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Matched is always better, if only as a selling point when you tire of them. I had two SM81's, serials within 30-ish of each other. NOT matched. Since one required more gain for the same signal level, one had a higher noise floor. Kind of like watching a video that always tilted. If you do...

There's various techniques for stereo mic-ing. But basically mics ARE directional, even OMNI mics. There are some differences in sound that is picked up depending on it's orientation (angle) to the mic. We are preceptive of this difference. There's extra information there that helps us tell...

For ribbon mics you want to alternate it's orientation to compensate for the affects of gravity and time on the ribbon element.

Or a smoker. For TUBE mics, putting it upside down lets the heat go up away from the mic element. When I had my AT4033a, I tried it up and down and very little difference. I thought it sounded better right side up, but I'm a trombone player that angles the horn downwards. Having the mic...

A lot of recording software will count each input as an individual mono track. Or as stereo tracks depending on your configuration and software. It's simple enough to break up into mono tracks if that's the case. The main problem with the cheap soundcard that comes with your computer is that...

They plug into your PCI ports on your Desktop computer. Versus the USB port or Firewire port. PCI has the highest (current) bandwidth, so you can run a lot of tracks without a lot of latency. Firewire comes in second place for bandwidth. And USB in third. A distant third. At least until...

It depends on what you want goal wise. A zoom H1 in the middle of a room might suit some people needs. Or something with more bells and whistles. Drums could easily be 8 tracks and mics if you get needy. Plus everyone else. If you wanted a track for everyone in one take. Or you could get...

I hope they don't take away our guns. I had to use one the other day. And that rabbit wont be chewing the wires on my car anymore... And hopefully the mexican eagle will prefer that food source over the neighbors chickens. He certainly seemed to like the rabbit buffet I left for him. But in...

If you're going to stick with the SM57 and if you're going to get the SM7b (or RE-20), then the preamp will matter since they are relatively low output mics that need a fair amount of gain. Which can add a lot of noise/hiss to your tracks on the cheap end of things. Which only a good preamp on...

If you're making an audio CD, it's going to end up as stereo anyway. The software just jumps the gun. If recording in mono, Left is generally considered channel 1. On headphones, the Left channel is normally the one that the cable goes into. So if you're choosing Right, it might be assuming...

I don't know of many musicians that could afford "proper" registration before making a dime on the content. Wasn't it like $250-ish going directly to the .gov option? And was that per song? Or part / piece of paper? Not that it'd matter if you didn't have anyone to sue over it, or if that...

Page 35 of 36 on the manual says line output L and R. There's also Tape out 1, 2, 3, 4, with matching specs. So take those 4 and run them into a 4 channel (or more) sound card. Like a Delta 44. It looks like RCA jacks (30 from the image, details on page 13, image on page 8). So you might...

Well you can get that stuff dumpster diving over the years. Or some bundle deal. It's not out of the realm of possibility. Grandma and my parents used to pen pal of sorts with 4" reels of 1/2" tape. Since the grandparents didn't know how to read, but could operate a tape machine. Tech...

With bash and sox, very possible. Although normalize isn't always normalize. i.e. Stereo tracks, do you want to treat each track individually and normalize different amounts on each, if they don't already match? Some content might favor one or the other side, but not both. If you know for...

I wouldn't get too caught up in monitors. They are good for auditioning mics and keeping some annoyances out of your tracks that you might not otherwise be aware of, but as long as you can capture the tracks, you can always outsource them to be mastered by someone else with better gear (and...

copyright.gov or something like that. In the old days mailing yourself a "certified" letter with the contents. Established a date/time and paper trail. i.e. Proof, that's more likely to get recognized by a court. (mail system is a federally recognized institution). But it's assumed by...

Heh. I stopped into a Hat shop on 6th street during lunch at the Texas Linuxfest yesterday. Wouldn't a cowboy hat with flames look cool on top of an aliens head? They had quite the selection of those at that place. Lots of ascots, but not much in the form of trucker hats. And the usual...

It IS complicated if you don't know much if anything about the originating hardware. i.e. No specs to look up what type of connections exist to record from. No budget to know what we probably shouldn't recommend. No information that could help us help them. Meanwhile: - tape - 4 track -...

As in 30 minutes each side tape? (or 45) I suppose that it's 4 tracks. Stereo (2 tracks) both ways. Which could lead to some interesting time shifting and sound reverse-age to get everything lined up on a traditional cassette player.

USB 2.0 is USB 1.1 backwards compatible. Not a problem. But your device is likely limited to 2 channels, 16 bit, and 48kHz, since that's about all that 1.1 can handle. USB 2.0 can handle more (2x 24/96), but still fairly new in terms of available audio hardware. Even the 2.0 audio standard...