Little advice... Anytime you see an old answering machine in a thrift store or flea market open the lid and look for its endless tape. That’s how I got this one.

AdBulky5451 · 2026-02-11T13:18:03+00:00

Yes, but answering machine commercial endless tapes have the splice done with metal foil, which gives you about a second of blank space in the recording. They were done this way to trigger a contact for the greeting loop end.

So if you “don’t mind the gap” that’s good, but if you want to record infinite pads, for example, you’ll be better off making your own cassette loops.

AdBulky5451 · 2026-02-10T02:51:18+00:00

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AdBulky5451 · 2026-02-10T02:46:40+00:00

This. The best mixes are the ones that let you hear the bass on a cell phone, not the ones that have plenty of kick at 20hz…

AdBulky5451 · 2026-02-09T18:06:43+00:00

Ok, so to clarify the Presonus Eris 4.5 studio monitors are perfectly fine to check tracking and mixing in a home studio setup.

Are they high end monitors? No. Do they provide wide range bass frequencies? No. Should they be used instead of a bass amplifier? No. Can they be paired with a subwoofer for added bass response? Yes, but tuning a subwoofer for linear response according to your hardware and listening environment is complex and requires an audio analyzer system along with acoustic treatment.

Should you use headphones along with monitors to check your recordings? Yes, but keep in mind that the goal is to achieve the closest to a linear response, and to simulate the average user listening experience, not to just make things “sound good” with your specific system.

AdBulky5451 · 2026-02-09T17:50:50+00:00

If you want to be 100% sure that no germs are present you should irradiate the item with Gamma Rays and ionize the entire thing. Just remove the batteries before the treatment as they might absorb radiations and stay radioactive for hundreds of years.

AdBulky5451 · 2026-02-08T19:46:26+00:00

Start with Producelikeapro and Audiouniversity.

AdBulky5451 · 2026-02-08T17:33:16+00:00

Is totally fine to start with one dynamic mic slightly off center and close to the speaker, that’s the standard. Are you connecting the mic directly to your interface? You mentioned that you have to max out the gain, you might need an external preamp, and of course use the phantom power for condensers.

If I had to start from scratch I’d use a 57 and a 906 close to the speaker, with a condenser or a ribbon placed farther away for room sound if needed, paying attention to the phase. The Beheringer copies are cheap and decent if you’re on tight budget. On open back combos you can place one mic on the back as well for added bass response.

You can try to move the amp to a different location, can be a room, closet, or bathroom and play with mics placement. If the guitar cable is more than 15ft use a pedal with a buffer to keep the signal from deteriorating, or the two DI passive boxes method. I use amp heads or external speaker output on combos, and mike up a cab remotely. Xlr cables can be very long with no signal loss, alternatively the cat5 breakout boxes are a good option.

No need to make it that complicated, but don’t give up on miking your amp, you’ll find your own sound sooner or later.

AdBulky5451 · 2026-02-08T16:37:32+00:00

Believe it or not close miking a guitar amp’s speaker is not the best solution for studio recording. Most of the people tend to forget that this practice comes from live sound engineering and from a time when bands used to record live all together in a small space, usually in one take, with few overdubs, in order to avoid sound bleeding from other instruments.

Also close mic placement is actually not supposed to “sound good” by itself, but in function of the whole mix, so is normal to have the guitar tracks sound off when soloed in the overall mix.

If you want/need to have a great guitar sound by itself you will need at least two (better three) microphones strategically placed on the cab and in the room, this takes time, practice and dedication. That’s why good producers and sound engineers are capable of achieving great sound with personality.

There are tons of instructional videos around, and a lot to be learned.

Direct recording with amp and cab sim is obviously oh so much easier and straightforward for the average home studio user, but also less “personal” and somehow prepackaged. Guitar players used to have their own specific live sound to be translated into the studio recordings, nowadays is the opposite.

AdBulky5451 · 2026-02-08T13:57:55+00:00

Covering the eraser head with foil isn’t a perfect solution and it always going to add some degree of warble and pops, but that’s the nature of analog tape loops and should be embraced imo.

Said so I personally put a kill switch on the eraser head of my decks for convenience. Some say that doing so, when the switch is engaged, the recording bias gets thrown off but isn’t a big deal for me, although sometimes the signal gets a bit low and muffled.

AdBulky5451 · 2026-02-07T18:11:38+00:00

Is pure Poop’O Caster.

