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This may be a stupid question, but, as a guitarist (predominantly) I've always wondered about it. So many 80s songs, for example, featured guitars and keys, and often times the guitars were just playing power chords (i.e., root and 5th only - no 3rd). When this is going on, what are the keys...

I'm curious if every guitar player has this ... what I call the "holy sh*t" moment. Here's my story. I started playing guitar at 14 (1985 I think) on a borrowed Peavey T-15, which had a built-in, bare bones (solid state, obviously) amp in the case. (See pic. I don't own this anymore, but this...

Hey y'all, I just finished all the guitars last night for one of two full songs that will appear at the end of a DIY Home Recording book and wanted to get opinions. The only thing that’s left on this is the vocals and then the mix. This one’s just an all-out, bare-bones rock tune (I was...

I have a few older units in my rack and can't find info in the manuals about whether or not the 1/4" connections are balanced or unbalanced. I was hoping I could find an easy way to tell without having to open them up (I'd have to take them out of the rack), and I saw this on a forum...

Curious if anyone has any insight on this. I've gotten into synths a good bit over the past 10 years (guitar is my main instrument), and I've been curious about the typical workflow that bands used in the 80s for a song with a prominent synth track, whether it's a bass line, arpeggios, etc...

Hey y'all, this is another from my wife's album. Just FYI, this one has already been mastered, so it's a good bit louder than the previous mixes I've posted. But it hasn't been released yet, so there's still time to make changes if something really needs to change. Thanks for any comments!

Another one from my wife's solo album. Thanks for any feedback!

Song #4 from the wife's album. Thanks for any comments!

This is the third song from my wife's solo album. Thanks for any thoughts, comments, or suggestions!

This is the second track off my wife's solo album. Thoughts appreciated. Thanks!

Hey y'all, I'm in the process of mixing my wife's solo album and was hoping I could get some ears on a few of these. Here's the first: "Wayfaring Stranger." Thanks!

Curious to hear opinions on this. What I'm after is a practical approach. In other words, I'm not really interested in answers like "Well, you gotta have a Les Paul just because .... it's the quintessential rock guitar." It very well may be, but could you get close enough with another guitar? Of...

I'm just learning how to use Studio One, so I recorded this little tiny acoustic piece. I imagine it in a fantasy movie show or film. Anything jump out at you? Thanks

Hey y'all, This may be a dumb question, as I'm not incredibly MIDI savvy, so forgive me. I know it's an easy matter to assign each note of a chord in a MIDI editor window (of a DAW) to a different MIDI channel. However, is it possible to do this from the MIDI controller itself? In other...

Hey y'all, So I'm in the middle of a recording on my Yamaha MT4x 4-track recorder. I've filled up all four tracks and am going to do an external stereo bounce. The MT4X does not have inserts, but I'd like to process one of the guitars with my KT2A compressor. The machine does have Tape Outs...

Hey y'all, So I moved recently and have set up the studio in and started recording again, and my wife and I are noticing that the vocal tracks aren't sounding as clear/pleasant. Here are the factors that have changed: I replaced my old Tascam US-1800 interface with a Presonus 1824c. We're...

Just got a Yamaha MT4x cassette 4-track. :) I'd always had my eyes on this model and found a good deal that included a very nice SKB case, 5 TKD blank cassettes, and the manual. Put it through its paces tonight and recorded this little ditty, which is a song in the works. Acoustic, vocal, and...

Hey y'all, So I just bought my first hardware oscilloscope off ebay. It's mainly just a curiosity, although I would like to make use of it with regard to calibrating tape machines (azimuth, etc.) eventually. However, it arrived slightly damaged -- the handle is broken. The seller told me he...

Not too much to mix here - guitar and vocal - but I wouldn't mind some extra pairs of ears with regard to EQ, etc. Thanks much! Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - YouTube

Hey y'all, I posted a quick rough mix of this one a while back in the analog forum. This is the real mix, along with a video showing the making of. I took a vacation to a cabin all by my lonesome and took a bunch of equipment with me, and this was the result. Any feedback greatly appreciated...