Recent content by Osbick Bird

I'm sorry, Twonky--I really don't want to deal with shipping the thing.

Too much gear, selling some of it off: EMU Proteus 2500 Command Module Synth, $375. Like New. Cort Curbow 6-string active bass guitar, $325. Includes Hardshell Case! Epiphone Korina Explorer electric guitar, $100. Located in Austin, TX. Local pick-up only. Prices Firm. More details...

Buried somewhere in the preferences of RealPlayer One is a screen where you can choose or un-choose which files are associated with it. There may or may not also be a place to choose whether or not RealPlayer One will automatically re-associate them. I don't have a machine handy with that...

By all means fdisk it and try it without any kind of file system or partitions on it. For some reason I was under the impression that the Samsung utility did this, but it may well do too much as far formatting goes and leave the DMT-8VL unable to do anything. I don't think the the DMT-8VL uses...

Re: cool It's not that it's crappier--it's just for a different purpose. The signals being pushed through a guitar cable (like from an intrument to an amp or a pre-amp to a recorder in your case) are usually very weak and prone to interference, so a thin conductor is okay but it must be...

Have you made sure that any master/slave jumpers are properly set (same as the old 540MB drive)? Other than that, I'm at a loss for suggestions, assuming the cables are all oriented and seated correctly. That drive doesn't appear on the compatibility list at...

Regebro, that's exactly what it's for...allowing the person who's mic'ed to determine their own effect and level relative to the stereo headphone mix. The mic "throughs" even pass phantom power from your pre-amp on to the mic, according to the manual. I suspect I don't have the ear to tell if...

If someone were to take, say, a 1/2" 4-track recorder and record the left channel twice on tracks 1 and 2 and the right channel twice on tracks 3 and 4, would the results sonically be the same as recording on a stereo 1/2" recorder?

I wanted a headphone amp, but have been kind of scared to try Behringer gear due to all the horror stories (and I hadn't heard about the fire thing). Instead I got an ART HPFX. It's a four-way headphone splitter that also can "pick off" signal from two mics, effect it (reverbs, delays, and...

Actually, I was asking Mr. Jones... :D ...tactless, I know, but these days you can't go around leaving stones unturned. Belgium would be a pretty difficult commute for my friend (though given our appetite for Belgian-style beer, it would be tempting)! :D -OB

WAY off topic, but are you an architect? You seem well-versed in the subject. I ask because a close friend of mine is a home designer-draftsman with something like twenty years' experience who's found himself out of a job (people around town don't seem to be building so many of the kind of...

Can you point me to where you've seen a new 424mkIII for $250? I might get one at that price. Thanks, OB

But look out, it looks like "The Secret Lair of the Diabolical Mr. Jones" is gaining momentum! Its only true flaw is that it's hard to fit on the side of an advertising blimp (when Austin finally gets one--gotta look to the future). I must admit I've never had cedar fever, so I don't...

I've got a Silverface (70s) Fender Champ. 6 watts of tube fury. Bought it from a harmonica player for 70 bucks. Shouldn't be too hard to find one. I hear a lot of famous records have been made using Champs. I sure like the way mine sounds. If you can find one for something like that...

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