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Santana Mini Tunable Bongos
I was able to get a quick ship & give it to my husband for a Christmas gift. He said it was the best present I had ever given him. The service was great & timey. Thanks for making it a great Christmas at my house! | 1positive
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Disappointed
I read the reviews and purchased this giving the company the benefit of the doubt. When I received my product, one of the mics will not even come on. I am going to return it and see about the replacement, but as for now, I cannot recommend. I called the number for customer support at 10:15 am on Friday, and the message said they were now closed. When it transferred me to leave a message the message box was full. | 0negative
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Horrible!
I bought this for my son's birthday last night since he is interested in music. As I was wrapping it, I noticed half of the keys were stuck in the up position. I took it out and managed to bang the keys back into place, wondering how many times I was going to have to do this. I decided to test it once I fixed it because the toy just looked horribly cheap with very thin plastic keys (you can even see through them). The dollar store has better toys than this. The sound is horrible and uncontrollable. The controls are worthless. I'm returning it today, and good riddance. | 0negative
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No problems here!
I bought this product for my father. The product shipped quickly and was well packaged. He said they were great and just what he needed. No complaints here! | 1positive
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Well, Here's an ACTUAL Review
First of all, I'd like to do a review of the the other person's review (Chelorokks). This person is an idiot and it troubles me that they think it is necessary to rate this PRODUCT poorly because of SHIPPING issues. I wanna know how the product works, not read about how you waited at home and cried for 3 weeks.Anyways, this product shipped fine for me, and it works perfectly. I have no complaints. I bought one, it worked great, so I went ahead and bought 2 more to keep everything in my horn more consistent. The springs seems a bit stronger than the stock springs I originally had. | 1positive
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Man. These are fine for the price--but lame compared to another set I own bought elsewhere.
They are cheap, light and not terribly able to handle even tunes like Magic Bus from The Who.I had higher hopes for this product.They are not what we best expected, they have little reverb, don't feel like the weight of the rosewood set we owned previously--and they don't have the timber/vibration that proper Rhythm Sticks seem to.... I'm saddened by having to write this review. I wish they were better. | 0negative
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Not what the picture suggests
I've never written a review on Amazon before, but I finally have to because I was really disappointed by this product. Yes, it's a $40 violin and I shouldn't expect much for that price, but the violin we received in the mail looked absolutely nothing like the one in the picture. It's not clear if it's even made of wood. What we got was a dull brown, sickly sheened, plastic-y looking thing. No sign of wood/fake wood/wood grain, anything. It was a gift that I had sent directly to the receiver so I didn't have a chance to quality screen it first, and I'm pretty bummed about how it turned out. Luckily my friend didn't seem to mind :) Otherwise I would definitely be returning it.So long story short, don't let the picture deceive you. This violin is probably a serviceable instrument for having cost $40, but it sure ain't pretty. | 0negative
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Awful Valve Oil
cheap, yes, but i just used the valve oil for the first time on my trumpet and it has an amazing quality of gumming up almost instantly when i play. save some long-term $ (and your trumpet) and get a quality piston oil.other than that, the rest of the kit is cheap; the handles come off the brushes easily. the slide lube seems ok. $10 + shipping down the drain. | 0negative
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OK, everybody, it's own-up time
First, I know that Amazon doesn't encourage too many personal comments but in this case I just have to offer some background. In 1966 and 1967 I had a power trio with Mike Wedgwood, later with Kiki Dee, Curved Air, Caravan and so on, and George Hart, who wrote much of the legendary "Death may be your Santa Claus" by Secondhand (see Amazon.co.uk). We loved the Beatles, the Kinks, the Who and the Stones as encapsulating harmony, melody, humour, whimsy, rhythmn and almost heart-stopping musical ability: and so we played tons of their songs. But we also loved Eric Clapton and the blues, and along came Cream. So we played the whole of "Fresh Cream" except for Toad - don't ask. I loved the band so much that I followed them around, and some of my souvenirs and memories are in Chris Welch's superb book "Cream", for review see Amazon.co.uk - and if you like/liked Cream, get Chris' beautifully produced book. So mad- keen was I that I hitch-hiked from Salisbury to London to see Cream at the Saville Theatre in London (now long-closed) on the chance of getting a ticket - I did, and the only surviving programme is in Chris' book. They were on with the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, believe it or not, and The Action.Well, memory is a strange and deceptive mistress. I have a 19 year old son who s a demon sax player, and I am afraid that I have skewed his view of music by the "in my day..." nostalgia, although I don't regret introducing him to old school friend (yes, the same school!)Andy Sheppard on sax, because Andy is the best soprano player in the world: but I am aware that young kids can miss out on a lot of the good new stuff because "Dad thinks it's rubbish" - dangerous territory.But then, out of the blue, along comes a chance to see if all those old memories are just rose-tinted or actually quite accurate, with the announcement that Cream were reforming for 4 gigs only. So, after virtually remortgaging the house, I bought two tickets for the Thursday night and off son and I went.When the three old boys walked on stage, the ovation was deafening. There was Jack, fresh from a liver transplant, the type of which poor old Rory Gallagher did not survive: there was Ginger, riddled with arthritis and in his sixties: and there was Eric, after a life of hard times, addiction problems and mixed musical fortunes.And off they