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Do you really notice a big difference in playability? Do they make it easier to play longer? Is there much difference between Black Diamond and Elixir?

Has anyone tried these Drop-in soundhole acoustic guitar pick ups? For 35 bucks I'm sckeptical, but I'd like to trust the Seymour Duncan name. On tuesday I have to decide between the acoustic/electric model or the acoustic model of the guitar I'm buying and I've convinced my self that once...

At Sammi's Harmony Pub in Milton VT Monday August 22

well they're not really bleeding, but for the past four days I've played untill they were red raw and blistered. How long before I can play four an hour or more each day without pain?

I changed my mind about getting an Electric guitar and decided an acoustic would serve me better. So I'm looking through a bucnh of guitars, trying a few with 5 or 6 hundred dollar price tags, ya know, kinda middle of the road stuff. Nothing really charges me up. I pulled down a Dreadnought...

What are the real differences that a novice player would notice? Feel of the neck? Weight of the body? Sound/tonal quality? Length of sustain? Residual value? I've pretty much decided I want a Fat Strat, but can't decide if I should get a new MIM or a used USA. I'd rather have a new...

demoed a DTXpress yesterday, liked the sounds of the drums, did not like the feel of the pads or sound of cymbals. I don't think I'll ever want to play electronic pads, but now I want to learn about triggering. I'm guessing I'd still use overhead mics to capture cymbals. Do I need a module or...

This was a collaboration from another site that was centered on a lyric I wrote about the events surrounding my father's death. Many thanks and Kudos to Scrubs for writing the music and performing the lead vox bass and guitars. The Song is Still Cold Blowing Breeze

I've got about three hundred right now to drop into my studio but don't know where to put it. A used AT4050? Matched pair of MXL 603s? Waves Power Pack V5? Lava Lamp collection? Soft-Synth (pick one for me please)? Acoustic room treatments? As of now I have an 18 x 22 room with a few weird...

at the: Stark Mountain Farm Summer Solstice Celebration Saturday June 18th Wish us luck, still learning our first six songs, no bassist, but we've got a gig and a good feeling about it.

The AT4050/CM5?

I'm using Cakewalk Home Studio 2004 XL, and I've purchased their MP3 encoder. We record at 24/96, but the encoder doesn't accept that format, in my software I can change the format, but only the bit depth not the sample rate. In order to get to the point where I can make an mp3 I have to...

..............or any other wood for that matter...........what's the difference in tone? Which do YOU prefer and why?

that's what I said after I heard it. A few days ago we recorded a jam hoping to find some seeds for new songs in it somewhere. So we mic'd the guitar cab, ran the bass DI and put just two mics on the drums, a D112 on the kick and an LDC as an overhead. Last night we listened back thru, and I was...

Anyone know about these? I'm looking at a cab with two Madison "symphony" 12 inch speakers, I've read some good reviews and another not so good. I don't usually trust reviews on websites as they tend to look more like marketing than honest consumer advice. BTW I'm not a gutarist but the studio...

Can I buy or have built for a reasonable price an Iso box to hold a speaker cab and mic? How large should the box be in relation to the cab?

Giving up on DI, Somewhere along the line I was advised to record "dry and add FX "in the box", well, with the plugs I can afford it just sounds ..........well.......fake. Maybe if DI is the only option then it's best to record clean and add fx after but isn't it still preferable to mic an...

For example, our son is a budding writer and a drama junkie, so we are planning to add audio theater to our studio's operations.

Most commonly I hear SDC recommended for drum OH, LDC for vocals. But I hear equal recommendations of LDC Vs SDC for acoustic guitar. From what I understand SDC mics give a more accurate response while LDC tend to add more coloration. But if coloration is a good thing on vox and some acoustics...

How do I get rid of excessive stick sound on the ride cymbal? Should I sweep through the upper freqs till I can notch it out? Would it be fiddling with the attack setting on the compressor? thanks.