i would totally agree with not telling people 'how' to play, im a terrible drummer so im in no position whatsoever to do that. and asking them to totally rearrange their drums would be out of the question, comfortable drummer=happy in my book. making light of problems though is essential. worked rec...

I have an Oktava mk319 and its wonderful. Not overly clear at the top end (which strangely sounds really nice to me) but gives a generally warm sound without any eq, epecially when recording onto digital. Used a few others and there is a definite issue with consistency and Oktava. mk219s are pretty ...

If you end up using passive monitors the amp really makes a massive difference to the sound. Most will be alright, some brilliant, but equally some amps just dont fit well with certain speakers. I mixed for some time on a fairly flat hifi system tht i was familiar with, but always ended up burning o...

Been running a Studiomaster III 16:8:2 for about 9 months. Sound is very solid, pres sound very clear and bring through the warmth and sound of the mic very well. Great console, but modular so it is really large. Though when recording lots of tracks at once the size pays off. One major niggle i have...

if you want to use something like a speaker to record, just stick the output from the terminals into a DI box. It will balance the signal for you. You can find all sorts of things to plug into DIs when you need some crazy lo-fi shit for recordings, telephone handsets are a personal favourite, especi...

well HT usually means 'high tension' comes from automobile electronics. Probably just the high voltage side of the transformer. There should be values written around the end of the fuse embossed. As long as its the right rating anything should be ok, but make sure if its a slo-blow type you use anot...

you can even with many DI boxes take the signal from the speaker itself and attenuate it down to a level suitable for the PA. Otherwist micing or adding a line out would seem more sensible. Sennheiser e609 great for live micing without too much spillage. If you dont want it going through the PA at a...

unfortunately valves glowing arent a reliable sign that theyre still working. only that their heaters are working. if they pulse in time to the signal passing thats a different matter... but since youre getting no signal that doesnt help much. The hum would suggest that the power amp is at least fun...

nice to see i wasnt being totally crazy! its a 3 room rehearsal studio in a warehouse space so 2 of the runs are almost 80ft fully shielded in earthed conduit. But all three rooms have very different acoustics, ones so acoustically dead it always felt strange rehearsing in there. Ive come to the con...

was building a box for the xlr sockets that would run across the building to the control room. wanted to make it possible to change a socket without resoldering, using terminal blocks or something like that. in the end i realised i was being too anal and just soldered them. if was in case i ended up...