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been using Reaper since early 2007. Great program, I've never felt the need to try anything else, as I know I have not come close to mastering what it can do (i.e., it ain't the programs fault, its my lack of reading the instructions). Anyway, a couple of tips: My preset fields are blank, other than...

yeah, they had one at TradeUp here in town, and I was coveting seriously. but I already have two basses, so Nancy Knowitall in my head said NO to the purchase. But then GearSlutGus in my head realized it would be fab for computer recording, 'cause I wouldn't keep whacking the headstock into my desk ...

I don't think these are short scale, but they are smaller and lighter, might be good for a kid. Hohner made some in the 80's, and re-issued htem recently. I think the older ones are in the $250-300 range.

keep us posted leigh, I'm baffled by their assertion. I'm no expert, but I have been using computers for some time now, ever since my older brother brought home a brand new "portable" Osborne computer in 1981, and made me ashamed of my CoCo Tandy Trash 80 (back in the day, I even had to do some some...

it is, great book, very easy to read.

excellent! thanks MSE for the tip - I realize I will have to figure some of this out, but anything that can save me some time I really do appreciate. What about getting some actual feedback - can you plug a guitar into another channel of the amp, while it is playing back with distortion, and squeeze...

thanks Chris, that is indeed the article (good interview, BTW). And thank you for the clarification about two amps - didn't mean to misrepresent what you were saying. When you do two amps on separate passes, do you still have potential phase issues on playback? In other words, if I set up two amps t...

Oh man MSE, you have no idea how close some (not all) of those skits come to reality - causes some local squirming and angst, you know, "we're not that bad............are we?" Seriously though, thanks for the suggestions guys - I hadn't thought of some of those tips - E money, good "plan of attack s...

Anyone have any tips on re-amping, before I launch right in and just do it? We recently re-recorded a bunch of songs for our (seemingly never-to-be-released) album, 'cause I hated all the bleed in the drum mics for what we have already done (i don't necessarily mind bleed per se, but this is nasty b...

thanks for the tips vvv and Jim. i have an old (scratchy) TubeWorks pedal, and a '70 ProReverb. Problem is, it doesn't have a Mid control. Maybe I'll look into swapping the speakers in my with some of those Eminence speakers, and fix that TubeWorks. I like the clean sound of my ProReverb, but it can...

MoreSpaceEcho wrote:.... i'd be turning the knob and pressing buttons thinking "wow that's better!....wait, is it?" followed by more turning and pressing and confusion....

that pretty much sums up my mixing workflow process.

See, now how is it you guys could get a classic rock amp sound using a 70's Twin? I could never get anything but a shrieky tone with them (at least not until it reached painfully loud levels, then eardrum compression kicks in and whose knows what you are hearing). Maybe my problem was I only tried w...

vvv wrote:Alla that said, IMO one of the loudest-sounding guitarists is Neil Young, and he usually plays a (modded) Deluxe.

But see here.

wow, thanks triple-v, that is a cool article about Neil Young. Now I want one of those Wizzer things.

fair enough - I agree, there is a big difference between an actual sound guy at a venue, and some "self proclaimed sound guy" who basically is just the guy who owns the PA or has the best weed in town.

I've been playing out for 10 years. Every time a soundguy asked us to turn down, he was wrong, and the tone and overall sound onstage suffered for it. We don't play loud to play loud. We don't blast for volume's sake only. We play loud because that's what works for the music. We play loud to keep a...