onhwy61
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| Bonzo's drum sound Drum sound has four variables. How the drummer strikes, brand/material of the drum, how the drum is tuned and how the drum is mic'd (and processed). Bonham clearly was a powerful striker and I belive he played Ludwig maples. The book "A Thunder of... | |
| Electronic keyboards grammar... An article from the current edition of Mix on virtual synthesizer and classic synth software emulators. | |
| Digitizing LPs: General advice wanted Your computer OS will automatically handle the accessing of multiple hard drives. All the user has to do is specify, via software, where the music files are to be stored. | |
| Norah Jones on Bluenote?? Whether or not you're a fan of Norah Jones or not, be sure to check out the 1997 film documentary Blue Note. It tells the story of the label and its founder, Alfred Lion. The convergence of the fabulous musicians with Rudy van Gelder (engineer), R... | |
| "Trickle up" theory To a large extent it's all a matter of design trade-offs and personal preferences. Few if any individual audio products or systems truly excel at all areas of audio reproduction and we as listeners are attracted to those products that match our pe... | |
| TAS Total Victory Review I couldn't disagree with Divo's premise more. It was a very positive review of a product Pearson found both challenging and revelatory. Pearson explicitly stated that the few problems he had with the speaker should be taken in the context of its e... | |
| Audiophiles & music-have you got it wrong? A little off topic, but is it really unfair to not let 10 thru 13 year old kids drive? Can you imagine the carnage on the road? Thank goodness for sensible government regulations! | |
| Which Solid-State Preamp under $7,000.00 New? Used Pass Aleph One preamps are available for about $1,500. It fully meets all of your stated criteria. | |
| Audiophiles & music-have you got it wrong? I think it's really sad when otherwise intelligent people use the "there's no good new music" excuse. More music is being produced today than ever before. That means that there's tons of bad music being made and and also tons of good music being m... | |
| Power Conditioning/UPS for Digital Audio Server I run my HD server from a inexpensive APC UPS and despite all the negative press against such a setup, I haven't notice any negative effects on the sound quality when compared to going direct out of the wall outlet. It's not quite as clean soundin... | |
| Electronic keyboards grammar... Synthesizers are a huge and complex subject. As a starting point I would recommend this book.There are many different types of synthesizers and and it is possible for a single synth to provide the sounds of virtually all other instruments. It's si... | |
| Does a non-audiophile have to calibrate? From your description it sounds like you've been royally screwed. Your dealer sucks! Based upon the quality of your equipment and the amount of dollars you've paid, your dealer should handle all aspects of the design and installation of your syste... | |
| What is the standard for judging a systems sound? Nrchy, I think I agree with your point about the pitfalls in using reference systems as a point of comparison. But if you follow this line of thinking to its logical conclusion, then it means virtually all of the advice given within these forums r... | |
| need some suggestions for Acoustics Blues "Screamin' And Hollerin' the Blues" by Charley Patton. Contains all known recordings by Patton plus assorted recordings by Son House, Howlin' Wolf and Willie Brown. The recordings date from the early 30s so don't expect high fidelity, butt the mus... | |
| Norah Jones on Bluenote?? Miles Davis hated having his music called jazz. He didn't like the fact that by labeling his music it gave people preconceived notions about what the music should be like. As far as I'm concerned jazz is not a static music form and it is still cap... |