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sadly, you will not be able get the tape sound without delay Unless unless unless: you didn't mention what kind of ADAT you have. Some have the ability to delay any of their tracks by whichever values you choose. So, you could run you reel-to-reel in repro mode, and bounce back to ADAT...now your b...

Try some Google searches on this subject. Search the web then also search the rec.audio.pro group. There are some circuits out there (one is the Craig Anderton "hot springs" paia kit) based around cheap audio IC's, so if you want to dive in and build a driver/amp circuit, go for it. My quick solutio...

My friend and I have been arguing about Strawberry vs Sarsaparilla for over a week now. This debate has offered many great quotes, such as "Strawberry can suck my dick! I'll sell all my Otter Pops right now!". It even crossed over to the basketball court, where we were on opposite teams and started ...

Yeah, and if you visit www.hamptone.com, you'll see a killer amount of support for building that pre, including templates for making your own mu-metal transformer shields, and lots of photos of good and bad layout. Also, as it notes on that site, Scott is working up another pre design for Tape Op, t...

BTW, any advice on a simple four-way headphone amp / distribution would be great....only need to be able to control levels... Check out the Behringer headphone amps - "powerplay" I think they call them. They're under $100 and I think it would be hard to go cheaper, even DIY, unless your time is wor...

What is the processor doing? It's very possible for a processor to ruin phase, but you haven't said what the processor is doing in this case.

Also, are you recording on a DAW or onto tape?

Leigh

There's not a general pitch control, no. There is a playback shortcut to play back at half speed, though, I think it's shift-spacebar. But I'm pretty sure you can't record at half speed.

Leigh

scott dorsey wrote a great article that about building electret capsule mics. it was in (i think) the october 2001 issue of recording magazine. it has info on most of the possible configurations, including the "schoeps style" active balancing circuit that runs off of phantom power (very similar to ...

Depends on your experience in the field and your geographic location, if you ask me. The hardware is kind of secondary. If you gave your setup, as you described it, to some kid straight outta high school who is just getting into recording, you'd have to pay me to record with him/her. Likewise, if yo...

Unfortunately, you can't just use the built-in sound. In addition to providing pre's and converters and sliders, your 002 does act as a hardware dongle, without which (as you have witnessed) Pro Tools LE will not run. There was some talk on the Digidesign user board about getting Digi to release a s...

Motherfucker - I was just finishing writing this response when my broswer crashed and lost it. Here goes the resurrection: On the spec sheet for the WM-60A it does state that 10V is the max. You're probably right that 12V would be OK, but if I can find a 9V zener that would be safer. However, more v...

Alright, y'all, I've been getting heavy into researching making some more mics. As I mentioned here before, I've already built the infamous Tape Op omnis from issue 16. They work great on some stuff, but I've had trouble close micing drums with 'em - they're not quite Earthworks, you know. So I'm ge...

Thank you Oliver, that was a kick-ass post. I developed similar working methods, with slicing before AND after a hit, then nudging by 10ms. The idea of putting blank track between kick and snare, for a visual grid reference, is an excellent suggestion.

Leigh

I think one real important spec is cone size. I've been using a 12" speaker, a real cheap thing with a paper cone, and that's certainly not what you'd call a lightweight diaphragm. As a result of this and, possibly, its low impedance (8 ohms), it only puts out signal under about 200 Hz. Great to mix...

so i was just thinking, maybe im a complete dumbass for thinking but here i go: would it work if i just went through a di box? would that change the signal to the correct impedance/volume/whatever it needs to be? I don't think this will help, assuming it's an 8-ohm speaker. DI boxes help when your ...