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I wouldn't put the drums on an outside track, they're the most prone to drop outs and it's a real pain if that happens to the drums. When I had an 8 track I used to mix he drums to track two and I very rarely got drop outs. Just try not to stick anything important and fairly constant on an...

I recommend the Fostex 812. They're often for sale in good condition for very low prices. I had one before I upgraded my studio (needed more channels) and it served me very well.

yeah, it's wider than it looks. It's just the right height to work at too. I'm very pleased with it. Here are the finished pictures:

So... here it is: I made it today. It just needs staining and painting now. I should have that done in the next day or two.

What did you do? Lend out some gear and never get it back?

What are the benefits of plywood over MDF? MDF seems to be a lot cheaper but I don't want to skip on quality if that's an issue.

Thanks for all the suggestions. My current plan is now this: build two 'pillars' with bottom and two sides (left and right) made out of 3/4" MDF and rectangular frames at the top and bottom made out of 3x1. use a single piece of 3/4" MDF for the top and screw into the 1x3. cut a long strip and...

I've got another pair of floor stnading monitors I use, the bridge would just be for near-fields. I can always take them off the bridge too and move them around if needed. It would probably be useful for putting other stuff on too. what do you mean about the rack rails? I was :) Nice desk...

Hi, I'm going to be building a desk to house all my recording equipment in the next few weeks. I've got a rough idea of it but I haven't done a proper design yet (with measurements etc.) My recorder (Tascam MS16) stands as a separate unit so it needs to house the following: Studiomaster 20/16/2...

Have you considered a Fostex R8? It would only take up a bit more space than the 238 and like the 388, would fill the gap between the 80-8 and cassette. 1/4" tape is around £10 a reel so it could be a lot cheaper to run than 1/2".

I've had it on headphones for almost 20 minutes now. So much better than silence :D

this is AWESOME!!!!!

Well, I was. I only had 8 tracks (fostex R8) so I used to record the three tracks then bounce them to one. I've got a 16 track now though (Tascam MS16) so I don't need to bounce the tracks. I've actually got a matched pair of Oktava MK219s. That's the mic I use for an overhead so I suppose I...

I use one overhead, one on the snare and one on the bass drum. I think it's far more important to have these three mics than to have stereo overheads and no spot mics on the bass and the snare (just my opinion though). That would take up three tracks as I like to retain the ability to change the...

The one that always frustrates me is: 'I've been recording my guitar, I'm trying to record in stereo but it keeps just coming out on one track and the other is blank' 'What are you using to record' 'an SM57 into my interface' 'well, that's a mono source, you need to just record a mono track' 'I...

1. If you didn't have enough mics/tracks for stereo 2. If you think the sound of mono drums suits the individual track (as I often do).

I think a lot of people don't realise just how much stuff there is to know. I don't think I've ever been a newbie in that way as I took a funny route into recording. I've been basically obsessed with it since i was about 8. I read about it all the time, I read all the books on recording I could...

those guys always annoyed me when I was a kid. I learnt on fairly cheap guitars (I had an Encore then a yamaha pacifica) and a strat always seemed like a magical object to me; something that you dreamed to own one day. When I saw kids that were bought an american strat to learn on, it really...

track to tape, mix in analogue to tape ;) .... erm, I would imagine you'd get more advantage out of tracking to tape. You'd probably want to push the tape harder for some instruments to get saturation but not for others. I record to tape and mix direct to CD and I'm pretty happy with the results.

I usually put an LDC overhead, an SM57 on the snare and an AKG D112 on the bass drum. I compress the snare and the bass and gate the bass. I then get the mix right between the two and bring up the overhead until it sounds right to me. I also boost the bass frequencies in the overhead to bring...