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i was welcomed as i got home from work today by a sticker on the door that i could see from the driveway. as i walked closer i could read the fexex ensignia. i turned to the right, and there under the doormat (which apparantly is good for more than just hiding keys) were my Wharfedale's. i've...

hate is a strong word. i know a few people who think that there are better choices for mics than an SM57. its mostly going to depend on what you're trying to record. personally i like the Sennheiser e609 better on guitar amps but the e609 is a little more difficult to position for snare drums...

you can just draw your room layout in paint. just use rectangles/circles and label them. its probably the easiest way to do it without a learning curve. or you can learn to use the demo version of SmartDraw7

you can get a d-sub to 8 channel snake for around $50 this will split the d-sub out of your mixer to 8 seperate TRS jacks. as long as your sound card has inputs for 8 TRS jacks then you can keep them seperate. i use a firewire interface but from looking at PCI cards the 8 channel ones tend to...

if you're set on the Firewire Audiophile then the best solution is to plug your mic into the tubepre and then use the 1/4" out to the Audiophile. You would need a cable that changes from 1/4" to RCA but it shouldn't be expensive. are you set on firewire? i know there are problems with...

i just bought myself one of those American Deluxe Tele's and it is wonderful. i use the S1 switch all the time. it pretty much just changes the pickup wiring between parallel and series so it shouldn't be hard to mod an older Fender to do the same thing (if you can get the same pot). you might...

do you like the sound coming out of your amp when you use the pedal? if not then, yes, you'll probably want something else. although i haven't heard many pedals that can get you a "metal" sound. most of those tones are done through the amp. if you like the sound coming out of the amp then it...

i have an SM57 and an e609. i like the 609 a little bit more for miking guitar amps. Harlequin, i know you're on a tight budget so what do you plan on recording? you probably want mics that are very versatile and can be used on lots of different sources. you don't have to have the best mics...

i haven't been playing guitar nearly as long as many of you but i will say that i picked up a mesa dc3 over the marshall jcm2000 combo. i wanted a combo because i don't need 100watts or a 4x12 cab. i decided on the mesa because i liked its dark tone. i also liked its versatility. i didn't like...

oh yeah, it was pointed out earlier but the monitors you are looking at aren't studio monitors. they are live stage monitors. they also aren't powered so you would need to have an amp for them. you might just want to try hooking up a good stereo system to your multitrack. it'll work better than...

actually with a room that small you can just use a bookcase as a diffusor. just make sure to set the books up in sort of a random pattern. make sure you use books with different heights and widths. try to set them up so you don't have the same size books next to each other (like don't use a set...

you guys better be right about these Wharfedale's 'cause i'm joining the club

i thought i remembered seeing some links to this type of comparative test. i think it was in one of Ethan's articles? here read this article

i'm joining the club. the more i looked into it they just seemed like the right monitor for me

the fender and swr amps are too bright for me. I have the Marshall AS50 and as far as i'm concerned the only way to go better is to get a Trace Elliot but that'll cost you $$$. the Marshall has 2 channels. so you can have either 2 guitars or 1 guitar and a vocal. i use mine with my Martin and...

SilverSurfer, i know it can be difficult to record using a large amp but there are ways around it. You can record just using a preamp like the Mesa TriAxis. You can even use a powersoak and then hook your amp up to a single 12" speaker. These solutions will decrease the total volume you're...

i can understand the drop c# tuning. it can add a lot on the low end for metal and post-punk/hardcore. just please tell me you're not gonna compress the heck out of it like all the nu-metal bands (blechh). 58? you should really try to find another mic for the kick. the high-pass solution...

HOME RECORDING! who says it has to be worse than studio recording. The reason its called home recording is because of the location NOT the quality of the product. Right now i only have 2 electric guitar amps (mesa boogie dc3 and fender princeton chorus), however i'm not looking at a POD because...

cubasis considers the US122 as one input. that means it can either be used to record one stereo set or two mono tracks. Each track in Cubasis has a Bus Selector. You just need to change that to include the left bus for one and the right for the other track. i used a us122 for a few months when...

sorry it took so long. i've been busy building some acoustic treatments. Windows XP 2.8 GHz P4 512 MB RAM (picking up another 512 today) Cubase SL2