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...

thanks thanks for your thoughts guys. BK

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...

and yet another ? First off, I thought that was Wyatt Earp??? Anyway, yes, I was thinking about the mid range Monsters, but I have another question. I'm going through a little Tube MP pre amp which has both XRL and 1/4 in's and out's. Now, the VS840 only has 1/4" in's. Would it work ok to...

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

thanks thanks guys, I think I'll go with "Guitar Playing Man" - that doesn't sound too specifically familiar.

yeah!! isn't it cool???? It's cool as hell isn't it? I mean, a way to trick your brain into being creative. Still you have the challenge of capturing what you've dreamt up - I have a little mini recorder next to the bed that I pick up and mutter into. I have really found it to be a boon to...

best album I don't mean this in a negative way and I know this is really just for fun, but I think it's, sort of, a fundamentally unanswerable question. There a alot of albums I considers works of brilliance - Jethro Tulls Aqualung, The Wall and I am even partial to the aforementioned Dan...

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

new AT4033 I've just been using condenser mics - sm57 and an electrovoice, both nice mics, but tough to record good vocals with. Nothing really to compare it too. That deal Kristian describes sounds great. If I'd heard about it before I would have bought those two mics and sold the one for...