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No idea about the mail order of Radio Shack - Tandy doesn't to the best of my knowledge. If you want somewhere more local, try Maplins in the UK. The only other place I've seen them is one of the duty free electronics stores at Frankfurt airport. - gaffa

I don't know if this is going to help, but Tandy, the Oz version of Radio Shack, have little FM transmitters that have an transmission distance of about 3-4 meters, that are generally marketed as a device to allow you to play CD's from a discman into a car radio. I have no idea what the quality...

A gate is a bit like a bouncer at a niteclub - if he doesn't like you shoes, your not getting in :) Basically, it stops any signal passing through if that signal is not a certain level ie. it would stop the hum coming from a dodgy guitar, cos it's only quiet, but let the actual signal, which...

I've got a similar setup, and I record a scratch track first, then the rhythm section in stages, guitars, etc. to build it all up. Works a treat - gaffa

Does it really matter what's better? I'd have to argue that it's probably a subjective thing anyway. I think this thread was just started in fun to see wh owns what. Some of us don't have the greatest gear, nor are the greatest players, but at least we enjoy playing (no matter how badly) and...

From a one's and zero's point of view, the speed of writing should be irrelevant - that's the advantage of doing things digitally - there is no dergradation between copies. Theoretically, what is on you hard drive is what gets written to the CD-ROM - there's no D/A-A/D conversion in writing a...

The .cda files are the files that you would see in Windoze Explorer if you were to look at an audio CD. They would be called track1.cda etc. CDA is just the three letter extension to these files. (It's probably worth noting here that the .cda files aren't actually the entire music track, but...

Geeman, What kind of processor is it? 4 tracks can be recorded on a 200Mhz machine, although the processor is probably not fast enough to do multiple realtime effects. Regarding the storage space, wave audio does take up a fair bit of room, there's a post around somewhere that has teh maths...

OK, you can change the balance of the wave file by double clicking on the little loud speaker icon in the system tray (near the clock). Alternatively, you can go Start -> Run and type in "sndvol32" (no quotes). This should show the Play Control. If the Wave option isn't visible, go...

Has anybody had any experience with hoontech cards? I found one called "C-Port", but I'm having a few dramas actually tracking down decent info and specs on this card (the basic info is at http://www.C-port.net ) The card seems quite reasonable, but I'm a bit sceptical due to lack of...

James, I had my board dated by an antiques dealer, and he reckons about 5th century BC, based on the greek transcriptions on the back..... ;) Actually, I'm not sure - bought it second hand (my very first mixer), and the guy I bought it off said he'd had it for a few years. I guess it would be...

Good call getting the book. Once you've read it, you'll almost definately know more about recording than I do :) About mixers, it's a pretty broad topic - it all depends what you want to do with it. Lot of people here have Mackie desks, particulary the VLZ1202, others are using Allen & Heath...

If you're a student, you might already have a computer? If so, why not have a look at n-tracks? Using an SBLive soundcard, you could record quite decent quality stuff, and you get more tracks than four, plus you can put all the effects and stuff onto the tracks easily. The big advantage is that...

Nothing like a good electrocution to make you sit back and go "Hmmmm.....wonder if I'm doing it right?" I'm assuming that the amp output is just that - an amplified signal output. If it is, the answer is NO, don't go and plug it into the SBLive. The amp out level is way ,way higher than normal...

It's not the computers that people don't like here, it's the dodgy cunsumer grade soundcards like the SBLive. For a computer, well, you can pretty much use anything decent (Mac or PC). But in the realm of digital audio, the golden rule is "the more the merrier". More CPU speed = more realtime...

I've got a Studiomaster Diamond 12-2 mixer, which I can't complain about. It's pretty low noise, the EQ's aren't too bad. The only problem I have with it (apart from a noisy pot on Aux1 send) is the lack of channel inserts. I'm not sure if the Club series has them. Otherwise, its a good mixer -...

Hmmm....Interesting. Sometimes the knob turny bits (properly known as potentiometers) get crap in them (dirt, dust etc.) This can be cleaned out reasonably easily by getting some electrical component cleaning fluid from an electrical parts store (I don't know, maybe RadioShack would have some...

I'm going to jump in and be different. I have a very similar setup to you (SBLive, SM58, not much else), and I looked at the pre-amp option, but ended up buying a beaten up second-hand 12 channel mixer (Studiomaster Diamond 12-2. So old that the studiomaster site refuses to acknowledge it...

Sounds like you've got a DC Offset problem. This is generally associated with cheapish soundcards (SBLive etc.) What you need is a plugin that corrects this DC Offset. AnalogX http://www.analogX.com produce a DirectX version which will fix the DC Offset in realtime. Even better, it's free...

Nilbog, It just occured to me that if you're CD-ROM is oldish, it might be having problems seeking/tracking. Some CD-ROMs just can't seem to track the laser properly - they keep getting lost. A test I've used to determine this is get AudioGrabber, and rip a CD using that (rip from your CD_ROM...