went. My God, and off they went. Several things I had forgotten: they can all sing and the harmonies were exceptional: Ginger's drum sound is the most exciting thing you could ever hear: Jack has the voice of an angel with a range denied to all but a very few: and Eric can play anything.I know that it sounds unbelievable to those who were not there, but they were just about note-perfect from start to finish - and now we have this fantastic DVD to prove it. On a personal note, the "Stormy Monday" and "Toad" were both recorded the night we were there and both are just brilliantly played - what's that about the band jamming, everybody? After Toad, my son said that this was the best ten minutes of his musical life, having seen Jeff Beck, Stevie Winwood, Meatloaf, Eric and Andy Sheppard in the same 12 months. Other high spots are "We're going wrong" "Sunshine" (of course) "Rollin and a tumblin" and "Crossroads" (although the Wheels of Fire version is definitive).The whole DVD is a joy to watch and the playing is mind-bending. It's not just three old mates having a good time, it's three absolutely faultless musicians having a good time. For once, son and I could compare notes and agree that perhaps' Dad's memory was not too bad after all. If you have not bought this DVD you should: the Stormy Monday alone is worth the price of admission on its own.A few weeks ago, my wife was waitressing at a shoot on the downs (hills) near us. Eric was there and signed two programmes - one from 1967 and one from 2005. Same line-up, same music, same magic. He also signed a mug for my daughter, "To Izzie, Eric 2005". What an incredibly talented, nice and gentle man.Cream rule. No competition. | 1positive
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Stay away
I tried to use this with Ableton, and it only records in mono. The cord itself is very cheaply made and the sound quality is just average to below average. What's more, the built-in preamp is weak, and the volume is extremely quiet. The volume might be acceptable for voice recording, but for instruments it's really bad. Overall: don't buy. I'm going to try to take mine back. | 0negative
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the PylePro wireless hand held microphone
This microphone is so poorly made it is not worth even the cheap price I paid for it.i couldn't use the product. It picked up so feed that our DJs and sound techs could not use it.They laughed at me and said yes you bought a pyle alright...a pyle of bull@%x&.I will never buy another pyle product again. | 0negative
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Strings
What's not to like. New Strings sound great, last and last all day and all night long. Do not have to change out strings as often | 1positive
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Even better than I'd hoped
I looked forward to this disk with not a small amount of apprehension. Cream was my favorite band when I was learning to play guitar, and it had been 36 years since I'd last seen them. All were approaching 60, Jack Bruce had recently suffered a bout of cancer, Ginger Baker had spent a number of years on heroin, and Eric Clapton had been more of a balladeer in recent years. Could they still play that firey 60s material with feeling?Yes, indeed they could. The sound is a bit different, and not exactly the way it was in the 60s, but they sounded as musical as ever, and in many ways better. Those hoping for a carbon copy of the studio performances of the 60s will be a bit dissapointed- but not much. Clapton manages to play in the style he left in the 60s while bringing to it some of the sophistication he's picked up since. He's a bit more melodic, playing arpeggios where he once played block chords (as in White Room) but it all works. Bruce can still hit all the notes, and his bass playing is as alive as I've ever heard. And Baker is, if anything, even better than he was in the 60s. His obligatory solo on "Toad" reminded me more than a little of Max Roach, one of his heroes, He may not have the flash of some younger drummers, but he's tremendously musical in his soloing.Not every song I wanted to here is represented, but all the favorites- Sunshine, Crossroads, White Room- are here, along with some compositions never heard live outside the studio, like Baker's "Pressed Rat and Warthog". Some of the more orchesteral Bruce compositions, like "We're Going Wrong" work very well on stage.Yes, it's not exactly the Cream of 1967-68, but it's still a tremendous performance that both brought back old memories and created some new ones. Six stars. | 1positive
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useful with simple design
great and simple for its purpose. love seeing music all around. very good design and clean look on the wall. | 1positive
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Ok, but not great.
This is a pretty good product if you don't want to spend the money on a real quality baton. I had to order two because the first one came broken. The second came warped, then I just gave up and super glued it. When in tact, it has a pretty good balance. Though I don't really recommend it. | 0negative
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High with small projection over tailpiece
This rest is a little too high for me. I would prefer a cross between this one and the Teka. It has a cut away area over the tailpiece so it does not bump into my tailpiece. There is a little pointy part that goes over the tailpiece. It is higher and than an Dresden. | 1positive
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Great Value and Sound
I bought this same Shure brand drum mic set from Amazon over a year and a half ago. I play percussion (conga, bongos, timbales, etc) but without mics, the rest of the band was completely drowning out the percussion. Being a "starving amateur musician" I bought it mainly for the price. But when I got it all hooked up to a Peavey 14 mixer (also from Amazon) and ran it thru a Harbinger ASP15 speaker (also from Amazon) the sound was great! I know I could have spent alot more money for a similar set up, but I couldn't be happier with the results.The kit comes with all 6 of the cables (you'll need to get mic stands for the instrument mics and maybe a couple of extra drum mounts... depending on what you are using the kit for). But I highly recommend this kit. Can't beat it for the price. | 1positive
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never order from here again
When I received the item it was broken. And rather than a guitar it looked like a ukelele. I will never buy from this place again. | 0negative
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You get what you pay for.
