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    Unopened Sticky and Non-sticky tapes wanted for research at the Library of Congress

    In case some of you missed it, this thread was started by Mr. Breitung's very first post on this forum. And given his avocation, I doubt that he spends much time on "recording" forums, and given his reception here, I doubt he will be doing so in the future. Pure conjecture on my part, but I...
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    Unopened Sticky and Non-sticky tapes wanted for research at the Library of Congress

    The OP came in and made a polite and businesslike request, which included a reference that made it very easy to check out his bona fides. There is absolutely no excuse for anyone to treat him the way some here treated him. That's just a matter of common courtesy. The only analog tapes I have...
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    16-bit vs 24-bit

    I bought an Alesis MultiMix 4 about a year ago...it only does 16/44.1. Does a decent job for what it is...
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    Unopened Sticky and Non-sticky tapes wanted for research at the Library of Congress

    Well, you guys sure make the community look good... Did the guy say he wanted them for free? In fact, he said, "if you know of other sources (besides ebay, etc.)" Last time I looked, most folks on eBay weren't there to give stuff away. But hey, who cares about those early Les Paul tapes that...
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    The Cost of an SSL Console

    80 channel SSL 9000 console is $80,000 Given that the SSL 924 is around $80K you might need to rethink your math...
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    micing a Drum set on an 8 channel mixer. Need advice!

    Sorry, Greg...gotta dog you on this one... If you look at the picture of the mixer you will see only four XLR inputs, which means only four preamps, which means he can only plug in four mics with this mixer. While it's kinda hard to read, it appears that the other inputs are labeled "Mono L"...
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    Jim Marshall

    The "stack" thing might be open to debate, as Fender was using separate heads and cabinets in their "Bassman" and "Showman" amps in the mid-60's...
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    Getting volume loud enough while recording.

    At the ripe old age of 62 I sometimes need a little extra boost for my long-ago fried ears, and sometimes the recording interface just doesn't have enough ooomph so I use a headphone amp. And the four-channel Behringer and some ART headphone amps have a neat feature known as "more me". The way...
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    MIDI Patchbays

    Don't know anything about them, but came across these guys a couple of years ago when I was doing some research... Welcome to MIDI Solutions
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    i7 processor for pro tools 9

    May I suggest you check this site: Avid Audio Forums - Powered by vBulletin You'll find a tremendous amount of good information regarding working configurations...
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    drums with one mic

    Back in the day, it would be centered left to right over the drum kit, and aligned with the center of the snare frum front to back. Height-wise, and depending on the mic, the engineers I worked with would try to place it so the cymbal volume would be somewhat "cut" by being enough off-axis to...
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    Recording with stereo tracks

    Not sure if it was mentioneed...but most DAW apps default to recording everything as "stereo" ... I don't know about "most", but the one most used by professionals certainly doesn't. With Pro Tools, you can create either a mono track or a stereo track, and they are two totally different...
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    I have a vision, an approach, but I need advice on equipment; would appreciate help.

    The OP said...I want to record onto tape ... From this one would reasonably deduce that you are not working from existing recordings. Which would then beg the question, "Why?" From the rest of your message I'm guessing that you are probably going to do some variation of a one-man band, so you...
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    Dual Zone/Dual Trigger pads

    What am I doing wrong? Not reading the manuals? Seriously, you will need to do that to figure out how to use the equipment; a lot of companies handle it differently. In general, if a dual-zone pad only has one jack, you will need a TRS cable on the pad end; if it has two jacks you will two TS...
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    Interface and separate mixer, or an Alesis Multimix?

    Your best bet would be to deal with recording and live as the two different situations they are. For recording, I would take a look at something like this: TASCAM US-1800 USB 2.0 Audio/MIDI Interface: Shop Pro Audio & Other Musical Instruments | Musician's Friend Note that I am just posting...
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    DIY Input Selector-Distributor Box

    Take a look at this... Behringer MON800 MiniMON Stereo Monitor Matrix Mixer: Shop Pro Audio & Other Musical Instruments | Musician's Friend I'm only using it for talkback, but I haven't noticed any coloration of the sound...
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    Looking to buy a new headphone amplifier!!!

    Take a look at the ART units... They're in the same price range as the units mentioned and they have some nice features...
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    Studio

    Miroslav and jimmys69... First, there is not a speck of foam in my studio, in fact, it doesn't even have walls yet, it's just an empty basement. I just bought my house last July, lost my job two days before I closed on it, and didn't get back to work until March. Kinda puts a crimp in one's...
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    Studio

    DarknessRecords, you are setting your self up for a lot of abuse from self-appointed "experts" who will proclaim that foam is not even suitable for wiping your ass. But funny thing...every month Sound on Sound magazine, a highly respected recording journal, does a Studio SOS column where they...
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    What to buy first

    My ex-wife is a highly skilled classical pianist who couldn't write a song if her life depended upon it. There is no correlation in either direction between the ability to play an instrument and the ability to write songs. In fact, I have heard of songwriters who cannot play an instrument at...
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