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Billyboy
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RE: Its a boy! (but already knew th... (in reply to Ron.M)
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Congatulations John, Paco would be an original name maybe, Picado as a middle name? My one to one lesson with the great Riqueni lasted approximately 30 seconds, the story was this, I went to the flamenco fest in Cordoba in 95, and enrolled on the Enrique de Melchor Cante accompanying class, the whole trip ended up a disaster. Enrique’s class was disorganised to say the least, it was supposed to be a class to learn accompanying, but the singer only turned up one day, and he spent most of that day in the bar, along with senior Melchor, the only time during the whole course he felt like teaching, he would just go through the odd falaseta from one of his albums, you know the type of lesson, pinky on fret 4, ring finger on fret 3, second string etc.In Spanish as well, can you believe the cheek, I only speak Lancashire “ey up”, “Ecky thump” etc, I choose the Melchor course over Riqueni thinking Cante is something I should learn, but as it happened, my course was jam packed, where Riqueni’s only had a handful of students. I used to play one of his Garrotin pieces, so I played him that, he kept stopping me every second note, saying your fingering is wrong, or words to that effect, as he doesn’t speak English, and I have no Spanish, Then to top it all, I got a liver infection, spent two day sweating in my hotel room. Cordoba was the hottest place on earth that day, 48 % or something. Then as the certificates were handed out at the end, I was missed out as there was someone else with the exact same name as mine, on the same course. I ended up getting the next flight back home which cost me about £250. Cheers Dave
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Date Feb. 25 2004 23:41:20
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Billyboy
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RE: Its a boy! (but already knew th... (in reply to Jon Boyes)
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Thanks Jon, I still use the £5 mic, and £10 sound card, basically I'm scarred of messing inside my computer with new sound cards, I have visions of burning the midnight oil trying to make it all work, sooner spend time playing, but now you have mentioned it I will make an effort to buy a new mic, and phantom power, or pre amp, don't really know the differance. When I record without any effects, it doesent sound too bad, but as soon as I try an add reverb and stuff, the sound quality takes a nose dive. Looking at an Audigy SoundBlaster sound card about £60 ?. Thanks Dave
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Date Feb. 26 2004 13:37:32
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Jon Boyes
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RE: Its a boy! (but already knew th... (in reply to Billyboy)
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ORIGINAL: Billyboy Thanks Jon, I still use the £5 mic, and £10 sound card, basically I'm scarred of messing inside my computer with new sound cards, I have visions of burning the midnight oil trying to make it all work, sooner spend time playing, Well I have to say you are right to be cautious, it CAN be a real pain sorting things out and getting a stable system. Some people are very lucky and it all seems to work, but I've spent many long hours doing what you describe above, when I have upgraded or changed something. quote:
I will make an effort to buy a new mic, and phantom power, or pre amp, don't really know the differance. Basically, condenser mics need some kind of power supply. There are some that simply take batteries (I'm selling one if you are interested, which would be a step up from what you've got - see my post elsewhere re. gear for sale), or they draw the power they need from an external source, such as a pre amp or mixing desk. For the best quality recording, you will need a pre-amp of some sort anyway, in order to get enough signal from the mic to be recorded via the soundcard line in. You could go via the soundcard mic input, which has its own preamp built in (and therefore you wouldn't need to buy one), but the sound quality of these is invariably crap so no-one uses them. quote:
Looking at an Audigy SoundBlaster sound card about £60 ?. Well, OK, but what about everything else? If you are still using a five quid mic, and you don't have a preamp, you probably won't hear much difference from what you record now, as the mic is probably the main source of noise and general poor sound quality. The trouble is, you have to consider EVERYTHING in the signal path, and so it makes sense to work out what your budget is, and then choose mic + pre-amp + soundcard that are all in the same class. Jon
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Date Feb. 26 2004 15:14:37
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