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i just a got a hafler p3000 on ebay. I plugged it into my cheap prosumer gear and got some nasty hum. after playing with the signal chain one morning it became clear that balanced connections with decent XLR cables fixed my hum. But i still have 1 question (just for learning purposes)...

hey. I need a speaker switch. These are some models that i looked at... http://www.megathon.com/home_theatre_custom_install_speaker_switches_selectors.htm I'm getting ready to embark on a power amp/monitor purchase. Bearing in mind sonusman's creed 'Buy Cheap, Buy Twice' i'm gonna save up for...

hey folks I went over to GC to listen to monitors through hafler amps. They had a TA 1100 in the demo set up. I listened to the event 20/20s and thought that combo was pretty cool. The sales guy said he would recommend the TA 1600 w/ the 20/20's. The reasons he gave weren't about POWER but...

hey. my trek around the country visiting strange and exotic couches of long forgotton relatives is coming to an end so it's time to build a new studio. I just got house and i want the studio in the basement. (i know the water question keeps me up at night, but it drains well and my gear will...

hey. This was the most challenging mix i've had to deal with to date. It got put on the shelf half done a few months ago and i finished it last week. I'm not unhappy with it, but i get the feeling it needs something else, i just don't know what. heres the info- This project took place over...

hey. I just dropped a sizable chuck of $$$ on my new set-up and im already having problems. Here is the gear: -Dell Inspiron 8000 laptop. 1ghz, 256 meg RAM-brand new and really sweet. -POD pro -MOTU 828 firewire interface The 828 spdif won't recognize an input signal from the s/pdif...

The inputmonitoing feature is a cool idea. It Allows input monitoring with/out haveing special card specific utilities and junk. the trouble is a thoroughly annoying delay. I'd much rather put up with my no latency hardware specific utilities and accept the fact that i can only monitor the cards...

Here's a quick tune written by a friend of mine. He played gtrs, i did the canned drums in fruity loops. any comments would be great. thanks http://www.butler.edu/~mmcgrego/215.mp3

I just got off the phone w/ cakewalk. Since they aren't selling studiomix any more they don;t say if SONAR is going to support studiomix on their website. Well it will. I figured it would... thought somebody might like to know.

Hey, i've been looking into soundcards and minidisc items that have S/PDIF i/o. I ran across this thing called Serial Copy Management yada yada. This is waht i gleaned from a few searches. Digital copy once and your fine, but you can't copy the copy. Is this correct? So how does this...

Hey guys, i just got an unsolicited e-mail offering what i suspect are pirate copies of craploads of multitrack and synth software, Cakewalk, cubase, soundforge, fruity loops, ACID, drum station ect, ect, ect. Anybody had any experience with software pirates or offers like this? The deal...

A buddy on mine was talking about his Bass amp the other day. He said it has 2 inputs, 1 for passive and 1 for active electronics. So, is there a difference in the preamps that work better for active, and would putting active electronics into a preamp like the ART tube MP cause a problem? thanks...

i'm a firm believer in trying out equipment at MARS before i plunk down the moo-la. But how can you accurately judge mics in a store with only the small demo room and headphones? signed, inexperienced mic buyer...(aka Rhoadz)

Well, finally i can contribute something that i'm not entirely embaressed about posting... At your own risk you'll find moonunitzappa.mp3 at http://www.freedrive.com Login: Rhoadz Password: Rhoadz in "My Folder" In the interest of full disclosure, the voice sound clips and effects are...

Ok here's my problem...(with the mixer, i have many problems beyond the scope of this BBS :)) CWPA 8.0 AMD K-6 233 96RAM 5audio tracks 2 plug-ins...I've run more tracks and plug=ins so i'm ruleing out hardware foul-ups My two drum tracks are running though AUX 1. I've just recorded GTR onto...

I wouldn't be too concerned. I use pro audio 8, i am very satisfied with my level of capabilities with it, and couldn't tell you what 3/4 of the gadgets do :) Pro 8 was my first dive into the homerecording hullabaloo. I ran the tutorials then started goofing with it. My best advice is to stick...

Aside from the # of audio traks possible is there any huge difference between PA 8 and the new guitar studio 2?

Does anybody have multiple machines with different OS's on them in there set-up? (networked or not) Is any body using linux or BeOS? What do you think of these "alternative" environments? With mac coming back into the home market (slowly but surely in my opinion :) and linux and BeOS...

Does anybody have any experience with Guitar synths? the product i was reading about was the Roland ready strat synth controller. also does the sound module have to be specifically designed to accept input from a guitar controller any info would be great. hell, mabey i ought to just make...