Recent content by jbgoode

My friend and I are attempting to construct a relatively soundproof room in which to record drums late at nite. We are putting RC channel on the walls/ceiling and then 2 layers of gyp bd. Along the way the city had us add shear wall on the inside of the wood studs ( 3/8" OSB ) to which we now...

I've been having problems with data transfer between the 2 units - the VF-16 has an external plextor cd burner and I can transfer data from that to the VF-160 but can't sucessfully transfer the other direction..... Anybody have this problem ? Possibly a software issue ? Both machines appear...

I'm trying to build a relatively soundproof basement area and really want to use recessed can lights in the ceiling rather than track lighting. Want to keep the sound from going up thru the ceiling into the living space above. Ceiling construction is 2x8 wood framing / insulation / RC /...

I'm working on mixing down my drum traks and playing around with the built-in compression on my Fostex VF-16 deck. I've got (4) traks - 2 o/h, 1 snare, 1 kick. When I turned on the built-in compression it made things sound better but also seemed to wash in and out. Sort of a surging in the...

I need some advice on using the built-in compression feature on my VF-16. I'm mixing down (4) drum tracks and don't really like the sound I'm getting but don't really know where/how to adjust the variables. I might be using the compression wrong or it might be a lousy compressor in the first...

What have people done for electrical outlets and light switch boxes in walls constructed with resilient channel and dual layers of gyp. board ?? Are there some type of extended boxes available for the extra depth of the RC & gyp. bd. ? Is there some sort of mounting trick ? We want the boxes...

I'm looking for some transcription software for drum tracks. Preferably shareware. I've got lots of traks written on my drum machine that I want to put down in paper form for our drummer to use as basic patterns for the songs. Anyone know of anything like this ? Thanks-JB

OK, I imagine this is covered somewhere in the forum, but I'm shopping for (2) new O/H condenser mics to use on the drum kit and want to keep the price at $200 or under for each. I've currently got some Marshall MXL 2001's and am not really happy with how they record, and what little I've read...

Thought I'd try in this forum, allready put out the question in the VF-16 forum but it doesn't look like it gets many users. I've got a VF-16, couple years old, and all of a sudden I started getting an "unformat" error when switching between programs/songs. The machine would lock up at that...

I've got a question regarding mike placement for a drum kit. I've got (2) MXL condenser mics, (1) SM57, (1) SM58. A fairly typical drum kit w/ some timbales, 2-toms, floor tom, ride-crash-splash cymbals. Not really a cymbal heavy player. I guess my question is mic placement and should I try...