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Matt, Miking a big speaker can be hard cuz mic postion makes such a difference. Distance miking won't do it for a Chic sound cuz you want it to be dry and present. The closer you get, the more every little move is magnified. I'd say start about 3 inches off the grill near the center of a...

Yeah, there are SO many ways to do it right... Personally, I do love good grooves where the bass drum and bass guitar play in sync. I write many songs that way. Think of Steely Dan's "Hey nineteen"... Holy crap am I dating myself?! But a lot of things sound great when they're independent...

Thanks for the detailed info Sang! I'll probably get around to trying to clean it this weekend. Unfortunately my computer is installed in my desk with all the cables running out a small cut-out in the back. It takes considerable effort to unplug everything in the back to take the 'puter out...

Sang, or anyone, Is there a recommended way to clean the optics of the drive? It wouldn't surprise me if the lazer or lens is dirty. I seem to have a dust problem in my studio. :( Any info is appreciated! :) Saxman72

Emperors are defnintely not 2 ply heads. However, they might be on the thicker side for a single ply head. I always get the Emperor and Diplomat mixed up. What a dumb-ass way to name the different thicknesses! Anyways, fenix has the right idea that you don't want too thick of a resonant...

The RNC is a very cool compressor. I'm a happy owner. HOWEVER, it's important to note that even though it's a stereo compressor, it doesn't function as a 2 independent channel compressor. If you really need 2 separate channels, like for kick and snare at the same time, some of the old dbx...

Now, I think the general concensus is that Behringer outboard gear isn't that bad, or maybe even pretty good. It's usually the mixers that everone talks crap about. Me? I don't know. I don't own any. I've heard a couple pieces of Behringer stuff in home studios and it seemed to be fine...

This is soo cool! I can't wait to do some mixes on my sm-57's! ...well, at least the concept works in one direction. ;) I actually accidentally discovered this idea as a little kid, messing around way too much with my dad's stuff. I plugged headphones into the mic in of a tape deck and...

well, I just tried using easy CD creator and I still ended up with an unreadable disc. You know how when you look at a burned CD you can clearly see the difference between the written area and the unwritten area? I don't see anything like that on this. It all looks like its unwritten, like a...

Hey Lex, Recording bass is a totally different animal than recording guitar. I'd say most bass parts are recorded direct and some have the speaker blended in. There are definitely some sounds that require miking the amp only. It just depends on what you want the sound to be. Now you won't...

Thanks Keith, I'll give Roland a try but I heard they don't make/carry parts for the 106's anymore. Worth a try though. Fortunately for me, I bought a few old analog pieces as they were going out of style and could sell them for a good profit now if I wanted to; a Prophet 5 with midi, Moog...

Well if the kick drum sounds good to you, I wouldn't worry about changing it. I don't think a bass head gets worn out too quickly unless you're using a hard beater (like wood) and playing real hard all the time. As my name would imply, I'm primarily a sax player so I'm not a complete expert on...

First of all, me personally, I can't stand listening to that song specifically because of the snare sound. To me, delay like that on snare sounds messy and amature. Of course Lenny's no amature. He does a lot of things his own way and sometimes I think it's great, sometimes I don't like it at...

Hey Moelar2, what do you have as resonant heads? I use Genera G2's on top and Genera Resonant Glass on the bottoms of my Pearl BRX. Gives me a nice spank of attack and dark focused tone. A good pop and fusion sound. I like those Aquarians too. I can't say that the G2's would be better than...

I use both hardware and software compressors and I'd be unhappy if I didn't have both. However, if someone had to take one away and leave me with only one option, I'll keep my hardware comps, thank you... There are good and bad compressors in either variety. I have 3 hardware comps that I...

Hi everyone! So here's where I'm at... I've been using the original CR1604 for many many flawless years in my midi/audio setup. It's followed me through the years as I went from 4-track tape to DA-88 and now to Cubase. I'm at a point where I could use more inputs but don't have a lot of...

Does anyone here have any success sync-ing Cubase to SMPTE/MTC? For some reason I'm not able to get it slave properly. I'm running SMPTE into an old JL Cooper PPS-2 which then generates Midi Time Code and then sends it into my computer via midi. Cubase recognizes a midi signal, but won't lock...

Hmm... I could pop it into another computer (if that's what you mean) but I think of the 3 we have in this house, this is the only one with a scsi card. I'll have to check. What I will do, however, is try a different CD copying program and see if that works for some reason. Thanks j. saxman72

Hello there! Does anyone know where I can find a vca/vcf ocillator chip for my REAL analog Roland Juno-106? Are there some good sources for analog synth parts? Thank you, Saxman72

Hi there, I have a Yamaha 8/4/24 CD-RW (scsi-internal) that has worked flawlessly for over a year. However, now it's only making coasters. I don't use it that much so I don't remeber the last time I burned an audio CD successfully. Could something have gone wrong with the drive, software, or...