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Atlas make a shock-mount adapter which might stop unwanted vibrations getting into the mic. You might also use the low-cut switch on your pre (if there is one - usually labelled 90Hz or something like that) - that might get rid of rumbles and other LF stuff that you're not interested in -...

Ah! OK - that would make sense - providing of course, that the monitors aren't directly in line with the back of the mic, since the patterns of hyper-cardioids tend to have a very narrow lobe which sticks out the back of the mic - ie. at 180 degrees to its main axis, so the trick would be to...

Grand Piano: tape the PZMs to the inside of the lid - 1 over the bass strings, one over the treble strings. If you're careful, and use "Gaffer's Tape" you will be unlikely to damage the piano. If you have the lid closed, you will get all piano sound, and nothing else (no room acoustics, no...

Hi Dave! Welcome to Home Recording dot com - Pardon my ignorance, but how does this relate to "gain-before-feedback" ? I would have thought that if the mic had more output, it would feedback earlier, i.e. with less gain... unless there was something else happening - like, for instance a...

One would have thought that LDs would tend to be chosen over SDs, but then again, it's not really diameter or length, but what one does with it... er, the microphone, that is... - Wil

Thanks! I made the recording as a favour for my bass teacher (who was playing double-bass). I'd heard these chaps play a number of times before, and had suggested that it might be a Good Thing to record them for posterity. I used a pair of SM-81s on the vibes, and a pair of C1000Ses as...

Here's a link to one of the numbers I recorded recently at the local library: Steppin' Out With My Baby Comments? Brickbats? (ducks...) - Wil

I have a couple of Presonus MP-20s, and I like them - they're OK; I also have two HHB Radius-40s, which are much nicer but are more $$. The Roland pres really aren't all that good, and if you're only going for one, I would get the Radius-40 (~$650 from Full Compass). The Radius-40 features a...

I understand Elvis is losing weight... ...at last! :)

Ah, well - 30 views, and not one single comment - obviously a quiet day here on Home recording dot com - perhaps people were put off by my request for sensible ideas or suggestions - I'm sure people would have had no problem in coming up with some of the more trite recommendations - oh, well -...

I have the opportunity to record a gig at the local library, and was looking for suggestions/tips/advice. The instruments are vibes, double-bass, drums. I would normally go the unobtrusive route (2 x PZMs on the wall or floor, no mic stands to obstruct the view), but the library is...

You could get a pair of HHB Radius 40s and still have change from $1500. - Wil

One of my systems is a Quad* 44 pre with Quad 405 power amp. Quad's philosophy always used to be something like: "...minimum knob-age, and controls-with-which-to-fiddle, means there's less chance of introducing interference (noise, phase, mechanical failure) in the signal chain..."...

I've been listening that way for the past forty years - relieved to find I'm not the only "weirdo"... :) - Wil

Hello Peter, Welcome to the bbs. Thanks for the heads-up. Been there, done that, got the T-shirt, wrote the recipe ;) Here's a selection of threads passim... https://homerecording.com/bbs/showthread.php?threadid=18342 https://homerecording.com/bbs/showthread.php?threadid=47621...

The B77 uses 1/4" tape. If it's 4-track, that usually means 2-tracks (stereo) are available in each direction, i.e. you cannot record 4-track at a time on it. I sold a PR99 on eBay for a friend about 6-months ago. We got $250 for it (and both meters worked...)

My first tape-recorder was a Roebuck 4-track, mono - I don't have any pics, but here's my second tape-recorder. It is a Vortexion it is half-track, mono, and uses a Ferrograph deck/transport. I still have it in storage back in the UK. I bought it used in the late 1960s. "Of course, we...

I've never seen 100' snakes which were not balanced. I can't think why anyone would use a 100' un-balanced cable. I've never seen one; that doesn't mean they don't exist, but has anyone else ever used anything of that length un-balanced? I think we should be told! Imagine how much noise and...

It depends on the snake: If the snake uses XLR connectors, wired in the standard way for balanced signals, then the answer is YES. Some of the shorter (<10') snakes are made using single-ended (unbalanced) cable and TS (tip-sleeve) connectors, so phantom power would not be usable with these...

All you need are 3 channels on a mixer, with the ability to pan 2 of them right or left. You don't really need a special decoder. See other threads about this - I have to dash out here - squash game calls, will check later... byeeee! - Wil