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One thing I did when I wired up my home studio was to run a 30A circuit from the main breaker to the garage loft, where my home studio was to be. Hardwired into that circuit is a 3000W UPS, happens to be a 15 y/o Compaq that's made by Deltec, but what it is doesn't matter. My studio runs off...

Because software manufactureres cannot test their software for all combinations of hardware and other software it must co-exist with, on our PC's. Writing a business application (like Word, Excel, Powerpoint) is far easier because if the application hesitates for 25ms it's no big deal, but if...

No idea on the 22khz thing for Myspace as I refuse to park there myself, but I just wanted to say I always enjoy your posts Chibi.

The problem is the "studio PC" often gets asked to do other things: Accounting, Inventory management, Internet, Marketing, Sales. For years, I maintained two PC's, one for the studio, one for everything else. The "everything else" PC was always updated, latest and greatest drivers, patches...

heh-heh, just trying to share as others may find this usual. Mostly because chassis-mount midi jacks are cheesy and not durable. XLR jacks can survive many connect/disconnect cycles whereas every chassis mount midi jack I've bought has fallen apart fairly quickly. Add to that I didn't really...

I can only imagine yet I can feel your pain.

I downloaded it... but there's nothing to master, it's not even mixed - it's just five or six indivdual tracks in a zip file.

Over the years I've built many cars... some I simply restored, others I put in big engines, and for a while I got into turbocharging, OEM EFI code (source code, i.e. disassembling the programming language they used), and combining all of those things to make "sleepers" - cars and trucks that...

Midi uses only two of the 5 pins, not including the shield. XLR jacks also use two pins, plus a shield. Making an adapter is easy, you simply decide on a pinout and call that your 'standard' and make funny looking cables - one that has an XLR on one end, and a midi/din5 on the other: Midi in...

That actually is a great idea, however I wouldn't fill it with fabric and instead something more airtight. Maybe something like "great stuff", an expanding foam/filler from a home center? Personally, I would go with the panel route because then with jacks, you can use it for other purposes...

I feel your pain. I just finished convincing Windows 2000 drivers for my pile of daisy-chained Emagic Unitor8's to work with Vista. Waste of four hours of my life, though cheaper than replacing all seven units I guess. I have no problem paying for software. I do have a problem paying for...

I would install two jackplates, one in each room, and wire them together with a loop of wire long enough that you can service, resolder, and replace the jacks should that become necessary. You could install gaskets behind the plates against the wall surface to reduce airfow and thus sound, as...

Let me try to help here by explaining a few things. Sound is just energy, energy that vibrates air molecules that happens to be in a range that your eardrums can vibrate to, and in turn transmit into your brain. Sound saves, light waves, radio waves, it's all the same stuff - energy, just at...

Heck no! You let your drummer keep the skank!

domain name fights aren't fun, unless you can afford the legal battle. It's far easier to sell the name to whomever, then register the .net .org versions as well as all the names with hyphens, and using your DNS, point them all to a porn site :)

Related, maybe not. Years ago I had the idea of setting up an unpublished artist streaming media 'station', where unsigned artists who wish to have their reasonably pro-sounding mixes aired on the internet for free, can get exposure. I went as far as to build the server, the rotation...

Stealth is right... Between each take there is often much time for annoying studio pests to yap their heads off. Once you push the red button, they should be respectful of YOUR studio and YOUR craft, and shaddap. I haven't owned a pro studio in a very long time, but I have on many occasions...

Here is what I would do, if I had your space. I would tear out the vocal booth and treat the room accordingly, with broad-band absorbers and such, focusing a bit on bass that will inevitably collect in the corners and screw things up. Then, I would make two "portable" rockwool panels, with...

Especially when one doesn't have a clue, like me :) No worries, I didn't take your comments as anything but helpful general conversation from a tuner's perspective, which I greatly appreciated. See, I didn't know that. I appreciate you sharing BTW. I am. I wish it was less, but then...

As an avid hot-rodder, I actually get this. Simply put, paint doesn't make the car fast, so why spend money on it? lol. Are you talking about the large metal panel across the top with the vent holes on the right, held in by six screws? It's just a piece of metal... you could prime and paint...