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Comment on 5 Compact USB Guitar Interfaces For Your Guitar Bag by Paul

Paul — Wed, 08 May 2013 12:32:20 +0000

Thanks for the comment Daniel!

Comment on 5 Compact USB Guitar Interfaces For Your Guitar Bag by Daniel

Daniel — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 19:28:31 +0000

Thanks for the post, I prefer the alesis and the behringuer, they are the best quality compact interfaces 4 me.

Comment on XLR to USB microphone adapters by Paul

Paul — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 13:04:10 +0000

Sadly, the Lindy USB-XLR doesn’t provide phantom power, so any mic you use will need to be a ‘dynamic’ type that doesn’t need power, rather than a ‘condenser’ that needs additional power.

Comment on XLR to USB microphone adapters by Aaron

Aaron — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 09:44:21 +0000

does the Lindy usb-xlr cable provide phantom power??

Comment on Yamaha THR5 & THR10 – A USB Twist On The Humble Guitar Amp by Paul

Paul — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 14:54:47 +0000

Hey Casper, Thanks for the comment, sorry for the delayed reply! You need to make sure that you have the latest Yamaha Steinberg OS X drivers installed. Sadly the THR isn't Core Audio compliant so isn't plug and play, but should work great with the right drivers.

Comment on iPad – Plugging in XLR? by Paul

Paul — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 14:48:28 +0000

Hey Ward,

Thanks for the comment (sorry for the delayed reply).

Haven’t managed to get hold of an Art Dual Pre yet, but know there are a number of people who have been using it with iPad successfully and with good results.

Interesting to hear about mobile interference, but I’m not surprised. This is one of the drawbacks of using an iOS device for recording. But as you point out, it is remedied by ensuring that your mobile 2/3G data connection is off.

It is definitely best practice to switch your device to Airplane mode whilst recording. This also stops phone calls and online alerts interrupting and/or interfering with your perfect recordings.

Given the benefits, temporarily switching off mobile data is a small price to pay! Do you agree?

How has the Art performed for you so far apart from mobile interference?

Comment on iPad – Plugging in XLR? by ward weis

ward weis — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 18:56:30 +0000

hi paul,

did you get one art dua pre ?
it works great … but maybe something bad of the unit … i have the impression it is quite sensitive for mobile phone interference …
but, if you record, please switch (all) phones of … it is maybe a good tool to detect one still on

Comment on Yamaha THR5 & THR10 – A USB Twist On The Humble Guitar Amp by Casper

Casper — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 20:47:28 +0000

How do you connect it and getting it to work as an audio source in Garageband? (Mac OS X 10.7)
Please tell me at mail: casper@traberg-larsen.dk

Comment on Yamaha THR5 & THR10 – A USB Twist On The Humble Guitar Amp by Paul

Paul — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 19:23:25 +0000

Charlie,

I’ve received the following response from Yamaha support regarding iOS compatibility:

‘This product requires Yamaha Steinberg USB Audio driver to communicate with Mac and PC computers via USB
It will not therefore be able to communicate with Apple iPad when using USB camera adapter kit.’

So unfortunately the THR’s aren’t audio class compliant. So no iOS with the camera adapter kit i’m afraid.

Hope this helps

All the best

Paul

Comment on Improved dictation and VoIP performance with the USB 6-in-1 TableMike desktop microphone by jully

jully — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 10:34:44 +0000

as for me, i’d recommend to record skype calls using this tool http://www.imcapture.com/IMCapture_for_Skype/, it’s easy-to-use and works great!) but thanx for info)