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Yes, watch out for static with all hard drives. I do not use a static-protection strap like some when changing hard drives, but I do take precautions not to work on them in a static-prone environment. I would GUESS that the drive you found will work in the Fostex as many of the Quantum Fireball...

A two-week bumpity for this one. If you are interested but do not like the price, feel free to make me an offer. Thanks!

It is very easy to change hard drives on that unit. You remove the small hard-drive panel in the middle of the back of the unit by removing 4 screws, unplug the IDE and power cables to the drive, unscrew the 4 screws holding the drive to the back panel, and then reverse the whole process...

I am selling a Fostex DMT-8VL 8-track digital recorder/mixer for $90 shipped to your door in the continental USA from Wausau, Wisconsin. I bought this a few years ago when it cost much more but have moved on to a computer-based recording system and no longer need a standalone unit. Here is some...

I have an old 1950's Kent WMP kit. Incredibly underrated if you can find one with good bearing edges.

I run Pro Tools 6.4cs6 LE with a Digi 001 and OS X 10.3 Panther on an OLD Powermac 7500 desktop. I got the computer for free but I see them on Ebay for $20 or so. I updated the computer with a Sonnet Crescendo PCI accelerator to 1.0 Ghz for $50 so that it had more power but before the upgrade I...

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Agreed. The differences between using a cathode follower versus plate follower depends on the load and impedance after the stage. Without too much technical explanation, you can get some dramatic changes in frequency response by going from one to another.

I use this technique as well and have great success with finally getting a drum sound I like without too much hassle or too many mics. On a budget with a non-perfect recording room, I like a pair of MXL 603S condensors with the stock cardoid pattern for overheads. With the recorderman technique...

I ordered one of those RSM-5 mics on "Stupid Deal" day and mine arrived yesterday. I tested it out last night but have yet to run it through a workout. So far, it sounded like a pretty decent ribbon mic.

Kojdogg is up for more big props on a DMP-3 #3 he sent me. Fast and secure shipping and his communication throughout the deal was excellent. Give this guy a ribbon or something shiny and gold! :)

Elton, what do you mean when you say, "Tuning both heads to the same note causes all kinds of problems?" From what I was taught, this gives you the strongest fundamental tone with lots of resonance and sustain (if you like that sort of thing). I play more jazzy stuff so I tune most of my drums...

I would think the situation might also depend on whether the drums are the driving rhythm instrument in the song. I have written songs where a guitar's strumming rhythm is the timekeeper and main rhythmic point and the drum fills in around it and accents it. In that case, the guitar part had to...

I would not say it is "completely impossible" to get DC up the instrument cable to the guitar shielding. In repairing tube amps over the years, I have seen old two-pronged tube amps like Oahus and Airlines that have tube shorts or filter-capacitor failures and put AC voltage on the ungrounded...

There is a way to get around this. Fold the edge of the tape over just a little bit on the edge where it meets another taped surface. You want to fold the the tape edge over so you are sticking the adhesive side back on itself to the same adhesive side. You will be left with a thin strip on one...

I come from a mainly "rock and blues guitarist" background so drumming was fairly new to me when I got my uncle's old drum kit restored not so long ago. I found many of the jazz drummers mentioned here -- particularly Tony Williams, Elvin Jones and Buddy Rich -- really opened up my eyes to the...

Do not forget that you have to ground whatever shielding you are going to be using in order to have any effect. Otherwise, a shield that is "floating" and not properly grounded acts as one big antenna for noise. With that in mind, anything that you can insert and secure inside the body as...

I saw that too. Pretty good deal if you do not own a condenser and want to get an entry-level one cheap.

I have a standard model from 1997 which I bought used before the Elitist stuff came out. In its stock condition, it plays very well and has a good natural, unamplified sound. The quality of the body work was very good for the price but the electronics and hardware were the biggest weaknesses...

But under your definition of "novice," you are assuming the novice has: (a) advanced enough listening and recording skills to spot the mistake between the live and recorded sound as brought out by better equipment; and (b) advanced enough skills to know how to accomplish the fix you believe is...