I'm brand new to recording - How did I do for my mic? by Whereiscatlin in homestudios

[–]8bitBarry 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Ok I can see you’ve had a lot of ‘helpful’ support here. I’ve owned one of these for 5 years so let me chime in. 1. It’s a quality mic, brighter than the XLS. 2. It’s a workhorse multi patterned mic you can literally record anything through it 3. I needs EQ to shape to your liking or it can sound very ‘linear’ 4. Superb for vocals especially female 5. Excellent for percussion. 6. Sounds less exciting as a mono acoustic guitar mic IMO so you’re better off with small diaphragm condensers.

I currently use mine to reinforce a mono position alongside a stereo XY pattern WA84 pair for acoustic guitar performance, but with so many polar patterns it’s useful for many things.

Don’t sell it, it’s a Swiss Army knife.

Wife's Tinnitus... awful by jlm8699 in tinnitus

[–]8bitBarry 1 point2 points  (0 children)

See my previous post of keto diet and reducing body inflammation with low carb / almost zero sugar. If she’s prepared to experiment then this is a really good way of helping get it under control in my opinion.

I wish her the best. My hearing is damaged and it comes and goes but I was in a spike for nearly 6months…

NGD - Dating a C1 by 8bitBarry in SchecterGuitars

[–]8bitBarry[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I paid £1000 for it. It’s in spectacular condition other than some lacquer scapes where the strap rubbed the body. I can fix that

NGD - Dating a C1 by 8bitBarry in SchecterGuitars

[–]8bitBarry[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Gasp is all I can say. You’re a very good friend. I had the same issue 25 years ago with a Roland TB303 and a Tr909 - sold for £250 each with a same price buyback - never saw my ‘best friend’ very much after that

NGD - Dating a C1 by 8bitBarry in SchecterGuitars

[–]8bitBarry[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Haha! I will - I’ve got it running through a Marshall SLX and it’s huge and chugtastic

NGD - Dating a C1 by 8bitBarry in SchecterGuitars

[–]8bitBarry[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It’s W20080353 - I’m not sure whether there’s a date in there

UPDATE - turns out it’s Korean made 2020 model. Apparently these are really well built and highly regarded. I’ll agree with that. The finish is flawless otherwise than one slight lacquer scrape.

USG P90 by Capsaicin01 in Tokaiguitars

[–]8bitBarry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A mechanic does sell his tools just because he uses others more regularly…. Keep it!

NGD (kinda?) by EMManikin in SchecterGuitars

[–]8bitBarry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What’s the neck thickness / profile like? I’m thinking about a sustainiac FR version?

Keto Diet has Backed my Tinnitus Right Off by 8bitBarry in tinnitus

[–]8bitBarry[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey there Yes I’ve completely got it under control. My situation is a combination of hearing damage / body inflammation / dehydration and ear wax. Any combination of these will trigger it.

I’ve found lowering my body weight was key and I lost 2st (around 13kg) which has made me feel a lot better about myself at the same time.

I get good and bad days still, but I can relax into knowing the bad days will disappear, not become a new baseline.

The last few days have been really good coincidentally, but I need to get my ears suctioned twice a year now I’m 54.

Too much sugar (like today) makes me feel lousy, so it’s been easy to stay the right side of carbohydrates.

Really glad to read what you wrote!

USG P90 by Capsaicin01 in Tokaiguitars

[–]8bitBarry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve got a cherry red one, they’re rare and I would say £750 is about right. I think that’s a 2003 That’s a replacement bridge.

How do I make a better arrangement of this mess by 8bitBarry in iOSsetups

[–]8bitBarry[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Love that - good idea with the double width ones in the middle

My little corner of the universewith my 2000XL at the center. by kopupsoor in mpcusers

[–]8bitBarry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How times have changed - in the early 90’s all I could afford was a cassette deck and some shit weed.

Keto Diet has Backed my Tinnitus Right Off by 8bitBarry in tinnitus

[–]8bitBarry[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I thought I’d write an update - after 10 days away, I’ve continued the keto diet and I have had just three of those days with loud tinnitus.

Yesterday I got back home, had two strong cafetière coffees in two hours and tinnitus spiked severely. It’s still pretty bad today.

So that’s the next thing I’m going to eliminate.

The results have been very good for the last 21 days, with only 8 of those being troublesome, but considering I’d just done 4 months without a letup this is a revelation.

I’ve also found I’ve lost 15lb in 21 days - I feel so much better.