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jorge wrote:Niall, you get some nice sounds out of your congas, and I enjoyed the trading off with the trap drummer in the clinic video. Keep on playing, listening, studying, and spreading the word.

By the way, one method to avoid distortion on audio recordings is to do a quick test recording. Just put the recorder where you are going to use it, turn it on, play as loud as you are going to play for 2 seconds, and listen to the recording. If it is distorted, turn the volume down a small amount and try again. Repeat until you get good sound even for the loudest peaks. If your recorder has an input sound level meter and you have a friend who can set the volume while you play, just ask him or her to set the record level so the peaks don't go above -6 dB when you play loud (-12 dB if you tend to really play louder when you get going). Digital recorders sound horrible when your sound level goes even a little bit above their clipping limit. On your first clip, turning down the gain just a little bit would have made the sound a lot more clear.