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I'm in need of some more preamp channels, but I don't want to spend too much. Browsing eBay I found these three models, and I'm planning on bidding on the Aphex. Has anyone used it? Googling its name I found some decent reviews, but I could get a Dual MP for $80, and I hear they are great for...

I've got a Tascam Portastudio 244 and I wanted to use it to demo some stuff really quick before I record it with my digital rig. The problem: I use three mics for drums and have no mixer. I'm sure it's possible to record the three mics to the 4-track and then mixdown the output from tracks 1 2...

I'm attempting to record some drums for a few tracks before I start on the other instruments. I just got all the necessary equipment over the past few weeks. I'm hanging two cardioid condensers over the kit and have a mic in the kick drum. Anyways, my preamps aren't the greatest. I run the...

So I was browsing the local music store looking for a 2-channel preamp for drum overheads when I come across the ALTO Alpha MICtube, used, for $75 Canadian. I figure it's not the greatest piece of gear, but I'm on a tight budget and they didn't have the DMP3 I was after. I get it home and try...

I'm on a tight budget to get all the gear I need to record my band. I'll be recording everything track by track, but the drums present a huge problem. I've got an M-Audio Delta 66, only 4 inputs. I figure that's enough for the drums, two overheads, snare mic, and bass drum mic. I already have...

I'm planning on recording an album soon, so in addition to buying an M-Audio Delta 44, I will need some preamps. So I came across the ART Tube MP Project preamp. It's fairly cheap and got some good reviews. Has anyone tried it out?

I just put a new Remo Coated Powerstroke 3 on my bass drum (it had the factory skin on). I tuned it up, put a blanket in the drum covering the bottom 20% of the skin, and threw on the factory resonant head but didn't tighten it too much. I then reassembled my kit and began to play. The bass...

I just picked up a used 5-piece set, no cymbals but I've got a hi-hat and ride with the hardware. Anyways, I knew these drums weren't going to be tuned and sound great right when I set them up but I thought I'd try tuning them myself. The snare and all three toms have remo ambassadors on the...

I got a pair of powered monitors for christmas since I needed a new amp+speakers. The thing is, these speakers aren't for a studio control room, they're for a performance room PA system. So besides the problem of where the hell to put them and how to get power/audio signals to them, I have...

Somebody left me a nice tascam 244 4-track to borrow for a bit. It'd be fun to record analog to a tape, so I thought I'd give it a try. I plugged some headphones in, put my mic into an XLR->1/4" adapter and tried to monitor it through the phones. Nothing came out. I fiddled with a few knobs and...

It has an 8-voice polyphony :confused: Is that the same as an 8-note polyphony? Because that's not too useful.

What exactly is an insert and a send in my sequencer? I think inserts on mixers are 1/4 jacks with send and returns for plugging in effects right? But what's a send? My sequencer (ardour) has 3 options to put on a mixer strip. New Plugin, New Insert, and New Send... What's the difference?

I've got $550 (canadian dollars) to spend on a drum kit. I was planning on using that cash for a keyboard, but after cleaning out my studio I realised all I have is a hi-hat stand, kick pedal, and a snare stand, the rest is garbage. So do you think I could get a decent kit for $550? I could...

Tell me if I'm crazy here: I'm planning on putting together a studio in my basement. I have 2 rooms I will use. One large room with all the instruments and some couches to just chill on when not recording.. and another smaller room next to it which will house my computer, monitors, recording...

I'm not sure if completely understand buses.. Are they just groups of tracks? Anyway.. what I've done is put all my drum tracks on one bus. But I don't know if that bus should go to the master bus, and then out to the monitors... or should the drums bus just go right to the output, bypassing...

So I'm new to this recording stuff, but I've read up and have a little bit of experience recording some live band stuff. I've got a pretty good computer that I plan on moving to my basement where all my instruments are. Of course I'll need some money first, so I have a lot of time to plan out my...