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Someone mentioned SUSE. (Rob maybe?) I've never heard of it. Red Hat and Ubuntu are the only versions I've ever heard of and I've never used either. I am going to put together a NAS basically in a spare i5 box I have kicking around. I actually have an i7 as well that I could use. This will be...

Seems as though the desktop days are waning. I have a decent box still running Win10. It will not handle Win11 so its days are definitely numbered. I don't game and if were to get into it I would have a dedicated box. I have an older recording box that I am going to stick with for now but having...

What do you think? I am doing up an informal recording space in my new abode. I have a mess of 2 x 4 panels of rigid insulation from my old space but as I got to looking at the new space I realize that the wall behind my seating position is where I have all my amps arrayed. I count 15 10" or...

I am coming in from wandering the desert for 15 years or so, Working on setting up my old machine. (Details over in the computer forum.) I have an earlier version of Reaper that I updated a few times but all in the version 2 lifespan. I do not expect to update free. The program is well worth the...

So this is a spin-off of the Firewire/USB thread. If you have read that you know the intro The short version is the old box came back to life with a new power supply. XP is up and running, my 2 audio interfaces both work at least on the output side. I have a bunch of mp3s on the box and they...

I thought I had posted this back along but search results are zero and maybe technology is better. I have a legacy (I guess) Echo Audiofire12 AD/DA converter. Lovely piece, worked great 15 years ago. No longer around or supported. What's the odds of bringing this to life with a converter...

Putting together a refurb PC for DAW duties. I5, 32gb RAM, Win10 64 bit, SSD for OS & progs. What is the current best practice for stripping down the OS, updates and etc.? This box will only go online if necessary. The last one I did was an XP machine over ten years ago. I am way out of touch...

After many years of sitting idle I am looking to fire up a new recording computer. My old box was a quick for its day XP machine with mirrored hard drives and Midiman and Echo Audio digital I/O converters and whatnot. (Shit I can't remember the lingo...) Anyway the Audiofire was a very nice...

Octave course first or the Rickenbacker method? Differences? Preferences? Different nut required?

Strange beastie this. Picked up at a yard sale some years ago by a guy that works for me. He was told it was 60's vintage. Could be. No maker mark whatsoever anywhere. I don't want to pull the pups or bridge just yet. I was hoping someone here would recognize it. Five piece neck. Looks like...

http://twit.cachefly.net/video/tri/tri0008/tri0008_h264b_864x480_500.mp4 Lots of stuff I didn't know. lou

I want to do new setups; change string gauge, lower the action, etc. on a couple guitars I've picked up in the last few years. Nothing drastic and nothing I've never done before but I've always intonated by ear and I think I could do better with a decent tuner with a digital readout or needle...

New Guitar Day was yesterday. UPS brang me a SG! The new 60s Tribute. This was a Musicians Friend return. It's in good shape, a few scratches. Gibson QC ain't that hot although maybe these stripper finishes are supposed to have streaks/light areas. I'm not big on cosmetics so it's no biggie. I...

How critical is the ohm rating on attenuators? I'm looking at a Marshall Plexi and figure I may need one. I have a hand-built that came with my boutique amp but I never knew they had different ohm ratings and I have no idea what mine is. It works with the amp at 8 or 16. Thanx. lou

Dear Muttley, Does headstock angle (or bridge to tailpiece) make any difference to string tension? Will lesser angles reduce the tension in the strings? There is an argument on a vintage site over the merits of 14 degree vs. 17 degree headstock angles and it would seem to me that when the...

Back in the day you could network two boxes with Direct Cable Connection. Is that still doable? I have two XP machines - nearly identical specs. One was my live recording rig and the other in the studio. I'm not gigging right now and thought I'd use one for backups and web stuff. I'm thinking...

Look what I found: LARGE LOT of Studio / Rehearsal room acoustic, sound panels NICE! Wish this had been up a month ago. lou

Nowhere near as advanced as what some have done. I'm basically taking over my daughter's bedroom (she lives with her mom). It's 10X20. Used to be two separate rooms but we combined them for her about five years ago. Took me a week to hoe all her shit out of there - still have to move her trophy...

I'm fleshing out my thoughts here in an effort to get some response. The Fitz question is going nowhere. I'm creating a space. Nothing "pro" here, just a listening, tracking, mixing room for me. As I develop my ideas I will provide more details but I don't want to get sidetracked or overwhelmed...

I've been reading up extensively on room treatment thinking about treating the spaces I have, such as they are and I've come across some info that has raised questions I haven't seen answered. Assuming the chosen material is rigid fiberglass of whatever depth would having a wood box frame...