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I recently helped a friend of mine dispose of her late father's mic collection. The expensive ones I advised them to keep for the time being, and a few of the white elephants became mine. The AIWA crystal mic actually sold on ebay, who would've thunk? The AT40 became my new talkback mic...

Sorry, I mistyped a model # in a question, and got lots of views with no answers, except Big Kenny, who gave me the right #. Well, there may still be nobody that knows diddly about this mic, but I'm interested. I'll try it as a stage mic, but what I really need is one more dynamic for...

Well, we had a tough year with blown steam pipes, dead vehicles, etc., so I haven't been able to do any big purchases lately. We're in "make do with what you have" mode. I've been doing a 12 part radio play for a paying customer (woo hoo), and the large number of channels and lack of isolation...

Well, they've been winding down the line before and after the Chinese MC-012 episode, but their current prices look almost like a bait-and-switch. MK319 $70 (no brainer). ML2500 tube mic $99 (haven't heard that one, but at that price, I might). MC-012 $70 (don't know if Chinese or Russian)...

To anybody who's got experience with Digi002 or PT LE, this is the deal. For some reason, when I hit "stop" on the transport control panel(or the board), it zeroes the clock, and sends me back to the beginning of the track. I'm pretty sure this is just some dumb setting I've got wrong, but where...

Oh boy! In about a week, I'm starting tracking on "Silicon Theater" a 12 part science fiction radio play. For a paying customer?!. Aside from multiple voiceovers, action and car scenes, a lot of stock tracks will be required. Gunshots, doors slamming, traffic noise, sirens, etc. Of course, a lot...

Well, this is a continuing entry in a series of posts about various pieces of gear that I am learning to use. It's not really intended as a review, more of a perception, you know, what it is good for, or not. I got this unit just to add a bunch of cheap channels to my Digi002 by optical ADAT...

I couldn't figure what forum to post this in, so here goes: I'm just starting to use some optical I/O options that I wasn't using before. Prior to this, all my digital transfers were by coaxial S/PDIF, with the Digi002 by firewire. I use a Roland VS1824 for a remote unit, and I often use the...

Well, I've had this mic for quite a while, and it hasn't spent too much time up. I bought it mostly because it was a type of mic I didn't own, and GC was willing to sell it to me cheap ($175 new in case). It turned out to be the ticket for one vocal that was giving me trouble, and that track...

Well, my brother, now estranged from family, was a badass bass player indeed, and I used to noodle around on his Les Paul Studio Bass in the days of yore. So, not too long ago, I decided to lay my hands on an entry level bass rig, and add it to the studio's options. Hell, maybe I could learn to...

I know there have been a lot of threads by people asking if there is a cheaper alternative to SM57. Of course, their balls get busted, because a 57 is $80 new and $50 used. People ask, "How cheap do you want it to be?!!" Well, I saw these on ebay, and it's a mic I am intimately familiar with...

OK, I'm 98% certain this doesn't work, but I'm asking for some technical help to rule out my 2% uncertainty. This is one for real technogeeks to figure. If you plug a line level input into a passive DI box, let's say a whirlwind Imp II, and the low impedence output goes to an XLR mic input, can...

I use NTK quite a bit, being my only tube mic (God, I want that Lawson). The mic and its power supply have given me no problem at all, but the supplied cable's molded connectors cracked within days of my buying it (brand new). After a couple of years, they have cracked clean through, and are...

Well I had no clue where to post this, but... God's out to get me this week. The ugly little room where I record has a bunch of pipes covered with insulation and duct tape, which are iron steam pipes feeding old fashioned radiators from an oil burner. The main ruptured, draining a bunch of water...

I've been thinking about this for a long time, and it seems there are a few questions that won't go away no matter how many times they are answered. So- I figure the best I can do is combine my answers into one thread, so that when the question is asked, I can just post the link to this thread...

Pictures will follow, but gee, I had an idea. The best cheap heavy booms I've seen are On Stage SB96 PLUS,and I own 2, but they aren't made anymore. I recently aquired a pair of On Stage speaker stands at GC for $100 the pair. They have a triangular foot print, and are made to hold some weight...

I've been looking at these mid priced ($1000 or so) ADK multi-pattern tube mics. I can't quite spring for the Lawson right now, but I'm thinking either of these mics could augment my NTK, which is my lone tube mic. Does anybody have real world experience with these mics, and if possible, compare...

Well, with the holidays from hell (and a dose of Homerec.com cold turkey) behind me, I've begun further evaluation of the twinQ. In my previous post I listed my disclaimors, but I'll repeat them: 1. I am not a badass pro engineer. I am an amateur who has spent too much money on gear. 2. I do...

Well, I've really never attempted to review a piece of serious audio gear. It's not like a mic. However, I think I'm one of the first people in the real world to have this thing in my hands, so I will say only the things I'm confidant are true. Why do I have a little anxiety about it? I'm not a...

This is my third time trying to post this. Here's hoping the third time's a charm. I'm building an isolation box for a small amp or cab, about 30 watts. Question is, what kind of decibel levels will it reach, in an enclosed space? Secondly, what to use for mics? The dynamics are a no brainer...