Recent content by Pengo

Thanks... I never really looked in to the a/d converter issue, i just sort of assumed that if the sample rate and bit depth I had chosen were handled by the card, then i would get a fairly accurate recording of the source. But I borrowed a cheap outboard Soundblaster that definitely sounds...

I also figured out the stats for my soundcard, and it will actually handle the the highest sampling rates I've thrown at it.. Still confused....

:confused: I've been lining in to my sound card (on-board realtek ac-97, straight to LINE-IN)with various pre-amps (behringer mic 100 tube pre-amp, sansamp classic) and guitar effects etc.. and it sounds fine coming back out through the headphone jack of that same soundcard, but when i RECORD ...

Thanks, Dex! How about the 2tr and the subs.... any takers? Pengo

So, Dex...are you saying that the y-cable will work in both directions at once? ..You don't need to plug the effect in anywhere else..?

I'm just wondering if anyone has used this particular mic, and if so...how does it compare? Thanks

Has anyone out there ever heard of this thing? I've tried searching the web, but i get like, two hits... leading me to believe that it's completely obselete... The thing is, I have a loan of one and am having a hard time making it do anything useful.... If anyone knows anything about it, i'd...

uh...what do the channel inserts do? And how about the 2tr input and the sub input? I'm looking at them and going..."huh?" I've heard something about using channel inserts to put a compressor in-line with the mic, but how? thanks.... pengo

wow....what an awesomely detailed response.... you rock! I guess one last thing...is there anywhere you can find the Official length of the belt?? I'm just wondering if you get one that's too small or Tight, will it strain the motor at all? xo

Thanks folks... So far the suggested culprits are the motor, the belt or the cleanliness, and i'm working my way through them, cheapest first...:) I just cleaned+de-magnetized it, and spent my lunch money on new tapes, so that's not it.... I like this belt idea... although it sounds almost too...

i just got a second hand 488mkII...and it warbles... sorta faintly, but on sustained tones or feedback or anything, it's Really bad.... I was just wondering if this is common with this unit? Is it easy to fix? Is there a way around it? Is there any point getting another one, do they all do it...

Hi...i just got my second hand 488, and it warbles faintly...when you're recording a sustained tone or feedback , it's REALLY noticeable... i'm wondering...is that common for that machine? Is it hard to fix? arghhhh Is it somehow circumventable? Any tips? Thanks....

A friend of mine suggested, strangely, putting the mic Behind the kit and up, but then point it downwards, towards the heads, and maybe below the cymbals... It actually captured the whole kit better better then you'd think...and it seemed to get more of the attack sound on the heads, rather than...

It sounds like you mean you want the same track recorded twice, but offset slightly, to make it sound thicker? I wonder if you could send the original track out through a REALLY long patch cord and back in to another track? I know it sounds like i'm joking but the theory seems to be good, in...

You're gonna hate me for asking this, but... here goes! I'm getting a Tascam 488 mkII. With no manual. Tascam DOESN'T have it on their site, and, literally, I can't afford to pay forty bucks for it (me being in Canada, it might even cost more!!) I've searched and searched , etc. I guess what...