Recent content by rozsand

Is there anything to stop me from bolting a Squier Strat neck - or another cheap replacement neck - onto an Ibanez RG120? (Besides the obvious bad taste.) My brother just smashed his old RG120 at a gig, and left me its body and shattered neck. I was wondering if I could combine the body from...

I just bought one of these puppies (a Presonus Inspire 1394), and wanted to hear your thoughts on them before I open the box. Good buy or not? I was looking for an inexpensive new interface, but it seems like PCI is a bad investment at the moment because the cards will be phased out, and USB...

Here's my dilemma - I use a POD and Cubase simultaneously, but the POD (running direct) cannot be monitored via my soundcard output, and running a separate set of speakers out of the POD makes it impossible to predict how the POD will sound once tracked on my PC. As far as I can tell, the only...

Okay - I'd guess this may be the stupidest thing anyone's ever said in the history of recording, but: Right now I'm poor ($120k of law school tuition debt) and can't afford monitors... but I'm sick of mixing with headphones and everything I track sounds like crap. Now, I know you can run a...

I can't decide between two "budget" laptops to use as a new workstation.... Which would you pick? (These prices are after a teacher discount.) Toshiba Satellite A75-S231 $1350 Mobile Pentium 4 548 (3.33GHz 1MB L2 cache, 533MHz FSB) 512MB PC2700 DDR333 SDRAM 100GB HDD (4200rpm) 15.4"...

Question for you - How is the Cubase M14 package? It comes with Cubase SL and the M14, a 4-in 24/96 USB interface. Guitar Center's been really recommending this one to me, but if you check the Musician's Friend reviews, they're horrendous. Virtually everyone complains about the preamps being...

Question for ya: I'm a law student, living in an apartment, so right now my options for recording guitar are gonna be crummy for the next 3 years or so. I can't use a stack anymore (without soundproofing the whole apartment, which is prohibitively expensive), so I'm thinking about picking up...

Hmm... I can't for the life of me find out what's actually in the Cubase SE package. Looks like you lose the unlimited undo (only 1 undo = ouch), and the interface is a bit different, but what else is there? Does anyone know what VST effects/plugins SE comes with? Are they "trial" versions or...

Hey guys, a super-newbie question for ya: I'm looking to expand my home studio with a couple more cheap dynamic mics, but I'm not sure which to get. I want something to use primarily for micing instrument cabs/combos, but want something versatile enough to work for vocals in a pinch (if...

Ok, I'm pretty new into this computer recording stuff and just using VST plugins through Audacity for my basic mixing/editing needs. The problem is, my mixes have all been sounding like crap and I think I just isolated the problem. For some inexplicable reason, my EQ seems to be adding NOISE...

Well, until my DI box comes in the mail, I need a way to record my guitar. And by record, I mean record direct... as cheaply as possible. :rolleyes: Ok, so here's my newest idea (tell me whether it's horrible or not)... Guitar --> Randall RH100 Head --> Line out from RH100 --> DAW...

Ok, I'm having trouble getting a good crunchy sound out of my guitar when I'm recording direct, and every software distortion I've tried sounds like I'm playing a tin can. (Don't say "mic a 4 x 12" cab" because I live in an apartment so DI is my only option now.) Which of these setups would...

I've been looking around for freeware (yes, yes, I'm poor) VST effects plugins to add some versatility to my home studio, but I'm not quite sure which (if any) have a quality reputation. The distortion and compression on my software aren't all that spectacular. :rolleyes: So far I've just...

Hey everybody - I have a very "newb" question for you... I recently bought a Fostex MR-8 and want to record direct out of my guitar amp / keyboard... but the problem is... neither of them have line out jacks. On the bright side, they DO have headphone jacks, and I have all the cables /...