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I agree, most of them had a limited shelf life. I throw in a CD now that I used to think was amazing and I wonder what I ever saw in it. It's not that I feel it's bad or crap, it just doesn't move me like it did in '89. I think it's too bad that certain bands that were big in the 80's got...

I know this thread is a week old, but holy shit is that funny. :D

EZdrummer I have never used it myself, but I have heard/read good things about EZdrummer from Toontrack. It's not to expensive, it's expandable and from the work I've heard others use it on, it sounds pretty good too. Or, if you're more of a MIDI guy, you could always go with VSTi's and use a...

No shit, eh? I saw them at Ozzfest a few years back. Ozzy was sick so they took the headlinging spot and really hammered down on it. I was back in the grass seats so stage presence really didn't mean much to me any how, so I can't attest to that. Johnathon didn't really talk, which is fine...

Wasn't saying that they sounded like that. Don't even think that Monkey, Head, Brain (whatever the hell they call themselves) have the prerequisite talent to play that fast anyhow. Every Korn album (at least up until I stopped listening) was basically the same guitar part over and over and...

While someone is playing, walk around and find the spot where it sounds best to you. That's where you put the room mic, right where your grape was. It is just a glorified ear after all.

I rarely just break one, they usually fail because I have widdled them down to near nothing from smacking the hi-hat. My drum rug looks like the aftermath of a beaver orgy after a couple of weeks. I, like Greg, play with heavier sticks, 2B, but I buy the Pro-Mark Japanese Oak ones. They seem...

A gobo would probably work pretty well. Hell, maybe even something as simple as a bandanna over your face (cowboy style) or maybe a ski mask. Something to absorb the whistling until thing clear up. The cough drops mention above might do the trick too, or maybe some decongestant? -Wes

I get the +4/-10dB thing...sort of. I do need to learn patch bays though, as I know I'll need one eventually and have only given them a passing glance in the past. That's why there's Google and YouTube, so one can read up on something and then watch video's on it! ;)

Ha! I will do just that. Thanks for the effort though! -Wes

I have a Mackie Big Knob that I don't use anymore. I bought it in February, then moved to the PreSonus MSR last month as it works seamlessly with my Firestudio 2626. The only issue I've had with the Big Knob, and I think it's more of a design issue, is that the power plug is finicky. It's not...

Normalled, half-normalled, and, parallel. Those were the terms I was looking for...

Never used a patchbay, but I may have too get one. What does balanced vs unbalanced vs the third type that I don't recall do for me? I might be interested in it.

We go by the "I have the mic, you'll listen to everything I have to say" rule. It just looks unprofessional when there are too many people talking. Try this, although it would probably only work for one show before it would piss him off. Or maybe he'd take the hint! :D

Don't buy more then one FS!!!!! The Firestudio's aren't really designed to work together. If you get the Firestudio and then two Digimax FS you can run 24 tracks from that. The two Digimax's hook to the Firestudio via ADAT lightpipe and the Firestudio acts as the master clock. I have a...

Vs-2480 Hey man, if you aren't already over there, check out www.vsplanet.net for all things VS. I started out on a VS-2400 coupled with an SI-24. I have since moved on to a computer based DAW, but I still have a VS-2480 myself as well. -Wes

I like to record scratch guitar and bass to a click track, then add a scratch vocal part. I then lay down a scratch drum track to the click track and the scratch tracks. I do this with just a couple of over head's and a kick mic. Why you may ask? If you're in a band that plays live you...

If the BR-16 is like the VS-2400 you can "print" the effects to tracks when you are sure you like them by bouncing the track, with the effect on it, down to a new track. Once it's done, it's done though. I'm not that familiar with the BR-16 but if you have a way to back up the dry tracks I...

This is pretty much how I approach multiple tempo/time signature pieces. Most of the time when we write a piece with a time change it starts on a down beat. So what I do is hit the crash or whatever for the down beat and stop playing while the "tape" keeps rolling just long enough to catch the...

I have a pair of the KRK RP-8's. I listed to them and several others in the "Prosound" section at Guitar Center (obviously not the best place to A/B speakers) and I picked them because they sounded good, I liked the shaping controls on the back, and the yellow cone looked cooler (silly I know...