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What kind of bass are you looking for?

Yeah, I guess it's a big state...I'll be somewhere near the Normal/Bloomington area, but am interested in the region as a whole.

Yeah, I gotta back up the Sea Change support. Beautiful, open album.

Any tips on tracking slide guitar? I'm using a tele through a small tube amp (Laney LC15 - sort of Vox AC15 like) and also an acoustic, and just wanted some stuff that sounds like Brian Paulson / Son Volt slide - not to dirty, but not lap steel clean either.
Any ideas, suggestions, warnings, etc?

I think it's fair to say that you get (roughly) what you pay for, but this does not mean that you can't get something positive out of cheaper plug-ins and/or hardware. Sure, your friend down the road might not get you the same results Bob Ludwig will, but having a different pair or ears that you tru...

Steve Vai is a living, breathing overrated guitar solo. So is Yngwie and every shredder who has ever played. Except the guy who played on the Beastie's No Sleep til Brooklyn.

I think there's a Meek on ebay right now, and I'm sure you can find a used RNC for about what you'd pay for a new BlueMax.

So it looks like I'm going to be moving to central Illinois at the end of the summer, so I was curious to hear about the scene from anyone who lives there or who has lived there. I've been a hermit in New Hampshire for two years, so any kind of live and/or recording scene would be a nice change of p...

One good piece of advice...if you're going the DIY route, get someone else to do it. I think halfway decent mastering can be accomplished at home, but I also think that a fresh set of ears is critical.

Definitely helps, thanks...I'm using Ahead's Nero, so I guess I'm OK.

Yeah, I'll second the nod to Pearl Jam's Yield. That's always a good ref...especially love the bass sounds on All Those Yesterdays and the guitars on Brain of J. Is that a Brendan O'Brien record?

Maybe a really basic question, but what exactly are Red Book specs for audio cd's, and are most DAW's capable of creating them?
Thanks...

Beck's Sea Change

Great, thanks for the info...
And to think, I almost knelt before the alter of the almighty Gods of Digidesign.

Would this be the case if all I wanted to do was import files into ProTools, not needing to actually record anything into it? Again, sorry if this is a really basic question...