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My brother bought a Privia for $550, and when he told me he bought it - I was thinking,"Sucker!" But it's actually a killer keyboard. I was definitely surprised. Tim

Take your drumkit into a pro drum shop, one that deals in used gear, repairs drums, and things like that and ask them if it's a vintage drumkit. They will laugh you out the door. These drum sets were basically toys for kids. I had one. I had a Star kit and a Stewart kit that I picked up. I...

If you want your electronic kick sounds to sound different - run it out through a speaker into another room, and put up a mic or two and record THAT! :) Treat it like an acoustic kick. Try different tunings, reverb, etc. to see what sounds best out of the speaker. Tim

Great minds think alike. :D Tim

I don't think that is what Greg is talking about. You leave 1 uncompressed, or slightly compressed, then you completely squash the other kick track to accentuate the attack. Putting them together and compressing them both the same negates some of the Eq'ing you are doing. Tim

Instead of using a delay, just offset the track a few milliseconds if that is what you are after. If you delay all of the tracks by a few milliseconds, you can make the kick sit better in the mix sometimes as well. Tim

I would compress the heck out of the second kick, and just roll off the low and and start adding that in for more attack rather than trying to do it via a bunch of radical eq'ing, but that's just me. Tim

They are worth about $100 to $250 since you don't have all the original hardware. Here is the site you are looking for. These drums don't fall under "vintage" or "antique" labels because they were basically low grade sets, with cheap hardware. http://georgesdrumshop.com/museum.asp Tim

I love the Fiberskyns BUT, they have to have a decent amount of tension on them to sing like I like them - and most guys like their toms tuned lower than I do. Congrats on getting a drumsound you like! Tim

Hey Cincy, Where do you live in Kentucky? I'm moving to Verona in the not too distant future. My mom and dad are buying a house with a little bit of land, just like 5 or 6 acres, but the place has a good sized barn on it, and my Dad told me,"It's all yours!" So, I'm going to convert it into...

Why? Talk about a job that is a pain in the butt! I remodeled houses for years, and he is doing it exactly how we did it. The only difference is that we used regular shoe-mold and just painted it the same as the baseboard once it was installed over the flooring. Tim

Why don't you just turn the tiles upside down? :p Tim

Hi Matt, Don't think of any of this as me giving you a hard time - this is just what **I** would do if it were my room. It's just constructive criticism. Not ragging ya! :p I think they are around $20 each You can get real packing blankets at http://www.markertek.com But that isn't the...

Look around for a local Trim manufacturing company - there is always somebody around that does this. It might cost you a little, but you can have this made. Actually, the part that will cost you is having the blades made for the milling machine, but just out of chance - you might luck out. It...

Totally true. People don't even have a chance at having careers these days - if you don't have a mega hit with the first song it's,"See ya!" Then the band breaks up because some bean-counter didn't like the number of units sold. :rolleyes: Tim

Same boat here. My problem with the recordings I have made has nothing to do with the sound quality and everything to do with the musicians I was playing with. You know - that guitarist who thinks his Laney AOR that puts out 150Watts has to be played at full volume! And on top of that, he NEVER...

I think I want to print THAT one. :p I almost never change the heads on my kit. Yep, Blasphemy. But then again - I see these guys with dented up tom heads and I'm thinking - "Dude, what in the heck are you doing? learn how to hit the drum!" I stated playing drums 30 years ago, and the only time...

One of my friends has released 2 CD's that he and his brother recorded on an AW1644, and they are amazing sounding. The Yamaha DAW's are definitely great units. I just wish they hadn't eliminated the 1644 because what they replaced them, with don't have near as many pro features that I would...

How far away is it? Could you use a Snake? I mean, you can get a Snake for $200 that you'll have for the rest of your life. Even less if you go with less channels. Tim

My personal suggestion is use them as what some of us call "Underheads". Which means they are below the cymbals, but not right on the toms. They will still pick up the cymbals as long as you don't gate them. Tim