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8 tracks on 1/4" is the same as 16 on 1/2" - OK but not great. 8 track on 1/2" is the same as 16 on 1" - great but could be better. 8 track on 1" is the same as 16 on 2" - awesome. True. But using 8 tracks on 1" on a great machine at 30 ips? What's the point? May as well just go digital at that poi...

8 tracks on 1/4" is the same as 16 on 1/2" - OK but not great. 8 track on 1/2" is the same as 16 on 1" - great but could be better. 8 track on 1" is the same as 16 on 2" - awesome. True. But using 8 tracks on 1" on a great machine at 30 ips? What's the point? May as well just go digital at that poi...

While we're on the topic, this is Nick Drake's sister, Gabrielle. She was on a British Sci Fi show called "UFO".

Just to be extra weird, this clip is dubbed into Italian for some reason: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5GNB4iYOoI

That is pretty damn well done, sir.

You should definitely charge more for your time. You could easily make that much as a barista in many cities, and have a blast making music for fun on the side -- with no investment in the tens of thousands of dollars needed. I've raised rates several tines over the years, and each time, it's turned...

Hahahaha. I wouldn't be quite so negative as your client Eddie, but I think a lot of what you're saying is pretty spot-on. Still, to be fair, the "privileged few" they were alluding to in the movie were "people who were good at playing music," not "rich people." If anything, these days almost no one...

I wrote a little bit about building out those kinds of rooms (where you incorporate an existing brick wall or two) here: Soundproofing the Small Studio Hope that helps a little. There's at least one diagram in there, and then a couple of links to further reading. Rod's book is good. If you find your...

Wow... How come this isn't blowing up the airwaves?? NPR and all that? What an interesting find... NPR station WNYC did a thing last April it seems. http://www.wnyc.org/shows/spinning/2012/apr/22/ AllMusic has a little write-up too. Release is coming in March, so I imagine it'll get some more cover...

I'm interested in more experienced guitarist's opinions on whether I should splurge on a Vox AC30 with Alnico Blues, Yes. Anytime is a good time for pie... er, um I mean an AC30. Seriously, yes, if that money is burning a whole in your pocket and you know that's what you want, then definitely. They...

chris harris wrote:This has been blowing my mind today. Beautiful stuff!!

http://mollydrake.bandcamp.com

No. Way. Checking this out now.

Alexander's advice is pretty spot-on. The best thing to do is measure with a microphone at this point. For the record, you're thinking of "nodes". That's a point of complete (or nearly complete) attenuation. "Modes" are often bandied about as being synonymous with "resonances." But I believe that th...

Two Acrolites with very different setups might get you more variety than 2 different models, but with the same heads and wires. To wit: Coated Ambassadors & 20 strand snares tuned a bit up versus Fyberskins and 40 wire snares tuned low. My thoughts on a basic snare collection: Something from the 5 ...

Good responses so far. All I can offer youis the following things to ponder : Make good songs. This IMHO is the absolutely most important thing you can do. What is a good song? A good song is one that YOU love. It is nothing else. If YOU love your song, then you have done your work. You have absolu...

To be fair, I bet that none of us own any recordings -- even classical ones -- that use a full 14 bits of dynamic range. Telarc's 80's release of Bolero maybe? If you crank it so you can hear the intro, the ending will deafen you. Maybe! And the fact that the CD version is capable of doing that (an...

Well, some of the the very earliest converters didn't have the greatest anti-aliasing filters, but that was fixed pretty early on from what I understand. That was actually an analog front-end problem and had nothing to do with "algorithms." Back when that was an issue, it could alter your high frequ...