have a karaoke machine, what are you going to use for backing music?

Never done it myself, preferring to use a stand alone multi-track recorder that allows me record ot mix directly to MP3. But it seems to me that you should be able to connect the stereo output of your Korg to the LINE input of a PC and use Audacity to record the Korg output. (Don't know about...

Interesting stuff Massive. Thanks for posting the link.

Thanks Diggy. Makes perfect sense.

One thing to understand about decibels is that using them is just a way to keep from thinking in big numbers. e.g -3db means 1/2 of the power, or whateever is being measured, and +3db means 2x it. Likewise 10db is 10x, 20db is 100x, and so on. The other thing to understand is that there is...

djdefo I have had low volume issues with inexpensive standalones like the the DP, but -40dB is indeed riduculous. What are the DP's meter indications telling you when you record and master on it? I assume you are relying on the meter indications to set the levels, and not on the volume of the...

The only hesitation I would have on the R24 is the the bad experience I have had with my Zoom drum machine -- cheap plastic construction that did not hold up during what I consider normal operation.

Options other than Zoom. Korg D3200 - 12 simultaneous records, 16 tracks @ 24-bit, 32 tracks @ 16-bit. Has been discontinued by Korg but is still listed in the musicians freind catalog. I have one and love it. USB might be USB 1 though. Tascam 2488 neo - 8 simultaneous records, says 24...

Sounds to me like there is not enough electrical current to power the internal preamp, A/D conversion and -48V phantom power output of the Icicle. I don't think it is likely that the PC's USB port is not providing enough current, but if you have other USB powered devices connected to your PC...

One word of advice -- before deciding to use 48kHz sampling instead of 44, be aware that that may result in problems with the song streaming off certain internet sites -- soundclick.com in my experience.

.... would seem to indicate that the D3200 is the best choice. Be prepared to have more difficulty learning the 3200 than the Tascam, as IMO the manual is not nearly a friendly as Tascam ones I have seen. I have a 3200 and the only time I am dissatisfied with it is when I need to look at track...

And join the rest of us in the poor house.