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is it possible to change fretboards on an acoustic guitar? i have a marting dcxme with a wood fretboard and i like the black fretboards much better, i think they are made from micarta or something like that, but i was just wondering if any of you know if music shops or anyone in general can do...

we are about to do some electric recording on our demo and i was just wondering if you guys, when recording electric, mic the c cabinet always, or do you run a line into the mix and just have your effects board in between, or both....i was just wanting to know some of you guys' different...

ok, i have a studio pr. b1, and i basically was just wondering how critical a preamp actually is, i just use a carvin mixer that already has phantom power, but i notice just about everyone uses a preamp for their mics and i have never done that and what exactly can you do with a preamp, is it so...

hey guys how do you treat a room to absorb the wall noise and all the sound waves that interfere with recordings?

when you record in your own studio or just any studio, should you strain your voice and sing loud just like you were when you play live, or take it just a little bit easier and quieter and work on good singing and then adjust the volume when you get done...will this sound different in the mix...

our band is about to record a 5 song demo, and we just wanted to get a drum track for each song, but we dont want anything very technical, and we only have one condenser mic (sp b1). has any of you guys ever recorded a drum track with just positioning one condenser mic at a neutral spot around...

would a condenser vocal mic not pick up too much surrounding for live...result in feedback? i know people use them, but i was just wondering about the feedback and pickup, because wouldnt a condenser mic give a live performance a lot better quality warm sound? i was just wondering if so, then...

ok, when you have a soundcard, i know you run the outs from your mixer to the ins on the soundcard to get the connection from your mixer, but what im not understanding is how you use all of the outs that come out of the soundcard. the soundcard that im looking to get has 4 ins and 8 outs, i...

i have a powered pa mixer from carvin, and naturally when we turn it on you can hear the hiss coming from the amps i suppose...but when i connect the same mixer to my soundcard and record tracks, i hear the same "hiss" sound, is it possible that just its because it is the soundblaster card and...

i see alot of posts about mic positioning...i can fool around and get the acoustic guitar to sound good, but i havent gotten around to messing with vocals...with a condenser mic, do you just get right up next to it when singing vocals, or do you back away, or is it just preference, and if it is...

is a condenser mic "pointing" in the direction that you see the little round thing inside the capsule...is that the way it is pointing? or do you sing into the top of it like a dynamic(i dont think that is right)???

do most mixers that you are able to use to plug into your soundcard and use to control as a preamp for your recording connect through your computer through rca outs, because i havent seen any other kind of outs come from a mixer....do any of them use 1/4 or anything else?

ok lets see how i can put this. say i have a mixer with 8 channels, and i have a soundcard with 4 ins and 4 outs that are 1/4 inch...how could i plug in my acoustic guitar in channel one and my software pick up that as 1 track, and hook something else into channel 2 and that be another seperate...

do you guys "always" mic the acoustic guitar or do you ever plug it in and record straight from that line or channel? because in my opinion they are two way different sounds...also does some kind of acoustic preamp help out. thanks!

well you guys wont recieve all the annoying questions from me anymore about mics for a while, because i got the sp b1 on the way...thanks for all the help, and untill the next purchase ill be good to go with mic questions, or asking about what to buy! ha thanks!

is this a good mic...set going for 99.00: mic, shockmount, and case, and windscreen i need a condenser mic for home recording, and looking heavilly towards the sp b1, but just checking everything out before i actually buy i will spend anywhere from 80.00 - 125.00 or so, and i would like to have...

guys im looking at purchasing a new soundcard something other than the soundblaster that came into my computer, but im not all that rich at the moment, so im looking at as cheap as i can get an upgrade...i found this soundcard, says it records at 24 bit, but all the plugins on the back are still...

what do you guys know from expierence from these two mics? they are selling together as a combo, they probably suck though, i dont have a clue thanks!

is a presonus tubpre a good mic preamp, because i found a package deal that has the b1 with this preamp, and shock, case, etc...for a good price, and i was just wondering if that was a good preamp for a condenser mic, i want to do vocals, and ALOT of acoustic guitar recording...what is the...

ok, i have a mixer that has rca outs and ins, and what i did was send my outs from the mixer to the in behind the computer on the sound card. its a carcin pa mixer, and my soundcard is the one that came into the computer when i bought it, i think it is the soundblaster sound card. i can do...