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    Zoom R16 Multitrack SD recorder & interface

    Hi guys...Totally new here... I have been recording at a small local venue that has an excellent sound board...I pull off the stereo outs into a little Zoom H2 digital recorder....I usually have the instruments into one channel and vocals into the other channel... Then I drop it into...
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    Buying hubby a laptop for Christmas - NEED HELP PLEASE

    As a computer tech who does some live recording....I'll stick in my experience... I record 8 tracks...pulling from the direct outs of the mixing board....that goes into Reaper...the laptop is a Lenovo T500... 8 Gb RAM and 500 Gb hard drive...Core 2 Duo...the laptop was about 6-7 years...
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    Tascam DA-30 into PC

    I'm headed to the shop this morning...find out what they have to say... I am assuming they still have the Panasonic...don;t know model #... And they may have something else... I also found a Sony PCM2300 on Craigslist...googling on it seems to be a "pro" version of one of it's better consumer...
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    Tascam DA-30 into PC

    ecc83...thanks for the heads up...read it and it really does not apply...the unit should play irregardless if SCMS is active or not... I bought it from a repair shop that "can repair anything built before 1980"...it's under warranty... They will either make it work...refund me...or they have a...
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    Tascam DA-30 into PC

    witzendoz...tape moves...meters move...gives every appearance that it is working... bouldersoundguy...THANK YOU...headphones are dead...no sound at all... Bad unit...taking it back... Thanks both of you...
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    Tascam DA-30 into PC

    I picked up a Tascam DA-30 DAT...I have about a dozen DAT tapes I would like to convert to CD's... I have a PC Win 7 with a M-Audio Audiophhle 2496 card...with SPDIF connections and normal analog connections... My system works perfectly...I do a LOT of digitizing old R2R, casssette, LP's etc...
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    When is MP3 loss detectable?

    FWRunner2017... I went thru the same set of questions about 8 years ago or so...I was about 68 back then...(that's years old)...:>) I was ripping my CD's at 128k and pretty much enjoying what I had... Then I decided to do an experiment much like you did... I chose a couple of Led Zep songs...
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    In Market for New Acoustic

    Thought I would jump in on this... I have several Guilds...mostly from the '70's & '80's...and a fairly new one...4 different models... The older Guilds are FANTASTIC...you will be hard pressed to find a better guitar at a better price... The Guilds are "under appreciated"...everyone wants a...
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    CD burning Software, hardware

    Hay MyGuitar... Gonna download it and give it a try... Thanks...!!!
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    CD burning Software, hardware

    I'm starting an archiving project...maybe 100 DAT and Cassette recordings I will be transferring to CD... I'm using MAM -A CD's...gold CD's a bit to expensive for this project... Right now I'm using Roxio software and the CD burner is an OEM DVD burner...runs about 52x but I don't think it's...
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    Interface Firewire to either USB or eSata

    Whoops...just realized the link is for eSata to USB...my bad...
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    Interface Firewire to either USB or eSata

    I have a Motu PRE 8 interface I want to connect to my laptop... The Motu uses Firewire out... My laptop has USB2, HDMI, and eSata inputs... Is there some way I can convert the Firewire to either USB, HDMI or eSata...??? Laptop is Win 7 64, 8Gb RAM all running on an SSD...pretty quick... I am...
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    Printing on blank CD's...

    Thanks Steenamaroo... I have posted other things on this forum...and just figured with all these guys recording... They are probably making CD's....and I would think they would print directly CD...as you do... Many thanks...I didn't know Canon made a different printer model that did CD's...
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    Printing on blank CD's...

    If this is the wrong forum...sorry... I digitize old tapes, cassette's etc...and make CD's... I have 2 Canon ip7220 printers so I can actually print 2 CD's at a time... The print quality is fine...the issue is... Often times I have to send the print job to the printers 2,3 times before the...
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    Need some opinions on this PC I'm looking to build

    As a computer tech....I think you have made a lot of good choices... However...couple thoughts... Your Samsung SSD is perfect...I have used them for several years with NO issues... You put your OS and all your programs on the SSD...then your data goes on the HD's... I would get Seagate...
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    A-B comparing a digital file

    Thanks guys... I do have Reaper...but don;t know how to use it yet... I'll start exploring Reaper and see what I can do... Many thanks...
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    A-B comparing a digital file

    I digitize R2R tapes from musical groups and old LP's...\ Sometimes, in cleaning the sound up...I might apply a little volume, equalization, etc... I use Audacity... Is there any way I can have my original file...and my modified file...and be able to compare them one right after the...
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    What's in your guitar collection?

    Well...I'm mostly into acoustic guitars... Currently I have... '76 Guild D50NT '98 Guild Bluesbird '98 Guild F30R '02 Guild F4ce '10 Guild F412 '00 National Estralita Delux 02 National Electro Resonator '04 Alvarez Acoustic Bass '68 Alvarez Classical '20's era Sears Roebuck catalog...
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    M-Audio 2496 sound card problems setting up

    The options I have are sw rtn I get no audio with this option mixer I get source audio 1/2 in I get source audio spd in I think used for a digital source... DAT etc... spd inv in again I think DAT source etc... So far I start recording from a vinyl LP and turned every switch and...
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    M-Audio 2496 sound card problems setting up

    Thanks Mr Clean... I've got a problem as my Delta control panel is completely different... I didn't put in a screen shot of the input tab as I don't have anything plugged into the input jacks at the moment....that screen is grayed out... Do I need to go back to an older driver or something...
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