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I like my 414, but wish I would have waited, saved, and bought a 424. I plug my Yamaha electric keyboard in two different ways, depending on what I want. If I just want one track, I just plug it right into one of the standard unbalanced inputs. Keep the fader in the shaded position, and use...

Maybe check out the Hot Deals or Free Ads for Used Equipment on this site? I haven't checked them out in a while, but maybe...

Just a little correction to an earlier response... the Art Tube MP is mono. If you want stereo, you'll need the Dual MP or another manufacturer's equivalent.

I got one of these systems about 2 months ago, and am using it with a 414. The section on Dragon's website helped me with the decision. I decided I needed more than headphones for adequate monitoring, but didn't have a lot to spend... kinda the same reasoniong that led me to the 414 in the...

I have a Tascam 414, and I'm pretty happy with it, given its limitations... but looking back I wish I'd sprung for the 424. I suspect from my experience and that of numerous folks whose posts I've read here that you may encounter a similar situation if you go out and get 4 SM 57 mics. Many...

Slackster - What mic (or mics) are you plugging into the MP? So you're not able to get the input to clip, either... hmm. Are you able to get acceptable (or better I hope) levels to record? What are you using to pre-amp the pre-amp?

Puh-Puh-Puh Patrick: Thanks for the comments - this is the kind od situation analysis I try to do myself. Yuppers, the mic is on. I moved the switch a couple times to make sure it was positioned correctly - all the way to on position. I did get some sound on tape: moderate to loud...

A Sears Silvertone sunburst acoustic (early '60's cowboy guitar?) with a Japanese magnetic pickup of unknown age/origin screwed into the soundhole: the slide guitar from pecos purgatory that makes the most hardened luthiers cringe with revulsion and shake with joy... A Martin DC-1 An early...

With a 1) broken K-mart karioke machine (it comes with a real microphone!), 2) an dusty old boombox that has never seen a head cleaning (it comes with a built-in microphone!), 3) a cheesy yamaha keyboard bought for 10 bucks at a yard sale, 4) a bunch of well-played Neil Sedaka tapes (put scotch...

I guess somebody has to post the most wimpy collection: 1 AKG C1000s 1 SM 57 1 Roland D-10 (sort of an SM58 clone) 1 EV RE-20 and 2 funky little plastic-bodied dynamic mics that came with my circa 1972 Rheem sound-on-sound 2-track reel-to-reel. They sound better than the Roland, and for some...

Well... first off, I'm not real happy with the scanty info provided by ART on the Tube MP... seems to leave alot to trial and error. I'm using an AKG 1000s into the xlr input of the Tube MP, then an unbalanced 1/4 cable from the MP's output into the regular mic/line input of a Tascam 414...

Don't know about that particular Electro Voice mic, but I came across an EV RE-20 condensor, did a search and found the EV website, and the technical assistance/customer support folks there had faxed me the original spec sheet on the mic in about 24 hours. This didn't provide me with user...

1. No, I'm singing into the left side of the mic... nyuk nyuk nyuk. I'm using a brand new (first time out of the box)AKG C1000s mic. Yes, the phantom power is turned on - I even installed a battery in the mic, as it was unclear from the instuctions whether or not it would function without a...

also - check out the discussion in "why record vocals on two tracks" posted in this section

In "All you Need is Ears: the Making of Sgt Pepper", George Martin discusses the use of double tracking the vocals... also describes how they got all that sound on 4 tracks on a song-by-song basis. There is also a book in my local library (I can't remember the title!) in the Beatles section...

Although they do seem to be getting harder to find, I also prefer the TDK SA 60's. There is just something about the shell that seems to make them more like a part of my 414's transport mechanism than just a plastic box holding tape. At one point I spent the cost of about ten tapes sitting on...

I may be weird, but... even with my cheap cassette multitrack and an SM57, I shut off the furnace by turning down the thermostat (and it can get cold where I live) and reach in the fridge and turn the temp thingy to off. As well as take the phone off the hook, etc. Now, I don't do this if I'm...

Slack - I copied this down from a previous msg from somebody: "Put the SM57 4-6 in behind the pop screen, and the C1000 2 feet back and slightly to the side. Pan both about 50% L/R." My situation just about mirrors yours... but I just bit the bullet and ordered an ART Tube MP (97.95 @...

billS: I had the same "bleed-through" problem when I used open or semi-open type headphones. Supposedly the advantage of this type of design is a more spacious sound feild. I then got a pair of Yamaha RH2B closed (sometimes referred to as sealed) headphones - cheap! - about $20 in most of the...

Geez... I thought I posted a reply to the replies but it doesn't seem to be here. Anyway, thanks for the honest feedback (and to Sonusman) for the rib-tickling tongue lashing. I just wish that I'd found this whole discussion site about 18 months ago. I'm sure based on the advice found...