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I've been using workstations for a while now (currently using an AW16G) and I've liked the all in one nature of them but it's always been a hassle to do editing on them or transferring to my PC for editing (I know newer ones can do this now). I'm a computer geek so I've got a pretty good PC...

My dad is looking for some in ear wireless monitoring solutions and it looks like either Nady or Shure (for 2x Nady price). So as we were talking about stuff I told him he should just look into some wireless headphones and maybe take them apart and use the pieces. Then I came up with the idea of...

I've been reading up on this thing and I'm wondering how much "coloring" it actually does to the monitoring chain. It has all of the connections I'm looking for and I really like the gain control abilities. I'm building a home studio in my basement and I'm looking to hook it up to my PC, AW16G...

I finally ran into my first balanced/unbalanced problems. I bought a balanced patchbay to hook all my gear (mostly balanced) and found out that the outputs of my workstation are unbalanced as well and one of my monitors are unbalanced and so is my soundcard interface (arg). So I was initially...

I bought a used pair of BX8's recently for listening to music in my office (and possibly using them in my studio) but one of them has developed a disturbing crackling/distortion sound. I tried switching the speaker channels and the sound followed the monitor. I'm pretty sure it's the woofer and...

I'm wondering what a good setup would be for a house system to handle bar bands. A coworker of mine owns a bar and I'll like to help her get setup for handling shows. (Maybe I'll even get to play soundman). Beyond stereo micing the band and running through a PA, what would be an adequate system...

I've been putting together my studio again now that I have a house and can dedicate some space to it and I'm in the process of getting everything cabled up when I've learned my first lesson of you get what you pay for. Once I got everything setup I wanted to test a mic through my fancy new...

I have a bunch of cheap mics (most of the popular budget ones) and as I was doing some recording with them in my new studio room and I got to thinking. I've done a couple of comparison tests before where I set each mic in as much the same spot as possible and set the same levels and stuff to see...

I've been searching around looking for portable hard disk recorders lately and was curious if anyone else has had much luck in finding something useful. What I really think would be cool is an iPod with a line in but that's a little bit away from what I've heard. I'm looking for something like...

I'm doing some recording with my M1 and my wonderful Breedlove but I'm having a little difficulty getting the right sound out of the pickup. I've applied a little Eq here and there using my PAraDI but I'm getting a small amount of 'quack' on my high E string and I can't seem to tame it without...

After much hemming and hawing, I finally purchased a 4ch Sytek pre as an early b-day present. Got the 2 standard, 2 BB setup. I'm really excited to get it and might even have a small gig to try it out with next weekend. I'll be sure to do some clips when I get it and put them up on my website.

I've decide to finally throw my money down and get a Sytek pre to replace my wounded dmp3. The only question I have is where to get it from? The two places I'm considering are going through ebay (or directly) with Mike or getting it from proaudiotoys.com. I know people have said Mike is good to...

I've been having this problem with my DMP3 lately where when I plug in two condensor mics I get a lot of electrical hum (even at low gain). If I unplug one of the mics (leaving the cable in and out of the pre) it goes away. I've tried swapping cables but I get the same thing. I've to narrow it...

I'm looking at moving up from my DMP3 and I'm looking for some suggestions. I'm thinking a lateral move would be to a MAudio Octane but I think I'd rather buy something significantly better. So I'm pondering on a Sytek MPX-4Aii (with 2 burr brown channels) or recently an Amex 9098 DMA. I hear a...

Anyone play with one of these yet? I'm thinking it might be a good front end to a project studio. And since I like my DMP3 I thought it might be worth looking into. The eight channels would work nicely with my AW16G and the ADAT output could prove useful to play nicely with other gear I plan on...

I've decided I need a mic that will do figure 8 so I can do MS stereo recording. I've been wanted the Shure ksm44 for a while but I'm wondering, what are the most popular multipattern mics around here? And how important is it to match mics for the MS technique? Should I go with a SP B3 to match...

I have an older MiniDisc recorder (walkman) and I'd like to start using it for live recording, like small get togethers and random song ideas. I'm looking at the Sony mics but don't know which one to choose? I've been thinking of either the ECM-DS70P or the ECM-719. Anyone have suggestions? It...

I just finished another amateur budget mic shootout. This time using an acoustic (a Lowden O25). Mics used: SP B1, SM57, AT3035, MK012, MXL 603S and V67G. Through a DMP3 into a Yamaha AW16G. Take a listen and let me know what you think. Listen

My dad got me a contact this week of someone who works at a local studio. He said I might be able to swing by and sort of hang out for the day and shadow them to see what a "real" studio feels like. I'm hoping it works out because I'd be really interested in taking a day off and hanging out...

I have the buying bug again and I'm thinking about a couple new additions to the recording gear. Another mic and another preamp. I'm thinking of upping my signal chain a little bit by getting an RNP. I'm also thinking of getting an NT1-A. The RNP I feel pretty good about but I haven't seen too...