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I just built a simple magazine-type rack on the back the door to my control room. It cleaned up the clutter of track-sheets, equipment manuals and other magazines and papers all over the desk. It is simple to build, just 1x2"s and 5/16" dowel rods. It kind of looks like a ladder, but of course...

It's pretty quiet! I have mine in a rack under the table, and I can record soft vocals about 3-4 feet away with no problem. I highly suggest using an extention cable to get the control face plate away from the hard drive unit. It makes it so much eaiser to use. A standard 15 pin computer...

Mostly by sitting in with bands.... When ever I play live, the other musicians like what they hear, (I can play Pedal Steel and Dobro very well!) So I usually get recording gigs from that. Back when I lived in Phoenix AZ, I went around to several studios and let them play and sample some of...

For western swing you need a 6th chord For rock and roll, tune to any open chord, But For country you cant beat A6th or C6th From low to High C# E F# A C# E A6th (you need to cannibalize two sets of guitar strings of get custom gauge strings) C6 = G A C E G E once again you need...

ANY THING FROM RADIO SHACK? I have been dissappointed with almost every thing I have purchased from Radio Joke, with the possible exception of plugs jacks and adaptors. These are pretty simple devices and hard to screw up! The trouble is that other electronics stores are hard to find and often...

Ear Level or higher? I have gotten very good results with two omni's facing forward on either side of the drummer's head about ear level. This gives you something similar to what the drummer hears. Add a little bit of close miked kick and snare panned center and you have a very natural kit...

Er....spellcheck fails again... That would be "Traitor" sorry for the grammar lesson, This is the Vocal forum not the literary one. Dom:o

The Fostex D2424LV! Rocks! Awesome machine, affordable price and it sounds great. My only complaint is that I have been waiting over two months for an extra hard drive caddy. Fostex should have produced these in greater numbers. Any of you have one? Dom:eek:

Yeah..what he said! I'd also suggest just using 4 mics; 1 kick 2 snare 3 left OH 4 Right OH Put bass on track 5 Stereo Guitar on 6 & 7 Scratch Vocal on 8 The actual track numbers are arbitrary, but what every you do, be consistent from one song to the next, so your mixdown tracks will remain...

I prefer to call it "creative" not cheap! I have saved thousands of dollars in my studio, by being "creative" or cheap as you may call it. Here are some examples.... I re-used plywood and 2x4s from a former HO train layout to build walls. Inside of an 18" thick wall I have several old...

It can be done but watch out for... Early reflections from the close walls, they will alter the sound and cause you to eq incorrectly. In a small space like that, you would need to treat the walls with soft material to avoid echos. Keep volume down on playback speakers and sit close in the...

I would have a few things to add if it really was! Dom:confused:

Read the manual.... There may be something very simple that you are not doing just right. Read the manual first, especially the section regarding channel assignments, pan control, master out section, pre-post eq fader etc. Without the board to look at, I can't tell you much more than that...

OK here's my oppinion... #1 buy a better microphone....$75.00 and up.... (SM57 or better) #2 buy a Tube Preamp ....$100 and up (You get what you pay for) Each item will improve your sound quality nearly 100% #3 Buy an even better Microphone (Condensor, Ribbon etc) $1000.00 and up #4 Buy an...

The cheapest rack..... Go to a lumber yard, find the bin where they throw away scrap wood, (Home depot's) have a free bin of such wood... Find a 1X3 or 1X4 a few feet long... (Or you could buy a new 8ft for about 2 dollars) Cut the board in equal lengths, and attach your largest rack...

Are you Looking for a 16 track system of un-compressed great sounding digital recording. The two Dmt8vl's sync together perfectly. Hard drives are easily available and cheap. Any IDE hard disk can be swapped out in 2 minutes just like a tape to store hours worth of songs. The units are in...

Got the new Fostex 2424LV and love it! I still have the two DMT8VL's linked together for 16 tracks, but I am considering selling them once I transfer all my songs to the new unit. Dom :p

"WESTERN SWING'S!" I am a hawaiian and western steel player from way back..... The secret to Western swing is the 6th chord, usually found by combining the six minor chord with the major root chord. For example: C major c,e,g plus A minor a,c,e equals a C6th chord A,C,E,G G maj plus E minor...

I have some pretty good equipment, a fair amount of talent. I have some good friends who are very great musicians. My studio is very comfortable, looks nice, it's air conditioned with cool lighting. BUT: It's hard to find enough time to spend recording as much as I would like to given; Work...

How do you get such great photos to attach? Your pictures are very clear and good size. How do you attach them to you posts? What software will I need to do the same? Thanks Dom