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I picked up a UAD-2 Solo card and software last night - just the stock plug-ins. I have a macbook pro running Snow Leopard and Logic 9. Installation was very easy, and everything works. This is my first-ever UAD thing. I read that nobody uses the stock plug-ins, but I've decided to force...

Curiosity finally got the best of me and I got a Ruby Reverb tank replacement for my Blues Jr. Replacing it was very easy - just required a stubby screwdriver (a full length one would have been difficult to use without removing the speaker first). Looking at the two, I couldn't see how they'd...

I figured it was time to get some better monitors, so I just went to GC and picked up a pair of Adam A7s, and a KRK 10s subwoofer to go with them. The sales guy helped me listen to a few different models - I didn't want to listen to the extremely high dollar ones, because I wasn't going to get...

For a while, I've been planning to get an API 3124+ 4 channel preamp. I'm aware that they have this other 3124MB+ model that costs $6 or 7 hundred more. My thought is that the MB model has features that would be helpful for mixing and output, and are sort of aimed at use for sound...

At least for now, the Stillwell plugins aren't working in Mac Snow Leopard - I found out the hard way. On their website, they say they're aware of it and are working on it. If you're considering upgrading and use the Stillwell plugins - wait!

This is a song I wrote in the early '90s for the last real band I was in. I'm pretty sure we never recorded it, unless someone made a bar gig tape or something. I just recorded the guitar parts, and it would be awesome to get some good drums going on. I didn't write the lyrics, and I don't...

We're working on our new song, Hurry, Children (I wanna see), and I'm once again painfully reminded of the drum deficiency plaguing our small home-bound band. 2 year old Sophie has come a long way on the skins, but still can't reach the foot pedals, and so I slorped in a pad-triggered midi drum...

I moved from one house to another recently, and my big fishing tackle box in which I keep all my electronic components and doo-dads was sitting around -- I got the bright idea of putting in the basement of our new (old) house. (For the uninitiated, basements in Houston are about as rare as...

Yesterday, my son and I went to Luckenbach (TX, yes, like the song), and participated in the breaking of the world record for most simultaneous guitar players -- the count was 1,853. We were in a sort of creekbed basin, and my son and I were near the bottom. We were being led by a group on a...

I'm a little slow on the uptake - just noticed that Logic 9 has been released. I ordered the upgrade for Logic Express (that's what I use - got 8 now). They included "track notes"! I've been wanting to add a little text/note to each track, including things like preamp gain (and other analog...

It looks like Oliver Archut is taking orders for two of the replacement transformer models, and Terry Manning said that the first 50 orders will get a free PCB to match the transformer (not clear on whether it was the first 50 for each transformer type or the first 50 overall -- my guess is the...

I'm slowly (and I mean glacially slowly) building a studio kit, and I think I need to replace my crappy hats next. My question is -- is buying used hi hats a little like buying used guitar strings? The cheap ones I have now have a crack that I didn't notice when I bought them (used), and I...

I just hooked up my pair of MXL 603s that Marik modded by changing around the electronics (but they're still transformerless) and re-machining the capsules. I sent them off to him right before I moved houses and shut down my studio for awhile, so when they came back they sat in a drawer at my...

I have a Shure SM58 from which I removed the transformer, attaching the capsule leads directly to the XLR pins. This was my first mic mod ever, and it came out well, which was encouraging. It sounds kind of cool; it's no SM7b, but it's nice to have around. Here are my two related questions...

I probably shouldn't be posting, because I may not be in a position to do a good sound test for a while (and I may never be in a position to do a fully defensible sound test), but I just got back my 603s from Marik: I also sent some omni capsules that I got on ebay (they're in front, and I...

I picked up an AKG D200E ( http://www.coutant.org/akgd200e/index.html ) on a 'bay-click-spasm, and it just got here. I'm in the office, so I can't test it, but it appears to be in great shape. Anyone using one of these? If so, what for? Looks like it was intended for PA systems?

I'm just sayin' -- looks like they're clearing them out because they're discontinued. http://www.musiciansfriend.com/stupid I'm not completely feeling that $200 is a good price - it's certainly cheaper than the normal $300. But if you've been looking, looks like today's the day. You'll find...

On to the next issue :D -- I've been running mixes through my ACMP-81s using the outs and ins on my audio interface. All was happy until one of them started motorboating :( I messed around with it some -- it seems to be related to the total gain level across the system -- above a certain...

I noticed this in the audiofanzine news at the bottom of the page there: http://misc-microphone.shure.en.audiofanzine.com/news/index,idproduit,141530,shure_releases_2_new_sm_mics.html discusses the new SM27 and SM137 as replacements for the KSM27 and KSM109, respectively. I looked on Shure's...

Julián's probably talking about more than just the ACM-900, given the many cool projects mentioned in the February DIY challenge thread, but I have to comply. Rather than cluttering up that thread, I'll start this one: very simple circuit - I did my best to label the three capacitors and the...