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Dear James Nice to see SOFT flourish; and to see the expansion of this site. keep up the effort; Singapore needs this for cultural development. best ovid UK 2004

A tip on testing a snare drum: unlatch the snare wires, and play drum from edge to centre (assuming the drum is in tune). As the drum loses it´s ringy tone toward the middle, you have the deadspot area. A better drum has less of a deadspot, and some have virtually no deadspot. Also, never...

In order to kickstart this forum, I suggest that various people in the know post all sorts of stuff from tips and common knowledge. It is a bit diificult and probably not worthwhile to transfer all that has gone on in SMF here, but the best way to do it is to get activity here and ignore the...

I have been recording Stereo guitar for as long as there have been stereo efx, and usually perform in Stereo (on the odd occasion I do a gtr gig). The present guitarist I am working with is also now a Stereo guitar convert: this entails playing through 2 cabs. Once you done this, the...

Compress Vox as you have recorded or duplicate track or bounce compressed vox to another track. Shave the top end off the duplicated track, say after 3KHz, shift the track by a hair to get ADT efx but no so much that you can hear a delay. MIX with original, do not put reverb on duplicated...

Sweet as. Nice one james. The Singapore Music Forum migrates to SOFT. Since 1998 or so, the SMF has worked in tandem with SOFT to promote interactivity in the (FWIW) Singapore Music Scene. We have seen a greater awareness of products, techniques, interest in local muscians and musicianship...