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This is kind of rare for me, but I want to post a late night, "I've had some drinks" post on the Analog Only forum. Captain Beefheart, aka Don Van Vliet, died at the age of 69 yesterday. A number of groups, acts, and artists inspired me to be myself and push hard. I'm not one to worship idols...

Some lucky jerk is going to get this. But not me. Sigh. I'm not affiliated with the seller in any way Here's the link

Hey folks, I'm archiving a bunch of multitrack masters and I need a few extra empty 1/2" reels with boxes. Anybody have some they want to sell? I'm keeping an eye on eBay but I thought I'd try my luck here. Thanks!! Jeff

As I am wont to do, I'm looking at balanced consoles and I'm trying to figure out which one might be an incremental upgrade from my Tascam M-520. The question "why?" doesn't apply here, just so you know :) There are some Trident 65 consoles out there around $1,000 - $2,000. There's the...

Hey Friends! Just passing along my well-wishes and hoping that you all have a great holiday. Thanksgiving for me this year involves wine and hors d'oeuvres, and then an Indian spread for dinner, with good friends of mine here in the Bay Area. Thankfully there's tons of options here for...

More like *hearing* loss... Poor ol' Pete!

Hey folks, I'm doing a massive purge here at Studio Apartment Studio and up on the chopping block are many reels of tape. 1. Twelve used reels of 1/4" RMGI SM911 on 7" plastic reels w/ boxes. These are all one-pass. Ten have no splices, one has two splices, one has three splices. And, I am an...

OK, so I promised myself I wouldn't buy any more gear, but I felt like something was missing. Like, REALLY missing. I thought long and hard about it, and finally gave in. Here's a couple of pictures: I may someday upgrade to the multitrack version, but my budget and current space won't...

Hey friends, I'd like to share my blog with this forum. I learned so much of what I know from reading your posts and interacting with you here. I've been working on this blog for almost a year and I just recently got more into the groove of blogging. If you would do me a favor and add it to...

I promised myself sometime around January this year that I wouldn't buy any more gear. I've... mostly kept this promise :) But, I've been thinking a bit. I sometimes would really like to have more tracks at my disposal, but I don't want to chuck everything out the window and get a MS-16, say...

I've heard someone of questionable 'experience' suggest that tape heads should be lubed. Thoughts?

So, I'm really curious to know more about replacing electrolytic capacitors. Granted, I know it should be done on older audio equipment, e.g. equipment older than 10-15 years, because the capacitors do eventually fail. I'm curious to know, though, what the benefits are to replacing...

Hey folks, Another strange thing happened! I'm getting some, but almost no input signal on channel 3 of my Tascam 48. On input monitoring I see the VU needle move just slightly, and it moves even less when I monitor in repro while recording a signal. I've removed that card and swapped it with...

Oops. I didn't realize that I had been overloading the preamp on a channel for TWENTY MINUTES. My overhead lamp dimmed and my power conditioner clicked into "sag" mode. I checked the "OL" LED on the channel and it was glaring at me with its beady red eye. My mix did some weird things, and...

Hey folks, I thought I'd start a thread with tips on using dbx noise reduction. Please join me and add your own! So, I noticed something interesting about dbx noise reduction causing compression errors. Remember that dbx NR compresses the incoming signal, and it is prone to causing nasty...

Hey folks! It's been a long time since I've really been active here. My equipment is almost completely set up in my new apartment after tearing it apart three months ago for my move. Oh, it feels great to make music again! The hiatus really helped clear my mind, though! I recently had my Otari...

Hey folks, I'm slowly getting my recording equipment set up in my new apartment, after having to redo a few of my snakes and otherwise getting things in order :) I also finally got my Otari set up and I need to connect it to the patch bay. The signal going to the deck from the mixer will be...

Linky Link Just posting this here because I know how much we all like to look at pictures and ads :) I'm not acquainted with the seller, BTW.

Hey folks, I'm selling a Tascam DX-4D dbx NR unit. No rack ears. Works just fine, I bought it for a deck that I tried to salvage but ended up junking. $45 + shipping. PM me here! Thanks! Jeffrey

Hey folks, I've seen Youtube videos made by folks in Europe which show someone getting neat, uniform lengths of splicing tape from a little dispenser. I'm guessing that AGFA or BASF made these. Is there anywhere on the Web today where I can buy these?? Thanks!!