Hi Everybody,

I didn't think to ask here about an old jazz drummer friend I'm trying to track down. He wasn't too well known, except by other drummers in the 50s and 60s. His name is Freddie Gruber, but he might be calling himself Freddy Gruber these days. Great drummer, but we lost track of each other years ago. Anybody heard of him or know how to contact him? Thanks for any help.

I usually do a lot of rock and electric based music. Right now I'm working with an acoustic group though. We have mic'ed all the guitars and also taken a D.I. from their on board piezo pickups. I have never been happy with the sounds I've gotten with the piezo tracks. The artist would like to blend the piezo and mic'ed guitar sounds. I'm not happy with the way this sounds.

Thanks to Cameron from Australia, I just added the following Names Libraries to http://www.visionsj.com/oms/names.html

Nord - Nord Modular
Roland - JX-305 (a second library)
Yamaha - CS-2X, CS-6X, S30/S80

I have been sent a track in from Europe to mix this weekend and am having real trouble with the bass. I didn't track the band but apparently the guy was using a Trace bass ( I think made by Trace Elliot) and a Trace amp and cab. When I put the sound up it was flat as f***k and had no bottom end in it at all.

How do you get on this MOTU mac mailing forum I think if they were aware of this forum we would get a lot more traffic on this board there are a ton of DP users out there that can be a big help.I think it's topica something or another if someone would post on there about dawworld I think there would be a great interest in this board.Just a thought!
BT

I'm putting together a 1272 class A from the 183 circuit and the input and output transformers. Is there anyway to avoid building the gain switch? Would a 5k pot work instead, like the one on the output?

Does anyone have any opinions on the MXL 2001-P on sax/tpt/bone?

I'm considering buying a preamp does dbx 386 is a good one?
It has an A/D converter,will it improve the quality of a Gina of Echo soundcard?or should I look for a better preamp with EQ or compressor but no converter?
thanks

I am in the market for a MIDI keyboard controller. I don't need any sounds, but if they are included, that's fine. I would like at least 61 keys in a semi weighted configuration. Dedicated MIDI In, Out and Thru is a must. Dedicated octave switch would be nice, but not a must. No out/thru switches please. What do you use? Do you like it?