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alright... so i am a fan of as live a sound as i can get, as in like what most people would use or want for a string ensemble recording. I do a lot of huge crashing drums, choirs, strings, etc. so yea, it makes sense. unfortunately i have to mix in the same room i track in. is there any solution...

I need a delay unit, but so far I've hated all the digital ones and the analog ones dont sound much better. I've heard some tape echo recordings and they sound awesome. Every one i've seen on ebay and such has been way too expensive though. Is there any way i couldd find one for cheaper? Maybe...

so.. i'm now in the market for a 1/2" 8 track. my price range is about $300 to $500. I don't know much about reel to reel's, so i dont know which ones have the features i'd like. I can live without 30 ips, as long as i can record at 15 ips (and the option of 7.5ips would be nice). I think i...

I've been recording to an ADAT XT20 for the past year or two because i hate recording with computers and an adat was the best i could afford. well... i'm fucking sick of it. I listen to my favorite records, most of which were recorded with reel to reel machines, and i would give anything for...

Very similar external soundcards. The tascam is USB while the Presonus is firewire. I'm using these purely so i can mix down (using hardware) onto my computer. Thus I only need two tracks and all that really matters is the quality of the converters. I highly doubt I will ever use them for...

I'm going out tomorrow to buy that $200 studio desk (RTA Creation Station) from guitar center with the built in rack and such. anyone else used this desk? Supposedly the height from the bottom to the main desk is too short.

Has anyone heard both of these monitors? is there really much difference? I just got the bx5a's, but i never heard the original bx5's. Theyre great, but i wonder if they are really that much better. Also, i wonder if they have better bass, since everyone has always said you reall need sub with...

has anyone here seen or heard of anyone using podcasts for publicity? seems like theres a lot that could come out of this. A lot of the indie podcasts will play anything you send them. its free, worldwide, why not?

I'm considering buying an audiophile 24/96 so i can mix my tracks down to the computer cheaply. I've heard good things about the card except for a review on musicians friend that said that it has a cheap smoothing filter which chops off a lot of higher frequencies and gives the audio an...

I just got an ipod, after not having portable music for the past three years. The only times i listen to music on headphones i have my studio headphones, so i've become very accustomed to high quality sound, always. Sounds great, but now with the ipod i have these dingy little in ear headphones...

Im looking to buy a bass. I've been a guitarist for over 5 years, and have played bass for bands at time and have been told i play bass pretty well, but i know nothing about actual bass's themselves. so i need help with getting a bass that will give me the sound i'm looking for. If anyone has...

"I prefer the real cure. Try analog tape! Invest in a great analog recorder. Your first step is to get a good two-track 1/2" machine. After that, consider using wide-track analog multitrack for the main tracks. To get good analog sound that's better than the most expensive digital, practice your...

alright so maybe this is a little weird, comparing a single channel mic preamp with the preamps from a board but I'm kind of confused right now. I had a Yamaha MG16/4 mixer (and still do) but i wanted a slightly better preamp so i asked around and everyone said to go with a tubepre. Now whenever...

i apolagize for my need to express my anger, but mixing on headphones is the most frustrating thing in the world. Dont start yelling at me that I'm doing it, it's all I've got. I'm working on getting some M-Audio BX5's, but at the moment this is all I've got and it sucks. Fast ear fatigue...

I'm doing a recording today of nylon string guitar and piano, and it has to be simultaneous. I have one presonus tubepre preamp, which instrument do you think it would be better suited for? (the mic for both instruments is the same - an audio technica pro37, a fairly bright small diaphragm...

I just decided this a few days ago. It's going to be all instrumental. i have this idea of a whole album that is the perfect car music. Groove tempo beats, inner city styleness, some more jazz-like parts. basically everything that i should not be allowed to do as a white guy living in the...

I'm building a drumset right now (i havent posted in awhile, but its the one made out of bass drums, a marching snare, and broken/used cymbals) and i need hi hats. my issue is - i cant stand hi hats that are really loud. I havent payed attention to a whole lot of different hi hats but for...

what is the frequency range of a cassette tape (or a cassette deck, whichever is pertinent)? is it different for normal, high bias, and metal tapes?

I've been in the mode of building strange things lately (i'm in the process of building a drumset composed of various sized bass drums and a marching snare right now). So i got another idea. I want to build a multi effects pedal. This sounds a bit more complex than building a drumkit... but I'm...

My friend was telling me about drum heads that you can get that are basically fake leather... I'm not sure what the affect of this is on the sound... does anyone know anything about these? He was telling me i should look into getting them for my bass drum.