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Howdy. I haven't been here in quite a while. Howzitgoin? My motherboard is fried and I'm freakin out. I have an old eMachine PC (WinXP) and an Aark24 soundcard. Am I gonna have problems if I just put in a modern motherboard? Will the Aark24 drivers work? Will I be able to boot-up from my...

During a recent recording I discovered one of my pair of MC012's has gone bad. It's like a bad connection - moving the XLR cable where it connects to the mic causes intermittent scratchiness and a loud hum. I've ruled out cables as the problem. It has to be the mic. I paid $150 for the pair. Do...

I just scored a used RE27N/D for $100 last night. But it didn't come with the furnished clip or a shockmount which probably accounts for the nice price. So what I'm gonna do? I got nothing in my clip bag that can hold the sucker. The 309A shockmount sells for more than what I paid for the mic...

I was having trouble coming up with lyrics for a song I posted a while back. But I didn't let that stop me from recording vocals! I started playing around with some plug-ins, applying different effects to a handful of copy-n-paste vocal clips. I think you'll agree that the result is a form of...

http://www.nowhereradio.com/artists/album.php?aid=3924&alid=-1 Just finished an untitled piece with a working title of "7+6 sketch" because... well, you can figure it out. Nylon string guitars, bass guitar, and midi drums. I spent more time on the drums this time trying to make them sound less...

http://www.nowhereradio.com/artists/album.php?aid=3924&alid=-1 The lo-fi version seems mushy to me but the hi-fi one sounds close to my final mix. It's called Fianchetto and it's a redo of something I wrote in the mid 80's. Midi drums, double-tracked nylon string guitar, bass guitar and lap...

Is anyone here using a variety of vocal effects in their live performances? None of the bands I played in had a sound man. We set a little reverb on the vocals and leave it alone for the entire gig. I'm usually just playing in bar bands but still... some of the tunes could use some slap-back or...

I've been hearing good things about these pickups. Anyone here have one? Tell me about it....

http://www.nowhereradio.com/artists/album.php?aid=3924&alid=-1 This is my most recent musical idea and is the first time I've used my Soundcraft 200-something: Nylon string guitar with 2 mics, Bass guitar direct-in, midi-based drums, SONAR HE. I'm having trouble getting this loud enough, so...

I was able to do this in Cakewalk 9 but it' snot working in SONAR Home 4. I created a simple but lengthy midi drum track and now I want to record it as audio to another track. I'm sending the midi output to my Soundblaster Card. For the audio track I'm supposed to select the SB as the input but...

I bought a used 8-channel 200B last night! For $200 (USD) it seemed like a sweet deal. So far every channel works well and sounds good but I haven't yet checked phantom power. But, it's missing 2 knobs. Are these easy to find? Also, 2 of the XLR mic inputs are missing the little flangy thing...

I got a used XT20 a while back and it worked fine until last week when it stopped a couple times while recording and now shows "error 07" during playback (even though it plays back fine). Any recommendations for a place that can service it around the San Fernando Valley?

I just got an email from TapeResources.com advising me to stock up on S-VHS tape because these 3 companies will stop making it. All three? At the same time? Who else makes quality ADAT tape?

I'd like to buy a small PA for my daughter and I to use for acoustic guitar and vocals in small venues. I've searched the online stores and some of the PA packages come close but don't quite meet my ideal specs. Maybe there isn't one: - 80 to 160 watts - small footprint, easily toted - 3 or 4...

Ya think this might do it? http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sfv/msg/267125768.html

I saw some used ones on Craig's list. Some searching resulted in several model numbers in the 600 range. I'm always on the lookout for the next doohickey I can't live without. Any opinions about these mics?

Are there any advantages of one over the other?

One day my daughter, 18, says she wants to record a song she wrote. She hasn't been playing guitar very long and I've only heard her singing in school choir, rarely solo. So my expectations were not too high but I figured it would be a good lesson to let her hear herself. But she surprised me...

You must have heard it. It goes "dit da-dah dit da-dah dit da-dah ... " I hear at least once a week now. On conference calls at work, from the Sony Walkman in my car, from the guitar amps in the band. Is it only following me around or do you hear it too?

How do I export a mix to MP3 from SONAR HS4 in a way that people can actually play the damn thing!? This is driving me nuts! I'm using SONAR's default settings for the MP3 file: 128kbps, quality set to 2 (options are 0 thru 5 with 0 being the highest), and 16-bit. But my WMP (v10) at work says...