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1998


December 1998

December 29 - Runaway Volume At Live Gigs
December 28 - SMF and Drum Tracks
December 23 - "Lack of Planning and Tech Support" - READ THE MANUAL
December 22 - Kurzweil Key Maps
December 21 - Demagnetizing Your Tape Machines
December 18 - More On Envelopes
December 17 - Akai S6000 Cable Extension
December 16 - PC Motherboards and Digital Audio Recording
December 14 - SMF Transfers
December 11 - LRC With MTP/AV
December 10 - Aark20/20 With Logic Audio
December 09 - Level Matching
December 08 - S6000 AES I/O
December 07 - More On UPS Devices
December 04 - CD Burner Compatibility
December 03 - Jaz Drive Compatibility
December 02 - Impedance Matching
December 01 - Resetting Your LX20

November 1998

November 30 - ADAT's As Sync Slaves
November 25 - UPS With Other Power Regulation Units
November 24 - Placing Monitors For Hypercardioid Microphone Usage
November 23 - ADAT Brake Self-Calibration
November 19 - More On Static Discharge
November 13 - Static Discharge
November 12 - Battery Self-Test Problems
November 06 - Preventing Acoustic Guitar Feedback
November 05 - ASIO-MME Test Routines
November 04 - ESI Premium Rhythm Section Compatibility
November 03 - Self Test Mode for BRC
November 02 - More On Powering Off Amps

October 1998

October 30 - Mackie D8B and ADAT I/O
October 29 - More On UPS Devices
October 28 - "Amps on last and off first."
October 27 - Syncing BRC To Video Deck
October 26 - Erasing CD-RW Discs
October 23 - Using A UPS With Computer Systems
October 22 - Playing Notes from a Kurzweil Rack Keypad
October 21 - More On Consumer Versus Pro CD-R
October 20 - Roland VS-880 and CDR
October 19 - ADAT, BRC, and D8•B Digital Transfer Issues
October 16 - D/A Converters In Keyboards
October 15 - Consumer Versus Pro CD-R's
October 14 - Saving Kurzweil Banks With Master Tables
October 13 - More On Getting Dust Out Of Your Gear
October 12 - More On Dolby B and Dolby S Compatibility
October 09 - Dolby S and Dolby B Compatibility
October 08 - Reviving Old Analog Tape
October 07 - Macintosh OS8.1 Partition Sizes
October 06 - Dust On Components
October 05 - K2000/2500 Mono Pressure To Pitch of a Specific Layer

September 1998

September 25 - Glyph/G3/Iomega Compatibility
September 24 - Bulk Erasing Tapes
September 23 - Windows 98 Compatibility
September 22 - Simultaneously Controlling Multiple K2000s
September 18 - More On Continuous Controller Care
September 17 - Noise Reduction Compatibility
September 16 - A Trick For Microphone Stand Care
September 15 - Continuous Controllers With Kurzweils
September 14 - Serial Cable Problems
September 11 - VS-1680 and DA30MKII Digital Incompatibility
September 10 - A-B Stereo Miking Technique
September 09 - ASIO Driver for Vision DSP and 1212I/O Card
September 08 - Pitch Wheel Problems
September 04 - Alesis M20 Software Revision
September 03 - Miking A Bass Drum
September 02 - More On EMI Issues
September 01 - The End of the Microphone Covering Issue

August 1998

August 31 - Shielded Versus Speaker Cables
August 28 - EMI Interference From Computer Monitors
August 27 - The Word On Ultra-wide SCSI With Pro Tools
August 26 - More On Shielding Cables
August 25 - More On IDE drives In Macs
August 24 - Even More On Microphone Care
August 21 - More On Y2K Issues
August 20 - Updating Your ASPI Layer
August 19 - More On Rack Wiring
August 18 - 44.1 Versus 48 kHz Sampling Rates
August 17 - New Macs and IDE Drives
August 14 - More On Microphone Care
August 13 - Y2K Issues With Keyboards
August 12 - K2500 OS 2.64b Fixes
August 11 - Defragmenting Hard Drives
August 10 - Panning Tracks Without Creating L/R Imbalance
August 07 - Parallel Versus SCSI Zip and Jaz Drives
August 06 - CD Recorders Versus CD Burners
August 05 - Microphone Care: Put Them Away or Leave Them Out?
August 04 - Wiring Racks
August 03 - Unsoldering Surface Mount Components