I recently upgraded from PC to Mac. As such, I'm unable to use my M-Audio Delta 1010 PCI card, as the Mac Pro doesn't have PCI, only PCIe. So I figured the Firebox would be a cheap (and easy) way to get a dynamic mic plugged into the computer, to record voiceovers for screencasts.I plugged in my Sony KSM27, a fairly decent mic, and got nothing. After some fiddling with settings, I managed to get a tiny bit of audio.At first I couldn't tell if anything was going through the mic into the unit, because there's no meters on the front, sides or back of it.So I cranked the gain to +30 on the unit, and turned on the "Vocal +15" option in their "software." Then I cranked the volume in my DAW program, and barely got an audible signal.Turned everything at 100% volume, I got some audio. Was it good quality? Not exactly. Was it something I'd be proud of showing to anyone. Not at all.But for less than $200, what do you expect? It does the job, barely. But if you're looking for a serious solution to recording any type of vocal audio, this is not the device for you.I've returned it, and have ordered the Presonus FireStudio Project, which should be here tomorrow. Hopefully that'll be somewhat better. I'll have a review of that shortly. | 0negative
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It's a Shure 58... of course it's great
The SM58 is pretty much the #1 choice by most people for a stage handheld. The Beta 58 is basically the same, but better. Better quality sound and better gain before feedback. It's a great mic and that's all there is to it!The only thing that Shure could improve would be to have a better quality bag with more padding, this would just protect the mic a little more when lugging it around. | 1positive
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Price is right, but ends are troublesome
I had the same trouble as many others are with the ends not fitting well. The pleather is too hard and thick, so it doesn't stay in the groove on the strap mount. After a couple of near-drops I threw the strap away. If you have a nice guitar just get a good strap, not worth saving a few bucks only to drop and damage a nice instrument. | 0negative
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Not fir the professional...
Spend the extra money and get a Marathon or Odyssey case. This one is ok but the screws are self tapping and tap into plastic. No metal rack mounts on this unit. The cover isn't very good as well... | 0negative
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Good strap
Simple and useful! I like this strap. It has good adjustment ant color and quality is superb. This is a winner! | 1positive
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Great Guitar For The Money
What a wonderful guitar, great for a beginner, sounds great, looks very nice, you can't go wrong with this one!!! | 1positive
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Great Starter Accoustic Bass Guitar
Awesome, love it. Delivery was quick but soon after we ralized that the neck was bent to the degree where we were unable to adjust it so it doesn't generate string buzz. We called Amazon and great as they are they've taken care of it. Nice guy at customer service shipped a whole new guitar overnight to us. He also included free return label so we can ship the bad one back. New bass is nice and shiny and sounds great in acoustic as well as with my amp. Great deal, I mean just great. | 1positive
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This tuner Not road worthy!
I'll keep it short. I liked the tuner, but in only four months it broke for no good reason. And yes, I changed the batteries...a couple of times. | 0negative
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Awesome
Love how it keeps my mouth fresh but, not a very good taste. taste like hand sanitizer. but all in all very good product | 1positive
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Satisfied customer
I bought this at my 12-year-old son's request. He's become quite an enthusiastic rock guitarist and loves this amp. His friends are also impressed. | 1positive
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Plenty of better options out there
These are going cheap these days and the main reason is that many computers now ship with built-in digital sound ports. If you have an older computer you can update the sound card to provide digital output pretty easily. The benefit of these other options is that *all* audio output is then digital, not just mp3's that you play through a USB port. (Note that this device doesn't support audio formats other than mp3). Now that I have built-in digital ouput, this thing just sits in a box. | 0negative
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Nice strings
When I bought my alverez guitar. it had the strings on it I've been using this brand ever since. I get about 9 months out of these I use to get 6 weeks out of a set of dean markleys this is the way to go!!! | 1positive
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Too Short for a Tenor Sax
This strap is too short for a tenor sax. I've lengtened it to the maximum and it's still about 2 inches too short. Save your money if you're a tenor player | 0negative
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This is not the violin you are looking for...
After seeing several positive reviews, I decided to purchase this for my wife, who played violin for years when she was younger. You do receive a violin that is nice and shiny-- which is what some people consider to be a sign of quality. Look closer and you see some serious issues. The top piece and bottom piece are both made of laminated wood (make just like plywood) and anyone with some acoustic knowledge can confirm that this will never produce a good sound-- even with Dominant perlon-core strings as another reviewer suggested. Plus, the heavy finish I mentioned, while looking pretty to most people, also ruins the sound.Another sad fact is the quality of the components. The fingerboard isn't ebony, or any sort of durable wood-- it is painted black and easily dented with a fingernail. To fix this, it would be more than the cost of a much higher quality violin. The peg holes for the D-string tuner were drilled oversize on my instrument and the far end of tuning peg protrudes more than 1/4" out of one side of the pegbox in order for it to fit. To fix that, you would need to re-bush the hole, which again is cost prohibitive. The pegs do slip, much more than they should. The frequent tunings, even after several months of use, made playing this even less tolerable and is another reason I am discouraging it's use by beginning players. The bridge is a generic, poorly cut piece, which will need to be professionally adjusted and fitted unless you have some experience. To properly set up this instrument you will end up spending $35 - $50 on top of the purchase price plus the cost of new strings. You are much better off buying something much better, even if means you need to add another $100 to your credit card bill.I was surprised that any