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I have a Tascam 388 that may need some professional help. Anyone know of anyone in the North Texas area that could repair something of this nature. Or is there anyone who can tell me where I might be able to find a list of qualified people to work on this kind of gear in a certain area?

I just bought a pair of Grado SR-60's. I like them alot, but I need one more pair of headphones that will isolate the sound coming out of the headphones so that it doesn't bleed into the mic. The Grados I have are open ear design so they bleed liek crazy. The main reason I need isolating cans...

Sometimes during playback, cubase will play the track that is underneath the track that is showing, therefore you hear the track with the messup instead of the punched in track.

I have one, right now I'm in the process of fixing the transport section of the machine, but all the preamps work so let me explain what I am trying to do with it, and see if someone can tell me the best way or if it's even possible. I own a firepod which has 8 inputs. What I'm trying to do is...

I have a Presonus Firepod, with Cubase LE. I've been recording for about a year, and I think I've come a long way as far as mixing and that kind of stuff goes, but lately I haven't been 100% satisfied with my mixes. For some reason when I listen to them, I sense a cheap and washed out sound to...

I don't know if this is a Cubase problem, or a Firepod problem or what, but lately I've been noticing alot of little pops or skips in some of the tracks I've been recording. I mostly hear alot of pops and clicks during playback, and they aren't on the actual track, but occasionally it will...

A friend of mine has an old Tascam 8 track, model 388 sitting in his room collecting dust. He's not sure if it works or not. I remember being over there a while ago, we turned it on and when trying to play the tape it made a loud weird noise. He wants me to take it and try to get it fixed up...

Alright, so I need to get a snake. Based on a lot of reviews on various snakes, they seem like they're all made cheap and one of the inputs always goes out. I need only 8 channels, but I figured I'd go ahead and try to get a 12 channel snake. Any suggestions on brands or anything. I was...

Ok I have a Presonus Firepod, and for the past year all my recording has been done in one room so there has been no need for talkback. Well, I'm about to have a seperate control room and I need a talkback function, but I don't want to spend all the money on the Presonus Central Station. Does...

I'm moving into an older house, I'm guessing it was built in the 40's or 50's. I plan on setting up a studio in part of the house but I have a small worry that because it's such an old house, the wiring might be old and dirty causing some undesired noise and buzzing through amps and recording...

I downloaded a limiter program to use on my overall mixes. I applied it and I really like what it does as far as making the waveform consistant and the sound a little bit fuller, but my only problem is that it seems like I can hear cymbals and various instruments, especially higher frequency...

I would like to know where most of you stand when dealing with compression, eq, etc. Do you feel that every track in a mix should have compression applied to it, including guitars, cymbals, etc. or do you feel that can ruin a mix and some tracks should be left raw? How about EQ. I personally...

Alright so I'm working on a mix for a band, and I've gotten to a point where I'm just not completely satisfied with how the mix is coming out. For one, I feel like it's kind of dull sounding, especially listening to it in my car, it just sounds so "flat" and unlively. What are some steps I...

I want to spend about $500 on a pair of decent overheads. I want something that will capture lots of highs and doesn't really need to catch a ton of lows. The ability to capture really smooth high end is a must. Any suggestions?

Does anyone know any good mastering engineers who will master like a 30 second sample of your music for free. I'm really curious to hear what even a small sample of one of my mixes would sound like if it were mastered like the hundreds of recordings that are mastered that I compare my...