Hello from the USA!

[bostjan]

Hi everybody.

I just stumbled on this site whilst looking for bug fixes for my Boss BR-80.  The information here seemed far superior to information I can access on Boss's website, so I decided to browse around the site a little.  Then I began to wonder why I had not found this site years ago.

I've been into home recording for ages, now, but it's not something I'm very good at doing.  No one really taught me much of anything, so what little I know about recording is from experimentation on my own.

I currently use the Boss BR-80, as well as Audio Evolution (Android app) and Sonar.  I also have some old multitracks I rarely use, like a Yamaha 16 track and a Boss 12 track with a hard drive issue, and an old Fostex 4-track tape console.  I have some good cheap mics, too: AKG C3000, and some small to medium diaphragm dynamics, along with a full set of drum mics, including AKG D112 and E/V's specific snare and tom mics.

As far as songs go, I like to record an eclectic mix of softer and harder rock.  I play guitar, bass, drums, synth, and I can't sing, but I still pretend I can.  I recorded my own double album ages ago, and I've done demos and EPs with a couple bands, but I don't have anything recent finished, just a lot of half-finished stuff (life tends to get me side-tracked for long periods of time).  I've got some other hobbies, too, computer programming, game design, writing, riddles (I particularly like the Martin Gardener books, as well as classic riddles), puzzles (Particularly Rubik's Cube, which I have my own solution for), building my own instruments, and physics stuff like holography and lasers.  My day job is nailed down as far as where I work, but what I do is in constant flux.  My official title is as a chemist, and most of the people with whom I work consider me to be such, although my studies at the university encompassed lots of physics, then a great deal of maths, and only a little chemistry and biology, but what matters is that I seem to have a better grasp of chemistry than the other chemists here, who have their own skills, for sure, but not so much with hard science.

So anyway, thanks so much for letting me be a part of this site.

Cheers,
Bostjan

[Oldrottenhead]

Welcome aboard Bostjan. And hullawrer from Scotland.

[chapperz66]

Hi from the English East Midlands. Post some stuff soon.

Paul

[cuthbert]

Greetings bostjan, from the sunny shores of southern Maine - hope to hear more from you!

[Greeny]

No one really taught me much of anything, so what little I know about recording is from experimentation on my own.

There's a lot of members in that particular club on here, so you'll fit right in :-)

Welcome from London. Enjoy!

[The Gobi Desert Canoe Club]

Welcome aboard from just south of London, sounds like you'll fit in well.     Willie

[bruno]

Welcome to the site from Berkshire in the UK. This is a great site to share knowledge and make friends from around the globe. I've a degree in Physics, but sold my soul to software many years ago :-) so I can empathise. Enjoy the site, its great fun.
B

[Jarle]

Welcome from Norway.

[Geir]

Another welcome from Norway

No one really taught me much of anything, so what little I know about recording is from experimentation on my own.

There's a lot of members in that particular club on here, so you'll fit right in

indeed

I look forward to listening to your music!

[Hilary]

Welcome, glad to have you on board