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    Help me choose a computer

    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...
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    to the moon

    I like this one a lot. The lyrics are interesting.
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    Tips to EQ and mix my first ever home-recorded song

    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...
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    Pulled a coupla guitars from storage for general cleaning and love recently

    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...
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    mk-219 mod

    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...
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    mk-219 mod

    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...
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    Tips to EQ and mix my first ever home-recorded song

    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.
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    Mixers and Home Recording

    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...
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    Why is activation so HARD!

    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...
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    Be careful with resource-heavy plugins while tracking

    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?
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    Guitar strap color to match Gibson’s cream appointments

    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...
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    Guitar strap color to match Gibson’s cream appointments

    I don't know how people play with their guitar slung low. That gives me wrist pain! I don't hold it as high as John McNally of the Searchers, but I don't have any belt buckle rash on any of my guitars.
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    Mixers and Home Recording

    In the mid 60s, one local recording studio used their concrete block garage with a speaker and a microphone for their echo chamber. I've heard of others using a stairwell. Those would get you a bit of that "old rock sound". That was the style for many studios, Sunset Sound, Capitol...
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    Chandler Limited TG L

    Pics are great, but where are the sound samples? 😉 Whenever I get a mic, I will do some type of comparison to get a read on how it compares to what I already have. Play a bit of guitar, do a little singing, shake a tambourine. I don't have a bunch of high end stuff. I like that...
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    Akai MG 1212,1214 and 14D Tape transfers

    It might be better if you contact him directly. Deslog hasn't been active on the board since 2021. His email was in the post above.
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