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I'm considering having the finish removed from my acoustic guitar. I have a few questions about it, though. First, who would I get to do something like that? Could a regular guitar tech do it, or would I need a specialist? What do you think it'd run me? Second, what sections would the finish...

I tried to search for this, but the search is acting up on me ;) So, as to recording acoustic guitar and vocals at the same time. How do you do it? I mean, the bleed issues. Do you just let it happen? Does it not matter if you can hear a bit of guitar in the vocal track and vice versa? Or...

When reading musical notation, for drums if it matters, it has some parts in brackets and it says (x verse only). Now the problem is that the bar also has a repeat sign (looks like a %). So do I just play the part in brackets on that verse or play it over the bar I'm supposed to be repeating? If...

I put this in here because I'm not sure where else to put it. Anyway, I'm recording a tribute to the White Album, and here's my question. The next song I'm due to do is Revolution 9. As most will know this is a 7 minute mayhem basically. A mixing experiment with tape loops, backwards recordings...

Does anyone know of any tempo detectors for Mac? I can't seem to find a good one.

Anyone have any ideas how I can edit a sitar in MIDI? I mean like program one, like a drum kit, but a sitar. Anyone know of a program that has one or anything?

Basically, anything that you read in tablature, but can only program in musical notation. How would I do this? Is there a guide somewhere that will translate show the notes for every position on the bass guitar? Or what? How would you do it?

I'm programming MIDI drums on the computer, from a book that has them for the song in question. But... the book says 53 bars, but the original song is somehwere around 67 bars. I don't get it. This book always does this. For the two times I've copied drums from it, they were always off. Last...

Ok, I'm recording a harmonica. I'd like to know what people's thoughts are on recording them. My idea is to do it like a vocal, just set up my B-1 and play it? Or is there another way to do it. This is one of those questions where I admit I can't see what other answers anyone might give, but...

I just programmed the drums for a song I'm recording in my MIDI sequencer. I have a book that shows the drums for that song in it, and I copied it from there to the note. I'm certain I got the timing right. However... I opened the original song in the sequencer to compare and make sure it was...

Simple question. Do you? Or can you use any old guitar amp?

I'm planning a tribute to the Beatles 1969 rooftop concert on my roof. It's on the 30th. I tried to get some other people together, then was misled by the asshole owner of a club who implied she'd help me find the people then told me I'd have to find them myself. So I told her to forget it...

I tried to record my acoustic/electric guitar by plugging it straight into the board, and all I got was a low rumbly sound. You could distinguish the chords, but it sounded awful. When I try to use mics, I get the thing where it sorta "overloads" and the sound phases in and out between regular...

For a used Yamaha AW1600 mixer? Perfect condiditon, with CD drive, all packagaing and documentation, etc. New less than two months ago. I'm looking to sell off my recording equipment if I can get good money for it, so I would like an estimate on this.

This is the closest forum I could find to put this in, but it's not completely relevant to songwriting. My question is about harmonies. How do you learn to sing harmonies correctly? Do you need training, or what? How do you learn the notes? But ear?

Me and my band are recording the three songs the Beatles played on their last video-recorded performance - Two of Us, Let it Be, and The Long and Winding Road - in honor of John Lennon's 25th Deathday (this Thursday). We've got a camera, but I want to know about sound quality. We have...

I found an exact replica of John Lennon's Epiphone Cassino at the music store. Only difference is his sigature is printed on it :p I wants it. I wants it so bad. I wants it so bad it's drivin' me mad, it's drivin' me mad.

Whenever I burn a CD, it will play on my computer and one or the other of my players, but never both. They're CD-Rs. The ones I burn on my computer work on one stereo, the ones I burn on my mixing board work on the other stereo. Dunno what other info I can give. What gives?

I know this isn't the complete correct forum for this, but I couldn't find one more relevant. In musical notation, what does the symbol with a slash and a dot on each side mean. It looks a bit like a %. This is the best rendition I can make of it: `/. Sometimes it's just in the center of the...

I'm using a Mac. Is GarageBand (2.0) a good enough recording/editing environment, or do I need something better?