July 1998

July 31 - More On Parking Hard Drives
July 30 - Building "Home-made" Drum Triggers
July 29 - Watch Out For That Mac/PC Switch On Your MIDI Timepiece AV
July 28 - Disabling SCMS On TASCAM DA-20 Machines
July 27 - Squashed Recordings With Portable DAT Recorders
July 24 - Care and Feeding of Mixer Faders
July 23 - Waves and MAS Compatibility
July 22 - More On Tape Shedding
July 21 - Transferring ABS Time
July 20 - Using CD Recorders for Archiving
July 13 - Wear Earplugs at NAMM
July 10 - Getting an Instrument Signal to a PA Mixer
July 09 - Unusual Amounts of Oxide Flakes - What To Do?
July 08 - "Do CD Rewritable Drives Really Work For Audio?"
July 07 - Connections For Digital Audio Transfer
July 06 - More On Drum Triggering
July 03 - Parking Floppy Drives for Transportation
July 02 - More On Bank Change Command Work Arounds
July 01 - Bank Change Message Work Arounds

June 1998

June 30 - Triggering Drum Samples
June 29 - Wall Wart Amp Ratings
June 26 - More On Cleaning Faders
June 25 - More On Double System Sound
June 24 - More On ADAT Tapes
June 23 - Kurzweil KDFX Installation
June 22 - ADAT Tape - Which One Is Best?
June 19 - Transacting On Our Trading Post
June 18 - Accessing Synthesizer Banks
June 17 - Data Archiving
June 16 - Recording Over A Write Protected ADAT Tape
June 15 - More On Kurzweil PC-88 Zones
June 12 - More On Speaker Connections
June 11 - .WAV To .AIF Formats for Macintosh In Sound Forge
June 10 - More On Unsightly Wall Warts
June 09 - Cleaning Faders
June 08 - The Differences Between Speaker Connections
June 05 - More On Guitar Synth Tracking
June 04 - Creating Zones on a Kurzweil PC-88
June 03 - ADAT Sync Cables
June 02 - Transferring MIDI Files Between Computers and Keyboards
June 01 - Synching ADAT and Pro Tools

May 1998

May 29 - Digidesign ADAT Bridge I/O Issues
May 28 - DDS Data Versus DAT Audio Tapes
May 27 - More On Damping Factor
May 26 - More On Asynchronous Transfers
May 22 - Keyboard Care • Part 5 of 5
May 21 - Keyboard Care • Part 4 of 5
May 20 - Keyboard Care • Part 3 of 5
May 19 - Keyboard Care • Part 2 of 5
May 18 - Keyboard Care • Part 1 of 5
May 15 - Connecting Effects That Are Not True Stereo
May 14 - New Security X-RAY Systems
May 13 - Bias Controls On Tape Decks - And What Do They Do?
May 12 - MasterList CD and Split SDII Files
May 11 - More Year 2000 Information
May 08 - Rack Mounted DI's And Noise Problems
May 07 - Guitar To MIDI Tracking
May 06 - Locking Tremolos And Keeping Guitars In Tune
May 05 - DAT Tape Speeds
May 04 - More On Theremin
May 01 - Mackie SR40•8 Mixer Fuse Upgrade

April 1998

April 30 - Checking For Shipping Damage
April 29 - Shielding Studio Reference Monitors
April 28 - Setting Tube Bias
April 27 - Original ADAT Phase Issues
April 24 - Erratic Data From Your Modulation or Pitch Wheel?
April 23 - Protecting Your Elco Connectors
April 22 - Parking Alesis ADATs For Transport
April 21 - Isolating A Direct Box From Phantom Power
April 20 - Kurzweil 360 File Name Limit
April 17 - Interfacing TASCAM DA-98/88/38 Machines with Yamaha Digital Mixers
April 16 - The Significance of Absolute Phase
April 15 - Exchange 2.2 Compatibility With Kurzweil Files
April 14 - Phase Differences in Microphone Signals
April 13 - Knob or Button / Switch or Pot
April 10 - More On Making Non Standard CD-ROMs
April 09 - Studio Vision and QuickTime Lockups
April 08 - Longevity of CD Recordable Discs
April 07 - Squeezing 24-Bit Audio Onto An Audio CD
April 06 - MOTU Digital Performer and Mac OS8
April 03 - Two Locked ADATs - Different Head Hours?
April 02 - Calibration With Audio CDs
April 01 - Clear and Concise Netwhining

