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I think usually if you line out from the bass amp, you can still hear what's coming out of the bass amp, so you won't have to monitor with headphones. If you do direct into the four-track, you might want to line out from the four track into some kind of amp and use that to monitor (at low...

Tex Maybe I'm just stingy or overy cautious with my money, but it seems like a jerk at McDonalds would be making around $6 (?) an hour, and the one time I've recorded in a "studio" (which was actually a guy's garage with a digital 8-track) we were paying $20 an hour, which means he or she would...

Blah blah, fuck doing it in a studio. Studios are for rich people. Are you rich? Ok then. Buy or rent a cheap mixer and maybe some extra mics, or just borrow them. Use 3 or 4 mics on the drums, one in the kick, one on snare, one on the other side to get toms and cymbals. Run those through the...

Argh. I was looking at all the mics and getting excited, then I noticed that almost all that were recommended are phantom power mics. I'm kind of scared of phantom power mics because I've never really dealt with them, and I like to keep things as simple as possible. Plus, that adds another $50...

What would be the ideal kind of room mic to use in this situation, just to pick up a little atmosphere in the recording? It would be a pretty loud rock band, bass/guitar/drums. The space is pretty small, with plywood walls and a concrete floor. Lots of reflections, very loud space.

Thanks for the recommendations. I'm interested in where you guys are getting these prices, because I want to buy some of these mics. Where are you guys buying (especially tdukex)? Any other online sites you can recommend for good mic prices? Thanks again.

Hi Are these cheap-ass mics worth the trouble? 1. Two used Realistic PZM mics for sale at local guitar store for $125 2. Used Sony Electet condenser mic for $60 (in case, looks like great physical condition, etc., etc) These would both be for home bedroom recording, nothing serious, nothing fancy.

Dude. I love Ween, especially "Pure Guava." Yeah, I don't think calling your band "lo-fi" is going to help make them popular, especially because most popular bands nowadays have really slick production. I think for most kids these days, lo-fi would be a turn off. But kids are dumb. My favorite...

You ask: "Would a retro folk/rock 70's sound recorded on a 4 Track by some old fart be considered "lofi" and fit into this category??? " Although as previously mentioned the whole category of lofi is kind of meaningless and media-generated, I think the implication of being called "lofi" is...

I don't know about modern lo-fi trends, the bands that I talked about hit their peak in popularity in the mid-90's. Elliot Smith and GBV are still around, but are both recording for major labels with big budgets. In terms of genre, Elliot Smith is kind of folky, started out as all acoustic...

I'm pretty familiar with the whole lo-fi thing that 47's talking about. It's kind of dumb, and I think most of the artists considered "lo-fi" would probably agree with me on that, it's more of something they got labelled by stupid magazines than what they actually call themselves. It's basically...

uh, it depends. But for a drum machine, I would assume that you would want to kind of replicate a realistic drum sound. So I would pan slightly to the right and left, because if you're listening to someone play the drums in real life, you wouldn't have half the drums to your immediate left and...

I guess yr just trying to be helpful, Mr. Hornet, but I seem to noticing an annoying tendancy of yours as I read through the bbs., which is to recommend purchasing pricey new equipment to people who had not necessarily indicated that buying new equipment was a valid solution or even indicated...

I'm pretty sure it doesn't (I'm not home right now, so I can't check). It's the Tascam 488 Mk. I, so it's a few years old.

Ok. I have a Tascam 488, which is an 8-track that records to cassette tapes. My question: is it possible to take a tape that I have used to record on my 8 track and make a copy of it so that the tracks are still seperate on the copy (the difficulty being that the 8track records at twice the...

It certainly is possible---> Case in point, Epitaph records, back when the Offspring first got popular, became the first indie label to have a gold record, or something like that. Matador was also doing pretty good back in the mid-90's, though to be fair, they did have distro deals with Atlantic...

Emo Phillips -> !!! The only association I have with him is his scene in the Weird Al movie UHF - "Well call me Mr. Butterfingers." I'm not sure I understand the comparison, but I'll take it as a compliment. Thanks for the kind words. Sorry about the stupid web page. I'm thinking about signing...

I've most often heard them referred to as "keytars," but to find them on ebay you typically have to search for "keyboard guitar." I actually want one too, but have been acquiring other more important stuff first.

Hi I finally got some damn mp3s on my website, and if anyone wants to listen and comment, that would be nice. If you get some message about the page being shut down, it's because I have a pretty small limit of how much data can be transferred and someone got there before you. The site is...

Hey I just bought a used Sunn head and a huge Peavey cabinet. It sounds great and f'in loud. However, the head is pretty dirty, both the surface and the knobs. I'm assuming I can just clean the surface with a mildly damp rag and an old toothbrush. The knobs crackle very loudly at specific...