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I would recommend analogue to anyone. My first recording setup was just a Zoom MRS-4. I got it when it first came out and used it for years. When I started making some money I decided that I needed to upgrade to an eight track setup. I really wanted to get an analogue setup because I loved the...

Surely this is a joke?

Hi, I was in my studio yesterday when suddenly my Alesis RA150 amplifier (powering the monitors) suddenly stopped working. There was no bang or anything like that, it just stopped. It turned out that the fuse had blown. I replaced it today but it just blew as soon as I switched it on. The power...

Same thing happened to me once. I just sat down to play some drums, hit the kick pedal and the cat shot out the hole at the front like a bullet!

I suppose it's my Tascam MS16 tape recorder. I couldn't decide between saying that or the desk. But really there is no single core piece of equipment. No one bit would function without the rest.

Hi, I'm planning on building a power supply for my pedalboard. It will need six 9v DC outputs. What I want to know is, is there any advantage to individually regulating each output? i.e. having a three pin regulator for each output fed from the supply after the filter caps. Alternatively, should...

This is something I've thought about a lot (and really just that, I haven't come to any conclusions!) In fact, I've been thinking about it a lot recently as I've got an album to finish. We've been working on it since summer and really want to get it finished and out soon. We keep going back and...

Probably about a million hours recording to every hour of mixing.

I always write the songs first. The only things that change during recording are the instruments. Some people manage to write songs in a structured way but I've never managed that. All of my songs just come to me suddenly. I'll sit down for hours and not come up with anything then suddenly...

Moresound: I'm on guitar and vocals. (I tried quoting using my phone but failed miserably)

Yeah, we just ran the mic straight into the camera. No processing. Cheers. Yeah, we're still together. We haven't been playing around much the past couple of years as we've been at university but we've started playing more recently and we're finishing a new album. There are a couple of videos...

Not exactly live and quite old now (4 years ago). Just something we recorded for a demo. Guitars just going through amps and the vocals through one PA cab. All recorded through a single Oktava MK219.

The only bleed that I find to be a problem is click track bleed and it's a real menace. It seems that no matter how careful i am, I still get some. I'm thinking of getting the drummer to track using in ear headphones covered with dt100s. This headphone leakage through guitar is something I...

I've almost finished recording a new album with my band (I say almost, it's taking us forever to finish). Anyway, all the bass on the album has been recorded through a blues deluxe (12" valve guitar amp) miked up with a single condenser mic (oktava mk219) right up against the cone. The signal...

It depends how good the photocopier is

And the feel has a big impact on the sound.

Mine were all replaced with the same relays. The old ones that came out were different (I think one had more shielding than the other)

I don't agree with the idea that there are loads of terrible sounding amps. I can usually plug into pretty much any amp and have it sound alright. Not amazing, but alright. Although I have heard a lot of guitarists with terrible guitar sounds. I'm not entirely sure how they get them but they...

I completely agree. Most of this thread has been talking about top end valve amps vs sims but I would also much rather have a small transistor amp than a sim. In fact, most of the time I play live with a Sessionette 75. It's not the best sounding amplifier but it sounds quite good and it's...

I usually find that pointing the mic directly at the rim gives me the best sound with the most pop. About 2" away from the rim. Then adding compression with a slow attack increases the pop significantly.