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i would tend to think that a less expensive mic is not going to perform as well on a battery as phantom power, but that's just a hunch. phantom power DEFINATELY outperforms a dead battery.

if you're going rackmount, why not just get a small lcd monitor and make a mount out of whatever you want? small lcds are not all that heavy. easy to transport, too.

hot mustard, wasabi, horseradish, hot curry, a lot of ginger, or capsaicin-containing peppers (hot peppers of any kind, basically) help clear sinuses. if you dry out your sinuses, you might have crap stuck in them. try drinking a whole crapload of water-this helps the mucus flow, rather than...

have a couple of tone test tracks that run sine tones from VERY low to VERY high. 20hz to 20khz should do. have the first set be even, have the second section be based on perceptual hearing (what was the name of those perceptual tonal-differentiated loudness curves that are cited regularly?)...

let me chip in and reinforce some of the opinions here: 1. cheap digital sounds tinny and thin, not punchy and warm. cheap digital is reasonably clean. a great mastering engineer could probably still work with the results. talented recording/mastering engineers don't use crappy digital...

bob, what hp printers have you used? sadly, they're not built like they used to be, but if you buy the cheapest thing you see at office depot, you're bound to suffer, regardless of the name on them (and that is coming from a former hp repairman with lots of crappy printers under his belt that...

do you have "modern recording techniques" yet? if not, i would save my money and get that first.

man, if alice in chains doesn't get you laid, you either don't mean it, or you're singing to the wrong demographic. i have great luck with aic covers, as far as impressing girls goes, but i do a lot of wailers. i have a shitty recording of "love, hate, love" at...

define "overpaid". define "underskilled". most of those guys you listed are known for their songwriting and ability to work WITH a band, rather than their ability to shred. give me 100 steve vais writing 203984750982436 songs that don't move me, and i'll give you a handful of "poor" guitarists...

i remember playing on a corner here in town after wrecking a car earlier that night-some money was made, but not terribly much. of course, not that many people came by.

ribbons are indeed slower than condensors. i believe that the middle ground between dynamics and condensors, transient-wise, is often considered the "sweet spot" (hence the advocacy of ribbons on vocs)-i'm not sure as to the technical reasons for this, but i have read it many a time.

my method is usually as follows: 1. screw around with guitar 2. come up with a few decent rythms that happen to sound good together in sequence 3. think of good vocal melodies, just humming a lead, basically 4. write lyrics with rythms in mind (usually holding the guitar so i can actually sing...

i would tend to lean toward anything passionate that both she and i like. in my experience, this is extremely effective, though i think the singing is more important than the playing.

yeah, godin does their homework on acoustic electronics setups. i wouldn't hesitate to put them on my "must try" list for any kind of hybrid.

i used to have quite a bit of stage fright-i still get anxious onstage, but it's mostly the surplus of stimulus, and not a concern for the people in the audience. time playing onstage makes a big difference. not giving a shit about what people think about you makes a big difference. alcohol can...

i don't necessarily focus much on prosody, but i find that the lyrics i write exhibit it, because they SOUND better being read to myself. various literary devices come out because they sound better, rather than because i'm trying to use some specific method of producing them. over time, that...

i don't know much about dedicated singers these days, but i'm available for session work-cheap. could use the practice. plus i'm not all that bad. i will try and post some recent recordings soon.

i would put the os/apps/swapfile on the 10k and the audio direct on the 15k. why? because the os and apps are already loaded when you start recording, but they may want to use the swapfile and the recording drive simultaneously. more important than this configuration is having a lot of ram, but...

i have a 77 ( i think) musicmaster i got for 30 bucks and a carton of smokes. it was really beat to shit, though, so i'm refinishing/rebuilding it. i like the size, and thought it sounded decent, and played decently. in the end, 450 bucks is definately worth it for an instrument you consider a...

i was a little curiosu about that myself. never taken the time to let the circuit wind down. perhaps i will do so next time.