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I have my studio equipment, the computer, and other non-lighting connected to a sub-panel that's fed by a 60A 240V oil-filled, shielded isolation transformer. That killed all the electrical noise from the house to my studio in one shot and I got the thing used on ebay years ago for something...

The only piece of gear I've never had ANY issue with in my studio are the overhead lights. Wait, no, one just burned out. Nevermind.

Over the years I accumulated two used Simmon's sets (the old octagon ones), as well as numerous roland drum pads and a couple of other brands mixed in. I had to make the drum kit framework myself and I did that by welding flat strips to black pipe, then drilling a hole through those strips to...

Have some paperwork, specifically the manual: http://www.fostexinternational.com/docs/downloads/pdfs/e2-e22_owners_manual.pdf While the E2 is a two-track recorder, the third meter is for the third track, which is typically used for timecode, most often smpte. This allows you to syncronize...

heh, singer as in sewing machine. You can all sew, right? You make your own studio drapes, gobo covers, and seat covers, right?

LOL Probably, I have no idea. The decks I've had over the years had big motors turning big parts and had heavy transports to slide forward and back, so using a serious oil with anti-corrosion properties and such made a lot of sense. 3-in-1 oil is great for sewing machines, but if any of you...

Actually, you're not far off. I always used synthetic 80W gear oil on decks because it coats better and remains on the parts far longer than 3-in-1. I applied it using an ordinary srynge. This allowed me to be very precise where and how much oil was applied. Anything that moved, I oiled in...

Yeah, I did save some money but the point was even though I have the skill to do that type of work, at the time I had 200 other things going on and squeezing that in was a PITA. Also, this truck is my daily driver so for the several weeks I had the bed off I was driving it around without a bed...

Exactly, and most of us don't realize the value of our own time because it's our own time. When we apply our time to "A" we're taking it away from "B" because there is only so much time in the day. If one has a lot of responsiblity (work, home, parent) then they have even less time to apply to...

Lemon, Filling vacant, available studio time is important for a commercial studio as you know, and I'm going to share with you something that I had a fair amount of success with when I had a pro studio many moons ago. I offered "The Gift of Song", which was essentially a $250 gift certificate...

On page 24 of the AVP manual it specifically says that it has a TS (mono) line in jack and this jack is *NOT* a microphone jack. So you need to feed the AVP-1 a line level signal, and that means a mic pre-amp BEFORE the unit, but AFTER the microphone, like so: MIC --> PREAMP --> AVP-1 -->...

Before people harp on you about how "foolish" this thinking is, I happen to agree with you on most things. For me, not so much with computers because they're so integrated in my life, but my view is based on my circumstances whereas yours is based on yours. I totally "get" what you're saying.

It may be too late, but Dell's offer a longer and optional on-site warranty which can be very handy for those who are not into fixing their own PC. One of the problems we all are likely to have whether we buy a dell or a compaq or a sweetwater PC is what we ask them to do - music editing both...

Well, a telephone mic is about as low-fi as you can get - they cost the manufacturers about a nickel and have a very limited frequency range - because transmitting voice over telephone lines doesn't have much of a frequency response anyway. The speaker in the handset has two wires, one...

heh-heh, cords or chords it's a very nice snag. Kudos!

Very nice.... I've always liked the Deville series.

What I would do in your situation is not build a vocal booth, but instead, build large movable gobo's out of the same materials (rigid fiberglass, rock wool, etc) and wheel them around to your liking. For some recordings, you could push three to form a small-ish booth or you could simply face...

I don't know if you solved the battery issue yet but what I've done in the past is replace these weird, hard to find nicad batteries with ordinary AA energizers - if fresh they have a 7 year shelf life. Since we're talking minimal current, you'll get the 7 years out of them and you can drop the...