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Thanks kindly everyone for the suggestions. In the process of tracking down a Nagra rental. Seems a lot of the rental houses don't even have them to let any more. If anyone has any leads that would be much appreciated. Follow-up question: would I need a separate pre-amp to go from the Nagra to my in...

Archival work will be done in USA- NOLA.

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Dear all, I am about to embark upon an archival project where I will be digitizing ~100 hours of tape recorded oirginally on a Nagra (3.75ips). Looking for suggestions for the best tape machine for recording such a project. The key here is that the digitizing will be done on-site at the archive so c...

Thanks guys, the suggestions have been very helpful. As for the clipping issues. Basically what happened was for one (unfortunately major) scene the audio was set at the wrong input level (the film is HD so the mixer was plugged directly into the camera) and all the sound is blown out due to modulat...

Post audio is not my forte so I was hoping I could get a little advice on the best way to go about doing this. I'm in charge of doing some post audio massaging + mixing for a no-budget indie film. More specifically, I have to massage one scene which because of a recording error all the audio is clip...

Post audio is not my forte so I was hoping I could get a little advice on the best way to go about doing this. I'm in charge of doing some post audio massaging + mixing for a no-budget indie film. More specifically, I have to massage one scene which because of a recording error all the audio is clip...

hey all, so i can buy a tascam 388 for $100. everything is in working condition except, as the seller says "there is an issue with the playback drive". i've read about the various issues with the playback on this machine and i was wondering what you all had to say. is it worth the headache to try to...

Thanks for the input everyone. It seems like the (sorta) consensus is to mix a DI signal with miked signal. In terms of the DI signal chain are people using anything there? Any EQing going on? Also in terms of miking the amp, what other mikes are people using? Do people prefer mikes with stronger mi...

I'm very green to recording bass. Does anyone have suggestions to get the best bass sound + what mics to use? I have the usual lot of Shures, EV mics etc. which are appropriate for guitar sound. Someone suggested the AKG414. Most of the tracks I will be recording will be for bass/drums only songs (w...

I have been recording my vocals solely on SM-57s and am tired of the sound I'm getting- hardly present at all to my ears. I have very few mics in my home recording setup. Anyone have any suggestions for an economical vocal mic for a home recording setup? Things to do to tweak the 57 sound I'm gettin...

Recently acquired a Akai GX-230 4 track tape deck. Anyone ever used one of these models or similar Akai models and lived to tell about it? For that matter anyone with a similar upright model?

so after hearing a lot of fascinating stories about "headphones-as-mics" recordings I'm going to try the technique myself. Any good stories or recommendations out there? My idea is to record some live drums to sit with sequenced drums for a beat heavy collage song... if things can sound right togeth...

Explosions in the Sky! They're in the studio now I believe for the new (expected early 2007) LP.

And for that matter anyone at the Temporary Residence label...

So I'm desperately searching for the new issue (#55) to read the Deerhoof article. My subscription ended and i renewed but I'm pretty sure I wont be getting #55 since it hasn't arrived yet. I live in Long Beach, CA- anyone out there know where I can purchase TapeOp in stores? I can't wait to see thi...

I remember there was a thread awhile back on cheap PT setups. Any thoughts on this one- what is the cheapest way to get an interface setup and PT up and running?