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I'm looking to buy a decent 61 keyboard/synth for recording. I really don't need a workstation (I record to Sonar) - but I do need decent "sampled" analog sounds such as - folk instruments (harmonica, fiddle, banjo, etc.) - horns (sax, trumpet, trombone, etc.) and orchestra (string sections...

I've tried close mic'ing (terrible results) and various distance mic'ing with both LD and SD condenser mics. Unfortunately the chimes end up sounding like a shrill white noise. I know it can be done (I've heard recordings - but I can't get a decent sound. I welcome any suggestions.

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I have too many - but it's a sickness! I'm not a collector - more of an accumulator. I like to have various options when recording and do actually play all of them from time to time (the down side of a lot of guitars - very expensive for a lot of sets of strings (I don't change them as much as I...

I want to put a magnetic pickup under the strings of a resonator (naturally I can't use a sound hole pickup)). I saw an on line demo of relatively low cost pickups by a company called 12 Bar Blues - has anyone used them and can offer an opinion - or - suggest other "low cost" options - I'd like...