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Exactly...cleaner and quieter at the same volume knob position or more distorted at the same perceived volume.

12AU7 has a rating of 19 vs. 12AX7 with a rating of 100...so this will make 12AU7 "cleaner" and "quieter"...

Thanks Gregg Juke! Real cool...

I carry a MBP, Samson GoMic, Edirol R9 & a folder of original songs in a backpack all the time...sure it sacrifices "ultimate fidelity" compared to most of my other mics, preamps, and such, but it is uber-portable!

Kinda reminds me of how Roland is selling the Octa-Capture...they claim it will set optimum recording levels...I suppose we'll start getting mixing boards that will automatically mix albums "to optimum levels" in the near future...

I don't know why this helps, but when my ears start ringing "loudly" I put my fingers in my ears and within seconds the tinnitus aggrevation subsides. Your mileage may vary...

RIP, Solomon Burke.

PDF version would be great for me right now because I was thinking about the gear review for some small Tascam monitor speakers, but can't recall what model they were and wanted to look at the TapeOp review online cuz I'm thinkin' about buying some...(lost sale).

Found an email from Walter that needs to be shared: "Thank you for your email. I wish that I could claim to be an original thinker, but am really just doing what I was taught many years ago. Most of the studios of the 60s, 70s and 80s were run with these basic concepts in mind. First, we were taught...

I find that compression isn't really necessary for announcements at my station. Strong compression just makes it sound annoying when the radio station itself is adding some compression to the signal. As a low power FM station, I have adopted an old school philosophy to compress gently on our broadca...

I draw a volume envelope on the music track to duck it...

Yeah man...I recorded 24 tracks for around a half an hour in Reaper, Samplitude 10 and Samplitude 11 last night...increased ASIO buffer from 192 to 256, only after I dropped it to 128 to stress the system a little. I have Presonus Firestudio with Digimax FS and MOTU 8pre clocked via ADAT lightpipe c...

Kingmetal...you need to give us more info. What is the interface? What are the buffer settings? ASIO? Is the computer optimized for audio? Do you have IRQ conflicts? I just added 8 channels to my rig last night (MOTU 8pre) and did what I call a "stress test" and changed a couple buffer settings (inc...

I saw a bunch of rich kids in Grosse Pointe as I was growing up. A lot of them got whatever they wanted. It never seemed to bother me. You shouldn't let the young fellas toys get you down. If you get busy enough in your own recording world, you won't have time to worry about his recording world. May...

Back up is why I bought a Zoom R16...nothing fancy, cheap and "just in case"...24bit wav files...