Recent content by robjh22

The folks at Fostex had no response, so maybe one of you folks can tell me what "setting a mark" means and why it's helpful to know. Thanks.

Well, I have finally learned to make the vf80 do everything that I want it to do, and am very happy with the results. Now ... There are some things it can do that I may or may not want to learn, depending on how useful they are. One of these is "setting a mark." What the hell is a "mark" and...

Bill, I'm not trying to bump up my thread, but you need to know that that Martha Stewart mp3 (it's on the board now, about 7 or 8 threads down) was a huge hit on the guitar TTT fprum I frequent, and I have you in part to thank. You may remember telling me to try the telephone preset to get that...

You may have to type this URL into your browser if you can't just click on it, but I think you'll like it. It's a song about a bet I made with a friend that Martha Stewart would go to jail and not get probation. The song is basically me rubbing it in. FYI: He plays a "djembe" drum and guitar...

I bring nothing but problems here usually. Today I reminded myself of one good thing, and then I discovered another good thing: My vf80 works perfectly. My mixing skills are slowly improving (I always thought panning, for example, was for making it sound like an airplane was flyin cross the...

I can't get anyone at the cooledit forum to respond to this question from a friend who uses cooledit. Fellow fostechers, can you suggest how this friend can control his levels if he is going from the mike thru a mixer (no, I don't know if it has preamp) and directly into a soundcard and then on...

Greetings: I am Rob from the Fostex forum. Look at this inquiry from my cooledit-using friend over on another site I frequent and let me know what you think. Seems to me he needs a preamp to control the signal. What do you think? "I need help with adjusting levels. My guitar (and me) go...

Hate to admit I don't know how to do this, but here goes ... I play solo classic guitar, and often have to play a song 5-6 times before I am satisfied with it. I do not want to do any of this compositing (?) business (use the bridge from this take, the second verse from another take, and so...

I know this belongs in the mp3 forum, but I know all you co-Fostex guys better and would not have been able to create this short (1:46) mp3 without your help. This is 1 track, and I won't be adding anything. Hey, if 1 track was good enough for Segovia, it's good enough for me...

Recorded a song on the vf 80, an instrumental version of Michelle (Beatles). Just a little eq to reduce treble (overly bright trebles on this guitar) a touch of reverb, and I'm happy. I bounce. Still happy. Now I'm ready to master and am unhappy. All these compressor setting options come up. I...

Hello all: Fostex VF80 owner here. Do you use an isolation booth at home? How did you make it? After listening to some awesome mp3's of Martin guitars at myfavoriteguitars.com, I wrote the store owner and asked about the sound. He answered that they were done at a friend's studio in an isolation...

Hello all: VF80 owner here. Do you use an isolation booth at home? How did you make it? After listening to some awesome mp3's of Martin guitars at myfavoriteguitars.com, I wrote the store owner and asked about the sound. He answered that they were done at a friend's studio in an isolation booth...

VF80 here ... Can I boost gain during track bounce of an individual guitar track? This track has me fingerpicking softly during most of the song in support of the voice, then I fingerpick (no voice now) the melody Chet Atkins style during the interlude. If necesary, I can just play louder or...

My latest disaster, called Russian Snails. Hope you can load it and get a laugh. http://home.comcast.net/~robjh22/01-AudioTrack_01.mp3

As I prepared to master a 5-track song tonight on th vf80, I messed around with some of the compressor settings and noticed that there are huge differences in volume that can be obtained with minor changes in compression settings, espcially comp. ratio, whatever that is. A move from 5:1 to 3.5:1...