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I'm currently looking to buy a new large diaphragm condensor microphone for under $300, maybe just a little over. I was going to get the AT4040 but i recently read one or two people's posts on this site saying that they didnt like it. I'm using it for vocals, cello, guitar amps, room mics, etc...

I was just curious as to what everyones view on mixing on headphones is. Most people of course say dont do it, but then again i've heard other people say that if you listen to music on headphones a lot, then you can get by because you know how the music should sound through headphones. Opinions...

I am wanting to record a piano - the problem is the piano is upstairs, my studio is downstairs, and i can't move either. So this finally gave me a reason to use my incredibly long (80 feet i think) stage snake. I also need to run headphones up there. Are there issues with delay of signal when...

I need to buy a headphone amp, and I don't need any more than 4 channels. Right now I'm looking at the Presonus HP4, or the Behringer headphone amp (i forget what its called). The Behringer headphone amp has high and low EQ on each channel, as well as mutes and i think some other features. The...

I have five guitars, and all of them are nice except for a crappy squire that i got at a garage sale. (it has really nice pickups though, i bought new ones). Anyways, i decided that since i never use this guitar, i'm going to try and modify it so i can play it with a bow. i'm going to get some...

I'm looking for a souncard that i can transfer my adat tapes to, as well as send in two tracks from a master reel to reel recording. The 1212M supposedly has really nice converters, with an S/N ratio of 120dB. I'm pretty sure the 1212M will work for me, has anyone used it? Are there any reasons...

i heard once from some where that to get a real unusual fuzzy distortion, you can lightly scratch analog tape (before or after recording, i don't know). maybe i dreamed this, i don't know. has anyone ever heard of doing this, and what results does it produce?

So I've decided to build a quadratic residue diffusor. In all of the pictures and diagrams of these diffusors the slots are place vertically. but... in my situation it'd be best if i could make those slots horizontal... will this work just as well? does it matter?

maybe this is a stupid question.. i havent had my ADAT for very long and dont have much experience with them... but my question is how do i (if i can) use new A/D converters on the XT-20 and bypass the built in converters?? The XT-20 of course has 20 bit converters, with a 102 dB dynamic range...

I recently discovered that my guitar amp (a Fender Princeton Chorus, pre-1986, 50 watts, two 10" speakers...) has one speaker that has more high end than the other... they are both the exact same speakers, some old stock fender speakers, but one is more muffled and one has more high end... i...

Everyone is always talking about building their own sound absorption panels, but all i've heard about building diffusion panels is just to put up a bunch of plywood boards everywhere - does anyone know how to build diffusion panels (for fairly cheap) that actually sound like good diffusion...

Everyone is always talking about building their own sound absorption panels, but all i've heard about building diffusion panels is just to put up a bunch of plywood boards everywhere - does anyone know how to build diffusion panels (for fairly cheap) that actually sound like good diffusion panels?

I was just wondering if anyone here has ever heard of Phil Elverum, head of his musical 'project' The Microphones. (The name has now changed to Mt. Eerie, but nothing has really been released under the new name yet). I've had the pleasure of conversing with him through email and the guy is a...

what is everyone's favorite?? I'm in the market to buy one and i'm not quite sure which direction to go.

Alright... so i've been convinced finally into getting a reel to reel tape recorder. I don't know that much about them really, but i've gotten the impression that the two best companies that made these are Otari and Studer. Which of these two makes a better recorder? Is there another company...

Alright... i got an ADAT XT-20, and i recently got a computer... the problem is the computer does not have a souncard (at least not for recording anyways). To transfer tracks from the ADAT to the computer, I'm guessing i'm going to need a soundcard with ADAT lightpipe inputs (but if theres...

I've heard a lot of people bashing them around here and I don't really get it... I use an XT-20, I've never had an problems with it, it sounds pretty good in my opinion (It'd be nice if i could have 24-bit sound, but 20-bit isn't so bad), and for a home recordist like myself it sure beats those...

Franz Ferdinand is an ok band musically - the main part i love about listening to their album is the sound of it... it all sounds so warm and "vintage". The main thing though is the singer's voice. I don't have much experience so what do I know, but it sounds like their using a ribbon mic with a...

alright... so i'm looking for that 1920's jazz sort of sound, thus i'm looking for a ribbon mic. i've looked at the ones being made today and it seems like their trying to make them sound more like condensers these days or something... i see absolutely no point in that - you get a ribbon mic...

I have always loved the sound of analog reel to reel tape recorders, but I've always been scared away of buying one because of maintenance issues, limited editing functions, and low tape supply. Right now I'm recording onto an XT-20 ADAT. My question is.... would it make sense if i bought a reel...