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I recently bought a Roland Fantom 6 to replace an old Roland XP30 that was starting to give me trouble. I mainly got the Fantom because it has a lot of decent stock sounds (I no longer have the time or desire to tweak and tweak). However, I'm impressed by all the other things it does (synth...

Thanks for the feed-back! This is my first time recording sax and flute. This will be a single player who will record some sax and flute overdubs - with I hope little moving around. I've got an MXL R144 ribbon that I plan to try (the only ribbon I own). I may also try an Aston Element, which is...

What would be some preferred mics for recording sax?

I'm looking to buy a decent 61 keyboard/synth for recording. I really don't need a workstation (I record to Sonar) - but I do need decent "sampled" analog sounds such as - folk instruments (harmonica, fiddle, banjo, etc.) - horns (sax, trumpet, trombone, etc.) and orchestra (string sections...

I've tried close mic'ing (terrible results) and various distance mic'ing with both LD and SD condenser mics. Unfortunately the chimes end up sounding like a shrill white noise. I know it can be done (I've heard recordings - but I can't get a decent sound. I welcome any suggestions.

Thanks for the feedback!!

I have too many - but it's a sickness! I'm not a collector - more of an accumulator. I like to have various options when recording and do actually play all of them from time to time (the down side of a lot of guitars - very expensive for a lot of sets of strings (I don't change them as much as I...

I want to put a magnetic pickup under the strings of a resonator (naturally I can't use a sound hole pickup)). I saw an on line demo of relatively low cost pickups by a company called 12 Bar Blues - has anyone used them and can offer an opinion - or - suggest other "low cost" options - I'd like...