violin teacher would say the sound from this instrument is good. As you would expect, this violin has a muddy sound and it doesn't resonate well at the higher frequencies. Before you get upset, I know the music world is full of snobs but I'm not one of them. I would never suggest that any violin with a price tag less than $1,000 is a toy and I've played enough instruments to know there is little reason the average/beginning player needs to spend over $500 for a quality violin. Prior to the internet, a $900 violin was usually a $300 violin which was marked up by the store owner. Now, it's not too hard to find that same instrument for $350 from an online retailer. The same applies for entry-level instruments which used to retail for $500, they are now available for under $200Yes, it's cheaper than anything around. Yes, you get a case... but with a $150 violin outfit you get something that is much higher quality, is easier to use, and will provide better sound. For beginning instruments, there are several good choices and you'll be happier as the years go by if you bypass this in favor of something slightly more expensive-- but many times better. Please check out the violins made by Bonn, Helmke, or Cremona (unfortunately some of these brands aren't sold on Amazon). All have solid spruce tops, real purfling, better hardware, better bows, and some vendors even properly set up the instrument for free prior to shipping it. You will find very good instruments in an affordable ($100 - $200) price range, which is what you would have invested in this piece from Austin Bazaar when you consider the purchase price and the additional costs needed to make it playable. | 0negative
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Great feature set but risky investment
Feature:Feature set is also pretty good. Mic preamp has 66db of gain which is exactly what you need for those ribbon mics. Has a pad and twin headphone jacks as well.Quality:Although the physical quality of the product was great, I had problems with the drivers. For a while the 410 recorded fine but then Cubase seemed to loose sync with the box. When I created a new project everything worked fine but then I noticed after saving it a few times the project would make the sound card stop responding. I played with this for a while and just gave up and returned it. Personnally I think that it was just the firewire connection that was flacky and not the card itself. If you are tempted to buy this, make sure you can return it in case your computer's firewire isn't up to the challenge.Value:Feature set is great but the firewire side is just not reliable. I'm sure my problems weren't 100% the 410's fault but M-Audio shouldn't be selling these things if its not willing to support and diagnose problems that arise. I would have been much happier with the product if it had some log file that just said "Firewire card failure" or "IRQ failure". Instead I wasted a lot of time failing to diagnose what was wrong.Desirability:Nice looking product.Sound:I don't have a "pro" setup but as far as i could tell the card sounded great when it worked with my AT3035 mic. No complaints here.Support:They responded to my initial email with a generic "IRQ conflict" answer. I sent them my system information which clearly indicated that the firewire connection was not sharing a connection and I never got a replay after that. They just gave up on me.Overall:Feature set is good. Like I said, I don't know if my problems were specific to this card or firewire in general. However, I tried it on two machines and they both had the same problem. I ended up returning mine and am now waiting for a gina 3d in the mail. The product is great when it works, if you are feeling lucky than give it a go. | 0negative
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Great practice tool
Great for showing you exactly where you play in relation to the beat.Recommended. Better by far than a rubber practice pad and regular metronome. | 1positive
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Good stuff
I have no complains about this case. It does the job that it was labeled to do. i'm content and it's kept my batons safe and un-cracked so, Good stuff | 1positive
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Does the job so far.
Nice little device. We'll see how long it lasts (a cheap little plastic thing really) but so far it does the job and holds about 6 or so medium picks easily without issue. I use it with the medium dunlop picks. Glad I got it. | 1positive
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Is Unstable and Unreliable - Don't Lose Your Hard Work!
The program looks good, is easy to add notation and setup score once you know what you're doing. The most serious warning I have is you can lose A LOT of time and effort with this program. The "redraw" painter button (or F5) are absolutely not help to fixing the repeated crashes I've experience with this program. After putting in just 20 measures of a new score, measure 5 developed some sort of bug that makes the entire program crashes if you attempt to make "ANY" change to the measure. There are no instructions as to how to fix a corruption in an individual measure and attempting to erase the measure in no good because, once again, anything you do will crash the program.I'm not even certain I want to start over, and I had such great hopes for this program when I started; my advice is to seek out a more reliably stable program! | 0negative
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I attached the Two-Tone Wood Block to it with a sling to go around my neck. Works great.
Me and a small group of guys sing Creedence Clearwater Revival- Down On The Corner, The Soggy Bottom Boys-I AM A Man Of Constant Sorrow and Hank Williams, Jambalaya (On The Bayou). We use the Washboard, Two-Tone Wood Block, Kazoo's, Musical Spoons and some other fun little Musical gadgets.We are the North Shore Poorboys Kazoo Orchestra. | 1positive
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murchunga happiness
I received my Murchunga within three days of placing my order.For such a small mouth harp, it has a powerful sound which farexceeds the commercial mouth harp I bought 2 years ago.I am thouroughly pleased and would not hesitate to order another. | 1positive
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EXCELLENT ANALOG TO DIGITAL INTERFACE
I don't often write reviews on amazon. But these tech nerds did an extremely awesome job with this interface. It records in stereo and has its own sort of proprietary limiter/compressor (essentially a volume control with auto-level tracking) for the sake reducing clips. They did a beautiful job of engineering, here. I have been uploaded old cassette tapes from 30 years ago. I use this in conjunction with Sony soundforge and do lots of wave edits. I have little doubt their own editing program is fine. I am just completely used to soundforge.This is the perfect interface and is very HIGHLY recommended. | 1positive
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JUNK!!
