Recent content by TieDyedDevil

Agreed on both counts. The only time I touch the board is when one of us brings in a new device (the most recent is when Joe, our drummer, brought in a sampler and looper) or if Stephen or I change to a direct rig with a significantly different output level. I like the trio format. Fewer, and...

Huh. I was not aware of Sheffield. Direct-to-disc recording, though, has fascinated me for the past couple of decades. Not that I'd want to run a cutting lathe... But the idea of recording direct-to-memory-card from the mixing desk output appealed to me after having read about the technical...

Thank you for listening. I'll have to check out your other refs, but your mention of Gateway lit up a big smile. I've been interested in John Abercrombie's work since "Timeless". In fact, during the four or five years when we put most of our effort into weekly workshops, we made quite a few...

Hi, everyone. I joined the forum years ago; my profile says 2008, but it seems longer. At any rate, I was about seven years into home recording at the time. I had already dipped my toes into multitracking, with several small projects completed, and had begun a transition to live-in-the-studio...

I haven't run into upgrade problems with DAW software, but that's only because I don't use DAW software. Ten years ago when I became interested in recording, I spent a lot of time talking to friends who had set up their own home studios. Most of them had built some kind of computer-based...

Thanks, Jeff. Much appreciated.

I just switched from a Tascam 2488mkII to a Zoom HD16CD a couple weeks ago. This continuing discussion is probably now moot since both units are discontinued. (I bought my HD16CD from zZounds at $509 - including shipping - just before they stopped carrying it. Sweetwater sold out their...