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Just put a new humbucker on my strat squier. I am curious as to what the wire coming from the body does. I cant see what its coming from. I just had it working then i screw the pickguard on and my pickups werent picking the strings up! More troubleshooting to come. Sorry had to vent, its been...

So I decided to start trying to fiddle with my old squier electric guitar. I have spare pick up that I was thinking of trying to put on there. When I removed my pickguard, I noted that all of the pickups each had one white wire and one black wire. Assuming the white is the hot wire and black is...

I am looking to get an external hard drive. I want to be able to track straight ONTO the external hard drive , not onto the internal first. What qualifications would I need from an external hard drive to be able to use it for tracking. usb2.0 ? firewire ? 7200 rpm ? Is it even possible to...

I need your help! My signal chain is as follows. Audix i5 > old xlr > Audio buddy preamp for gain > 1/4'' instrument cable > Line 6 guitar spyder amp. Yes , I know this isnt exactly what im supposed to be doing but I am experimenting and I would really like to utilize this set up. Problem is...

I got KRK RP5's for Christmas and don't get me wrong they sound amazing. They playback my mixes with more clarity and detail than I have ever heard. But until today I started facing a problem. I'm sort of attacking this problem blindly because I don't really know how to go about beating it...

Okay I've recently got a little more equipment and my room in which I record is getting a little bit cluttered. So I have decided that I might move my good computer downstairs along with my recording equipment. It may not be the best room to record in the house but frankly , I'm allowed and its...

Christmas is coming soon and yes , my parents still buy me Christmas presents. This year to my surprise they are willing to spend some money on me for audio equipment. Of course I am happy about this but now for me to cut to the chase. I have 2 options. I could either get the Firepod for 500...

Howdy , Im pretty set on going out for a laptop on black friday. I'm going to pick one up for about 400 dollars with 1.8 ghz processor , 512 mb ram and 60 gb hard drive. If all goes well , I will be upgrading the ram to at least 1 gb and buying an external usb hard drive to accompany the laptop...

Okay just bought a new Jumbo Parkwood acoustic guitar a few months back. Really nice sound , I like it a lot I really do! I snapped my high e maybe after a month of playing it , so I figured I might as well put a whole new set of strings on cause the others werent as crisp etc. So I took all...

With a lot of different music I've been listening to , I've been hearing little effects on the vocal tracks. I'm curious if there is maybe plug ins for vocal effects or do you think that the effects are usually created by some sort of vocal effect processing hardware type thingamabob. My vocals...

Okay I recorded this song today , trying to utilize some suggestions I have received. I like the sound I got in this song more than any other song I think. I feel pretty good about it. Please give it a listen and give me any constructive criticism you desire. Heck , criticize me uncontructively...

I was unsure whether I would be better off putting this in the Recording Techniques section or the Newbies section. So I suppose when in doubt , put it in the Newbie section. Now as for my question. I have been listening to alot of songs and I cannot get a full sound with what I am recording. I...

Okay my friends letting me borrow his PA cause he's away for school and im home and needed a PA. So now i have a PA but the most space efficient way for me to set up the speakers are laying on their side. Will do any damage or effect my sound negatively? thank you for your help in advanced. :)

Making a demo for my friends , just about finished this song. Only a minor part still missing but i want as much help as i can mixing .. i dont wanna let my friends down. I want to get the best product i can for these guys. Please give me your opinion and some tips to maybe improve my mix...

Okay , so im trying to record my friends bands demo for them. Im just extremely new with drum recording. I need some opinion on this drum sound and possibly some tips to improve my sound. This is without any mixing but there was a little eq'ing done on the mixer. My friend also has some drum...

Now that i have your attention. Id like to see how i can improve the song I recorded for my friends. The song is on www.myspace.com/sayrelin . the name of the song is " Ana Jones acoustic ". I think its one of my best recordings yet but then again , I havent recorded that much. I'd really like...

Heres a song my friend and I recorded today. I think it turned out nicer than my other recordings lately. Theres a pop or two and im aware of it. Im looking for some constructive criticism from you guys that listen to mixes often and can hear the details. http://www.soundclick.com/ericgieg...

Okay , I have an Ibanez acoustic electric and ive had it for maybe five years. Ive always been puzzled as to why theres no strap holder towards my neck on the guitar. Theres one for the strap at the base of the body but nothing on the other end. I dont wanna drill a whole in my acoustic..i'll...

Recorded this with my friend , think its a good tune . Not the best performance but we got it finished. Id like some tips on my mixing , maybe how to get a little better sound. "where the secrets lay" http://www.soundclick.com/util/getplayer.m3u?id=3214297&q=hi (Hi-Fi link) thank you.

How the heck do you read sensitivity of a mic? example: 20 mV/Pa (-34 dBV) While Im at it , is the sensitivity similar to the transient response of a microphone? I read that the transient response refers to how quickly a mic responds to a sound as it reaches the mic and the faster the response...