Very disappointed-did not work! Even though inexpensive, one would still think that they would work...oh well at least my other purchases were good. | 0negative
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right out of the box broken
Wasn't expecting much when I ordered this but I definitely got what I payed for. When I first plugged it in I immediately noticed that the 3rd and 4th switches were not working. I also got a lot of pops and hisses from this pedal. Ive since returned it and Im waiting on the replacement. I will write a proper review when I have a product that is actually working. | 0negative
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Exactly as described
Purchased this for a fun party decoration - attached it to a utility clip light to give a pink glow to the room. Material was of good quality, consistent color and was exactly what I was expecting! | 1positive
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Good String, Tone, and Quality
I have been playing violin for the past 7 years, and every one of those years, I have gone back to Thomastik Strings. They have an incomparable tone/price ratio, and produce a wonderful sound (if correctly played, of course). Just as a note of warning, the E string does not have a loop-end.I would definitely recommend this to another musician. | 1positive
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Good product for the beginner
This is a simple and easy to use sequencer program, which makes it good for beginners and others who are unfamiliar with electronic dance music and or EDM creation software. That said, I would never recomend this product to anyone who is serious about making music and/or wants do to it professionally (or live). First strike: It uses proprietary ".pxd" files and doesn't import wav files. Cookie cutter dance music is what makes otherwise open minded people hate all electronica. Avoid anything that doesn't work with standard digital media files. (like .wav) Second strike: You can't manipulate their sound files in any meaningful way, mostly just sequence (arrange loops into song patterns). Third strike: it retails, {price] as of this writing. For the same money or a little more you can get software that's a lot more versatile and professional from vendors like Sonic Foundry.Bottom line, The eJay software is a toy. It's a doinky-simple-casio-keyboard-from-radio-shack of the software world, which there are a lot of. Good for kids or someone for whom it's an amusement, not for someone intent on making serious electronic dance music. (or any other genre for that matter) | 0negative
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Dead after less than a year
Considering the price is so cheap on these, I took a chance on this about a year ago for my home hobbyist studio. To say that I used it "rarely" is an understatement - maybe once a month when I have friends over for jamming as a way to get my vDrums and a bass DI through my powered wedges. That said, within a year two of the channels stopped working altogether, and the main volume fader became scratchy and jumpy to the point that the volume all the way down would = the volume ALL the way up.Aside from it not working less than a year later, as others have mentioned the lack of a power button combined with the wall wart adapter is a bit of a pain as well. However, if you're building a studio on a budget and want to roll the dice, it's a decent little mixer while it works.Pass on this - sound quality is decent for the price, but reliability gets a zero. | 0negative
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great seller, terrible product
I ordered the TBAAM thinking it would provide better sound than my soundmax integrated audio on my 5 yr old laptop. And I was WRONG! the TBAAM sounds murky, unclear, and simply awful. NOT recommended. | 0negative
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Mic set review of PYLE PDWM5500
I got this set for my church; he set delivers good sound quality for the price. we had a set of corded audio technicas that give better sound, of course, but almost any corded mic will give you good quality nowadays. We have to tweak the gain a little to ajust them to our needs and to work they went. The only problem that I've found is the electric humming they produce, not to serious thought. Overall they are good mics with a very good range. | 1positive
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Very Disappointed!!!
Only Lasted 2yr. I have a lot of cheaper cables that get more use/abuse than this one that have outlasted it. | 0negative
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Save Your Money
I sent the unit back the day after I received it.Sensitivity and threshold were impossible to set. Crosstalk was horrible.My Yamaha DD-55 had WAY better pad sensitivity.I plan to spend more and get something playable. Currently looking at the Roland Octapad. | 0negative
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Useless when using more than one lav microphone
I purchased this wireless lav to go with my existing AZDEN wireless lav & receiver. When operating with only one lav at a time this works fine, HOWEVER when BOTH lavs are on the same channel at once, there is horrible interference thus rendering them both useless. I performed several tests, using both channels in multiple environments, and came to the conclusion that recording from two wireless lavs simultaneously using this equipment is completely flawed. Therefore, there is no reason in purchasing this product if you plan to use it with an additional wireless lav. | 0negative
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Nice little thingy
This is a great holder for my picks...i used to just slide them in my strings and would often lose them...or if i wanted to finger pluck i would have to just lay the pick somewhere....now they have a nice secure home on the top of my guitar. | 1positive
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CARTRIDGE MAKES NO DIFFERENCE IN SOUND QUALITY FOR SERATO or TRAKTOR
The only defense of this cartridge one can attest to is its resistance to skipping while doing turntable gymnastics. Comments about sound quality of the cartridge while using Serato Scratch or Traktor scratch are irrelevant and can confuse the newcomers. Sound quality of your music depends on the quality of your MP3, sound system, eq and processors. PERIOD!!!! The vinyl for DJ software is just a time code interface. So it makes ZERO difference what type of cartridge you use.Now, if you are using this for REAL 12 inch records or albums then the discussion is warranted and you will notice a big difference between these and some of the others.Just wanted to clear that up! | 1positive
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Great child sized drum set!
