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I'm completely fed up with with the crappy patch cables from hosa or peavy or whoever. Those color-coded multipack ones don't work fresh out of the package sometimes and I've had problems with the send/return Y cables also. But I sure don't need to pay fifteen bucks a pop for 1ft cables form...

I'd like to get some opinions on kick drum heads for recording. I Know that some people feel what's best for giging is not what's best for recording. I don't really have the time or money to experiment so opinions would help. The drum is 22", the beater is hard felt, and the style is...I dunno...

Potentiometer cleaner that is. I've got a Mackie board with obnoxiously scratchy & crackly trim knobs. I seem to recall hearing somewhere that pot cleaner can actually do harm. Is this true? Does it even work?

I have no idea what it means to "run the plug-in as an offline command." I'm not very good with this stuff. What I did do is open a pre-recorded wav file, pull down the tool box menu, select directx, select analogx dcoffset. Once I got that far I tried what seemed like everything. The only thing...

Uhh...certainly. But I don't know how to. I'll try to talk to someone who does. You mean send you a wave file, right?

If you take the bulb off a 58 there is a foam disc on top. Could this be the main difference from a 57? I poked at this disc and found it had deteriorated to the point I could rub it off (my 58s are twelve years old and have spent alot of time in damp basements). Is it now the same as a 57...

I've been having DC offset problems with my recordings. Most likely due to my cheapo stock sound card, I'm told. It's a soundblaster audioPCI 64D made by Ensoniq. I've downloaded and tried using the DCoffset plug-in from http://www.analogx.com which allows you to manually shift the offset of a...

Many thanks. I just downloaded the program. Haven't tried it yet though. My card is an Ensoniq sounblaster audioPCI 64D. I'd heard that these weren't to shabby as far as cheapos go. I will look into getting a better one. If you have any suggestions that'd be cool. I'll probably start a new post...

Oops. I posted this question on "computer rec. & soundcards" first and gave up on it rather quickly after not getting a reply. I just went back and checked and there is one that says it's probably a symptom of my cheap Soundblaster card and gives a link to a fixit plugin. It is...

I tried the "read ahead optimization" thing to no avail. Everything is the same as before I think. At least as far as soundcard and software go. However I did go back and take a closer look at some of my older recordings and most DO have this problem. It's just not as drastic. The offset seems...

I mix down to my computer through the line-in of my soundcard. I use dart pro software. I recently started getting distinct pops at the beggining and end of tracks. I was completely nonplussed when I discovered that my wave forms in the graphic display were off-center. What I mean by this is...

I don't know the lingo so bear with me here. You know those graphic signal displays used in a lot of recording software? The horizontal is time and the vertical is amplitude. The signal should be centered on a line representing zero amplitude. When there's no signal or just a little noise, the...

I have two Shure mikes that look identical to SM57s except they don't say SM57 on them. They do say PE66L on them but not in a way that sticks out. I think they might be older because Shure is written slightly different. The letters are red and not slanted like they are on my 58s (which are 12...

Thank you, thank you, thank you sonusman for that answer. I'm really suprised that it can make such a difference seeing as I've NEVER seen this info before. My mackie mixer must have a pretty hot output since I have to go way below unity when the soundcard record volume is all the way up. I was...

I've been told by a coupla different people that an SM57 uses the same diaphragm as the 58. They test the batches and the ones that don't spec out as well become 57s. Sounds far-fetched but like I said, I've heard it from more than one source. Is this just a myth? It would sure be embarassing to...

Hey kristian, It's been so long since you posted this, I don't know if you will see this. This EXACT same question has been bugging the hell out of me too. It seems like an obvious question, but despite all my searching, I haven't found the answer. I posted this question a few days ago on...

If you're using the direct outs, no. The aux returns go straight to the main mix(except for #3, which can be switched to the sub outs). The effected signal gets mixed with the un-effected one unless you 1.mute the channel or 2.turn it's fader all the way down or 3. leave the channal...

The meter on the Dart cd recorder program IS less than stellar, but I am able to use it to set a final level with no clipping. The delimma is how to set the record level fader (It's in my taskbar in windows 98). The fader has no position markings to speak of. At it's default setting, I had to...

I'm mixing down some 8trk tape stuff using a mackie mixer into the line in of an ensoniq audioPCI card and using Dart CD recorder. Is there an optimum setting for that stupid little recording level fader(with the hard to use meter)in the windows mixer? (I know what the final level should look...