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I don't really want to get over it. I work in the independent singer/songwriter community. Radio play is limited to the lower end of the dial on public radio folk shows. There are so many good and great performers who can really deliver the goods at a live show, I feel complicit in stealing their ba...

Didn't get my copy yet, but just read Chris's end rant about the abuse of editing to make people sound better than they should. I just had several people tell me the same joke in a short period of time: What did the Pro Tools studio owner say to the musician? "Sounds like shit. Come on in." I'm join...

I'm sold on OTB mixing. I'm running a pair of digi 192 I/0 with D/A cards. 16 of the converters go to a Phoenix nicerizer 16. I have eight inserts set up for outboard and the rest of the outs are used for sends to effects units. I also will use plug-ins and automation in Pro Tools. The output of the...

I have used a PT 002 LE system, as well as Digital Performer with a Metric Halo MIO. (Talk about living on the edge). These both worked well. However, I would not trust either of these setups for a situation where the client must have the recording. I used the firewire systems for situations where s...

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I had Markertek build one for me, although it wouldn't be tough to do. They have a series of adapter boxes called Patchadaps which they will pretty much make up to order. This is a rectangular box a little smaller than a typical pedal effect with a momentary metal plunger switch which completes the ...