Got this for my 11 year old son and it has been a perfect fit! Great bargain for a whole 'real' drum set but scaled down just right for a pre-teen. I highly recommend as a very economical choice for any 10-12 year old child who is at least somewhat serious about drumming. | 1positive
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This isn't the sound you are looking for
After years of playing acoustic guitar I purchased a Fender Strat and a DS-1. It does not produce the sound you are expecting, even beginner guitar players have seasoned ears and you will immediately feel cheated. Famous musicians did not record with a stock, present day DS-1.The BOSS OD-3 can create the sounds you are accustomed to in popular music. If you cannot afford it new...buy a used one like I did. The OD-3 allows the tone of your guitar to come through the distortion. The OD-3 can be compared to higher priced, custom pedals...but at that level the differences are personal preference and really don't add to your performance.But the DS-1 sound is unacceptable. | 0negative
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The Dean MLNXT
I bought one of these guitars a few days ago, and man can it shred. It works great with line six and boss stuff, but I will probably drop some dimebucker or EMG pickups in it to get better pinch harmonics. Although it dosn't have any inlay, it dosn't affect your playing(exelent playabillity). If you want a good deal, and you want that dean style , I suggest a closer look at this one.(you might want a hard case if you intend to travel)WELL WORTH THE MONEY! (Also it isn't the phantom, it's realy the noir XT) | 1positive
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VERY bad buy
This guitar is for beginners but it needs some modification cause the strings are to high attached and makes playing difficult. Its very cheap hand crafted. For a little more money you can have a better guitar. Don't buy this guitar. | 0negative
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Not really pleased with the product
Well if you have no desire in converting your music or lecture to mp3, then this product is excellent. However if you want to convert your lecture or music into mp3, here is the problem.You have to register for a password to enable the MP3 encoder.Not a problem on the first load. But if your computer crashes and you decide to buy a new one computer. The activation code will not work on your new computer and they will NOT NOT NOT send you a new activation code.So you are stuck with two option, either by some new software or find an wav to mp3 converter.My thing is this, why do they have this activation code in the first place. It is such a big pain in the butt. If you paid for the product you shouldn't have to register it to activate something you already paid for.There are other alternatives to audio cleaning.Sound Forge Audio Studio, you don't have to register to active the mp3 encoder.If that is to expensive, there are free recorders on the internet.I am NOT NOT NOT very pleased about this feature, because I restore my computer back to factory setting once a year. And you cannot enable the mp3 encoder once you have activated it once. As Magix will not send you another password. And I am about to upgrade my computer to a brand new computer and guess what, this product will worthless, once I get a new computer. I'll have to buy a new one. | 0negative
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Did not Fit My Dulcimer
Had to return it, it did not fit my Dulcimer | 0negative
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Awesome.
Works perfectly, much cheaper than buying it in any music store in town, and got here very fast.Not much else I can ask for. | 1positive
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Decent Pick, Misleading Description
Since this shows all of the colors and does not give or mention any way to select a specific color, I assumed I was purchasing an assortment. This is not the case, I was sent a single package of 12 M shell picks. | 0negative
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Works like a charm
I do meditations over the web and must have clear audio. I tried headsets (which make me look dorky and didn't work that well, and were uncomfortable over the hour-and-a-half). I decided to spring for a more expensive option than those $19 items, and I haven't had a single complaint or even a request to repeat myself once. I'm delighted. Worth it! | 1positive
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Not very good sound.
I purchased this item in Dec but only recently opened the package and tried it out. It is not great, if it hadn't been so long since my purchase I would send it back. you have to almost have the mic in your mouth for it to pick up your voice. I wasted my money. | 0negative
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Quite a disappointment
Since I play the saxophone I thought this would be fun and easy to take along for practice on the road or to make music for my granddaughter to dance to.Try as I might, I can only get one squawking note from the Xaphoon.Manipulating the finger holes make absolutely no change in tone.Not sure if I got a flawed product or if they are all this way.Pay your money, take your chances, but it didn't work at all for me. | 0negative
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Phenomenal value for the price
As an acoustic guitar player, I think this is a great product.I had previously been using the Korg GA-1, which is a fine basic tuner. The GA-1 works like many basic guitar tuners, where you designate the string and it shows you the note in standard tuning (or with one, two, or three flats). But the TM-40 works by just showing the pitch you're currently playing among any of the 12 reference pitches - making alternate tunings and open tunings much simpler.Now I use the TM-40 at home as my main tuner, and the GA-1 rides around in my case. Both great products. | 1positive
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surprise
Was surprised at the excellent construction of this case; was expecting something less well-appointed & made. Its sturdiness yet simple elegance also a plus. | 1positive
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How Cool
Some of the easiest ideas are the greatest ideas. Holds two picks and now I always know were one is without having to look around my gig bag. | 1positive
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JUNK - Not worth it
I bought this specifically to reduce/eliminate the latency that I get from my existing sound card while running Cubase with Sax Brothers Ms. Sax VST. While it does eliminate the latency, which I was pleased with, it cuts out frequently (like it reboots or something). The red light goes out and comes back on each time. I thought this might be a software issue with Sax Brothers, so I tried in with Konteck which they provide. Same problem. With Konteck I do not have latency issues using my existing sound card. However, Konteck does not run Ms. Sax, thus the need for something to eliminate latency. I ran Konteck with my existing sound card with no issues. Basically wasted the money on this because it does not do what I purchased it to do with any level of stability. | 0negative
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Left-Handed Takamine
The guitar is pretty good. It came well adjusted and has a really nice sound. | 1positive
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Not good
I have the Silver 54 key version of this keyboard. They are both the same.This is not a good keyboard for anyone, certainly not beginners. The sounds are very bad, the action is like playing on sponges (truly the worst keyboard action I've ever encountered, and the shipping costs are too high considering the light weight.If you're looking for an excellent small keyboard, see my review for this one:49-KEY Electronic Keyboard by Sinbon Electronics. (the one with the round speaker ports)A little more $ goes a long, long way sometimes. | 0negative
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Great reeds!
