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Hey. Anybody ever use a PA Amplifier Head to power a cabinet (mine's 4x12) for a guitar. I've got all the preamps and sound modeling I need. Is there a reason I need to get a head specifically known as a "guitar" head? Thanks.

Hey. What's up. Tripp here. I'm making a 4 x 12 cabinet. The carpentry's good, but when I tried it the first time, the speakers kept "locking up" on me; they would get stiff. So I sold the head I was using, took all the speakers out, and I'm giving it another whirl with a head that I...

Hello. I have designed a website for my band with Microsoft Frontpage. I would like to post wave (sound) samples of two or three songs on the site. I created a hyperlinks with the names of the songs I wanted to have samples of, and pointed to the wave file on my computer as the destination...

Hey. I'm using an AT4033 to record vocals on my Roland VS880. I'm using a de-esser while recording to cut down on some of the consonant hisses. But when I go back to do a final mixdown with a touch of compression on the vocals, the hiss comes back. When I use the de-esser and the compressor...

Hello. I am decently experienced in recording and recently I have been recording vocals with a AT4033. The tracks I've recorded so far are great except for one thing. I use a vocal processor on my VS880 to de-ess the input signal while recording to cut down on that not-so-good sounding hiss...

Hello. I'm using an Audio Technica 4033 for vocals and have been impressed with it so far; however, I've just started working on the vocals for a song where some of the parts are a bit low in the baritone/bass range, and, though the AT4033 picks me up fine when I'm singing in the mid to high...

Hey, everyone. I've gotten most of my instrument tracks laid for an album I'm creating. There are some parts in different songs where it goes from verse to chorus and then to a climax. The problem is that I am afraid of making the climaxes too loud in the final mix for fear that there will be...

OK, I just got a mid-nineties Fender Squier Stratocaster that I was not too impressed with. Somebody give me some real stuff that's different between the real Fenders and the Squiers (even the Rogues). I'm looking for a good strat, but the Fenders are just too damn expensive. Give me some...

I'm not sure what forum this would go under, but here goes. If I could put up with every little nuance that was wrong with my recordings except for one thing, it would be this: My vocals usually end up slightly sharp or slightly flat in various places in the songs. It occurs most of the time...

Hey. I've got a pretty good acoustic guitar sound that I'm satisfied with except for one thing: I can't get rid of the noise that the pick makes when it hits the strings. I've heard some pretty good recordings that have good guitar sounds with minimal pick and string noise. Is there a...

Any thoughts as to why my Roland VS880 will not recognize the SB Live soundcard when digital coax is connecting them and all connections are proper? (SBLive SPDIF out to VS880 SPDIF in)

Connected with digital coax. I know what I need to do with the VS880, but it's not recognizing the SB Live. Any thoughts?

Hey. What's the best damn electric guitar you've ever owned? What was so great about it? Maybe it was really inexpensive but it turned out to be a real screamer. I wanna know what you've got to say.

Help. I am getting obvious signals from whatever my source is on the FD-4, but when I begin to record, I'm just getting blank silence and no signs that what I've inputed has been recorded. I'm also having trouble recording signals by the optical input port. How would I go about doing this...

Hey. Just got an FD-4 used with no drive and all I get at the startup is a "No Drive" sign. What will I have to get to begin recording and storing? A zip drive with SCSI? An external hard drive? Any suggestions? I'd like to stay with ZIP if it's possible. Thanx. Tripp

What's up. I just made a speaker cab with two twelves and two tens. Sounds good except for the fact that if I play a hard rhythm guitar part or something like that, all four speakers will lock for a moment and sound really weak. If I let up a little, they'll unlock and scream like normal...

Pretty mixed up combo, huh? Well, I wanted to get some specifics on the equipment that these bands use for recording from anyone who's heard or knows. Like guitar amps, what they used to mike cabinets, vocals, and drums, and compression on tracks. Any info would be greatly appreciated. Also...

Hey. Could someone please explain the basics of ADAT to me? What does it stand for? Is it digital or analog? I have a Roland VS880 that is getting to be quite a pain sometimes. Would the Alesis ADAT studio package be more up my alley? Can I use SPDIF with ADAT? I'm just trying to see if I...

So I'm using an AKG C3000 condensor closeup to the hole on a Taylor auditorium series acoustic, but the sound is just dead. I wanna get that guitar crystal clear; brightness, man. I mean sounding so good that your sphincter tightens when you're listening. Any suggestions on dynamic or...

I've been using an AKG C3000 close up on my guitar amp but I'm not satisfied with the sound; it's a 10" Fender single, but it can get pretty loud. I can get my hands on something bigger if needs be. Right now it's just too buried in the background. So should I go Shure SM? How big should the...