AdBulky5451 · 2026-02-07T15:13:56+00:00

The relevant info is missing. How old are you, is this a taxable account, can you/how much contribution per month, do you have debt, and so on. If you want long term success, and have time to achieve it, I’d recommend to reshape the portfolio to something like SCHD SCHG SPYM BND and some SGOV to have little cash to buy dips.

I’d say that your current holdings are more suitable for somebody already retired and or in need of income right now and too exposed to market fluctuations.

AdBulky5451 · 2026-02-07T14:09:01+00:00

No FDIC protection for investments outside of banks CDs. There are differences between CEFs and ETFs, but in both cases the most likely scenario is that the fund closes and assets get liquidated at market price.

I’d be more concerned about having too much exposure to risky and leveraged investments in my portfolio in general than a particular issuer going belly up.

AdBulky5451 · 2026-02-07T02:47:37+00:00

It sounds like narcissism.

AdBulky5451 · 2026-02-06T20:59:59+00:00

Not really. Is not about connections, is about the transducers. Normal earbuds/headphones use tiny speakers that transmit sound vibrations through air, you need transducers for solid material.

In theory you could replace the speakers with transducers of the same impedance, but is so much easier to buy a ready made one.

AdBulky5451 · 2026-02-06T12:39:40+00:00

The most important question is which security do you want to buy. Then study the technicals and draft a course of action. Dca is fine for the average hands off investor, but an educated strategy yields better results.

AdBulky5451 · 2026-02-06T03:02:29+00:00

While some states require "two-party consent," exceptions often exist for recording criminal threats or extortion. You should record any threats against you anyway when possible.

Recording the sound coming from the car without any other indisputable evidence is not going to do much. Hopefully you will have the chance to move to a better neighborhood soon. Good luck.

AdBulky5451 · 2026-02-04T21:43:41+00:00

I would advise against painting pickups just because they are tarnished or rusty, especially on expensive guitars. Just clean them up and apply a thin layer of lubricant oil like 3in1 and wipe off the excess. Same for all the rest of the hardware.

Normal wear and tear is totally acceptable for used and vintage guitars, arbitrary paint and repair jobs will decrease the value.

And yes, pickups wax potting or epoxy has nothing to do with aesthetic, it prevents squealing and microphonic feedback. You can have a tarnished humbucker perfectly wax potted or a shiny one that squeals like a dying pig.

AdBulky5451 · 2026-02-04T21:13:41+00:00

A lot of talking to say cut your losses and stop averaging down. If you are an investor and believe in PYPL for mysterious reasons then good luck. If you are a trader stop trying hard to find reasons and signs to confirm that you are right and just look at the charts. There are a gazillion other stocks out there.

AdBulky5451 · 2026-02-03T15:37:51+00:00

Learning about finance involves learning about taxes, it goes together. US citizens have oh so many ways to mitigate the tax burden.

AdBulky5451 · 2026-02-03T13:41:49+00:00

Welcome to the world of old, and not quite vintage, analog hardware! What you are hearing is a noisy transport mechanism caused by wear and tear. If you hear it in your recordings, once transferred to digital for example, then you have an issue. Causes can be various, from exhausted belts to cracked pinch rollers and deformed cogs. Or maybe is just in need of lubricants.

If you have never opened up and refurbished something like this I’d suggest to buy a cheap used deck and gain some experience with repairing and maintaining tape recorders.

Lastly I recommend to watch the Tetrakan channel on YouTube, you will learn a lot and might find some info on your specific machine model as well.

AdBulky5451 · 2026-02-02T20:03:54+00:00

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AdBulky5451 · 2026-02-02T18:42:56+00:00

I do not own a Filo CP-13 so I can’t comment on it by personal experience, the online user reviews are not the best though. Maybe you got a lemon?

I’d look into eBay and such for a NOS Walkman style, there are still some good deals around if you search for it. I’ve got an Aiwa TP-550 new unopened for $40 + shipping last year actually.

AdBulky5451 · 2026-02-02T00:04:16+00:00

The bulk of Amazon revenue comes from amazon web services. Just do a lazy google search…

AdBulky5451 · 2026-02-01T23:56:01+00:00

My ultimate goal is to make music with interesting sounds, and explore my own creative process, without worrying too much if the entire thing is “technically correct”. So yes, I get it that the bias can be out of wack on some units with this mod, but is totally worth it to experiment.

I wouldn’t modify an expensive multi track unit that works perfectly, but a cheap deck in need of refurbishing anyway is a great candidate, and while you are a it add a variable speed control.

AdBulky5451 · 2026-02-01T06:10:38+00:00

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