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Wow Now you're talkin' my language -- Jack Bruce, Pat Martino -- excellent. Bruce has put out several solid albums. His first, 'Songs for a Tailor' was really good. Had one of my favorite tunes, 'Theme for an Imaginary Western' on it, which was covered later (and quite nicely) by Mountain --...

AlChuck -- Wow, looks like I've missed the boat with these bands and players you are speaking of -- Timebox, Patto, and Boxer. I'll have to see if I can dig up some of this stuff. Thanks for drawing my attention to them. I was on Amazon.com last night listening to some of the sound streams...

Yeah, I too have seen Allan several times with different bands. The day before I moved to California from Philadelphia, U.K. was playing at an outdoor 4th of July concert. They were a great band -- Eddie Jobson, wow, what a talent. And yes, it's almost frightening how easy it seems to be for...

PS-8's I'm still getting the hang of mine. I agree with what's been said about them -- they are kind of warm and not really well defined in the midrange. They are perhaps too forgiving of bad sound. When I mix down, then burn a CD and play it on my living room stereo, I am startled by how...

Wow, AlChuck Thanks for the a fascinating account of that album. What a collector's item. Allan even sings -- wow. First time I saw Holdsworth live was in 1976 with Tony Williams. Allan played a Gibson SG through a Marshall 100 watt with single cabinet that was turned around facing the wall...

Mike Nicoletti!! What a shock to hear that the new owners let you go!! I can relate -- I was dumped from my company in mid-April -- my department was dismantled. But, in the five weeks until I started a new job, I did nothing but compose and record music, which of course I mxed down to my...

ssseals I've used the Boss CS-2 compressor/sustainer with good results, when playing live for years. I used it mainly if I wanted to play a more legato type of guitar solo, using hammer ons and pull offs. The CS holds on to the notes and makes that possible. It has Output, Sustain, and...

white_noise I don't know those Marshall models, but if they have channel-switching I would advise against it. I think all those type of Marshall's really suck as far as tone. I played a Boogie Mark IIC for 15 years and really liked it alot, but wanted a change. I ended up getting a Marshall...

sondriven -- I too, record with a POD into an Akai DPS16, and have registered that same complaint. The tone is okay by it sounds as though the amp is being played in another room -- it doesn't have an 'up-front' sound. I know some people have gone into the deep editing thing with the...

VOXVENDER I love it -- "Wax the fucker"! That will be my new term for when I'm finally done tweaking my recordings and ready to move on to the mastering stage -- "Time to wax the fucker"! Mwa- ha-ha-ha-ha-ha! 3rd beer's the charm! spwee

Excellent... ...that's what logic would seem to dictate, and why I didn't employ Normalizing on my last mix -- just compression and some limiting. A couple of posts ago, you suggested I try the Limiter at -4 or -5. Was that the threshold or the output or both? Is it essentially the same...

Thanks, Mike After writing my email, I did remember that with Normalizing you can calculate the tracks, which I have done. I guess I'm still confused since compression, limiting, and normalizing all seem to be trying to accomplish the same goal by different means -- getting the signal as high...

charger... I find myself using the Fender Black Panel patch, which is #1B on mine. The clean sound has some body and tonal integrity to it. So many of the others just seem like an aural blur -- like someone playing the amp in another room. I have used the Matchless as well. I'll have...

Sustain this! I have both the POD 2.0 and the SansAmp PSA-1. I split my guitar signal and go into both of them, then into my digital recorder and blend the signals. I find that each complements the other one, filling in the holes tonewise that the other lacks. If I need to get more sustain...

Hey, ME! I was reading through some older posts -- did you ever get the H & K Tubeman? If so, can you give us a rundown of its strong and weak points? I was thinking about getting one as well. Thanks! spwee

Hey, Mr. Tone of Woods Hmm, I've never done that -- play regular commercial CD's on the ML. It would be interesting to see how the meters jump. After reading alot of posts on the subjects of mixing and mastering from experts here and on www.digido.com, I believe I'm guilty of ladeling on the...

Thanks, Mike Regarding your directions under #3, about Normalizing last -- I don't think I understand how to accomplish that. When I'm getting ready to burn a CD from a playlist, I choose which DSP I'm going to use, set the parameters, then push the "Create CD" button. Then the ML does its...

(More) questions for Mike Nicoletti... Yes, excellent questions, Tonewoods, that perhaps mnicoletti can shed some light on. Speaking of which (whom), Mike, I tried your suggestion of using the limiter with the threshold at -4db and it did bump things up a notch. I also am using the...

Thanks for your reply, Mike! And yes, that would be 300Hz, duh, I must be losing it. Actually, I just re-EQ'ed, and remixed four tunes today. I've pretty much conquered the mud, but I'm still getting a harsh top in on the guitar. I record direct with two different devices -- POD and SansAmp...

Masterlink users site? One member asked about this, and I too would love to hear of any such group. I've had my ML for about two months and am still getting used to its different capabilities and functions. I would be interested in hearing any users' comments on settings, etc. and which of...