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in lieu of whining about what could possibly be missing, I say "Cheers!". wish this were done when I first started reading the board, would have saved quite the bit of time.

It sounded like a better idea when I thought the portable recording setup was my only option and having one stereo condenser was more useful than a pair of small diaphram consensers. I paid $427 for it new about three months ago. Since then I've bought a pair of MK-012 mics, and have come to the con...

My cynicism and despair grow each day. Not because rights are being infringed, but because I am being told that (incresingly) I have no right to archive what I own, and moreover I don't really own anything, just own a license to use certain digital forms of media in very specific manners. Fair use i...

Gracias to all on the advice, esp. Professor and Sky_At_No_Noon. Sampling a rain forest sounds like too much fun. The only thing cooler (in my reccolection) is seeing the pictures of the guys working on 'Gran Turismo 4' sampling high end car engines (to which my response was "I WANT THAT JOB!", But ...

I was working on sampling some of the background noises/ambience around my house, when I rememberd that microphones (especially condensers) don't take too well to moisture, and the humidity in georgia rarely drops below 90% from mid-may to mid-september. The air's nice and soggy this time of year es...

The Heavy Guitar Sound (TM) It occurred to me about a year ago that your average newer radio rock/aggro/alternative distorted guitar sound (I think it's usually a variation of the Mesa Double Rect doubled by a Music Man or Jazz bass) is so standardized (at least over radio compression) that it could...

Yo - Psuedo-Newbie here. Been reading the board for about 3 months now so I don't ask quesitons that make me look like an arse. Not that I'm not one... 25 years old (which is sort of young for this board apparently. explains why the board tends not to devolve into flamola), played piano for eons, ba...