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    Studio Projects VTB1

    .....thinking of a Studio Projects VTB1 to pre a shure sm7.....I have an Art mpa gold sitting idle, but I like the looks and ease of use of the Studio Projects pre....until now, I've just been using the pre amps built into a Tascam 2400 mk ll, but they are just barely adequate for dynamic...
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    Electro-Voice EV PL95

    I just bought an Electro-Voice EV PL95 on ebay, but I know little about it....from what I've read, it seems like it should be a pretty good vocal mic for p.a....I currently use sm-58's with tab funkenwerks transformers....might even be a decent mic for vocal recording...any information or...
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    don't get to watch myself perform often

    .....at a recent musician's co-op concert in greenfield, massachusetts.....someone had a camera running...... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gakUtEkKXok
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    Sony ecm 22p

    .....just dug deep into the drawer of old microphones and grabbed a pair of Sony electret condenser mics - ecm-22p's....tried a stereo (x,y) set up on acoustic guitar....pretty impressive for a couple of 35 year old, relatively inexpensive mics.....
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    Recording a Bluegrass Group

    I've offered to record a song for a local bluegrass group. They are a 4 piece, high energy group and this song will be done on a Tascam 2488 mk ll in my livingroom.....my idea is to record the group live, with all four guys facing each other and with just a lead vocal track - 5 tracks in...
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    dp01-fxcd question

    the manual for this machine confuses me.....can an external compressor be connected to the external effects out return through the stereo "ins"?...if so, that wouldn't seem to give a great deal of control during final mix....anyone here used a compressor with the dp01?
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    Compression and Tascam dp01-fxcd

    I'm about to start a recording project for which I've been writing for just over a year.....it will be done in 16 bit on a dp01 fxcd....I'm using an ART MPA Gold microphone pre amp along with a couple of AKG condensers and a Beyer m-500 vocal mic....the recording will be "folk" and will include...
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    Tascam 2488 - Tascam 2488 mkll

    ....what are the differences between the Tascam 2488 and the Tascam 2488 mkll?......are they both 24 bit recorders?
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    16 bit / 24 bit

    .....what are the practical and actual differences between 16 and 24 bit recording?.....I'm about to begin an acoustic recording and am using a 16 bit workstation.....will that be adequate, or should I invest in a 24 bit recorder?
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    Beyer M-500

    I have an old Beyer M-500 ribbon mic that I've had for over 30 years.....I was told last night that using it with a mixer's phantom power turned on could damage it....having done that exact thing several times, I wonder how I might test it to see if it's "intact".....
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    Peavey pv14

    I'm looking for a good (quiet) mixing board and have noticed the Peavey pv14 usb model....planning to use its preamps in some recording and its high impedance inputs to digitize a bunch of old 4 track analog recordings, done years ago on a Teac 3340s...anyone here have experience with this model?
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    AKG Perception 150

    ....anyone tried these mics yet?......
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    mic preamp setting...

    after a lot of experimenting with a pair of sony ecm-22p's and a pair of behringer mic 200 preamps, I've been able to get a wonderful acoustic guitar sound with the preamps set on "valve"......other settings on the behringer are named electric guitar, vocal, acoustic guitar, piano, etc......what...
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    AKG Perception 150

    anyone try the AKG Perception 150 mic yet?
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    Sony c 22 fet

    I just picked up a pair of Sony c 22 fet condenser mics.....anyone know anything about them?....I believe that they are "battery only" and won't work with phantom power, but I haven't yet tested that....seems that they might be a good acoustic guitar pair.....although I'm pretty fond of ecm...
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    AKG Perception 150

    Thinking of a pair of these mics for acoustic guitar....currently using an AKG Perception 200 and a Sony ECM 22p for recording the acoustic in stereo....anyone tried these new AKG's?
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    Sony ecm 22p

    Does anyone know if a Sony ecm 22p condenser mic will operate with phantom power?
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