March 1998

March 31 - What is the Significance of Thermal Calibration?
March 30 - A More "Correct" Version On Audio Bit Resolution
March 27 - More On Burning Non Standard Data CD-ROMs
March 26 - "What is the difference between a Single Coil and Humbucker style guitar pickup?"
March 25 - Recordable CD-ROM Compatibilities
March 24 - TT Patch Bay Wiring Problems
March 23 - More On Ground Loops and Isolators In Audio
March 20 - More On Syncing Live Performance With Sequencers
March 19 - Phantom Power and Line Level Gear
March 18 - Guitar Hum, Grounding, and Safety
March 17 - Digital Converter Quality
March 16 - Making CD-ROMs From Non-Standard File Formats
March 13 - Digital Connections
March 12 - Syncing Sequencers To Live Performance
March 11 - Recording: Bits Versus Sampling Frequency
March 10 - Eliminating Ground Buzz
March 09 - Pro Tools and the Truncated Bits
March 06 - Mackie HUI MIDI Questions
March 05 - "Why Does So Much Equipment These Days Have 'Software' Versions?"
March 04 - Unlocking The Transport On TASCAM DA-98/88/38 After Error Detection
March 03 - Getting Your Gear in Sync (BRC, ADAT, XP-80)
March 02 - More On Getting Rid of Guitar Hum

February 1998

February 27 - CD-ROM SCSI Drivers For Samplers
February 26 - High Speed Hard Drives and Keeping Them Cool
February 25 - "So What Is All The Fuss About Tube Gear Anyway?"
February 24 - What To Look For In High Quality Signal Cables
February 23 - Advantages of Higher Bit Resolutions
February 20 - Subjective Audio Vocabulary and Lingo
February 19 - More Information On 1212 I/O's and Re-Initializing After Crashes
February 18 - Guitars! Is There A Way To Remove Their Hum??
February 17 - Time Code With A DA-88 and Film Houses
February 16 - Cleaning Heads On DAT Machines... How Often??
February 13 - Crashing Computers and 1212I/O Cards Disappearing
February 12 - Extracting CD Audio To .WAV Files
February 11 - Speakers and 70.7 Volts?? What's Going On?
February 10 - Quick Ideas For Getting New and Interesting Sounds For Music Composition
February 09 - Differences Between Large and Small Diaphragm Microphones
February 03 - Differences Between A Compressor, A Limiter, and A Leveler
February 02 - MacOS 8.1 and Extended HFS+ Disk Format

January 1998

January 30 - "What Is DC Offset?? And Is it Good Or Bad?"
January 29 - How To Fix Your "Crackling" Guitar
January 28 - Digital Convertors and Compressors
January 27 - Phantom Power and Passive Direct Boxes
January 26 - The Best Way To Split Audio Outputs (To Two Devices)
January 23 - More On MIDI Modes (A Clearer Definition)
January 22 - More Information On "Interleaving"
January 21 - SAW32 and EDL Corruption
January 20 - Proper Operation For The Alesis ADAT And Korg 168RC
January 19 - More On Taking Care Of Guitar Fingerboards
January 16 - Still More On Using Audio DAT For Computer Backup
January 15 - More On Backing Up Data With A Digital Audio Card
January 14 - More On Oiling Your Guitar (A Possible Fire Hazzard)
January 13 - Routing Phantom Power Through A Patchbay
January 12 - Disengaging the Velocity Setting on the K2000
January 09 - More On Backing Up Computer Data With Audio DAT Recorders
January 08 - More On Defragmenting A Hard Drive
January 07 - Oiling Your Guitar Fretboard...
January 06 - Placement of Acoustic Foam
January 05 - "How should I set the controls on my _________?"
January 02 - Using Audio DAT Recorders To Backup Data

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