Recent content by tvanveen

This is about as done as I think I can get it without some help from you guys...please have a listen - http://mp3.washingtonpost.com/bands/boxcar_collision.shtml The download link is right under our picture. Any comments or help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks! tv

I currently use a Fostex VF160 for recording...record to the Fostex, then burn WAV files which I dump to my PC. Easy. I'm considering upgrading...I was looking at something like a Firepod, or the MOTU 8 input thing, but people talk about the Lynx and this and that. So I'm looking at the...

We're not quite done with this, but I was hoping to get some feedback on where we're at. http://www.bigdayphoto.com/music/start102.mp3 I'm planning to redo the vocals (our singer has some changes she wants to do, plus I want to try a slightly different tracking method), we're planning to try...

Hi, I've been lurking and occasionally posting for about a year, working on my recording "skills", trying to progress. Up until this point me and my band have just done straight up recordings of our rehearsals, totally live, no overdubs, but next month we'll actually sit down and try to bang...

I've been using n-track for a year, and it's been fine. A little unstable at times, sometimes some unexpected weirdness happends, but no biggie until recently. Lately I've been having a lot of trouble selecting with my mouse, which has been a big problem. There have been some other minor...

Just axing. :)

I know the Blue mics are nice but a bit finicky and specialized. Would a Blueberry and Dragonfly complement each other? Basically, are they different in such a way that where one fails the other is likely to do well? Thanks, Tom

Lately when recording bass I just run a cable from the preamp out on my bassist's amp straight into my daw and it sounds pretty decent. The only problem is the level is a bit low, and I end up boosting it with the gain pot on my VF160, which I suspect isn't very good. If the signal is low...

Ok, on the outputs of the DMP3 you've got 2 outs labeled "balanced". I've been patching them to my daw using what basically look like short guitar cables, which I think are unbalanced, correct? What should I be using? What is a balanced out/in? Thanks for any help. tv

Hey there, I've got a few channels that could use preamp upgrading. I have 4 channels of DMP3, 1 channel with a Tampa, and I was thinking of the remaining 3 channels one might be a Joe Meek. It's been suggested, or maybe I erroneously inferred it, that the newer 3Q is better then the VC3Q, but...

Does anyone have technical details on how Peel Sessions were recorded? I only own 2 of them, (The Smiths and Screaming Blue Messiahs) but think they both sound great, very raw and immediate. tv

I've been reading this forum for a while, and I've bought a few mics off of your recommendations. If what I buy doesn't work on what I had hoped, it will usually work on something else. Now I have a very specific need - a good mic for our singer. We have a few mics in the $100 range that work...

Let's say you had a few songs of original material recorded, and you wanted to add a cover song just to fill things out a bit on your cd. How do ou go about securing rights to do so? Does this stop a lot of people from including covers on their own cd? Thanks, tv

I'm new to this, so forgive me if this is ignorant. I have a VF160 and use a few mic preamps to feed into it. So from my perspective I have 2 knobs that handle the gain coming in, one on the preamp, plus the trim pot on the channel. What's the best way to to set the levels on each pot...

Hi, new VF160 user here. Got it Wednesday, took it to band practice last night, seems to work great. One thing we used to do with our old setup was to send the vocal signal to the effect out, and input that to a monitor so we could hear our singer. Is there any way to send a signal like this...