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"Also, I've noticed that there are both $20 and $200 DI boxes on Amazon; would a $20 one even be worth it? Any help regarding anything I've said would be greatly appreciated." Get the cheaper one Drew, Firstly for the reason that you have little to lose! But mainly because the more expensive a...

Keep looking. Heard on the news today that China could be looking for other markets to avoid Trumpy tariffs. It was said that we, UK could benefit but Canada might also be more attractive to them now? Certainly everyone else in the word is looking for new friends! Dave.

Re "PUP coils and Capacitors" it must be remembered that a responsible manufacturer will test at every stage. Yes, two hand wound coils will differ (number of turns should not unless the bloke ignores the counter!) in tension and thus inter-winding spacing. That will affect the self resonant...

https://www.soundonsound.com/reviews/tascam-model-12 Give that ^a good read (there is a mention of a limited monitoring function) and if you still have problems sign up to the forum (but DON'T desert us!) Matt Houghton is a very experienced reviewer. I second (third?) the move to Reaper...

." I am used to analog meters: VU meters. I know what 0VU is. But I get lost with dBm, dBu, db?, +4dB or -10dB whatever unit. Life used to be so simple." NOT! Trying to be a dick...REALLY not OMG but it really wasn't! Yes, "0 VU" was most often equal to an output of +4dbu for pro tape...

Fair enough Mr P. Yes, clean tones will be little affected it is when those upper mids are turned into higher harmonics en masse that the fizz tends to start. On a related note? I wonder how many budding guitarists here put their instrument through dad's hi fi? Many a tweeter has gone to that...

Old Music Guy, I do NOT think you are in any way a "gentleman's appendage"! My "physic" replies were prompted by Papa's statement, "The Scarlett if already giving him a DI - so no need there -" and I was trying to make the point that the F'rite's DI will not tame the fizz that afflicts raw...

I am not quite sure of the point you are trying to make friend? Regarding the frequency response of the guitar there are harmonics extending well out to 12kHz (and the MP3 encoder has surely mashed more!) That of course was a steel strung acoustic but an electric will have much the same...

"Miccing a guitar amp is best" Arguable but there is one big omission in that statement. THE most important thing is the speaker. Guitar speaker response is characterized (as much as the very large number of them can be) by a lack of bass below about 100Hz, a peak somewhere around 3-5kHz, maybe...

I am gratified and humbled OMG that you take SUCH notice of my ramblings! That reply was written in response to a statement about the effects of loading on guitar pickups. My reply was therefore made with the assumption that the person involved was familiar with the "physics"? The "H" stands...

Total DVD numpty here! I have a short, 14.6M clip from my garden burned to DVD-R. I have copied it to my desktop (W10) but when I try to send it as an attachment the file "splits up" to several parts. How can I send the whole lot please? I did find that I can send just 'VTS_01_1(1)' and that...

"You could use a clipper to get rid of spikes from clicks and pops, although I'd recommend using REAPER over Audacity if you want to go down that road." I have used Samplitude in the past to edit out clicks from daughter's punk 45s. You can expand the track ad.inf. in the 'X' direction, cut out...

Hello whippersnapper Bob! (I am 79) Yes, Audacity is fine for your purpose but since it will cost you nothing but time do try Reaper? Re MP3/WAV, I would always record to a 'linear" format initially and archive it, warts and all, storage is SO cheap now. I may be wrong but I think MP3 can...

"With a DI into a Scarlett You are essentially double loading the input" Yes, for an active DI the Z will drop to 500k. But this only has the full effect when the guitar's VC is set to maximum. Back it off even a dB or so and the things get much more complex. Then a fair middle ground for pup...

The confusing bit! All cables have capacitance which has a falling impedance with frequency, thus it "shunts" higher frequencies* away from the input. But, the degree of "shunting" depends on the value of the capacitance (in pico Farads as a rule) and the source resistance of the device feeding...

I tried to order the 103 yesterday from AliExpress and got a fair way thorough the process when it threw up a little black box with some Chinese characters in it and I could go no further. At no point did it say they won't ship to UK. I'll perhaps have another go later and post a screenshot of...

Well, physics innit! When you link a passive DI to an amp as well as using the XLR output, you are loading the guitar with an extra 1meg (no excuse for an amp not to be) so the input Z is necessarily reduced. Best case without link ~200k results in about 160K. I doubt anyone could hear that...

The HAs are cheap enough that you could run the "clean feed" from the Scarlet close to the drummer then let him have the cans amp locally and set his own level. I understand the F'rite's software can do a sub mix for foldback? I have a few ideas of how I would wire up a small studio, many...

I have no idea how pro studios would do this but I doubt they would rely on "flakey" (IMHO) BlueTh!" Apart from anything else you might struggle to get enough level for a drummer from battery powered cans? There is of course the problem of "entanglement". I would solve that by having the...

Well, he couldn't. Sacked on the spot! Dave.