On that note...I picked up a tascam 4 track tape deck for 50 bucks on craigslist and love the thing. I just posted 2 videos of it. For some reason I had a couple wierd sounds in the recording but I think it was the video/audio mix in movie maker. I just plug in rca cables to the deck and plug into the 1/8 inch mic input on pc. Works out pretty darn good. I got some other songs on it on youtube.
Look forward to hearing it. Too bad I aint closer cause I could help ya out with all that computer stuff. Look around for an interface, think you can get em used for about 75. But might bew good to go into guitar center and let them know you got a mac with gb and they could help you find something compatible(drivers bla bla).
Thanks for the tips. I'm computer challenged but I get into it eventually. Did I mention the name of our band is The Procrastinators? I've got good mics for recording. Don't have the interface yet. I'll look around. I do have the internal mic on my mac. I just finished #19, my lap steel project. Still have some setup issues to work out tomorrow, but I'll post some shots of it before I tear it apart. I need to move my pickup over a bit and solve a ground problem (my tone pot buzzes when I touch the shaft. I don't have knobs on yet. Think I'll just disconnect the tone pot for now, it doesn't do much anyways. Overall, the baby sounds great. Very mellow.
Dont have a real one, and dont really want one. As far as recording goes I think macs have a mic built in to them also. Just record the audio and video with that. You can usually get a pretty good recording after you mess with the levels some. The best thing to have would be either a decent mic that you could plug into your mic jak on computer, or get some sort of small audio interface and a shure 57. Interface is just like a pre amp that plugs into your computer that allows you to use standard instrument mics.
Ya, I used to use a "ruling pen". It makes a perfect rule and you dialed it wider or thinner. It was a skill to use one and keep it sharp. Curved corners were "fancy" and very difficult. I was good at it. We used hot wax to paste up our keylines. Thanks for the compliment on my boxes. I love your work. The Ouija is fabulous. Brings magic and mystery into the instrument. Boy, a real 1930s wooden Ouija board would be a trip to build from. Have you a real one? I hope I can get set up to record some of my boxes to post for ebay and here. I've never done it. I have a mac and it has a camera built in and garage band to put the stuff together. I just don't know how yet. I need a teenager.
Sounds like graphic design was quite a bit different than it is now. I had mounted photos in school like you had described. By the way Dave your guitars look great! I really like the way your making your boxes and wish I could hear one of those big boys in person (;
Yes, that's it, the old way. Now they use a heating table with a cover that presses on the mounting film and makes the bond. I am an old graphic designer. In the old days we would make camera ready art by rubber cementing photos and type printed on proof sheets onto "keylines". You glue both sheets (the illustration board and the thing you are gluing down) and let them dry. You have position marks on the illustration board. You lay a unglued sheet of paper over the illustration board glue except a little sliver of it exposed on top lined up with the marks. You position the gluee over the "slip sheet" an touch it down gently on the exposed glue. You can't move it once it touches so you use care. Then you slowly pull out the slip sheet as you rub down the gluee. It comes out without a wrinkle or bubble and is very permanent. You can take it up with rubber cement solvent.
I thought that would be the problem. I use fabric for lining cases and felt. Mod Podge works great for that. Try soaking one of yours in water for a while like a banjo head. Dry with paper towels a little, then glue up. I've had this work for me. Dry mounting with rubber cement would work also. Ever "slip sheeted" a rubber cement dry mount? It comes out perfectly flat but has maybe a 20 year lifespan till it starts to stain and get brittle.
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On that note...I picked up a tascam 4 track tape deck for 50 bucks on craigslist and love the thing. I just posted 2 videos of it. For some reason I had a couple wierd sounds in the recording but I think it was the video/audio mix in movie maker. I just plug in rca cables to the deck and plug into the 1/8 inch mic input on pc. Works out pretty darn good. I got some other songs on it on youtube.
More good advise. Thanks
Look forward to hearing it. Too bad I aint closer cause I could help ya out with all that computer stuff. Look around for an interface, think you can get em used for about 75. But might bew good to go into guitar center and let them know you got a mac with gb and they could help you find something compatible(drivers bla bla).
Thanks for the tips. I'm computer challenged but I get into it eventually. Did I mention the name of our band is The Procrastinators? I've got good mics for recording. Don't have the interface yet. I'll look around. I do have the internal mic on my mac. I just finished #19, my lap steel project. Still have some setup issues to work out tomorrow, but I'll post some shots of it before I tear it apart. I need to move my pickup over a bit and solve a ground problem (my tone pot buzzes when I touch the shaft. I don't have knobs on yet. Think I'll just disconnect the tone pot for now, it doesn't do much anyways. Overall, the baby sounds great. Very mellow.
Dont have a real one, and dont really want one. As far as recording goes I think macs have a mic built in to them also. Just record the audio and video with that. You can usually get a pretty good recording after you mess with the levels some. The best thing to have would be either a decent mic that you could plug into your mic jak on computer, or get some sort of small audio interface and a shure 57. Interface is just like a pre amp that plugs into your computer that allows you to use standard instrument mics.
Ya, I used to use a "ruling pen". It makes a perfect rule and you dialed it wider or thinner. It was a skill to use one and keep it sharp. Curved corners were "fancy" and very difficult. I was good at it. We used hot wax to paste up our keylines. Thanks for the compliment on my boxes. I love your work. The Ouija is fabulous. Brings magic and mystery into the instrument. Boy, a real 1930s wooden Ouija board would be a trip to build from. Have you a real one? I hope I can get set up to record some of my boxes to post for ebay and here. I've never done it. I have a mac and it has a camera built in and garage band to put the stuff together. I just don't know how yet. I need a teenager.
Sounds like graphic design was quite a bit different than it is now. I had mounted photos in school like you had described. By the way Dave your guitars look great! I really like the way your making your boxes and wish I could hear one of those big boys in person (;
Yes, that's it, the old way. Now they use a heating table with a cover that presses on the mounting film and makes the bond. I am an old graphic designer. In the old days we would make camera ready art by rubber cementing photos and type printed on proof sheets onto "keylines". You glue both sheets (the illustration board and the thing you are gluing down) and let them dry. You have position marks on the illustration board. You lay a unglued sheet of paper over the illustration board glue except a little sliver of it exposed on top lined up with the marks. You position the gluee over the "slip sheet" an touch it down gently on the exposed glue. You can't move it once it touches so you use care. Then you slowly pull out the slip sheet as you rub down the gluee. It comes out without a wrinkle or bubble and is very permanent. You can take it up with rubber cement solvent.
Never done that before. Is that similiar to how photos are mounted on matte board?
I thought that would be the problem. I use fabric for lining cases and felt. Mod Podge works great for that. Try soaking one of yours in water for a while like a banjo head. Dry with paper towels a little, then glue up. I've had this work for me. Dry mounting with rubber cement would work also. Ever "slip sheeted" a rubber cement dry mount? It comes out perfectly flat but has maybe a 20 year lifespan till it starts to stain and get brittle.
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