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That indeed IS a proof of the fourth dimension thingy... If your shoes turn out to be more likely to become right ones then there must be a fourth dimension as a 'flipping' the fourth dimension (like flipping a page through the third dimension) would be the way to get from left shoe to right...

Is small just due to the neighbors and deafening or also because of the price? I assume that sompin like a marshall TSL (can already be switched to lower vol) and may an additional powerbrake could do the job. You might think of building a simple very small box for use with the powerbrake (maybe...

What might help alot is a way of recording with digital sims, that I often used: record direct in via something like a pre and possibly a compressor. Why the comp? It somehow seems to give the 'right' feedback through air that makes a lot of a real guitar sound. Record dry. Then in mixdown, try...

You may even try to compress twice: first time to flatten everything, second one (large attack) to get the crunch back in... (I needed to do that with my former bass player, his notes were VERY inconsisten in volume --- and timing thats why he left the house...) aXel

I Compress almost every single track (and the sum in the end). I am a copmpression addict. I know that this is not considered the way to go for many guys here, but I like the sound (doing pop/punk rock). Once you know how to tweak the attack, it will still sound nice. You may also try multiband...

IMHO, the prob with the sims is always the same: The sound is too perfect alone but will not cut through in the mix. Downloaded the example, and it is a good example. Too much high end, too much distortion, too much 'single track fancies' (like verb on the track). Just back off, less...

If you don't think you can redo a second version of a track, rerecord it any way. try another first take that you CAN double. In the end play with them. Some 'accidental' parts can sound very cool if they let the doubled guitar 'break apart'... Doubleing is not worth, IMHO. You'll always end up...

Strange enough, I often do some scratch vocals just to get deeper into the song, to have everyone understand the lyrics a.s.o. and often they will end up in the song. But our recording type IS weird: drum machine, scratch bass, scratch guitars and scratch vocals, then guitars then bass and the...

on the 'puter: drumagog (havent used it yet, though) on 'real' recorder: alesis d4/d5/dm pro or a sampler that can trigger sound through triger in (emu 4xt ultra) The 50Hz trick sounds really cool, and you might try to use some compression (I often used multiband compression for similar...

Think of adding a third track onto that you record you tempo taping foot. Should be enough to get the tempo right for the overdub. It might be enough to count in at the difficult points at the scratch track (because the problemsy should be there when there is nothing recorded...) aXl

Well I don't think it's over produced, but I can can understand that point of view. When I first heard it, I was quite frustrated, how FAT it sounded. Dunno if I wanted to be that fat (I mean my music; I surely am ;) ), but definitely my sound could need a little more of that sound. (Have to...

The Tascam seems a nice idea... You might also think about a Roland vs890 or so - if you can get them still (here in Germany you can SOMETIMES find some musicstores kicking them out -- old demo versions... You might also try to get on from ebay. The 880EX/890 is quite cheap now. I'd NOT go for...

I find it most convenient to record scratch drums via drum machine first. Then lay down scratch bass and guitar tracks, followed by scratch vocals. The our drummer does the reals drums. Often we end up in using all scratch tracks (except the drum machine) in the end... aXel

If you use a software compressor or a DAW (like one of the Roland VS machines), be sure to compensate for the time delay that the compressor may cause. I found out that on my VSs it works best, ifr I apply the compressor patch to BOTH channels, but use a ridiculously high threshold (e.g. 0dB...

Funny enough, I alwas have the opposite problem: I drown everything in reverb and people tell me that it's too dry... :( aXel

I assume that this may have two reasons: a) former digital mixers might have had not too much headroom. Staying a factor of two below the limits seems reasonable. (And if two peaks add, they're still within the limit). b) the meters often act a little slower, so reaching -4 may be 0 fast...

record it and you'll be having lots of fun... :D Sincerely: There should be books on voice training - lot of actors learn that... aXel

BBS's that have their own dragon cave aren't likely to maintain civility ;) aXel

Play back your sound on a ghetto blaster use the 'tone' knob and rerecord... That's real lo-fi :D Sorry, couldn't resist... aXel

Funny enough I was almost grilled when I stated that subtractive EQ and additive could (at least theoretically) alternatively be used when I came here... There's one thing that IS true on subtractive EQ: narrow banded subtractive EQ is psychoacoustically less audible, as the brain is used to...