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Looking to sell two items for pickup (someone willing to pickup in Minneapolis): TASCAM ATR60-2 (1/2 inch analog 2-track) ****SOLD**** Roland SRE-555 (analog tape delay/chorus/reverb) asking: $650 or reasonable offer I might be swayed in shipping the Roland SRE-555 but it's such a heavy item it'll r...

Sounds like it's either a calibration issue or the record-head is worn out. If you get a small signal from stuff you recorded, you might want to look into full calibration; nWb, azimuth, s/n-r, bias, degaussing (de-mag), and so on. Depends on where you live but you could probably find someone to tak...

The recordings on you MySpace doesn't sound that bad. I probably sense what you don't like about the drums. They sound rather dull and floppy. I'd push in favor of the Coles 4038's and a Manley Dual Mono pre. Are you going to mix the drums and perc tracks in mono again? If so, and you say you're gon...

Deltalab TimeLine digial delay Audio Technica ATM 63HE mic 80's Peavey live mixer (collecting dust) D&R 2000 console (collecting dust) MXR Auto Flange (racked pair) A box full of old cables and 10" speaker cones (all useless) Sound Baffles Ibanez SD-1 guitar pedal Lyle hollowbody acoustic/electric g...

I will never part with the Ibanez Sonic Distortion SD-9.

-- Adam Lazlo

Omni pencil-point reference mics like Eathworks and Josephson work really well. On days that I don't have time to fire up all my gear, I record my band's practices with a single Behringer ECM8000 set up against a wall, to create a boundary mic. That mic has made some good recordings that we use in ...

I really liked using a Neumann/Telefunken U47 longbody (tube) mic for such an application.

A SHURE SM90 is pretty good for someone within a budget.

Omni pencil-point reference mics like Eathworks and Josephson work really well.

-- Adam Lazlo

I was hired as an engineer/producer and found a studio that fit the client's needs and my needs based on budget and room. I brought all my own mic pre's and microphones to the session and we set-up live (like we did a few years before). Then when we did some overdub tracks, I thought I'd take the ti...

I don't know specific years but I know at least 1930's to 1950's on these mics:

RCA 44BX
RCA BK5b
(2) RCA 74b
(2) Neumann/Gefell CMV563
Telefunken Ela M 032/2

-- Adam Lazlo

dwlb wrote: BTW, there's a funny bit about this in"Ocean's 12," where Don Cheadle is in the studio mixing a track for radio and it's bleeped every three or four seconds. Worth a look for a laff.

I was the only one in the theater laughing hysterically during that part.

-- Adam Lazlo

That reminds me of a band that came in to record and almost every other word was "questionable". They didn't care about radio play and I joked with them about if we did make a radio friendly mix the whole song would be one long beep... So, the main mix went pretty fast and I was feeling frisky... I ...

I have an Ernest Deffner "Canyon Reverb n Echo" oilcan tube delay. It sounds great. It only has a volume pot and a 3 selector delay knob. It's not versatile but when it works for a song (tempo-wise) it sounds wonderful. Regarding fixing or part replacement? I have no clue. Mine was in perfect shape ...

Everyone else said some really excellent things... I agree. Umz, I'd start by e-mailing all the studios in your area asking about intern positions. I suggest not sounding desperate or naive. Make it somewhat personal (identify the studio name and contact person in the e-mail), express your interest ...

It depends on the way a musician is asking for the different mic. I am the one who was irritated by a hired session musician asking for an inferior mic that might have sounded ok but was not right for the situation. I do not feel I am insecure. I have almost 20 years of doing this. The only time I ...

I studied Ambisonics on my own over a decade ago. I was saving up my money for the Calrec Soundfield but never quite made it. I was obsessed with Ambisonics and Binaural for many years. My focus went more toward Binaural over the years. Unfortunately I never got to use any Ambisonic techniques. The ...