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It looks as if I will have enough cash in a few months to start putting together my DAW. My plan right now is to order the following custom setup from Cyberpowerpc.com: Case: MEDIUM 10-BAY 350WATT ATX CASE CDRW: 40X12X48 CPU: AMD Athlon XP-1900+ [1.6 GHZ QuantiSpeed] 266 FSB CPU 2 hard drives...

I've noticed that the garbage that Hewlett Packard tries to pass for a decent computer is built in such a way that it makes it next to impossible to try to switch out components. For example, I needed to take out a floppy drive out of an HP to install on an older computer and I got so pissed off...

Ok.. I am working on two songs. The first one was recorded on my Epi. The tone is perfect. Everything fits like a glove. I work on the second song. The feel of it calls for a Strat, so I break out my Strat and work with amp combinations. I get a sound that hits you in the gut. Just what the song...

I've spent far too much time with just one guitar. For most of the years I've been involved in music, I've played one electric guitar: one old Fender Strat Copy. Three years ago I got married. She has a Kramer which is very similar to my old guitar. No big deal. Then last year I get an...

Generally speaking, about how many hours can be clocked on an ADAT XT before the heads need to be cleaned? I checked mine the other day and it had 143 hours. I take it that's not very much for a 4 year old machine? The interpolation indicator doesn't register at all. Hard to believe nothing...

I've been noticing a faint but audible high frequency noise on my Epi that occurs when I'm doing any riffing on the low E string. It only happens when I'm miking my Crate, and it's caused by the higher overtone of the sixth string getting picked up on the magnetic pole corresponding to the first...

I thought I had an excellent idea to maximize my recording setup, but after reading a post on tape syncing, now I'm having second thoughts.. My idea was to use up all 8 tracks on my ADAT for drums. Next, I would make a rough mix down to 2 tracks using my Tascam DAT machine. Then I would record...

Just kinda curious as to how everyone stands.. I tried to make the poll so that the techniques included are used in most genres of music.. Notice I left sight-reading off the list, as that would've totally skewed the poll.. My weaknesses, btw, are that I can't vibrato worth a crap on the 1st...

So I’m driving home and I’m listening and singing along to Operation Mindcrime, and I notice the points where Geoff Tate breaks into falsetto.. Is it possible to achieve a good falsetto tone from practice and technique, or is it some innate talent that some of us have and some of us don’t? And...

1. The batteries on the memory cards only last two years.. they are lithium and can be purchased anywhere.. 2. Removing the battery will clear the card's memory, so don't change the batteries unless you have your tracks loaded into the machine.. As a result of neglecting the first rule and...

I got a belated father's day present today.. An Epiphone Basher BB, Flame Maple Top... I've been hanging around Fenders and Kramers.. I forgot how sweet these Les Paul types resonate... and the tones.. my god.. the tones... Yeah ok.. you damn purists.. "It's not a real Les Paul".. but I don't...

I have decided to purchase the YSM-1 monitors. Can I just hook them up to my Technics stereo amp, or am I going to have to fork over more cash for an amp to drive the monitors? Or to ask it in another way, how much will the sound quality be comprimised (if at all) by hooking up the monitors in...

(sigh)... ya know.. the more posts I read.. the more I realize I don't know what the hell I'm doing... before I even begin to start saving for that DAW.. I need to admit to myself (and convince my wife) that I'm gonna need some decent monitors.. Since it's gonna be a few months 'til I have the...

I'm kinda curious... A couple years ago I went to a recording studio to make a digital backup of some stuff I did on ADAT.. while I was waiting for them to finish, the engineer was joking with the intern about some guy who decided to mix his entire album exclusively with headphones.. They acted...

I am trying to determine what would be in my best interests given my current setup and limited financial resources: Currently I am recording to an ADAT XT and mastering (via an extremely cheap mixer) to DAT, I am looking into the possibility of having a custom IBM (e.g. Gateway) built...