Hi all, Someone asked what's needed to do high quality vocal recording on a PC. This would include listening to a click track or music while recording a vocal. And then listening to that vocal while recording another and keeping them all in sync. I suppose this is all standard stuff but I have no experience in this area. I guess he needs:

Been fixing one of these for a pal. He said it cost the thick end of 1000 quid new - and I wondered where the money was spent. Makes like Quad and even Naim have chunky bespoke ally castings for the faceplate etc - the Linn is simply pressed steel and plastic. Switches etc neither look or feel good - and the display is poor. Not enough characters to make full names. It works well enough - but...

I mostly listen to 320k mp3 files, as of this week with Beyerdynamic DT 250 headphones after many years of £20 or £30 'phones. I'm thinking of getting something better for just CDs and was looking at this http://www.richersounds.com/product/cd-players/cambridge-audio/topaz-cd5-v4/camb-topaz-cd5-v4-bk I did have a separates system about ten years ago but it was too elaborate for me and I outed...

Hi, This is just to let people know I've now put a simple 'tone generator' program, called ROXtone, on my website at http://www.audiomisc.co.uk/software/index.html You can find it just under ROXScope, which it can be used in conjunction with. (If your computer hardware co-operates!)

If you get an IKEA chopping board: http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/30087148/ and turn it upside-down and back-to-front, it makes a very nice wall shelf for hi-fi equipment. The lip makes it look very smart from the front (the little food-safe branding on the side edge adds a touch of whimsy).

I'm trying out a circuit that uses an SSM2131P op-amp but these are now difficult to get/expensive. Is there a modern equivalent? -- *You're just jealous because the voices only talk to me * Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound.

I've come by an old (1979) Sony music centre, and I'm going to have a go at cleaning it up. It seems to be electrically/mechanically fine. Couple of issues: I need some bulbs - they're 13A plug fuse shaped/sized, and described as 'lamp, pilot, 8.0V 30 mA'; and '8.0V 200mA'. Any ideas of a source? I'm not going to spend a lot of money . . . Certain parts - the cassette drawer, and the...

My xmas avoidance strategy went well - doing up two old music centres got me out of much of the fun and games :-) Both about 30 years old, one Hitachi, one Sony, top of range. Both in a right state cosmetically, but scrubbed up nicely, and now look 'in 'good used' condition. Even the Sony with the missing transfers doesn't look too bad, now I've removed the residue. Electrically, no big...

In which the number 13 will feature each and every day, hat could possibly go wrong! Brian -- Brian Gaff....Note, this account does not accept Bcc: email. graphics are great, but the blind can't hear them Email: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

If anyone is up and at home tonight the midnight mass from the church of our lady and the English martyrs AKA the Catholic is being broadcast live tonight and online. It starts at 23:30... 105 fm in Cambridge and online to the rest of the known universe... http://cambridge105.fm/ For those interested its being done with a ORTF pair of cardioid's then

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/uturnaudio/the-orbit-turntable-0 Only for North Americans, sadly. I wonder how good it is. What would be nice is a decent DIY turntable kit. I designed and made a pair of speakers once, which was fun. I'd love to make my own turntable. Daniele

Decided to do something vaguely useful over Xmas, so have just put up some new programs at http://www.audiomisc.co.uk/software/index.html IyoScope and ROXScope are to get the computer to act as a combined audio oscilloscope and FFT analyser. Linux and RISC OS only, but source code provided. Happy Xmas,

Radio 4 Extra, 01:30 tonight http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007jr11 It was on earlier as well, a half-hour play in binaural stereo. I couldn't hear the 3D effect myself. I'll record it and try different headphones. And I don't know how well the effect is preserved through the format changes if you download it from the BBC iPlayer.

Background: I'm looking to clean up my audio/media/CD collection setup. I also need to make it more wife friendly. Currently I use a Pioneer amp (recent monolithic module based, not original) into IPL transmission line speakers and I route various inputs through it via the built-in input selector. As a 'mature' person my hearing is OK 'for my age' but if I'm honest with myself I find that I...

I wanted to digitize some LPs but my decent phono preamp was lost in the last house move. The Behringer UFO202 phono preamp with USB looked worth trying for £25. Using a USB wall-wart it can be used as a pre-amp with line out and headphone socket. I plugged it into a laptop USB port and used Nero to record albums. The gain is fixed and it seems to be just 16 bit 44.1KHz. Using a Shure M97xE, I...

The arm on my record player reaches the end of a side, then seems to leap back, often landing a couple of rotations back into the groove. What could cause this? Daniele

Main use will be listening to music at home. They need to be comfortable for extended periods when wearing glasses, so ones that clamp like a vice to the head won't be suitable, and lighter is better. Sony MDR-ZX600 and Philips Downtown models look like the right kind of thing, but it's difficult to judge. Thanks,

Hello, Sorry for posting an off topic question but I know you all know your electrics. I'm trying to change some light switches for PIW switches so they come on when my disabled brother walks into the room. My problem is that the PIW switches require a live in, a live out and a neutral and light switches in the UK only have a live in and a neutral. Can I connect the live out to the neutral...

Hi Is there a recommended order to process a digital audio signal using Audacity or similar so that optimum results are obtained? Eg, is it better to remove hiss, clicks, etc before Normalizing? I have a number of old cassettes I need to copy to CDs and I want to get the best results possible. thanks

Can anyone suggest a UK company who do decent quality repairs (or supply parts) on Tandberg recorders? I'm currently using my old 3041X to transfer ancient recordings to digital and it is struggling! So far it has worked amazingly well for such an old machine. If my luck holds I may be able to transfer all the items I really want, but I suspect it may pine for fjords before I finish all the old...