Recent content by loopmantra

when asked 'is there any point in painting,now when camera is invented' Picasso answered '...i think NOW that point is even stronger' digital form is bunch of 1's and 0's....sure it's getting somewhere,over the years,and,opposed to analog,it's growing better...BUT,with sound it's tricky see...

hmmm...mastering is more of a mathematical aproach then musical....those guys spend more time looking at diagrams then 'listening' to music,trust me..:D fun asside,it's not a 'must' by any means,but it's still good to have a pair of fresh ears at the end...you know,a pair of ears that were NOT...

there's never any rule to it really.the size of your hand,grip,your hand/finger musculature....everything plays a role....some people preffer 'C' shaped neck,some preffer thinner,some wider....Claypool has LONG fingers btw,as far as i can tell,plus he used to be a drummer(a very good one that...

funny,only the true music artists can never be put into any genre....what would you say Tom Waits band plays? blues? country? r'n'r? or,say,Mars Volta? art rock? Amon Tobin? nujazz(god i hate that word...)?Residents(Claypool's fav. band,and greatest impact on his playing/songwriting)?and so...

i think audiobox is much better i.e. A/D/D/A converters are much better,dsp is better,and,hell,it's 24bit/48khz which can not be said about the zoom... one other thing is,with audiobox you get studio one software,and bundle of loops/samples,and with the zoom you get only the zoom and that...

shure pg81 in fact,that whole set (shure pg drum microphone kit) is pretty cheap for what it offers... check it out

i think no way....unless that mixer has separate outputs for each channel...you're pretty much stuck....one other thing you could do,if the mixer has in the first place,is use the 'insert'-half way i.e inserting a cable half way(up to the first knee,not all the way)into a 'insert' slot will give...

markbass compressore.period. otherwise,try the bongo's review of compressors,and find the one that suits you.actually,i'm a bit suprised he hadn't answered with the post here yet....xD

interfaces(with quality A/D/D/A converters,and trust me thats what you will be aiming for)- focusrite scarlett presonus audiobox alesis io2(though i'm not a fan of this one,but they say it's good) M audio fast track(also not a fan,but it has a lot of followers) they all come with some sort of...

mxr m80 in combo with ehx octave multiplexer with the sub switch set to 'off'-that way you get a wicked fuzz on a lower octave.....AND regular dist from the MXR....superawesome

+1 on focusrite,i was actually aiming for scarlett,but couldn't find it at the time,so i wound up with presonus audiobox-which is also magnificant,but i somehow felt that scarlett had less 'issues' and better conversion...at least the people on the forums had less problems with 'scarlett'...

dude,i hate to be the one to break this to you,but,there's an angry mob gathering on the internet(on other forums),pissed off by OBVIOUS problems between cubase LE and USB soundcards it goes with-vast majority of those(lexicon alpha,among others) DO NOT work well with cubase LE...which is...

heh,just read the top page with all MAC vs PC attitude...funny,made me remember-this thing i saw(think it was 'the brainiacs' but i'm not sure)-back to back comparrison test for PC and MAC-desktops so,a girl of,say15-16,took the mac out of the box,placed it on the desk,took out the cables,looked...

that's a bit tricky....see,every equipment has 'pro's' and 'con's'... some people swear by the mackie monitors,some swear by KRK or genelec,some say always record in a huge room(huge room-huge sound,and this is true most of the time),some say size does not matter(also true if you are recording...

2 types of producers,really- those who DO the job their way,and you have very little space to change anything of his,but maybe you can throw an idea or two once in a while and those who SIT and wait for you to TELL them what should be done. the latter is for those with advanced knowledge in...