My daughter has been using Vandoren reeds for over a year now. This is her second year playing the alto saxophone. We moved her from a #2 reed to a #2.5 reed at the beginning of this year and she's been doing great. These reeds are high quality and worth the extra money. If you rotate them each time you play and keep them in a good reed guard case so they dry thoroughly without warping, they last a long time. | 1positive
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PLEASED
This worked very well in my bubble blower machine that i bought for my kids bday party. I have no complaints | 1positive
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Toy
This is not a stand for the gigging musician. I have burned through at least three of these in the past few years. The clamp is flimsy and although it is conceptually good (it grabs your headstock when you place the guitar on it) it cannot stand up to the rigors of constant loading and unloading, set ups and tear downs under varying circumstances, and being jostled around in car trunks and equipment trucks. It's great if it never leaves your bedroom or rehearsal space, but I'd pass on it for real gigging. It's pretty much a toy. | 0negative
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Do not buy this "instrument"
As an elementary strings teacher, I highly recommend NOT purchasing this instrument. Some families ignore the advice of teachers and purchase these instruments. They ALWAYS need repair fresh out of the box and are extremely poor quality. The pegs are painted black to look like ebony -- they do not stay in tune. The strings break pretty easily. The bridge falls off constantly. The bow is cheap, cheap, cheap.If you have a child who is interested in playing the violin, spend about $20 a month to rent a good one from a reputable music store. Very few students who have violins like this one continue playing after a year. Some might say that the instruments are fine for beginners. Far from it; they will hamper a student's progress. | 0negative
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Not so good
The price was right but the 1st one I recieved didn't work at all. I contacted Amazon and a replacement was sent out right away. The 2nd unit worked but every channel was distorted before you could reach and acceptable output level. Output volume actually decreased significantly when running a mic through the unit, compared to the direct mic input on the amp. I requested a refund and returned the unit. The refund was received shortly after that. All in all, the buying and returning process was excellent. Too bad the product wasn't built that way. | 0negative
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Not a great design.
As my guitarist pointed out it was difficult to grab the slide in the middle of playing, it resting in a tube would be easier to put the finger in to pull out the slide and the picks tend to be the opposite hand as the slide hand so if the slide was on the left, and the picks were on the right it would be a better design.Thanks anyway, not worth returning. | 0negative
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I recieved the Wrong kind of Reeds
The ad states Rico Royal Clarinet Bb Box Of 10 Reeds Strength 1.5.I recieved soprano sax Reeds. | 0negative
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Nifty Product
Pros: This is one unique product that conveniently contains all the tools we were looking for. I'm actually surprised there aren't similar products found through out the web but this was the only one I found. The tools are effective and so far working. Nothing has broken/fallen apart yet in the past 11 months.Cons: This product is poorly produced. Unlike the other reviews complaining about shoddy workmanship, ours looked liked it was dug out of the trash. I tried cleaning it but the metallic stains on the frame of this tool is tough to remove.Conclusion: I care more about effectiveness than attractiveness so I gave this product a 4 out of 5 star rating. | 1positive
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Terrible sound quality - especially for the price
Not sure if this unit is defective or if it is just built poorly, but using it as an external mic with a GOPRO HD Hero 2 was NOT what I was hoping for.The breakdown of issues in order of least to most severe:1, It is very quiet. Maybe only 70% of the volume that came from the built-in mic that comes with the GOPRO.2, Even with the muffler, it picks up any kind of wind and it overpowers the recording which makes it useless in an environment where there is any kind of air movement.3, This one is the nail in the coffin: It makes a very audible buzzing sound and it doesn't stop. It's a like three or so buzzes, then a pause and then a few more and so on.I probably could have dealt with the first two issues, but the constant buzzing is a deal breaker. I am sending this back for a refund. | 0negative
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great reeds
really great sounding reeds, and very loud and crisp. works better on mouthpieces more suited to jazz. in my opinion, better than vandoren reeds. also not super expensive | 1positive
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crap service
This is supposed to be a multi colored light with built in light diffusers. I recieved nothing but a white spot light that spins. Item sucks | 0negative
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Not playable, that might be a good thing..
Returned the ukulele and gig bag as the ukulele was not of the quality to be played. | 0negative
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Needed for wood floors!
My daughter wanted a better stand than the fold up one she has had for years, but with our wood floors I was reluctant. These protectors made me feel free to get her a nice metal stand for our music room. | 1positive
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Amazing Product
This capo is a must for all guitarist, it works great and is easy to attach. It holds down the strings well, and it resides at the head of my guitar, I use it for recitals and concerts both, works great on my electric as well. | 1positive
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Great product
I learned to tune my violin on a pitch pipe and considered this for my students but they understand red & green lights and they are not old enough to tune by ear. I'm fairly new at oredering on internet and THIS COMPANY was exceptional at working with me & understanding my mistakes. The tuners are perfect for my students and their parents are very happy with the price of these. I will do business with this company in the future. JP Henderson, Ok | 1positive
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Problems using nero 6.3 on W2000 SP4 machine
I have a 750mhz p-4, with w2000 sp4) Downloaded an earlier version of NERO and liked it fine. Then, downloaded 6.3, the latest version, and here is what happened: Launched NERO by clicking on the NERO icon on desktop, and almost 30 seconds later, the NERO menu screen appeared...so it took about 30 seconds to launch the program. Actual burning went ok, and I then closed the program, but noticed my mouse was taking forever to move, so looked at task manager and saw a process running that was using 99% of my CPU (750mhz P-4). no nero application was running, but as best as I could tell, the renegade task came about from launching nero. This process would not kill using task manager, so I rebooted...still the process was there..I then decided to uninstall NERO, figuring that doing this and rebooting would kill the process, and the NERO uninstaller would not let me uninstall..saying 'files need updating' in an error box, advising to 'update nero files' whatever that meant. Rebooted again, task still running. Then, a few mins later, the task stopped on its own and I then was able to successfully uninstall nero 6.3. I'm afraid to reinstall it quite frankly. I let NERO know about this, but had not gotten a response as of 12/29. My computer has nothing strange on it other than w2000 SP4, browser, real player, and OFFICE and WMP. I had an earlier version of nero and never had this process problem. My guess is that at least on my machine nero 6.3 launches a process that will not terminate; also that it takes 30 seconds to launch is weird. | 0negative
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Don't bother buying this.
