Recent content by TalismanRich

I'm sure adding a USB monitor output would add a significant cost. It's not just the USB circuitry, but you need to have all the video circuitry, added programming to convert the little display to a HD setup. Depending on the system, does it need more menus? Some of the old workstations...

I would suspect it's to protect the capsule from stupid people poking it with their fingers!

If you look at the makeup of the mini PCs, they are basically a laptop formula in a square box. That 13900HX is a laptop CPU. the M2 SSD takes up little room. Most mini PCs use a standard SODIMM for memory, so they are upgradeable, unlike most laptops these days, where the memory is...

I got this one 22 years ago for my 50th birthday. Straight from Kalamazoo. It's a great guitar, but at a bit over 9 1/2 lbs, I can only go about 45 mins to and hour before my back gives out. I once had it press enough on the nerve in my shoulder that my left fingers started to get numb...

The 8th gen Core I7 should be adequate for a while, but it's not anywhere close to a sweet spot. It's more lowest point of a "current" requirements... UEFI and TMP2.0. Just browsing Best Buy, they have a Geekom mini PC listed for $560. Geekom - IT13 2025 Edition Mini PC, 13th Gen Intel...

I like this one a lot. The lyrics are interesting.

RE: the raw mix snippet posted I'm not at all familiar with the music style, so my opinions might be contrary to the norm. I think that the different elements need to be better balanced. I would bring up the backing vocals slightly, as well as the percussion. The horn and voice actually...

I just finished jamming with my friends... 3 hours with about a 20 minute break for some chit chat, a glass of bourbon, and some chips and salsa. I stood for the entire time, using my new H-530 hollow body/P-90 guitar (just over 6.5lbs). The Joyo battery pack for the pedal board and the...

That's at least a positive. I'm sure most of us have seen a bunch of "I don't know anything about electronics" and "I have never soldered before" posts. Sometimes it results in traces and pads lifting from the circuit board because of too much heat, and weak solder joints that don't make...

Words of wisdom? ... stop reading the internet. Hopefully you won't end up with a microphone that sounds like a Princess phone from 1965. Call me a skeptic, but I read all the mic mod threads and without fail, they ALWAYS sound worlds better. Sweeter on the top, smooth as a a...

Agreed. There's no way to know what changes are needed. It's a bit like asking "what should I do to make my cooking taste better" without us knowing what you are even cooking.

For small studios that didn't have the budget to buy an EMT or such, a tiled or cement room that wasn't being used was a quick and cheap way of adding ambience. If you were a major studio recording Frank Sinatra, Doris Day or Fats Waller, you didn't worry about cost or space. You had...

It makes me wonder how they come up with some of the user interfaces. Microsoft's Win 11 menu system is a pain in the butt for me... more clicks to get to the same place I used to reach in one click and a quick scroll. Make sure you bury settings at least 5 menu layers down so nobody can...

Do you use that chain (7+ plug-ins) in the monitoring feed to the singer's headphones while the singer is laying down the track in real time?

It probably helps to have long fingers... which I don't have. Wrapping my thumb over the top doesn't work well, it hits right on the knuckle. OUCH! I also have issues with some necks, like PRS. There's just something about the shape of the ones I've tried that doesn't work for me...