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Revox Cartridge Mounting Kit for the Revox Linatrack turntables. $150, with free shipping in the US, $12 USD international. The kit is in very good condition, and has all of its parts. I bought it in 2006 as NOS. Used, although, with the exception of its great age, it is like new. Has all of...

SOLD Revox A77 Mk III, High-Speed (7.5 ips, and 15 ips), Half-Track model, acc EDITED Tuesday, 4/7/14, at 4:07pm - Dropped starting bid and Buy-It-Now prices a bit. Given the cost of recording to tape (mainly the cost of the tape), and my lack of available time, I am selling my High-Speed...

Fiddler, you made your point very well by directing me to my own opinions of superb performances from the dark ages. No one would, hypothetically, deny Heifetz a slot in a graduate program because of he chose to sample at 44.1KHz (if such was available to him). They might deny him because he...

We might be talking about two different things here. By the reference to sampling rate and bit depth, APL was clearly talking about the technical aspects, as was my response to him. You, especially as a musician and thus, presumably, a music lover, are talking performance. While I get it...

Doesn't astound me a bit. Your point is well taken. Some of my favorite performances are quite old, like orchestral ones conducted by Toscanini. Still, if there is modern technology that can make clear and accurate recordings, I say we should try for the best, not just the "adequate." If we...

NO! Please let me rephrase that for you. "Ever heard a CD that blew you away? Then you are deaf and your hearing untrained."

So, basically, MSH, you are saying, in agreement with my points, that a 44.1KHz or 48KHz sample rate is, perhaps "adequate" in your opinion, but not ideal. And that a 96KHz rate is better or ideal. Further, as you point out, 24 bits would give better dynamic range. Which was my point...

:D Love it! As per the original purpose, will look into the interfaces you mention and render opinion and reasons for opinion. May take until tomorrow. DavidK, which AKG mics do you like for violin, and, for edification of our OP (and me), why? My point about cutting off the highs or not was...

A good point, so let's focus back on our OP's original problem. Back to a point I made before this got derailed: I'd begin experimenting with room acoustics via reading up on whatever you can find, on line, and, if you have access/time, in libraries. Then play around in whatever space you have...

Hmmm. . . my remark about Naiant must have stepped on msh's toes. I did not know that www.naiant.com is listed as msh's homepage when I did that. Nor did I mean to dis Naiant's mics, but just point out that very big, old and experienced companies suggest cardioid mics for violin. They may be...

The title says it all. Looking to learn something from you guys, to that end, if you would, please, explain why you prefer the one you prefer. Thanks

Must add, that the suggestion of recording practice on tape assumes that you have a good to very good stereo system to play it back through. If your laptop's speakers or some computer sound system is what you are going to listen through, it won't matter.

The room/acoustics of recording space is where I was headed yesterday afternoon in my last post. Was thinking of suggesting that you read up, here and at other sources, about how to modify and control the sound of the area you are recording in, and try out different things to modify the...

Just thinking . . . some of the improvements you want to make in your recorded sound may be due to the microphones, and some may be due to the environemnt. Poke around here, and at places like AKG for info on studio design. The principles that you learn about ambient noise, echo, room reverb...

Try the following link to get started, if you haven't found it already. It is an article about miking the violin and acoustic instruments at AKG, with recommendations for mikes. http://www.akg.com/site/product_tipps/powerslave,id,16,nodeid,12,_language,EN.html For what ever my opinion may be...

You are going to need some software too, to record with. Or do Macs have the stuff you need built in to the OS?

Not familiar with the M-Audio mobile pre you mention, but will look it up this afternoon/evening. FWIW if I decide to go digital with my daughter's recordings, I would use an M-Audio card (internal in a PC), so at least in my opinion, M-Audio has the quality level right. Basically I think you...

Hi Fiddler, and welcome to the HR forums. Good to have a classical musician here. While I have not done what you are trying to do, I have begun recently looking in to what it would take. I would like to record my daughter's violin performances. And, I would like to go as high quality as...

There are certainly some 7" reels that come apart, like the ones that Transcendental posted pictures of. But I just did a quick eBay search ("7 reel metal") and found that some, the Maxell, are selling for well over $25 us. I wouldn't pay that much for a 3M precision (6 screw) 10.5" reel. If...

Very, very well said. The same goes for me.