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Wind Cries Snare Rattle Off topic, but I just listened to The Wind Cries Mary and I didn't hear any snare rattle at all. I know there's a Hendrix song where you can hear a piece of paper that was on a music stand being flipped, is that maybe what you were thinking of? Maybe it's been fixed...

I used to love Hendrix and would wonder what he would be doing now if he were still alive. I always came to the conclusion he would have been washed up by now. As far as what Dani is saying, I think that's true to a point. There are so many people who still try to copy that Hendrix Strat tone...

On page 28 of the manual for th DP-01FX it states: "On the DP-01, you can set the frequency at which the EQ HIGH and EQ LOW controls work; individually for each channel." I just want to make sure I'm understanding this correctly. If I want to boost or cut, let's say 700 Hz in the low end, I...

Here's some advice from a book I have: "Harps produce a very low acoustic output so the distance you can work at is limited mainly by mic noise and spill considerations. A cardioid capicitor microphone perpendicular to, and about two feet from, the sounding board should give a fairly accurate...

I caught a link to PAiA.com last night through the DIY section of the site. Holy crap! This stuff is just what I've been looking for! DIY kits that are inexpensive and aimed at the unexperienced (like myself). I'm considering the Stack-In-A-Box because most of my recording situations involve...

I bet that hole covered up with the rubber is for the "Light-Up" bass drum. What a crappy situation. If it's any consolation, my cheapo Yamaha drums have a shell overlap too! :)

I mess around with an old program for Macintosh called Synth Rose ( http://www.synthrose.com/ ) Well, this program is pretty old and doesn't run too well on the newer OS's. In a nutshell, her's what it does: "Synth Rose uses algorithms to reproduce the sounds of typical instruments in a...

I'm reading Creative Recording Recording 2 by Paul White and there's a small chapter on stereo recording techniques. From what I understand stereo recordings are nothing more than two mono microphones angled to capture sound from a wider angle to give a more spatial representation of sound to...

I agree with Zed-don't use them so much! :) There's nothing worse than hearing a song with CONSTANT 16th note bass drum hits. Being a drummer myself, that type of playing just never impressed me. I could listen to all of Metallica's or Mötley Crüe's albums and be completely unimpressed with Lars...

Being a first time digital Porta Studio owner I'm just wondering if Tascam ever updates the system software and makes it available to us? I know I'm running the newest version for the DP-01FX (v1.10) because there was two leaflets sitting on top of my manual explaining the metronome and some...

This is the biggest shortcoming with the DP-01FX I notice that after the second "bar" is when my signal usually clips. This is definitely a big shortcoming on this unit. It's probably wise to invest in some sort of meters, or maybe even go through a mixer with some meters before sending the...

Let me clarify a bit becaue I was in a hurry earlier. I tried setting the master fader to a louder volume but that didn't seem to work on the final output. So is mixing everything louder my only viable alternative, or do I need to record at a higher volume?

Everytime I export a stereo mix to my Mac from my DP-01FX, I notice the level of the song is pretty low. I run it through Audacity and normalize it but it doesn't make huge improvements. Is there a way to boost the final level of the song?

I directly recorded a guitar track into my DP-01FX. I originally wanted to add some distortion to it but I know you can't plug a line in directly from an amp so I was thinking of using the send & returns to go to a guitar stomp box. Will this work at all? I don't wanna blow anything up so I...

I don't know how old this topic is but I'll add my two cents anyway. I just got this unit last week. I'm pretty new to home recording. I messed around with a borrowed Tascam 414mkII for a few months a year ago and that's about as far as my multi track experience goes. When I finally got the...

That's actually some pretty good advice. Every time I sit down with that machine I discover something new, so maybe I should just lay off the gear for now. :) Thanks!

I just bought a Tascam DP-01FX small studio package. I thought I needed a mixer next but after reading some stuff, I now think I need an EQ. Then again, a compressor would be handy also! Can anyone reccomend the next logical step to take, that is, if there is anything logical about home...

I'm just now getting that "credit card shock" I've heard so much about after buying equipment. Since I'm still on the prowl for a mixer, I had to resort to eBay for either used or cheap stuff. I've always been very leary of any electronics sold on eBay so I'm wondering how other people read...

I own a DTXPress (first run). I've never used anything MIDI with it; everytime I've recorded with it I just run the mono out to the recording apparatus. Lately I've been wanting to try running each drum to it's own line on a mixer for better panning and control over mixing. This is impossible as...

Thanks! I'll be going with analog. I definitely wanted knobs to turn and sliders to push. I just wanted t make sure there wasn't gonna be some huge mess if I went analog. Thanks for the help!