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We're usually wrapped up by 9 or 9:30.

They've been super nice in every other way, so I'm assuming they're not crazy... But yeah, getting in there to hear for myself is a good idea.

OK, I need some advice from all you smart folks. I recently bought my first house. It's a detached house, which was important to me so I could play music in the basement without bugging the neighbors... Well, after a couple months of playing with my bands down there, the next-door neighbors to one s...

As much as I adore my AC30... I say you should get a smaller, simpler tube amp to start. Even if you decide to go for an AC30 later, you will never regret having another flavor of good quality tube amp at your disposal.

Thanks for the ideas, everyone. One thing I did for the first time recently was had a single global reverb bus for a mix with no pre-delay, and then I set up different pre-delay busses feeding the reverb bus and fed different parts to the pre-delay busses depending on how far away from the listener ...

I use this type of technique mostly on acoustic instrument based songs, where an approximation of a real soundstage is desired So you're using more reverbs when going for a more natural soundstage? Seems counterintuitive! Can you give an example of that kind of scenario? Which instruments would you...

Let's talk multiple reverbs... My default has usually been one global reverb for most things, and then something else (often a plate) for lead vocals. But recently I've been turned onto the idea of having multiple global reverbs going at once -- a long, a short, plus maybe a delay or two thrown in -...

Make sure you're using the "Tape Cue" to monitor the tracks you've already recorded. Sounds like you're monitoring them by leaving the Assign switches engaged, which is routing them to the new track. This will come in handy at some point if you actually want to bounce tracks together! But until then...

I've been recording a few tunes with a friend who just got Logic Pro... We're both new to Logic, so we're testing it out and learning as we go. So far we're liking a lot of the features, but ran into one frustrating/baffling problem. Perhaps someone can help? We recorded a guitar with two mics onto ...

I've always loved the idea of "first take magic," but it rarely works out that way for me in actual practice. Maybe it's just me or the musicians I've worked with, but I usually find it to be more like a bell curve (if you imagine the x-axis as time and the y-axis as awesomeness): Rough at first, in...

I've been using a spare DVD player (snagged from my GF's family), but it has a mind of its own. Its latest trick is randomly skipping to the next track for no discernible reason.

Maybe there's a reason it was a "spare."

Update: Seems it was one of the power tubes. I got a new set of EL84s in there, and so far, so good.

Man, it is a pain to change tubes in that thing.

Hey Brett: I, too, am still on PT 6.4. (I thought I was the only one!) And I'm pretty sure I have that plug-in. I'll try to look for it in the next couple days and let you know.

Man, this sounds cool. You can really feel the vibe of the room.

I have a 488 MKII too. I love that thing!

The Scum wrote:First suspect might be the rectifier tube, especially if there are symptoms while in standby.

There are no symptoms while in standby -- I meant that there's a pop at the moment when the standby switch gets flipped. After that it's silent, as it should be.

A little amp troubleshooting advice would be appreciated! I have an AC30 Custom Classic that has begun to make occasional weird noises: soft popping sounds, faint crackle, and a weird low buzz/hum that comes and goes (usually at a constant pitch but sometimes it modulates or dives in pitch, almost s...