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    recording alesis sr-16 with a boss br1180cd, help!!

    Hey. I have had my old kick start SR16 for a long time, and got a BR1180 I guess about a year and a half ago. I have tried several times to lock the drummer up to the recorder and have indeed have rended my garment and gnashed my teeth,but no dice. I, like you, began to fear that THIS thing...
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    Need help buying a digital recorder as a gift

    Or if you could go a bit more and upgrade later... I have a Roland BR1180CD which I find amazing. As an option, check out the BR1180 (60 hours of clear 16 bit recording, 20 gig HD, and in a year or two maybe you could add the internal CD burner for a couple hunnerd bucks or less. It was...
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    Drum machines for metal

    Check out Discrete Drums samples and loops. These are the real thing - decently recorded real drums played by an actual person in a studio, miked up clearly. On the loops, each ' song' style has 14-15 segments: different fills, intros, end crashes, lots of stuff. IMHO, that is. They also...
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    any BOSS BR1180 CD users????

    I'm a Br1180Cd guy as well. The only workaround I know of, and yes it's a pretty dumb one, is to say, pan your vocal track hard right, and your other tracks hard left. Run the left line out into another amp of some kind, and monitor from that. Mono it or just use a Y cord on the line out to...
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    How to get more tracks out of your boss recorder.

    Not to be a pain in the butt or anything, but if we've established that PC soundcards sound cheesy, or was that CHEESY, why would anyone use them, no matter how wonderful the biab programming is?
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    Newbie question - 1180 power source

    It will come with a power supply of its own. A Roland PSB 3U. Assuming it's new, of course.
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    When recording with the BR-1180, how do u take the reverb sound out?

    Press 'Reverb' over fader #4, touch the button at the bottom of the channel you're using, and use the wheel to dial it down. Also note that when you mix down onto channels 9/10, it automatically adds rev. to THOSE tracks. After mixing down, I go to Reverb again, go to 9/!0, and turn the reverb...
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    Better sound quality... Boss BR-1180 or VS-1880

    Zipperhead Recording on the BR1180 is 16 bit. Internal AD and DA conversion as well as signal processing (ie the mixer) are 24 bit. I easily found all the specs on this machine before purchasing it... Online. Zipperhead
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    Can you learn or is it a gift?

    Here is my take on the whole thing. What are you passionate about? Write about what you feel strongly about, perhaps from differing people's perspectives. Continually improve your vocabulary. Lifelong. It'll help you express yourself so the rest of us can understand you, and what you need...
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    MICing something really small.

    I myself just have to say that I am learning the craziest shit from this site. Expands my thinking. I am waiting avidly for more details from the Enlightened.
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    Please Explain Tracks to me

    I have a Boss BR1180CD which has 8 tracks to record onto, and each of them indeed has 10 'virtuous' tracks for extra takes. The stupid limitation however, is that you may only use one to mix down with. With such a powerful tool for recording, they dropped the ball in this regard. I had...
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    Noisy

    Sorry about the double post. Curses. Now it's a triple.
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    Noisy

    Exactly. Where is it coming from? Of course you've checked to make sure your cables are all working perfectly, and you've checked to make sure it isn't a grounding problem. Always make sure you're gain-staging properly. I have found this a crucial skill, essential for recording. There is...
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    Noisy

    Exactly. Where is it coming from? Of course you've checked to make sure your cables are all working perfectly, and you've checked to make sure it isn't a grounding problem. Always make sure you're gain-staging properly. I have found this a crucial skill, essential for recording. There is...
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    Tuning before/during recording

    While I was in a Barnum and Bailey rock band, at the end of each set I would give the strings a quick wipe, and tune quickly, while the heat of the lights was strong on the instrument. Then you're as ready as you can be for your next mental set. And hey I've learned many things about tuning...
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    Micing the singer's PA?

    Yes, it's true the guy is a bonehead. Yes, it's true that his idea is probably not going to sound even intelligible, as a final product. On the other foolish side of it though, I recall the 60s, OK pretty dimly, but absolutely stupid experimentation was the order of the day. Many hit songs...
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    New nickelback song "someday"

    Years and 'ears of experience. Thousands and thousands of dollars worth of gear. Curiousity about soundcraft. (just as you have). From my perspective, it still counts for shit without a solid performance on a decent instrument. Specifics on the actual eq & so forth I can't help with.
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    How to write? Part II: LYRICS

    Write about what you know. Write about what you feel strongly about. Write as simply as you are able to and be direct. Develop a killer vocabulary so you will be able to find the perfect nuance for your vast emotions that will fill your line perfectly. Go get 'em.
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    Question ?????

    Also, please define "ridiculous". Curiousity and experimentation are valid creative tools. Many times I have found something cool by following my nose. Try it out, whatever it is, and see how it goes. Learn. Experiment. Ah. These are things that bigtime studios don't afford you. Time to...
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    Tuning before/during recording

    I tune with tuner using a 12th fret harmonic and it works well...for me. If your intonation is on the money for the strings and guitar you are using, everything should go well. If you have a tuner, you can check your intonation simply. Tune the 12th harmonic to proper note. Fret the 12th...
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