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We've had a lot of trouble here at our house. The place was built in 1964, and while the builder did a FINE job when they built it, previous owners have done somethings that I've been systematically UN-doing since I moved in 7 years ago. I re did the downspout drains and a french drain along one...

Dealing with water once its entered your basement is basically admitting defeat. Do you own this house or rent? What are the basement walls? Poured concrete or block? If its poured concrete and theres a crack, epoxy injection works very well from the inside (if you're diy savvy, you can find a...

Hey, one more question. What about the onboard effects processor? Can you use those effects in a session? I mean, I'd never track with effects on; I always track dry and add effects in Reaper. So, do the effects from the MOTU show up in the effects list in your recording software? It would be...

I use damn near all 16 channels when I record now... 1. Drum Overhead left 2. Drum Overhead right 3. snare 4. Kick 5. Tom High 6. Tom Mid 7. Tom Low 8. Snare Trigger 9. Guitar one 10 Guitar two 11. bass 12. Vocal 13. Vocal 14. Vocal So, 14 tracks if we do a live take. If I'm recording for...

The glitcheeness of the 1010lts in Win7 is a big reason for wanting to upgrade. But, stepping up to (presumably) better sounding converters would be a big plus too. Going back to XP is a totally do-able thing I think. The reason I upgraded to Win7 was because I wanted a 64bit os to go with my...

Yeah, that totally helps. I read in my searching about the 5v and 3v PCI slots. I've been building PCs for 10 years now and never knew there was a difference, lol. Buying from ebay (which I pretty much Never do), I don't know how much luck I'd have in getting ownership transferred. The more I...

I enjoyed reading this. I work with a lot of attorneys- mostly all real estate related. Though I'm not even close to being one myself, I "get" the jargon and process and can appreciate the thought that goes along. Anyway a few questions that popped into my head... 1) Can a minor/child even...

I've been half-heatedly shopping for a new interface for a while now. I currently use two MAudio Delta 1010lt cards in a pc w/ 64bit Win7. While I know there are higher quality interfaces on the market, for the price these have been really good for the past 8 or 9 years now. However, when I...

sounds like you've got a firm grip on the stereo issue (lots of people come around and want to put up one mic, then record it to a "stereo" track thinking it'll then be "in stereo"). With that said, I pretty much never record to a stereo track, even when I'm recording in stereo. I think the most...

Halogen track lights are a nice look. I would suggest, if you're wiring up this space new, I'd consider running several lighting circuits. You probably want to stay away from dimmers since they tend to hum. So, have one switch that has a few lights for low ambient light- like enough to work and...

I missed that. Looks like the same ballpark as the NGP stuff I linked. The important thing IMO is to get an automatic drop bottom, not just a sweep thats gonna wear out, fall off, ect. Let us know how it goes!

There lots of different type of door seals out there. The stuff you find at the home centers will leave quite a bit to be desired... You'll want to shop the internet or find a local commercial door supplier. Here a few links to seals and drop bottoms...

IMO the door is definitely the weak link... and I'll concur with John- fix the door and go from there. The other weak link is likely to be the window. Maybe you could build like a pair of swinging shutters to close over the window. You could even put some acoustic treatment on one side so when...

Do you have a computer / laptop? If you want to do this on the super-cheap, get a cheap mic preamp, connect your ECM99 to the input. A few cables and adapters, and you can connect the analog output from the preamp into the input on your computer (hint, you want to make sure you're using the...

Good info... thanks guys. I've been using this plugin; Download Drumtrig – VST sample replacer - Hometracked Its pretty basic, but its done the trick. Really, I'm just looking to find a more reliable / dummy proof way and a trigger seemed like a logical fix. In the past, I haven't had trouble...

Cool. that's what I needed to know... I wouldn't use the trigger exclusively. I'd still mic the snare to get the mic'd sound and then use the "trigger" track to use a sample, then blend the two. Thanks for the response...

I record acoustic drums; a set of Pearl exports I picked up from Dross. Sometimes I'll make a copy of my snare track, keep one "natural" then on the copied track use a drum replacer software that uses the peak of each snare hit to trigger a sampled snare (like this one). I only do this if I have...

Newegg has great prices and IME has always been REALLY helpful on the rare occasion I need to return something. On average, I probably build 3 or 4 computers a year for myself, family and friends, all from newegg parts. i always check the reviews, and and biggest thing I'm looking for is doa or...

so... what about backup drives? you are planning on regular backups, right? My normal PC build now is at least 3 drives... (1) for programs, windows (c:) (1) for data / music files (1) to make a nightly backup of the data/music drive. If you're on Win7, fBackup is a good free backup utility...

Its hard to tell what the first material is, but it *looks* like a rigid fiberglass or rockwool panel with a fabric cover. If thats the case, this will be far superior to the foam. Do some reading around here on DIY panels and bass traps. What you'll find is that rigid fiberglass has much better...