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Thank you, Dwoz. That makes good sense to me.

Dwoz / Shotgun,
Thanks for those nuggets of wisdom. Your depth of field explanation was a real eye opener for me. I think it is really cool that there is a few of you experienced guys out there will ...

You're right Kev, those big 100 watt resistors should work fine.

We’re talking about three different pieces here:

-speaker level dummy load (resistors)
-line level output (DI)
-speaker emulation (lowpass)

The boxes available on the market all have different ...

I converted an acoustic set to electric to trigger BFD. It plays pretty well for me. Lots of fun. It does require a lighter touch than real drums. Some of my heavy handed drummer buddies can and have ...

Thank you Davedog

Are casters considered to be adequate for decoupling from the floor?

Also, I was raised to always put the tube amp heads on the floor instead of on the cabinets to help prevent microphonic tubes.

You don't need a specific brand p/s. Just get a nice 500+ watter. The Antecs fans might be a little quiter. Get a couple a GB of good RAM (name brand) and 2or 3 hard drives.

Download the latest dri ...

A fully loaded Asus with Intel chips is always a good bet.

In this case it might be better to buy last years models.

You can DI a head with either of these boxes. What you need to do it is both a dummy load and a speaker simulator. These two have both. Otherwise you could use dummy loads with line outs like the THD ...

Oh yeah, I'd track two mono guitars and pan one hard right and one hard left. Use a different guitar and play the rhythm a little different. Invert the chord or syncopate it a little different.

Pat

If you already have a brick and a 57 find a good room and start recording. Move the mic around until you get something good.
I don't really think the modellers are the answer. Yes, they are useful fo ...

Cool. Thanks for the SCA link.
Next thread, how to convince the wife that I need 8 of them!

Pat

SCA kit? Where can I find one of those? I found the Prodigy site
a few weeks ago, but don't remember seeing them there. I was
planning to go for the Green Pre. Thanks.

Edit:
Found it.
Sorry, s ...

Thanks for the DIY info Kev. Your new site is gonna be awesome. Thumbs Up