In no particular order: Recap and try to find a way to rack up a channel or two from this old Sunn mixer I found, it has a pretty interesting 4 band fixed EQ. A passive M/S stereo decoder with Jensen Transformers. Fix a guitar pedal I built for a friend a couple months ago. Retrofit an old Presto ...

evanrowe wrote:To really cut through, Meinl makes good stuff. Their Medium Heavy crashes are much better suited to, well, music than the Zildjian Zs, which have similar sonic qualities to filing cabinets. But for recording they're likely too heavy.I think Meinl Cymbals are really great for their ...

TheMilford wrote:arablue wrote:hey milford, i know i should have preferences, but i dont feel like i know enough to justify my opinion (got my rusty box in january, sounds great). thankfully rodabod has clarified that to some extent. the fane knockoff is the ceramic weber thames https://taweber ...

I've recently noticed that while I am recording with my Fostex R8 1/4 8 track, it seems like track 1 bleeds over to track 5 a little bit while recording. I clean and demagnetize the heads before each session, and I've been able to work around it somewhat, but I think it is affecting what I'm ...

I'm going to try cleaning the machine again and demagnetizing it one more time and studying the issue further and trying some tests to see if it is for certain track 1 bleeding onto track 5 and check back.

I had some recommendations that I not try to calibrate the R8 since it is a two head machine and would be an absolute pain, and I have not calibrated a simpler machine before. So in short, no. I could purchase it and try the calibration of course, but I'm going to try some other things first. If ...