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  1. NEW: http://ftp.cableone.net/rebelart/StabArt.mp3

    http://ftp.cableone.net/rebelart/Showbreadish.mp3

    Well, this is my first try doing vocals in a song. I tried actually singing, and it came out atrocious, so I'm experimenting around with what I can pull off. Feedback on any aspect of the song is welcome, this is also my first try at actually mic-ing my amp cabinets instead of just using a direct line in. Thanks for taking the time to listen!

    EDIT: Alrighty, I'm using a different song to practice vocals on, but it's still the same general idea, so feedback is still appreciated!

  2. Well, I'm hardly a professional, but I picked up a used M-Audio FastTrack ($60) and a used ART Tube Preamp ($30) to use with my SM57, and it sounds absolutely amazing for pretty much everything I've tried with it (vocals, amp, misc sound effects, etc). I previously had the SM57 going through some generic preamp on a small mixer, and I cannot believe how much of a difference a better preamp makes. Definitely look into the ART Tube preamps, they have a bunch, some with integrated USB audio interfaces, so that might be a good place to start. As far as the mic itself, I don't know much there, so I can't really make any recommendations, as the SM57 is the only one I've really used. The FastTrack works great though, and it'd work as a replacement for your sound card, so you might want to look into that.

  3. I found this at a pawn shop for about $200, so I snapped some pictures of it to remember, and now I'm having trouble finding exactly what bass it is and how much it goes for. I know I should have gotten better pictures / some sort of serial number, but if anyone here knows more about it, I'd really appreciate some help. Thanks! It's a Spector with active EMG pickups and a flat body. Here are the pictures:

    spector2.jpg

    spector1.jpg

    I don't think it was a through body neck, but I can't quite tell from the pictures.

  4. Just gonna give more support to the Ibanez Soundgears. I got a 5 string Ibanez from the series they had before that for $125 used, and it's been an excellent bass to learn on. It was actually my second, I started on a 4 string P-Bass imitation, but yeah, highly recommended. Excellent basses for the price. Also, I'd recommend learning to play fingered first, regardless of what style you want to play, because it's a lot easier to learn picking later, and it's really nice to know how to do both.

  5. I bet I might have enjoyed the new Yoshis island on the DS if the music wasn't so...bland. I think that might just be because I LOVED the first Yoshis Island and it's music, so I feel really let down when I play the DS one, and get the tripe it calls music. T_T

    Sometimes I still try to play it on occasion with the sound turned down, but that doesn't feel right either...and some of the sound effects are messed up.

    Yoshi's Island DS's soundtrack was absolutely atrocious, and that ruined the game for me. I would have been totally happy with a halfway decent platformer that kept the same atmosphere as the original, but the music totally ruined it. I was desperate enough that I honestly looked into the possibility of hex editing the music out or using Yoshi Touch 'n Go's instead, but of course that wound up being way too difficult. Oh well, we still have the original.

    D:

  6. http://www.amazon.com/Koss-155540-KSC75-Headphones/dp/B0006B486K/ref=pd_sbs_ce_title_11

    For general listening, I highly reccomend these. Yes, I know they're only $17, but they really are great headphones, and they're one of the best pairs I have. If nothing else, for this cheap, it's worth it to just give them a listen. I've done some mixing on them and they seem to work ok, but I usually go back to my monitors when I'm doing anything serious, so take that as you will.

  7. This is really cool so far. I'd say the synth that comes in with World Revolution is a little bit loud, and that you could bring out some of the bassline a little bit more there. Samples all around could use work, but that's hard when you're working off of free samples. Some of the trumpet notes sound off, but I could be wrong on that. It could also use a real ending. Still, this is sounding really good, I'm looking forward to hearing more on it!

  8. We made a little square wave function generator with a 555 timer in my electrical engineering class, and attatched a little speaker to it to see how high of frequencies we could hear. Most people dropped out around 15-16kHz, but I made it up to 19.6. I'm not sure if it dropped out from there because of the speaker itself or my hearing, though.

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