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Hey, until I spring for real gear, this stuff works great! Thanks a million. As an old-timer home-recordist who marveled at the mechanical age of Tascam and Otari, can't help the amazement for what's out there for free, or for peanuts. By the way, this curiosity doesn't deserve a thread, but...

Thanks again, Jeremy. Getting good feedback on the Classic 30. Is the 20 still in production? Thanks, Sile. If I bite on the 30, might as well do the tubes too. Now to concoct my spousal defence of another tool which she will insist on calling a toy. What's wrong with women? Thanks, Apl. I'll be...

Thanks much. For now all I need is passable sounds for quick demos. Hey, it just occurred to me, I could use the built in Boss GT-6 effects in my handy-dandy BR1600 recorder. Well, duh. Now, would you be willing to suggest a basic amp for fat jazz sounds for studio miking? Pushing my luck, Kev

After 35 years of playing strictly acoustic axes, now I've got an electric guitar. To record in my situation, I need to go direct to my mixer, thence into a Delta 66. There must be some PC-based guitar effects and amp modeling programs/plugins etc. I know there are several included with my Sonar...

Hey, Pdadda, that verb sounds pretty good. I was able to come close to the live effect I wanted with one of the presets. I'll just have to do a bit of tweaking. Thanks a million. Ed, I'll mess with that comp bundle, too. I'm back on track! Everybody take five. Kev "The world is full of nice...

I've got some close mic'd tracs (solo voice and acoustic guitar) and I need to create the illusion that they are not so close. I've fiddled with eq and reverb settings, but I'm not getting near what I'm after. The tracks sound great, but right now they sound like the singer is in bed with...

Oh hell. Which of my devices has crapped out on the right channel? Muted highs and lows on that side. Reversing the channels and speaker cables has no effect. Two hours of troubleshooting and I gave up for the night in disgust. But this morning the answer came to me! Solution: 1. Go to...

Whoa Chief! On some old stereo equipment they sometimes used RCA jacks as speaker outputs (I have an old Sony system like that). Those speaker outputs come directly from the amplifier section of the stereo and have to put out enough voltage to drive the speakers. "Line level" RCA outputs on...

Audio Sniffer Plug-In I wonder if there's a VST plug in for that? Actually, the Arm&Hammer filters have real baking soda in the fibers. Might help with smoke and unpleasant effluvia. Of course, I myself never produce such things. :rolleyes: "Everything you know is wrong." Firesign Theatre

Prepare for a miracle. My garage studio/office/library/toolshed generates dust so fast, I can watch my computer screen turn gray in real time. Annoying and not healthy for lungs, computers, condensors, etc. I was just about to spring hundreds of bucks on an electrostatic air filter when my...

I'm a fan of Audio Cleaning Lab from Magix. Also $39. It's built specifically for what you want to do. Easy to use. Good built-in tools and nicely automated so you can do the job with minimum babysitting during the process. Take a test drive by downloading the free demo...

In the FWIW dept: this free soft-theremin is a stitch. It's a tiny download (605k) at: http://theremin.info/downloadview-details-51-Theremin.html Just hit the start button (but only once! You'll hear why if you click on it twice), then click and drag. Controls make sense after just a little...

"Against an absolute mountain... ...we flaunt our pebble deeds And I can't figure out what this planet needs" Lyric by Russ Daughtry from his song, "Ten-Cent Cigar" That sort of grand futility? Or just the Chekhovian kind: "Any idiot can face a crisis; it is this day-to-day living that wears...

SP1 Disposable Mic At 6.95 (I think that's the current MF price for the mic alone) it's amazing they work at all. I've got a couple I bought to get my order over the $200 mark, and to use at weddings and block parties for drunks and evangelists. They have an on/off switch on them, they feel...

The Hafler you mentioned would not be too much, unless you turn it up too loud. But it would be overkill for the the little Yorkies. Kind of like buying a semi to pull a little U-Haul trailer. It can be done, but you need to be careful. The Hafler could blow the speakers if you make a careless...

RS Condensor works nicely. I'm glad I'm not alone. I don't have a handy place to post a sample, yet. But I've had great luck with a tiny $25 lavalier from Radio Schack. I found the best position was to tape it to the pickguard, two inches below the strings, and then prop it up with another...

I need suggestions for a pair of powered near-fields for road use. Not for final mix, but for quick reference while doing remote recordings and playing roughs for clients. Whaddya think? Greetings from Duluth, by the way. I bet it's warmer wherever/whoever you are! It's a brisk 8 below here...

I need a recording workstation for live recording. Mainly school and church choirs in their own spaces. 8-tracks at once max. Later I'd transfer tracks to PC for editing with Sonar 4. Any suggestions? Trying to stay under $1500. Thanks, as always! Kev

I want to record live takes with two mics on acoustic guitar and one for vocals. My PC is based on an Athalon XP 2600+. Plenty of room for new PCI cards. I'm looking at Delta 44, or OmniStudio, or whatever you wiser-than-me folks suggest. I'm set with adequate mics, pre's, and mixers. Just...

Thanks, but no need for respect regarding SB cards (see axe grind below). Choosing a new sound card is the next question. Suggest away! AGP graphics card: ATI all-in-wonder 9200 (I do some occasional lo-fi video instruction programs). PCIs: D-Link wireless lan card. (connects me to the cable...