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Hi All, I'm considering making the jump from my Roland VS1680 to ProTools and have been looking at the MBOX 3. HOwever, my big question - which I can't seem to find an answer to, is what FX come with Pro Tools LE? All the documentation says that it comes with "dozens of effects", but doesn't...

Hi All, I'm finally retiring my beloved Roland VS1680 and going ProTools with an MBOX 3 set up. My question however involves how I connect all of my external gear into the MBOX3... I have a nice digital dbx386 tube mic preamp with a digitial s/PDIF out. I assume that I'd connect that to the...

Hello all, I'm undertaking an ambitious project to take some of my old --in some cases 20 years old -- 4 track and demo cassette tapes (remember those things?) and transfer them to my DAW for posterity. Can anyone suggest the best FX and/or EQ settings to clean up the sound and ensure I get the...

Hola fellow recording amigos, yer friendly Octoruss here. You know, for years I have been a proud owner of a Roland 1680, which I have loved dearly. But now I'm in the process of moving to Hong Kong from the US, and can't decide what recording equipment to take with me. A friend suggested...

I just refinished my basement studio, with all new walls, ceiling, electrical work and carpet. I was so excited to plug in my Fender amp and play a few power chords when I turned the power on and......"mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm" That loud, annoying amp hum, with nothing plugged in, only the power...

Hola amigos, For those of you familiar with this song, the main riff consists of 4 chords, and at the end of the 1st and 4th chord, it sounds like the player is sliding his hand down the fretboard or he's using his whammy bar to get a "decending" sound. I don't think it's the former because...

Hola amigos, I'm about to begin construction in my basement to refinish it, and make a "proper" studio. But in advance of the construction, I'll need to completely dismantle the studio and store it withle the work continues. My question is, the only real place that I can put this gear during...

Hola amigos, This may be a dumb question, but I got a SP TB-1 microphone for Christmas. That has a separate power supply. Is there any problems with plugging this into my tube amp? If not, I assume I should use phantom power with the mic? Or should I not use phantom power?

Hola amigos, yer friendly octoruss here... I've got a song I'm working on that could really use a good finger-pickin' banjo. Although I have a Roland 1680 (and therefroe couldn't import/export wav) I could send the CD of tracks already recorded and synch them up manually. If there is an...

Hola amigos, I have a question I hope you can help me with. I use a Neumann TLM 103 going into a digital DBX386 mic pre, but can't seem to get a good sound. The TLM 103 is so hot, that I have to turn the input way down to prevent distorting on the input. But when I do that the signal seems...

Ladies and gentlemen, If you're anything like me, you're somewhat lazy. Yes, I'm embarassed to admit it, but I'll often whip together a half-baked drum track (something that I'm lousy at) so that I can move onto tracks where I have more skills, (ie guitar, bass & keys). This logic has its...

Ladies and gentlemen, If you're anything like me, you're somewhat lazy. Yes, I'm embarassed to admit it, but I'll often whip together a half-baked drum track (something that I'm lousy at) so that I can move onto tracks where I have more skills, (ie guitar, bass & keys). This logic has its...

The previous thread about the best way to mic an acoustic guitar reminded me of this new Pat Metheny recording due out soon. Listen to the link "Ferry Across the Mersey". Apparently it was recorded in stereo, but with one take and no FX, other than slight EQ. What a sonic wave of acoustic...

I have a matched pair of these babies from Russia, and they are oh so sweet! I had a great session last night using those, and the acoustic guitar and drums shimmer. They're quite rare, but I wonder if anyone else has these and/or uses them. If so, are you as crazy about them as I am?

Ok, I may be a bit late to this game, but I only recently read the tube mod article in last month's Home Recording Magazine http://www.homerecordingmag.com/feature2.asp I must admit...very interesting stuff... Has anyone out there tried it? How easy was it, and did you get the same glowing...

Howdy pardners, I've got an Alesis 300W amp which I use to run my main monitors. Someone recently gave me another pair of speakers which I's like to use as a second reference pair, but the amp only has one output. Do you have any ideas? Can I run both speaker wires into one output on the amp...

Hola amigos-- Yer friendly octoruss here. Haven't been around for a while, but it sure is good to be back at HR. Ok, here's my question. I've got a bar gig coming up--the first one in about seven years. I play with one other guy and we do 2 acoustic guitar stuff and close harmony. I just...

I just finished setting up and running a PA for an outdoor chorale for the 4th of July, and it went great! The only problem was that I was taping the show using the "Tape Out" from my Mackie mixer to my Roland 1680, and during the loud vocal parts, the inputs on the 1680 were set too high and it...

I don't know if I'm losing my mind or if something in my signal chain is malfunctioning, but I can't seem to get a decent, warm vocal track, no matter what adjustments I make to my gear. I'm recording through a Neumann TLM103, dbx386 tube digital preamp (with Telefunken tubes!!) into my Roland...

On the recommendation of a few others, I recently purchased a matched pair if Telefunken tubes from ebay to replace the ones in my dbx386 mic pre. Apparently it will make everything sound like buttah. I haven't replaced them yet, but is there anything I need to know befroe I start, such as...