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Thanks for your reply! The shot you included is exactly what I was talking about. I recognize that type of waveform quite well. I actually did redraw waveforms by hand several years back (2009??) when I started restoring my mono copy of Sgt. Pepper. It took about 35 min. to do 1 second of audio...

With the advent of AI based processing tools I was wondering if anyone knows of a relatively 'inexpensive' app (ie. not Izotope) that deals with extreme distortion? I'm not talking about simple clipping distortion. I'm talking about a live recording where the levels were set so high that the...

Weird question (whose answer I probably already know) but here goes. I have an old Arboretum Systems install disc - Release R4.6 - that I came across when I was cleaning out stuff. It has everything they had available at the time (2000). I was using Ray Gun1/2 which worked great until I upgraded...

I use AA3 every day in my work - radio station production. Recently we had a weather system go through in which we lost power. I shut down one of our two production PCs that was on UPS (studio), the other one (the one I use more - Production) was not on a UPS so did not get to shut down...

Was wondering if anyone else has had this problem. I use AA 1.5 at the radio station I work for. When I tag a program, mix down and then time stretch at "high precision" the audio will have portions where the audio is "damaged". I'm squeezing the length less than a percent most times to as much...

This kind of a long shot, but was wondering if anyone has any experience with the ASI 6122 audio card - specifically setting it up to record with the ASI Mixer app? Here's the situation: I work for a radio station, but my experience is in studio recording and live sound. The broadcast world is...

I've searched here and elsewhere and have read conflicting information. A friend asked me to do up a cable for him and I wanted to double check my memory to reassure myself I have it right. The cable is connecting a headphone out of a piece of gear to a mono input of a mixer. He wants both the...

Wanted to let anyone interested know I am selling my well cared for Fostex VF 16 and an Iomega Zip drive (with 11 carts) on ebay right now. I can answer any questions there - or here if you have questions. Thanks...

Are these guys gone to software heaven? I'm a registered user of their Ray Gun software and was wanting to contact them with upgrade questions and related stuff. The web site comes up with a page not found error. The toll free number on the software install disc I have connects to a live phone...

I know Fostex had some models - are there any other manufacturers that produced these decks? Thanks in advance for any help anyone can offer.

This seems obvious, but I'd like some input anyway. Can a passive direct box be used in reverse? i.e. plugging one in "backwards" to convert a low impedance signal to high impedance. The possible use which prompts my question is using a piece of +4 balanced gear between an instrument and it's...

My son has been using my Dual Showman and it quit on him recently. The fuse blew and I figured it was in the voltage regulation end of things since it happened to me back in '75. Got the diodes replaced but I cannot find a 2.5 amp slo-blo 125V fuse locally. I thought I had some here at home, but...

I am working on some prerecorded tracks with the intention of transferring them to disc. To help some of the balance issues I put the compressor across the master fader. I arrived at a good point where I was pulling around 2 - 3 dB which improved the overall sound of the mix. I adjusted the...

I recently did some research here for pickup info. My son bought a Epiphone G310 SG and the bridge pickup lost considerable level. I found what I needed to know here on checking it to find the cause. His turns out to be a shorted pickup - very low impedance when checked. One thing I did not come...

Thought I'd point anyone interested to a couple of tunes I did on my VF16 about 4 years ago. They are 2 song parodies done entirely on my VF16 without any regard to small problems like my own off key singing in places. They are at http://www.soundlift.com/juanfernandes The titles in question...