This guitar string winder/cutter is too big. Takes up too much room to fit in my guitar case. The end is so big it hits the next tuning peg when I turn it. Doesn't even have a way to pry bridge pins out of the bridge like the cheaper string winders have. Useless piece of junk but will cost too much to send it back. Will end up as a Gag gift. | 0negative
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Versatile and practical
I hadn't realized how useful this device would be until I began exploring its potential. The tuning feature is excellent, as it responds within less than a second and allows me to check my intonation in difficult passages. The volume of the metronome beep has a volume control, and I was able to hear it except when I was playing (the violin) at the loudest level. Of course, the metronome also has a visual indicator (like a little "baton"), and if the ambient sounds are too loud an ear piece option is available. Battery life is excellent (I am still using the original set after nearly a month), and I was able to figure out almost all of the features without even looking at the manual. There are some sophisticated features that are worth reading the manual for, but this unit worked right out of the box. | 1positive
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weak!
When buying a guitar stand, the last thing you think about is it snapping in half. Well that is exactly what happened to mine. While transporting the guitar stand, the thing fell apart as I was folding up the legs! Now if I want to fix it I'm going to need to weld the metal back together, which is too far out of my way.Anyways, verdict is, fretrest by proline was decent until it broke. Now my guitar needs a new stand. | 0negative
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So simple, very effective, wish I had invented!
I use about 60 of these floaters on the 2x6 floor joists of my vocal isolation booth to decouple the floor from the concrete foundation of my home office. Very simple. A secret I picked up on YouTube was to staple the floaters on one side to the joists so they do not fall off when moving the structure around. I love the simplicity of these things. Wish I could charge 2 bucks a piece for them! | 1positive
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Good Basic Pop Filter
Does just what is needed - at a good price. A must for every studio. Was exactly what I was hoping for. | 1positive
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Stored in drawer! Rosin
I did not like the rosin. It was very "sticky" therefore for me being not a professional player, I don't understand why this one is better. I had a preformance the next day and had to scrub all the residue off so my "cheapo" rosin would glide better. I am sure the humidity played a role in it too-we have high humidity. | 0negative
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There are better choices
I'm not sure if I just got a bad unit or what, but I could not recommend this amp for any critical listener. I originally ordered it to power the center channel in my home theater (meaning I was going to run it bridged mono) but upon hooking it up I realized there was entirely too much noise (similar to ground loop hum). Thinking it was a ground loop issue I tried using a cheater plug along with plugging it into my Furman PL-8C power conditioner (which seems to destroy any noise from other components) but had no success. I decided I would try and live with it and went to play a movie. 10 minutes into it I noticed the highs were just extremely harsh and distorted. The noise I maybe could have lived with, but the distortion drew the line for me. At this point I thought maybe re-purposing it to power my rear surrounds in stereo mode instead of bridged mono would solve the issue (since I know running bridged mono tends to increase THD), but again I was disappointed when I was met with the same results.I ended up replacing it with a Dayton Audio APA150 and absolutely love it. Noise is almost decreased to the level of my Crown XLS1500 (I.E. almost non existent) and the full frequency range is reproduced faithfully. I was really rooting for this little thing since the price was GREAT for the power output, but as they say, if it looks too good to be true... If you're getting this for casual use like ambient music or outdoor party use, by all means go for it, but for a dedicated home theater/music setup, I would avoid at all costs. Just my $.02. | 0negative
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Might as well pay a little extra for something that lasts
I've had several piano students purchase this metronome and now I know better to tell them to buy any metronome except Qwik Time. My biggest pet peeve is that it is always set at 100 when you turn it on, and the up and down arrows take forever to get to the right setting. A dial would have been much more practical. Also, the case breaks easily! Other reviewers have mentioned the lack of volume control is also annoying. Try the Seiko SQ50-V or Yamaha QT-1. | 0negative
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Terrible case!
This case seems to be fine at first, but it will slowly but surely deteriorate. Within a year of buying it, it started to break. I used it as a backpack, but that is no longer possible. The part that is sewn on to the case to attach the backpack straps started to rip out. Now, the case falls to either side, making it very cumbersome and uncomfortable to carry around. The best thing is that Protec expected me to pay to ship it to them to fix it when the case should not have broken in the first place. It was designed to be used as a backpack, so it should function as one and not break. I am never buying a Protec case again and I would suggest you don't either. | 0negative
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Broken
Got it fast but it came broken, good sound but if you want an ajustable cup mute don't get this one. | 0negative
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Gator Keyboard Cover Fits Great!
This cover fits my 88 Note Casio; I love the look (I was using a white bath towel previously). It arrived in excellent condition and arrived quickly. Thanks | 1positive
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american idol bound
We got this gift for 8 year old daughter's birthday-We cannot keep her off of it!! She loves singing and plus she is getting in her reading also. Very addictive-we had to purchase extra mic for her brother. lots of fun- we have had no problems with volume or ability to hear her. great value. | 1positive
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Great Quality
This is my first Capo and I feel that I made a great decision by purchasing this one. It is very well manufactured and built in a way that protects your guitar from scratches. Highly recommend. | 1positive
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perfectly adequate....until it packs up.
6 months after i purchased this metronome, it started to malfunction quite seriously. the clicking became very erratic and unsteady, until the actual speed of the clicking differed drastically from the numerical values stated on the dial. try practising to this and you'll realise how disastrous this is!recommended ONLY if you are lucky enough not to have it give up on you. | 0negative
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