Don't worry about the questions. I love helping people with this stuff. When I bought mine, I also bought one of their speaker cables. I cut it in half since the speaker inputs are a clamp style. You just put the leads into them and screw them down. I already had an old 200 watt Crate SPA200...
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I have had mine for a few years. They are clear and uncolored. The company is great. When I got mine, one of the tweets had a dented dome. They sent me a new one and I had it within a few days.
There are times when I can appreciate what they do. But I figure, to each his own. There are people who hate pinch harmonics but it didn't stop Zakk Wylde from making a career of it.
First off, funny story....I knew a woman who could grab an electric fence and it didn't hurt her at all. It was the weirdest thing ever. One day, she was show me and some other folks how she could do it and as she grabbed it, nothing happened. She was still holding it and a cat walked up and did...
Oh, I listen to it. And the chinas drive me crazy. They always have. I am not going to tell a guy what to put in his recording, but I know what muddies mixes....and they do that! LOL.
I think that the china just becomes overbearing as a riding beat. In my opinion, the china is a special effect accent...not a cymbal to ride on. A loosely closed high hat would probably sound a lot sweeter in there.
are you looking for a sound kind of like this?
www.revrecstudio.com/files/new_amp_djaweeeezy.mp3
or if you want the wav
www.revrecstudio.com/files/new_amp_djaweeeezy.wav
tell me what you think and I will tell you what I did if you like it.
the question is a little vague. If you have a mixer, then you have a preamp. From there, it depends on what you need out of your sound. For guitar, your preamp is the front end of your amp that gives you your sound. So if you have a decent guitar amp, you don't need a pre for the guitar...
check out all of your cable routing. Make sure that your signal cables are not running parallel with your power cables. If they have to cross, make sure that they cross at a 90 degree angle. Sometimes, it can be as simple as that.
I think it is a great beat and sound.....for industrial. Not for death metal. The china sound is kind of overkill. Also, in the beat in the beginning, I would take the kick beat out where there are snare hits. Most drummers don't play like that on a regular basis. Play with velocities and...
I really like the song. I agree with everyone on the vocals being killer. All in all, I think it is a great recording. The only thing that really stuck out to me was the drums. Sounds like an SR16 or something. What were you using for the drums? They just sound a little too synthetic and...
I couldn't go over every comparison. But with a PC, you can download Reaper for free (not illegal), but a decent drum program for a couple hundred dollars, and tons of free effects and what not online (again, not illegal). That leaves you money freed up for fun stuff like mics and stuff like...
that's cool. I have just had this conversation with a few people now and after buying a stand alone unit, they have all ended up getting a computer and using that. For $1200, you could get set up quite nice in that game. I just always hated the limitations of a stand alone.
You can pick up a used digital multi tracker pretty cheap these days. My buddy just sold a VS880 for $150. Anything like that will work. However, I think you will find many limitations with those that are easy to overcome by going with a PC based set up. What did you hate about Cakewalk?
Did this ever get answered? I tried to read through all of the nonsense but it is too early! LOL. I had the same problem when I used to play my guitar back on the farm. Had to turn of the electric fence to record which caused my 145 head of albino buffalo to wander all over the place. But I got...
The best way is always to mic a guitar cabinet. However, if you are recording in an apartment or late at night and have to go direct, there are some great plugins for Reaper to emulate cabinets. Go to http://habib.webhost.pl/ and in the upper left hand corner, there is a VST download called...