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first picked up Tape Op because in its pages I saw interviews with guys like Bob Pollard and Robert Schneider, guys who were very much following the DIY path. I saw a magazine that was more concerned with guys and gals with day-jobs making records with limited means in their bedrooms than with Andy...

i'm in the process of redoing the electrical in my house, and am going to be running totally new service to the upstairs - which will house all studio and practice gear. right now i'm thinking a 60 amp subfeed from the main breaker box - so... which of these are you going to do? run a new service t...

did you check the connections:

mics to mixer?
mixer to amp to speakers?

i have this record player (which i'm listening to now) that likes to do the same thing.. it's always the phono plugs that need a good cleaning..

a good place to start..

-paul m.

what's that residents song.. the one that goes:

"go fuck yourself on the doorknob, mom. in a moldy auditorium. they'll find ya hangin' upside down, with your glasses spinnin' 'round and 'round."

and then the saxophone solo comes in like an epileptic seizure..

i love it.

-paul m.

oops..

make that "succinctly"

-paul m.

I'm only pointing out that if your tools are not properly calibrated before you use them, the result will deviate from the control - and that's not necessarilly bad, but I think part of being a professional (or even a serious hobbyist) is understanding the implications of your actions. CCPP: the ar...

hey.. i just was in the book store today looking for "the art of electronics" which i found... for 75 bucks :shock: yikes! it'll have to wait until january.. but i picked up a book called "understand electronics" by OWEN BISHOP for considerably less and i haven't been able to put it down! buy that f...

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HA!

beat you to the punch jeff!

-paul m.

umm markertek's been good for me... 1 800 522-2025 1" 456 goes for 68.99 + shipping.. there was a thread or two about this already.. i think it was: "where do you guys buy your tape?" and would it be the tape op message board without jeff robinson's favorite tape supplier? but i won't spoil the secr...

ooop..

i guess i found the link on my own.

here:

www.nleinternet.net/alteclansingunofficial

never posted a link before..

hope it works!

-paul m.

sometimes a little distance helps..

-paul m.

well.. my german is rusty... but i can tell ya this.. i have an old altec 1220 console that i asked basically the same question about a month or so ago. search for: "anybody got the skinny on an altec 1220?" a few people responded (thanks again!) and gave me a link where i was able to download the o...

No!, i meant bulbs, fast and bulbous!!! fast and bullbos!!

that's right! the mascara snake!

-paul m.

I cooked dinner for some good friends and had some quality down time! Roasted chicken, sweet potatoes, salad, apple pie... ya, sunday's a good one for cooking... i made "rockin' lentil soup" for the girl and headed off to check out a band i'm going to record in a couple of weeks. just hung out with...

my setup is so low end... i can't actually record anything. i just tell people what is sounded like. "and then this part comes up that's like DA DA DA DA and then it goes NEEEEEEEEEoooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwhhhhooooooooossshhhhh!" i wet my pants :rofl: anybody else with a mixing board made by Peavey (sp?...