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I'd like to be able to offload, for storage and possible later retrieval, user patterns and songs from the DR-670 to a Windows-based PC. The DR-670 has no USB port, only MIDI IN/OUT ports. Neither of my PCs has a MIDI port. I note that the music supply houses sell PC USB-to-MIDI adapter cables...

Hey, smart guys. I need a little help here. How do I assign two inputs so that they'll populate both channels of one of the linked stereo pairs? I want to record my Boss DR-670 drum machine in stereo. So, for example, I have the Boss connected to inputs E and F. I want to assign these inputs...

Here's the situation: I have a TASCAM 2488, a POD XTL, and a Boss DR-670 drum machine. I'd like to be able to switch the outputs of any of these to my Wharfedale active monitors; and be able to switch the outputs of the POD and the Boss to either the monitors or to channel inputs of the TASCAM...

I just popped my MIDI cherry last night. :eek: (Actually, it felt good, and I didn't even bleed! :D ) Can y'all believe that at the age of 52 (and after over 35 years as a musician) I had never actually used a piece of MIDI gear before? Go ahead, laugh, I can take it. :o Here's the deal. I...

I'll be acquiring a drum machine within the next few months. Unfortunately, I know nothing about them. :o I know that the Boss DR-880 is well-regarded, but it may be more than I need. It has a little brother, the DR-670, that seems to be fairly full-featured. (Less polyphony, fewer drum kits...

Getting ready to order some Wharfedale 8.2A monitors. AMS and ZZSounds have the same deal. Anyone have experience, good or bad, with these two companies? Thanks!

Does the shell material determine a drum's tone? How would the tone differ between a birch laminate, cheap plywood, or lexan? Or is the shell just there as a stable physical platform for the heads? :confused:

.....a speaker that's being sold as a near-field studio monitor, and .....a speaker that's being sold as an accurate, high-end bookshelf speaker? :confused: :confused:

...but in the rap / hip-hop / R&B world, what is a "beat"? :confused:

I had thought that the 2488 tone generator drum pattern synthesizer restricted you to using one drum style (rock01, for example) within a song, and that you could only arrange the available patterns for that one syle. Wrong-o! You can mix patterns from *any* of the available drum styles, within...

As some of you may recall, I received a Tascam 2488 for my birthday in June. I've had a little time to play with it, and I thought I would jot down some impressions. First I have to say that although I have many years experience as a musician (guitarist and vocalist), I have no experience...

My wonderful wife bought me a Tascam 2488. Whoop! As I have absolutely no experience with analog recording stuff, other than recording direct to stereo cassette decks, I won't need to overcome all that negative training that all you reel-heads keep complaining about. ;) My wife said, "This...

I bought an Audio-Technica PR1000HE mic at a Guitar Center about 15 years ago. It's a hyper-cardoid dynamic that has more gain than an SM58. It served me well as a live vocal mike during the brief period that I used it. At the time it cost a bit less than $100, as I recall. I drug it out of the...

Anyone have one, or have any playing time on one? I'd appreciate any comments you have to share.