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My band is practicing and will be recording in a room that has a number of problems. I'm hoping you guys can help me to fix at least some of them. The room is a garage that was converted into a bedroom by our bass player's brother-in-law. It is an old house and the garage is seperate from the...

Hey, I've been thinking about a this project for a while now. I wanted to build a box that's 4' wide by 4' tall. The depth is something I was going to ask you guys to advise me on. At the back of the box I was going to put insolation. Now, on the front of the box I planned to have a a...

I'm mixing some recordings I did on a four track with a band I was in a few years ago. There is only one track of bass, and one of guitar. I've been listening to a recording like this that sounds pretty good with the guitar and bass panned hard in each direction. Is this wise? Any thoughts...

I have an old Guild, it's the model shaped after the SG. It has a tune-o-matic type bridge. I was working last night on getting the inotation just right, but it wasn't quite getting there. All the strings are perfect up to the 7th fret, but only half of them are still perfect at the 12th...

I'm looking to master a project that I did a long time ago on a four track down to reel to reel 1/4" tape. I was looking on the AMS website and noticed that in the photo of the tape I wanted to by, Ampex 456 on a 7" reel had a large hole, not one that would fit the small peg with an x shape...

I'm in the market for a good bass drum mic, but I'm on a budget, so I'll mainly just need something that works. I've been looking through the catalogs and I find a few bass drum mics for about $140, and then some three piece drum mic kits for the same amount. How much quality will I be missing...

hey, Someone gave me a bunch of old recording equipment from (I'm guessing) the late 60's/ early 70's. In the bunch was a couple old AKAI mics. It says AKAI M-7 on the front. I want to remove the old cloth covered 1/4" plug and hook it up to a XLR. Is this possible? Do any of you have...

Here's the deal. I have finally put all my equipment together in a way that sort of works as a control room here in my bedroom. I have my trusty (and free) TEAC 80-8, my TASCAM M-30 and my really really primative monitoring system all hooked up. Now I've become really really sure of the fact...

I noticed on john's site that a helmholtz resonator can be made using a piece of pegboard. I work at a retail chain and I was told to throw out a display made mostly of pegboard, needless to say I remembered John's hemlholtz article and put that piece of pegboard in my car. Now, I need some...

I record on to a (please don't hurt me) 1/2" reel to reel 8 track record. Right now I'm mixing down to 1/4" tape, and occasionally a mini disk player that a friend owns. What I'm looking for is a set up to mix my stuff down to my computer so that I can make a CD of the mix (when I get a CD...

The microphone forum has been no help so far, which brings me here. First, my story.... I'm building a mobile studio for the purpose of recording demos for younger bands. I'm bartering sessions for things like microphone cables, stands, and other equipment while I build some talent and a name...

I'm planning on getting a pair of cheap condensers for stereo mics over a drumset. We're talking pretty cheap here. I'm thinking either CAD CM17 or Audio Technica ATM10a. American Music Supply has the AT for only ten bucks more than the CAD so it's in my price range now. What do all of you...

I'm looking to buy some mics for drums when I get my tax return (I may make under 6000 bux a year, but I give myself a really nice present once a year). Here's as much info as I can think to give you. I'm recording using an old TEAC reel to reel 8 track and an old TASCAM mixer. I record demos...

I feel a tad odd asking this, but why is the B string on a guitar tuned to B and not C? I'm sure there must be some great reason for this, but I sure as hell don't know it. Please don't hurt me. ~james

I was wondering if any of you had suggestions about where to get 1/2" tape on a 10.5" reel. Who's cheap & reliable? ~james

How easy is it to get replacement parts for old old old tascam junk. I have a super old 1/4" reel to reel tape player that i think is like an AC-13______. I'm not really sure on the make and I'm to sick to get up and look. How easy is it to get something like a power cord from those people?

Today I went in to by my first set of bass strings and I realized I had no idea what was good. I've bought ernie ball power slinky guitar strings for years, but in the nearly two years that I've had my bass I've never broken a string (although I know I should have changed them long ago). My...

I just got most of a clear ludwig set from a friend. The set belonged to his brother who had a drug overdose, but lived. Unfortionately he's not in good enough conditition to play yet. Another unfortionate thing is that a lot of the set is missing, because the previous owner's loser friends...

Here's the deal. A friend of mind has given me most of an older (70's maybe 80's) clear ludwig set, and I'd like to get as much of it up and working again in the best shape I can. My main concern is the part on the snare that has a lever that pulls up to tighten the snare. The origional is...

Hey, I was wondering about the prospect of mixing my recordings down to a mini disk? A friend of mine who's in a band with me, and who I plan on recording solo material for has a mini disk with a cable that goes to the USP(or is it USB?) port on computers. I thought this was a good idea...