VaticanShotglass wrote: Mon Sep 08, 2025 2:36 pm
USB sure has been a real fucking ride hasn't it?

The "Universal" part of USB sure didn't apply to connectors.

W.L.Weller wrote: Mon Sep 08, 2025 2:13 pm If you need another cable, let me know, I've got a box of old cables because of my hoarding problem.

Haha thanks... I held onto a bunch of firewire stuff for ages so I feel that... Think I'm covered though. The physical connect is not a problem in either configuration. I guess the better question I could have asked was if the janky old camera cord would move audio back and forth in real time or it it limited to dumping photos only. I toyed around a bit with the block sizes and cpu options in Reaper preferences and I think I'm good to go. Thx y'all!

VaticanShotglass wrote: Mon Sep 08, 2025 2:36 pm

W.L.Weller wrote: Mon Sep 08, 2025 2:13 pm

LBx wrote: Sun Sep 07, 2025 11:34 am The male-to-male usb cable that came with my (kind of old!) Canon Rebel DSLR is the same deal that works with the Zoom H4N in interface mode ya?

My Zoom H6N uses a mini-B USB connector, which looks like the same one your Canon DSLR uses:

https://www.amazon.com/Replacement-Came ... B088G2DV9N

If you need another cable, let me know, I've got a box of old cables because of my hoarding problem.

USB sure has been a real fucking ride hasn't it?

If anyone has a rats nest of micro-B, I'd love one. Been looking for that forever

Wasted a night on a goddamn tambourine. How do y'all like to record those little shits?

GuyLaCroix wrote: Mon Sep 08, 2025 7:57 pm If anyone has a rats nest of micro-B, I'd love one. Been looking for that forever

Which one, the "regular" (old) five pin one or the "conjoined twin" ten pin one that I've only seen on external hard drives? Whatever, PM me your address and I'll send you one of each.

W.L.Weller wrote: Tue Sep 09, 2025 11:51 am

GuyLaCroix wrote: Mon Sep 08, 2025 7:57 pm If anyone has a rats nest of micro-B, I'd love one. Been looking for that forever

Which one, the "regular" (old) five pin one or the "conjoined twin" ten pin one that I've only seen on external hard drives? Whatever, PM me your address and I'll send you one of each.

The external hd one. Pm incoming!

llllllllllllllllllll wrote: Tue Sep 09, 2025 12:39 am Wasted a night on a goddamn tambourine. How do y'all like to record those little shits?

Ribbon mics are good for this. A condenser that isn't too strident can do it, a bit off axis several feet from the mic. Low pass and maybe notch out a little bit of anything gnarly ( somewhere between 1k-5k can sometimes be too grating but usually leave the sparkle up above).

I was setting up my guitar last night, and it had been awhile since using those card-sized measurement tools for doing this since my eyes went old-age. I'm having a hard time seeing the little lines, even with my prescriptions. Are there tools for old farts who have a hard time reading small print?

llllllllllllllllllll wrote: Tue Sep 09, 2025 12:39 am Wasted a night on a goddamn tambourine. How do y'all like to record those little shits?

llllllllllllllllllll wrote: Tue Sep 09, 2025 12:39 am Wasted a night on a goddamn tambourine. How do y'all like to record those little shits?

Sit at the drum kit and use the overheads (or one of the overheads)