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I've spent a good part of the afternoon reading older threads about various subjects, and had a question about mic pres. I'm recording all acoustic instruments (double bass, archtop, grand piano, and drums) into a G4 through a MOTU 1224. I like the results I've had with MXL 603s in stereo pairs...

I've got my music room set up for recording, but the first few sessions have made me aware of a problem I haven't considered: the snake-nest issue of mic cables running all over the room. In addition to being an eyesore, they're also a serious tripping hazard, especially when trying to carry a...

I'm setting up an office workspace around my computer to be used for musical transcription. The computer (20" iMac) will be running Sibelius. Next to it is a keyboard controller feeding a Kurzweil PC2R, which sits on top of a CD player. I'm looking for a small mixer that can handle 3 stereo...

Just got done reading all of the old threads on the Masterlink, and the good folks around here seems to like it quite a bit. As best I can tell, there aren't any threads discussing the new "updated" version yet, and I'm curious to see what those in the know might think of it. Also, all the...

I'm looking for some mic clips that will allow me to attach a couple of MXL 603's to the cross braces of my grand piano in an X/Y configuration (with the spider mounts). Basically, this would require a "double clip" setup (one clip/clamp for the brace, and a set of mic clip threads for the 603...

And here I thought the purpose of a shockmount was to PROTECT the mic from noise caused by vibration....I don't quite know how it's doing it, but my V67 shockmount is causing intermittent rumbles/flutters to the tracks I use it on, even when nothing in the room is moving and there's no "sound"...

I'm seriously considering this unit, and wondering if there's a substantially better price than the $1495 listed by Sweetwater. Also, if anyone has any experience with this unit, I'd be grateful if you would share some of it...on paper, it looks amazing. Right now, I'm pretty much down to...

Especially anything comparing the two. Odd how these two seem almost omnipresent in the recording mags, and yet reviews not written by the companies themselves are so hard to find. if anybody has any links, I'd be grateful. Also, where are the best prices on these two? Thanks in advance. :)

As the title suggests, I'm looking for a selection of mics with very narrow pickup-fields to use for amplifying acoustic instruments (most notably the Double Bass). I've heard the "Hyper" and "Super" terms used almost interchangeably for these mics, although I'm exactly sure that they mean the...

Obviously, the best thing to do is to make sure that you always connect balanced to balanced and unbalanced to unbalanced, or you're going to get a nasty ground loop complete with annoying hum. But if you really wanted to connect a piece of balanced studio gear to an unbalanced live rig, how...

Hope this is the right forum for this question: I need to find two cables which go from XLR on one end to RCA on the other to connect my mixing board (Main Mix Out on a Soundcraft M12) to my standalone CD burner and/or minidisk recorder. I know that the sound quality won't be as "clean" as a...

This is probably a stupid question, but what is the normally accepted way of connecting mic preamps to your recording device? All of my gear goes into a rack beneath the mixer, and since the back of the rack resembles Medusa's head on a bad hair day, I'd rather not open the back cover very...

I'm looking to get into the world of plugin FX for my MOTU setup, and am having a bit of trouble deciding what to buy. I'll only be recording acoustic music, mostly but not exclusively jazz-based stuff, so I won't need any "tripped out" effects, just a decent reverb, EQ, and possibly a tiny bit...

I've got an S/PDIF out on my Soundcraft M12, and S/PDIF in on my cheapo Teac CD burner. For recording rehearsals, it would be really convenient to simply get a halfway decent mix on the M12 and send it straight to the CD burner. What kind of cable do I need? It only needs to go about 4 feet...

I'm using a MOTU 1224/Mac G4 setup, with the input being routed through a Soundcraft Spirit M12. I'm looking for a decent 31 band stereo graphic EQ to do some cleanup of "quick" recordings I need to make (rehearsals, demos, stuff to give the players i do sessions with, etc.). I know that most...

I'm not sure which forum to post this thread in, so I'll post it here and hope it's in the right place. I'm using a MOTU 1224 with a Mac G4 800, and I love the sound and flexibility of the system for clean direct to hard disk recording. The problem I'm having is in the mixing stage...while I...

I'm having a problem in my home studio with what I'm assuming is a Ground issue....when I plug in a bass or guitar to any amp, the amp buzzes like crazy the second the player takes his hands off of the strings, no matter which position the "ground lift" switch on the amp is set to. However, when...

I'm sure this is real newbie stuff, but this is driving me nuts. I'm mixing some acoustic bass/archtop guitar duets on Audio desk, and making some decent progress with the various types of EQ. However, my main issue so far is trying to get rid of the "boominess" or "tubbyness" of certain notes...

I'm looking for a pair of monitor stands that stand between 36" and 48" tall and will hold my Studiophile SP-8B speakers. I've looked many different places, and have yet to find the right thing. Sweetwater has a pair that look like the right size, but they're Raxxes stuff, which means that...

I've been doing a good deal of mixing recently (admittedly on a variety of monitors which are NOT ideal), and have been experiencing the dreaded "ear fatigue" a fair amount. I realize that this will improve when I get a decent set of monitors and get my listening setup down pat, but it got me...