Recent content by BillyKid

Hi, I would have used a smilie if they had one that looked like someone begging. I have had my 840 since they first came out. I have made a bunch of recordings, but must confess to being a total idiot. I KNOW you can make terrific recordings with these thing, but clearly, I am doing...

Hi, is anyone here at all familiar with this item from BBE called a Sonic Maximizer? If so, would this have any utility in a home studio? Is it only a playback, total mix effect kind of thing like a DJ might use? Or is it the kind of thing you could use to improve your recordings? thanks, BK

Hi, been using a Roland VS840 for my recordings. I have hit the wall, so to speak, in terms of the quality I can achieve. At best (musicianship aside) I can make a passable demo, but barely passable by todays standards (seems a demo has to be as well recorded as a platinum record of 15 years...

Hi, been using a Roland VS840 for my recordings. I have hit the wall, so to speak, in terms of the quality I can achieve. At best (musicianship aside) I can make a passable demo, but barely passable by todays standards (seems a demo has to be as well recorded as a platinum record of 15 years...

Does anyone else detest the VS840. I've had it for a while - got it shortly after they came out - and have struggled to get really good sound out of it. Now, I am no engineer, but, goddammit, I shouldn't have to be. The best I can get out of it is passable - a step above recording into a...

Hi, I know this is a pain, but I would appreciate some help. I have found most of the preset vocal settings to be mostly useless. However, being essentially a dunce at these things, I have been unable to tweak them to achieve anything like a really good vocal track. I have the old unupgraded...

Ok, so how critical are mic cables? For someone like me recording onto a VS840 am I going to hear a real difference going with something other than the standard gig cable? Is it worth for me to invest $100.00 into a Monster cable? Thanks, BK

I don't pretend to be an expert. I've written a fair number of songs - some truly cruddy and a few fairly decent - and only recently have begun to make an effort at getting decent recordings of them. I have found to most difficult part to be - and the part where most of us fall down - is doing...

Hi, did Elvis record a song called "Guitar Man"? I know Bread recorded a piece of crud with that title. Any other songs you can think of with that title??? thanks, BK

In the immortal words of Shania Twain "I went and done it!" Ordered the AT4033 from 8th St. for $289.00 w/free shipping. (Don't tell my wife, please. Credit cards are wonderful things.) Very excited 'cept now I have to actually write and record something. Thanks for your thoughts and...

Just want to thank you for your thoughts and opinions. I have the disadvantage of living way out in the boondocks so I don't really have possibility without driving for several hours of being able to compare microphones in person. I would, in fact, be surprised if there were a large diaphram...

Which is better and why? Ignor price difference. If you had a choice between the two which would you get. Is the AT4033 more expensive because it is truly a better mic or because it has more bells and whistles?? thanks, bk

Okay, I do this with everything, whether it's buying a car or a guitar or bologna - fret and fret about what to get and being distracted by nutty details and generally ending up with something I'm not really happy with. I want to buy a decent vocal mic. The primary use will be for rock and...

Hi folks. Yes, I'm new. Glad to see this is up and running again. It's a really nice board. Okay, here's the deal. I have almost nearly completely decided on the AT4033. To my ears it appears to be an amazingly wonderful mic for the price, but I am really eager to get your experienced...