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The angle is of course intentional to allow upward and downward motion of the bridge to alter tone when using the whammy bar, and can be a nuisance if you put any pressure on it when playing. As I don't use the whammy on my squire strat and told the shop guy that, when I had mine in for strings...

My 2 cent response to the original post. 1. If the processor amplifies, it'll tell you so, although maybe not directly. I use a Digitech multi effects processor that has two settings one for connecting instument input, one for connecting to LINE input. I have used it both ways, but use the...

Assuming that one wants to reach typical listeners and NOT other songwriters and musicians, in no particular order: 1. Simplicity in construction - especially in the rhythm. Yes impressed musicians with Siberian Katru and the like, but relatively simple Roundabout is the one that most people...

Good thing you posted in Newbies first, otherwise I would have missed it. I long ago moved to digital. The fact that you say little sound indicate you might have a big problem in the mechanical linkage between the control handle and the the multiple thing is controls. But just in case not...

If the number of available tracks on the all-in-one machine is very limited -- say 4 or 8, I can understand why one might prefer mixing everything on the front end. But for higher track counts like 16 or 24, I don't see the sense in it. From my point of view, one big benefit having a lot of...

You are understanding voltage drop correctly. However, "dissapate" is a term generally associated with power. The resistor dissapates the power, and as a result part of the voltage is "dropped" across the resistor. You should certainly get a faint signal plugging a guitar directly into a line...

Re the first paragraph -- yes in that inaccurate (for a guitar) connection, if the output impedance of the guitar and input impedance of the mixer were equal, then the voltage at the input of the mixer would be 50V. However, after having a look some typical specs, I must take back part of what...

So much in today’s digital world is based on software and logic, but analog circuits is one area where math and the related physics still apply. If you really want to understand this stuff, you will have to study some. Perhaps there are electrical DC and AC fundamentals courses in a community...

Hey drossfile - good stuff, especially explaining the concept of impedance as opposed to resistance. To that, with a nod to demented chord on the importance of ohms low I submit the following description, with the disclaimer that it is oversimplified -- using easy numbers and assuming pure...

Finally I can see a good reason Tascam came out with the Mark II so quickly. According to the manual, the Mark II appears to have an "Export Master" function that lets you export as a stereo WAV. Tom

There seem to be fewer posted complaints about the mkII than its predecessor the original 2488, but that might be because they are not selling as many as before. If it were my $1000, I would go with the Yamaha AW1600 -- it is only 16 tracks, but I have seen relatively few bad reports on it and...

thanks.... I wondered that that was about. tom

In my search, I discovered that there are two things called "black beauties", one cheaper than the other: http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Ludwig-Black-Beauty-Snare-with-SupraPhonic-Snares?sku=446281...

I use a similar Yamaha keyboard, a PSR-K1 I bought for $300, also discontinued. In the $700 price range, today's Yamaha choice would be the PSR-500. All of these home keyboard units have built in sequencers that allow a number of tracks to be "recorded", as well an auto-accompaniment "track"...

This discussion makes me wonder why amp manufacturers choose one or the other -- 8 or 16 -- for single speaker amps. My only experience with 16 ohm speakers is back in the 70s with a Marshall Super Lead -- one cabinet had 4x16, I think wired as two 32 ohm serial strings connected in parallel to...

Sorry for not getting back to the group sooner -- been a bit under the weather. To the group -- thanks much for the replies and advice. Kinda strange how the 5-incher was well thought of among this groups, while the 6 1/2 incher was almost the unamimous (sp?) choice in responses to I got from...

Impedance matching In order to effect maximum power transfer from the output of an amplifier and a connected load, in this case the speaker, the output impedance of the amplifier should be equal, or near equal, to the impedance of the load. Typically, this is done by having multiple taps on...

I'm a guitar player with very little drum knowledge, but I'm going by my 15-year old drummer son one of these for XMAS. It'll be one of the 14-inch the black anodized (?) ones. The question is, what height to get -- 5-inch or 6 1/2. He is pretty rock oriented now, but not entirely and he says...

I guess its about time that I posted something here instead of just lurking and listening. This is one about my dear sweet wife putting pressure on me and my son to hasten the process by which I semi-retire and we all move out to the desert where she will be warm. Arizona Bound Nothing fancy...

Dithering and MP3 compression standardized? OK ... in line with this discussion. I have wondered if the devices/applications that are used to go from 24-bit to 16-bit audio are based on a standard dithering algoritm, or is each device/application working with its own proprietary algorithm...