i know this is going to mess up your mic technique, but for the sake of troubleshooting, try placing your overhead mikes a few feet from the drums, and also, if possible, a few feet from reflective walls/ceiling. adjust gain to obtain roughly the same signal levels, and see if you still have...
a couple of times while jamming with a friend of mine (both guitar players) we heard a third part. not like another guitar in the mix but more like the mix of our individual parts turning into a single line that neither of us has control over. not unlike staring at a piece of paper and seeing...
i've had the art branded passive ysm1s for a while. one of my best bang for buck purchases ever. i picked up a used pair of tascam vlx5s for the road (job requires travel) but i'm missing my york clones like a mofo. the tascam's ain't bad but they have less bass extension and don't sound...
when did things start freezing? after adding the last track or plugin? is this a project that your coming back to and now it's freezing things up? you said that you started the project in 1.8. does it run ok in 1.8? you're running 2.0 now?
btw, using a higher latency will ease the strain...
as long as all the speakers are wired for the same polarity, negative/positive doesn't really matter. two 8 ohm speakers daisy chained parallel will give you a four ohm load. you're fine if the amp will handle 4 ohms per side. check that the inputs on each speaker are dual parallel...
the tiny terror is a cool little amp. the one i tried was sitting on top of the 112 vintage 30 cab. i was surprised at how big the thing sounds. works very well with a strat.