Recent content by David B

Can someone tell me what's going on here? I have sent the same mix from my board to both an analog Maxell Cassette (in a $100 Sony tape deck), and to a CD burner. (No DSP) The cassette sounds better. It's louder, punchier, and fuller-sounding than the same mix on CD. The signal went from...

Got an Alesis Masterlink and the ability to add compression and look-ahead limiter to my final mix. and I have no real idea where to begin. What kind of settings should I try?

I'm doing punchy, heavy guitar-oriented Dinosaur Rock. What kind of settings should I be using for compression and or limiting for that professional-sounding "finishing touch"? (generally speaking) Note: I'm not trying to "fix" anything that sounds bad. What should I set the threshold at...

I need to be able to switch between sets of monitors, or send my RCA outs from the board to different destinations. Tried Radio Shack, they said they didn't have one. Gonna try Circuit City, but I think I'm barking up the wrong tree.

I went to use my 840's compressor for the first time and I could onnly find compression ratios of 1.5-1, 2-1, 4-1 and 100-1. Is that all there is or am I missing something? Also, the available attack/decay settings don't seem to correlate to normal compressor settings. How are you supposed to...

I have one of the small Roland boxes and I'm trying to get the most out of it. At bare minumum, I want to use reverb and compression. I'd probably like to use some delay at some point too. But I'm unfamiliar with what order to add which effects or to what extent the limitations of the machine...

I'm trying to determine what order to add which effects? Do the limitations of the 840 dictate this process? At bare minumum, I want to use reverb and compression. I'd probably like to use some delay at some point too. I know a bit more about reverb than the others and I know I have to add...

I've got drum parts across three tracks (in this case 4, 5/6 and 7/8) plus two guitars and bass on 1,2,3. I have something like 20+ minutes remaining on the 250MB zip. I'm starting to get the "disk busy" error message, which means it is time to free up some tracks. If I bounce or submix all...

I have all of these "Virtual Tracks" at my disposal, but I'm having a hard time conceptiualizing what I should be using them for. Every time I record something, I'm still using a real track. I typically send two (stereo) outputs from a drum machine to the stereo "7/8" channel on my 840GX. This...

Need a decent "budget" room mic to pick up the distance/ambiant sound of the guitar amplifier. What types, makes/models should I be looking at?

Aside from the Staples/Office Max style of office furniture which I know is available, does anyone have any links to any places that sell small desks designed specifically for Home Recording use(as opposed to a typical computer desk)? I've seen high-end stuff at places like Omnirax.com. but I...

Anyone know if the new VS-840GX is (almost) as user-friendly as the BR-8. While the Roland clearly has more "elbow room," and features than the Boss, they appear to be pretty close in terms of navagiation and how they work.

Consider a BR8 and weighing the pros and cons. To me the primary benifit is Simplicity (over the VS840&880 series) --I'm new to home recording, and I REALLY don't want to spend 90% of my time tearing my hair out. And the biggest drawback is only being able to record 2 tracks at a time. If I...