Recent content by ecc83

Er, right! I was merely referring to the electrical processes of transferring signals. Obviously one can apply effects any way it takes one's fancy. As I said "no offense". Dave.

From my limited understanding folks usually "mix/balance" the multiple tracks, adding compression etc individually and then put a comp' on the final stereo mix bus as "glue"? And! I don't want to be rude but, routing and transferring audio signals (with regard to levels, preserving S/NR...

Please slap wrist if this is a hijack... I have a Teac A3440 4 track, NABs and I was looking to sell it but found it no longer records or erases so bias osc problem. I found a possible repair shop here but he is snowed. I could have fixed it ages ago but I no longer have the kit, the eyes or...

" I will check out Scan. Also note: ProTools does not support AMD." Ah! Slight buggeration there Ray because their top bllx range IS AMD. Before that though they were mostly Intel and so I am sure they can build you a stonkng i9 "something". Their top bloke is called Pete and used to appear...

We have a similar company over here called Scan. Dave.

Anyone know of a good one? Preferably free but a few quid not a problem. Needs to be 64 bit and run in Reaper in Win 10. Dave.

EDIT: "Ever wonder why an acoustic guitar with a piezo saddle pickup doesn't hum?" Ooo! I know sir! I know! It's because piezo devices are essentially capacitors and thus do not respond to electro-MAGNETIC radiation, transformers and stuff. They are sensitive to electro-STATIC fields but these...

Hi there and welcome. I'm Dave can I call you Bob? I am no musician but a retired electronics tech. My son lives in France and IS a very good muso, mainly guitar and bass but pretty good on keys, clarinet,brass. Top bllks on music theory and reads well. New computer? Pretty easy these...

I found a mobile phone within 1m of an all valve 30W combo caused "twittering" but at a level way below the actual guitar sound. Triodes have a natural RFI filter in their grid circuit formed by the grid stopper resistor* and the input capacitance of the valve. Bipolar transistors, ICs and...

Good call and Jim also said "....can't have enough patch leads" A wise observation and if his pile grows it might be worth investing in a multi-way cable tester? Far easier to use than a meter and can test for intermittent connections...you wiggle it a bit. "Funny" story. I have an...

Rare to find instrument, high Z inputs on older mixers and I would bet they use a FET to get that high input impedance. FETs have an even wider bandwidth than bipolar transistors. You can use the humble AUDIO 2n3819 as a band ll FM radio preamp! Dave.

Hmm, it is not reckoned to be good practice to plug guitars into mixer line inputs because of the very low (for guitar) input impedance, not that I think it matters much for bass? I can only surmise that because of the relatively high source impedance of the bass, 10k min I would say, that is...

Rich, what is the mixer and was the bass TRULY direct? No pedal first? I ask because RFI usually gets in a first stage transistor or IC. If the mixer is not picking up AM from any other source I suspect there is some sort of active device twixt bass and mixer. It could, as you say simply be...

Jim...Mate! Please don't let Ascat's little outburst put you off the forum. People often post in a bit of a strop when in fact they REALLY don't mean to be rude...done it meself. This forum (and two others I infest*) are veritable MODELS of good manners and calm advice 99.9% of the time but we...

Fair enough Rich. I guess this grumpy old bugger was just put off by their over-busy website. I don't WANT to setup a friggin' account with every sodding company I seek information from! I get enough 'king spam as it is! My hard earned will go to sites which are "quiet", calm, easy to navigate...