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    help with Yamaha PSR 540

    I'm working on a project with a client that has a Yamaha PSR 540 keyboard, and we are attempting to lay the tracks down as MIDI, but we cannot get it to transmit. He has ben unsuccesful on his home computer and other studios have not gotten ti to work, except one time a feloow got it to work...
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    Best Mic Pre under $300 Poll..

    Everything said here has great value... there are different views of everything when it comes to what to get. I can understand the "pay alot buy once" camp, but for alot of us, that's unrealilistic. i have a $1000.00 budget to get my studio decked out. acoustical foam, xlr 1/4 inch and...
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    Best Mic Pre under $300 Poll..

    OK Skycries, i had the same thought for a post as your Best Mic Pre for under $300", let's take some of their suggestions and put it to a poll.... Chris
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    omni or cardiod?

    "Along with the Behringer you could pick up a pair of Mxl 603's(about $80ea)then for under $200 total you would have a pair of omnis and cardoids." hmmm..... i like that idea alot, now i just need a new mic pre... but that is for a different post
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    omni or cardiod?

    i never thought about the ecm8000 for actual studio use. even behringer stated that it was only a room tuning mic..... but hey i like that low price suggestion, thanks!
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    omni or cardiod?

    I'm going to get a pair of small diaphragm condensors, probably the AT 3031 or 3032's and i'm looking for guidance on what would benefit me more all around, a pair of omni or a pair of cardiod? i know, i should have a pair of both, and i will, but which ones do you find more use out of? i...
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    if my computer skips one more time...

    skippy... i had a problem with my computer hicupping every now and again, and found it was tied to my A/C unit or heating kicking on. i got a APC uniteruptable power supply/ line conditoner at Best Buy for $70.00 and that helped alot. a couple spikes still get through (i remember a big...
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    Soldering help...

    thanks, and another tip... thanks for all the tips, i feel much more confident now... also, a workmate of mine also gave me a tip, when you are connecting a XLR cable, some of them have a half-pipe design, and you put the wire in there and melt the solder on top.... he recomended filling the...
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    flush mount nearfields

    i'm not familiar with the proto-j's but i have the tannoy pbm 6.5's and they have bass ports in the back, which would be bad if you flush mounted them....
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    Soldering help...

    this is great advice thanks!!!... keep it coming!!! THANKS!!!
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    Soldering help...

    Ok, so I' just boutght my first house, and the basement is ALL MINE!!! Of course, i'm gonna wire that bad boy up big time. I have absolutely 0 (as in zero, nil, nada, zilch) experience in soldering. so here are my ?'s 1) How powerful of an iron do i need? (wattage and such) 1B) What size...
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    Room treatment

    P.S. yeah, John, i am interested in those boxes as well, i'm about to move to a larger room, those would look nicer and sound like they would work well....
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    Room treatment

    What I did... I have the same sorta setup, and I got a Auralex pack from Mars, it was $99 and it has about 24 1x1 triangle foam pads. I Just got regular, 2" nails and put them up, 2 nails each. When I bring it down, there will just be little holes that will be easy to paint over. I put them...
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    How to 'audition' a microphone before buying

    wow... now THIS is informative.... so obvious, but not something i ever thought to do. i'm interested in the key jangling bit....
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    Opinions on high end mic cables...

    I run a small project studio, only acoustic guitar/vocal/percussion work, (i use a AT4033, AKGD112, a 57 and 58).and i want to get a couple of really nice mic cables. I've always just gotten the decent whirlwind stuff, but i want a couple of 30"-50" cables, and i wanted to hear other's opinions...
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    What is word clock and when do i need it?

    ok, so here is the potential situation... Brad, I think you hit the nail on the head. I guess. So here is my current setup- Lexicon LXP-15, Alesis Micro-Verb, Tascam US-428 Digital Audio Workstation, Hafler Amp and Tascam PBM 6.5's. 1)I have on order the Behringer 8024 Parametric EQ...
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    What is word clock and when do i need it?

    I think the subject heading says it all,, but i'll reiterate.... what is word clock and what does it do? all i was told is that you hook it up to digital processors and it makes the sound cleaner... does it synchronize the wavelenghts or something? thanks
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    My MIDI out will not work!

    I am running Cubasis for the Tascam US-428. When I plug a MIDI cable into the MIDI IN, i get a light and i can record fine, but then i cannot seem to get the MIDI OUT to work. I cannot get the MIDI OUT light to come on, and i've switched cables, "TO" sources, and messed around with the...
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    My MIDI out will not work!

    I am running Cubasis for the Tascam US-428. When I plug a MIDI cable into the MIDI IN, i get a light and i can record fine, but then i cannot seem to get the MIDI OUT to work. I cannot get the MIDI OUT light to come on, and i've switched cables, "TO" sources, and messed around with the...
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    My MIDI out will not work!

    I am running Cubasis for the Tascam US-428. When I plug a MIDI cable into the MIDI IN, i get a light and i can record fine, but then i cannot seem to get the MIDI OUT to work. I cannot get the MIDI OUT light to come on, and i've switched cables, "TO" sources, and messed around with the...
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