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I know there's some GXL3000 fans here - it's the stupid buy today (Sep. 5, 2008) at MF ( http://www.musiciansfriend.com/stupid ). But again, $100 seems less stupid than we're used to - I see threads on here where folks picked it up for $70 from another stupid buy, and when folks give a street...

Not a big surprise to those following the pictures, but who could have said with precision that it was the "MXL 4000"? Anyone know what they mean by B-Stock? http://www.musiciansfriend.com/stupid http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product?sku=270624V (list price $1,199? wtf? how far the dollar...

I went to GC today for the Labor Day sale (which actually started on Friday) and didn't get anything. Recently, I've noticed the urge to acquire equipment fading, and my attention is returning to recording music with what I have. While I'm more aware than ever that my set up is not high end...

OK, I've been working on my angry, subcontinent industrial/metal response to EL34's badass "Hand of Shiva" tune: http://recursor.net/Tamerlane.mp3 like I promised I would. Sticking with the theme of destructive forces in India, my project is called "Tamerlane" -- this a very early draft...

Title says it all -- is this normal? I worried about doing it more than once a day, but every few days shouldn't hurt, should it? Yeah, I read the warnings :rolleyes:

I finally got the chance to take the weekly tour of the Collings Guitar factory on the outskirts of Austin yesterday. To anyone with a passing interest in instrument making or a fondness for these instruments, I recommend the tour - 3:30 on Fridays - lasts for about an hour and a half. At the...

I picked up a couple of Sennheiser MD 421 II mics the other day used - in good shape (with consecutive serial nums) for about market price, but without the clips (or "clamps" as they seem to be called on Sennheiser's web page). What's the best way to get two of these clips? I didn't see any...

The Musician's Friend Stupid Buy for today, July 9, 2008, is the "Korg K61P 61-Key USB/MIDI Controller" for $150, which also means free shipping to the continental US. Here's the link: http://www.musiciansfriend.com/stupid (and note that after today, it will be some other item, not the...

So now that I have a pair of MC012s, I figured I'd do a shootout of sorts with my trusty SM81s. Doing it reminded me of the buzillion factors that go into micing a particular track - mainly mic placement, which is an understatement of many combined factors including the mic's placement and...

I may have mentioned that I picked up a breakout box and cable for a Digi 001 for dirt cheap at GC, then Kojdogg talked me out of selling it, and instead getting a PCI card to go with it for another $35, which I did, and now it's up and running on my son's computer, and, of course, I'm thinking...

I stopped by a pawn shop on the way home from work, and saw these (sorry for the image quality - one day I'll get a camera): for $29.99 each. Should I get them? :D;) heh. (kidding - this is joke) (edit -- despite my thread title, these are plainly MC-012, not MK-012, as you can see so...

The only difference between these two MP3s: 1) http://recursor.net/realornot/1.mp3 2) http://recursor.net/realornot/2.mp3 is that the lead guitar in one of them is going through a "real" amp (reamped) -- in the other, the lead guitar is going through a software based amp model. Can you tell...

At the Memorial Day sale at GC, I picked up a used Digi 001 for $5. The rack unit is there (with one but not both rack ears), and so is the cable, but *not* the PCI card. The manual is there, but *not* the software (PT LE or whatever it came with for DAW software). My son and I were thinking...

I don't do too many covers, but my 16 year old daughter wanted to do this song. The problem is that nobody at my house (definitely including us two) can sing. At all -- not even a little bit. Also, I don't speak Portuguese. But that's what's so great about home recording :D (setting up for...

I pays to read the DIY forum! I took Somnium7 up on his offer for the old opamps he pulled out of the RX-7 Now back in the day, I played metal using an Ibanez Tube Screamer TS10, and I thought it sounded fantastic. I stomped it to death. A couple of years ago, I tried to reclaim the sound by...

So I got a couple of the new Naiant X-Q mics, and just had a chance to record a couple tracks with them. The reason I'm posting is for feedback, suggestions (help :) ) with how to position them for a good stereo track. These are small diaphragm omnis, as you may have heard. Here's the MP3...

I just got in two Naiant X-Q mics -- my initial impressions are very good. So far all I've had time to do is hook them up and listen to room noise, talking, and move them around while I'm playing a low quality acoustic guitar -- I'm getting very nice sounds close up at different places up and...

I have been using a pair of SM81s for stereo recording for some time - I got them in different places and they are of very different ages - they even look different. I had heard that Shure says you can count on any two SM81s being a stereo match, but I wanted to see for myself. Following the...

OK - I started a thread in "the rack" about an old EQ unit I'm working on. It uses 4136CP opamps, and they kind of suck. Since we now have this forum, I'll post my now-more-specific question here. I found this: http://www.cimarrontechnology.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=35 this...

yay! DIY-Mods-Homebrew forum!!! A few weeks ago, I read this website: http://www.erikhansen.net/?page_id=28 and a few others, and went out and picked up a Boss DS-1 distortion pedal -- first time I ever had one (been playing for over 20 years). I followed the instructions partially, since I...