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Hi, my Tascam PortaStudio 424 MKII is not working. It powers up and looks fine, but the transport controls don't work. I press play and there's a faint click, but nothing happens. Same with RW and FF. Is there supposed to be a belt on the black spindle part? The capstan shaft is not spinning...

anybody heard of this? i unscrewed the lid and it says shure on the inside. it sounds like cheaper condneser. is that a old shure mic or something? why dont it say shure on the outside??

does that mean dbx compression/expansion or is something else going on?

i just got a shure ksm44 so i did tests on it just for yous guys. i wont use the words "versatile" or "workhorse" like i keep reading about it here 1: voice 2: acoustic guitar 3: song http://llocal.outburst8.com/homerecbbs/mictest/voice.mp3...

i bought a okay mic last night in a drunk ebay session. well i don't have anything with phantom power, so i'm thinking about either the DMP3 or a mackie 1202-VLZ mixer. because it would be nice to have a mixer too. would the quality of pre on one heavily outweigh the other? to recap, i'm...

is the ksm32 more detailed sounding than the sm7? does one have more bass to it or something? i use a sm57 on everything and i want something different sounding. i don't have phantom power anymore so the sm7 looks good as far as me not having to buy a preamp goes thanks, mike helstrom

hi, i have event ps6s and i just got a couple monster cables for them. so it goes like this: 2 cables from speakers ---> y adapter ---> soundcard 1/8" i can hear music through them, but there's a constant buzz. anybody know how come? it didn't so this when i had shitty 1/8" radio shack cables...

hey does cool edit support midi since adobe took over? if not do they plan on it???????????????????????? thanks, trish sandwood

mxl v69me shure ksm44, or ksm32 rode ntk wondering which of these would be best for me. i am looking for an ldc, and the one thing that i really don't want is high end that is really too bright. i don't like the way the studio projects ones sound and i will use that as a benchmark of my...

hey, fags i'm making a new record and i'm not going to put a lot of time into the recording. i would like your opinions if you got any, on recording a good sounding acoustic guitar and vocal track simultaneously with: i only have a 57 and a 58. so i don't have any isolation between them and it...

hi pals, i'm trying to go like this: turntable ---> receiver ---> soundcard but the problem is that my receiver only has spring terminal outputs. is there a way to adapt the terminals to a more usable kind of output? like rca? thanks, ms. merideth butt

hi, well i can do this on my 4-track by turning the knob during mixdown... but how in THE hell do i apply a dynamic effect on the 'puter? i want the effect to just taper off from 100% wet to 100% dry without any noticable cut-off. i'm very confused. i've got acid and cooledit thanks

so is there not anything i can do to keep my sm57 from buzzing when i'm working at my computer? this is getting retarded. more importantly, can somebody please tell me the name of this song, i only know the melody of the main singing part of it and i don't know the words. it's like "la la la...

hey guys if you want to listen to this and say what you're hearing it will be helpful... i listened on computers and it sounded mediocre to excellent. but listened on jam box and sounded super gay http://www.velocity.net/~antique/song3.mp3 just the mix your time is cherished, jessica chocolate

hi, gentle reader. i was wondering if saddle shape matters? i have a fishman pickup in my dreadnought's saddle slot and right now i'm using a bone saddle (which i know they strictly advise against, but they discontinued the motherfucking fishman cleartone saddle). my saddle is very plain. no...

hey guys, my sister is thinking about getting her man friend an electronic kit and neither of us know much about them. was hoping for some advice. they'd be used for recording and probably screwing around if anybody could suggest some personal favorites in various price ranges, that would be...

i never realized how crappy my sound was until i improved it. i don't know if this will be of any help to anybody here because i really don't know what the hell i'm doing, but i just drastically improved my monitoring for free, so maybe some people who are as lazy as me will find this useful i...

hi, hey i want to cover the surface of my dreadnought just for looks, and i'm wondering if anybody else has ever tried this? paper and shellac maybe? i dunno any tips or info would be really cool thanks, Donovan Chunkles

this is kind of a crappy way to ask a question but i'm very crappy guy i use a sm57 for everything and i might get an sp b1 based on reviews. can somebody maybe describe what the b1 sounds like in comparison to the sm57? is there a big difference? i don't know jack so just tell me in regular...

hey, guys... does anybody have a link to an article or something that CLEARLY explains the fundamentals of compression? theory and all? i'm able to make compression do what i want for the most part, but i'm not really sure what's happening. i just push buttons until is sounds good. i imagine...