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WRT the OOPs thing? Where you have an open backed cab/combo it is a well recognized technique to mic the rear of the speaker. Dave.

You've got me wondering now Rob! Yes, if Andy has the receiver why not just go into the XLR input of the mixer? I confess I have been able to find nothing about that lavalier microphone. Dave.

You are most welcome Andy! This mic https://www.amazon.co.uk/SoundLAB-Dynamic-Switched-Microphone-XLR-XLR/dp/B00F58V73Q uses the very same capsules as the 8500 and AFAICT sounds just the same! Unfortunately the ad is telling porkies, the supplies cable is NOT an XLR mic cable but an unbalanced...

At first I was going to say "there ain't no freakin' 3.5mm mic input!" and are you plugging into the mic jack on the mac? These CAN be noisy on PCs and I doubt Apple use much better pre amps? But no, I think you are going into the mic input for a headset on the mixer? If so I am sure that is...

Match the levels going in but don't be too fussy about it, you can always balance them in the DAW post tracking. I would suggest you record as two discrete mono tracks (most DAWs default to stereo) that way you will have independent control of volume, EQ etc. You still haven't said how you are...

"a Rode NT1, which is my go-to for acoustic guitar. Would that be a decent enough option to start with?" The only rule about recording electric guitar is that there are no rules! I would not suggest you put a capacitor mic close to a guitar amp speaker, pick up all the hum, fizz and crap, but...

Just a left field idea? All that pedal stuff 'might' work against you getting the sound you want. I know you say "super happy with the sound in the room" but it seems to me that electric guitar peculiarly does not 'print' the room sound well? You might be better to DI the guitar (and run "The...

I am assured by a couple of guys over at soundonsound.com that the DX7s are "tank like" and not much trouble to get apart unless you are dreadfully cack handed! "Soldering" I know much more about, IMO don't just "re-melt" the old solder, use wick to remove as much as you can and then re-solder...

I am happy to be wrong! Dave.

I don't know about that kbd but it is a common but bad practice to mount jacks and other connectors directly to the PCB and not secure then to a metal chassis, thus the strain from a cable eventually "wiggle-wiggles" the joints 'dry' and you get a bad contact. I have a laptop with a similar...

I came across this https://www.soundcraft.com/en/product_documents/series-five-user-guide-pdf Today. Thought someone here might find it of interest? Dave.

I thought we had established that the problem was a ground loop? I am sure a tech will find nothing wrong with the mixer. As I said above, what is needed are TRS cables with the screens disconnected ONE end. I have thought of a more elegant way to achieve that aim but it would involve quite a...

What you propose IS "sciencey"! You can make the process even "sciencier" by making careful notes and logs of what you do. I don't know if you did "experiments" at school but the first part of the process was to draw a diagram of the "apparatus" and show what each part did...so, "guitar...

Because that noise was under the control of the master VC it was likely in the first stage and yes, likely the first valve. You can't always diagnose noise problems by "pulling tubes" because you can for instance have a noisy anode load or associated bad joint. With no current through the...

Oooo! That's a big jump from the Solo to a multi-input rack jobbie! My advice to newbs is to eschew the very cheapest one mic AIs and go at least to the 2i2. If a bit more dosh can be fronted I favour 2 mics plus two more line ins (and MIDI DINs but that is just me!) Such an AI can do most...

Radio 3? Then Freeview ch 65 runs '80s music most of the day. (got Mahler Symp One on atmo!) Dave.

"Yes I have a Scarlett solo gen 3, it was £75 new. I can't think of any situation where I'd want more than 2 in. I record on my own so can only play one thing at a time" Well fair enough then but many people like to put two mics on an acoustic guitar. You are also forever denied stereo...

I have also read some time ago that when you run at 24 bits the inherent "audio" noise is effectively dithering the signal because 24 bit digital noise is way,way below it? Even the very quietest systems, in the low -120dBFS region are still some 20dB 'noisier than the digital noise floor. Dave.

When I record, which is not often, I always run 24 bits 44.1kHz in Samplitude Pro X 6. I then invariably export the file as either 16 bit .wav or 320k MP3. In neither case do I dither! Sam does it for me and I expect most DAWs do the same? I can set the TYPE of dither in Samplitude but have...

Works for me!