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Hey Everyone: I've got 3 cards on my MX70 that are all showing the same problems. When you run a test signal through the machine, I show a signal on the meters and can hear the signal through the card's output jack no matter what mode I'm in (even in repro). When I go to put the signal to tape, it ...

Hi Mark - I'm a longtime musician that's just getting into recording, and I faced a similar dilemma. I rented a firestudio and talked my band into letting me record our next album... Our singer, who lives in Chicago, came down to Austin and we cut his vocals. Over the next year I tried to record the...

I have a (new to me) 388 that I want to get tuned up. Does anybody know anyone still working on tape machines in Austin?

Wow! a wealth of ideas here, thanks everybody. One poster asked why I was recording both (vocals and guit) at the same time. With the singer I'm working with, it would be a shame to separate the two. When tracked at the same time there is a natural push and pull between the two that I love... that i...

thanks for the suggestions, guys. Does anyone know how Ethan Johns does it, for example ryan adams "Heartbreaker"?

leftofthedial - thanks for the tip. I'm going to rent a couple of figure 8s and give that a shot....

I've actually been getting decent results with one AT 4033 about 12" away from the singers mouth, angled down a bit. What are some other happening techniques? I have a limited mic selection: at 4033, at 4040, 421, 57s, and I'd like to try two or more mics at the same time... also, does anyone have s...