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Thanks! The whole house (the Blue Note) is small. The recording gear is in my basement recording space. The rest - living room, kitchen, bedroom, office, bathroom, closets - are bespoke. (I might have fun playing, singing, and mixing in the bedroom, but my wife's votes are automatic...

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Oh! I get it. Lolwut indeed.

As I think I've said above, my usual practice has been to check my mixed AIFF recordings on a cheap stereo, then a more expensive stereo, then the car stereo. Our car stereo died about a month ago, though, so until we get a new car (probably in 2020), I'll be limited to the two stereos in the...

Thanks! The monitors are where they can be: about 2.5' from my face and about 2.5' apart. They can't go back farther because there's a wall and they can't come closer because there's a big Tascam there. The room is about as treated as it's going to be. Foam and wood ceiling, astroturf floor...

The thing is, some shoppers won't care and some will. You can't really predict who'll bite. If I were selling it, I might just go with reliable mid-range parts, like All Parts, since it's not a great guitar. But $50 isn't much in the scheme of things, and some shoppers will see some curb appeal...

Yep to all the above. Art is like the story of the dog in the middle of a river who's just been bitten by the deadly spider who's asked for a ride across. The dog says, "What did you do THAT for?" And the spider says, "It's my nature!"

Null is my interest in using the monitors. The headphones work better.

Interesting. Thanks! I leave the third in and make it a four-note chord. So do other guitar players I know. You might be right that a suspended chord is just three notes, but I've never played with anyone who limited it to that. I didn't mean it SOUNDS like a seventh. I meant that they have...

The spot seems okay. The tweeters are both aimed at my face and the triangle is pretty equilateral. The headphones will probably always win, anyhow.

Thanks! I already sing close to the mic - the old eat-the-mic school of singing. I only lean away when I'm live on stage and shouting. (I don't shout when I record. Don't have to!) The room is small, but the ceiling, floor, and most of the walls are soft and irregular (cloth, foam, rug, uneven...

By the way, I didn't answer your original question, did I? What I think of them is this: Like any effect, in the right hands they're great and in the wrong they make a bad situation worse.

That's what I do. The nearfields turned out to be a waste of money. But with the little plastic dinosaurs I have standing on them, they look too good to get rid of. Yet.

Actually, you'll want to voice diminished and augmented chords. And minors, of course. Suspended chords (sus 2's and sus 4's) won't matter, as long as someone else has them covered. They're just major chords with an extra note added for decoration - just like, say, a 7th chord. The 1-5 power...

Actually, you need to voice, diminished and augmented chords. And minors, of course. Suspended chords (sus 2's and sus 4's) won't matter, as long as someone else has them covered. Neither will dominant 7ths, major 7ths, 6ths, 9ths, or 13ths. The 1-5 power chord suggestion has save the lives...

Mike Bloomfield is flipping in his grave.

You probably already know this, but just in case, I'll mention that the most-listened-to envelope filter (a.k.a. auto-wah) is probably Jerry Garcia's Mu-Tron. He used it a lot. As far as I know, it was his favorite effect. At lower settings it added some expression, at higher levels it gave it...

Thanks, gang! That helps. The room isn't very reflective, and it's all I have. I generally listen to mixes on a cheap basement stereo, a good living room stereo, and the car stereo.

I'll try that. If it doesn't work, I'll know I can blame Tascam. Thanks!

Yup, have the triangle - about 2.5'x2.5'x2.5'. I guess I also wonder about the brand. I've used PAs with JBL, and Yamaha speakers and gotten good sound, but I'm not at all familiar with M-Audio. Are there other brands that have a better sound? I saw an ad for a pair of used 8" PreSonus Eris E8...