Recent content by Disco_Dave

Hi all, haven't been around here much recently but wondered if any of you would be kind enough to give me your thoughts on the BOSS SP303 sampler. As a gigging musician steeped in the rock and roll myth my music has always been quite simple....i.e. drums, bass, guitar, vox and a spattering of...

I am a bassist who has in the last few years has got into recording my own stuff, however I am starting to feel restricted by the range of sounds I have at my disposal. What I need to know is for a relative beginner (recording wise) what is the best way to get some new sounds, is it to buy a...

I'm just wondering if anyone here knows whether Alesis are planning to release a new or improved HD24 in the near future? The reason for asking is that the place I buy my gear (Digital Village) seem to keep dropping the price of the HD24, it's down to £999 which is the cheapest I have seen it...

I am currently buying a new house. The place I am moving to is an old terraced house (150 yrs old) with nice thick walls. The room at the front on the basement level is going to be my music room, it has a window which is below street level and a wooden pannelled floor and underneath that is...

I have a Samson amp going into a set of Tannoy Reveals and a friend recently told me that I should keep the volume on the amp at maximum level and then just adjust the volume from the mixer. Could someone confirm whether this is true...I am just wary of pushing equipment to its limits....as i'm...

I'm looking at an amp to power monitor speakers. It says it produces 130 watts per channel into 4 ohms. I have some HiFi speakers as well and was wondering if I could also use it top power those, except on the box it says they are 8 ohms...can I still use these together? Will it blow up my flat...

Could anyone give me any tips on getting that chuka-chuka reggae guitar sound. We are trying to cut a cover of White Man in Hammersmith Palais by The Clash and need to work on a better reggae sound as the guitars sound really muddy. Any help would be great.

This has probably been asked before but I couldn't find it in a search so here goes. I'm a songwriter/guitarist/bassist and am in the process of recording some of my stuff and am looking to invest in a drum machine. It doesn't have to be too snazzy, just something to knock out a decent...

How do I erase a track using a tascam 424m3? If i record a bass line that is dodgy, how do I clear it and start again without a new tape?

I'm looking to buy a mic for boyh vocals and instrumenttal recording, please could you tell me what type I need. I have read about cardoid mics, dynamic mics etc etc...whats the type i need? Any suggestions for a good budget mic would be great as well.

I just bought a Tascam 424 MKIII and have been trying to record some bass parts onto it. I have followed the manual instructions yet when I try to play the part back it is either very very quiet or unhearable. Please forgive my ignorance but recording was always something that somebody else did...