On the release of his new book *The Audio Expert* - Everything You Need To Know About Audio.

Just read a review of his book in *PRO AUDI REVIEW* Giving it a big thumbs up!

Think I'll down load it to kindle for the On The Road Reading.

You can find it at focalpress.com


Thanks again Ethan - I won't be at the mercy of the boob tube in the hotel rooms while on the road. :thumbs up:

Possibly another stupid question...I am recording using Cubase LE4 and am trying to increase audio quality. I have now run across the question of Sample Rate. My interface (PreSonus AudioBox 22VSL) can use a sample rate as high as 96kHz. The default on Cubase has been 44.100kHz, but does have the 96kHz option. Should I choose the 96kHz? Will that make any difference? I have been using the default 44.100kHz all along. Is this a possible reason for a lower audio quality than I like? (I understand that room acoustics, mics, instruments and the like all play a part in quality too, but right now am focusing on this question of Sample Rate).

Follow-Up: When I burn the wav file to CD can I choose the 96kHz option or must I revert to 44.100kHz? I understand that with Bit Depth, while I am recording at 24 Bit I must revert to 16 Bit to record to a CD.

Thank you for your guidance here...feeling like a real dork.

Newbie here.

Im trying to get understand the reason for using a dead space as a vocal booth. The isolation part of a vocal booth i get completely.

I think I'm getting it now as the last recording I made, I sang the vocals in a beautiful sounding room. Large 20x30 with 14' ceilings. Same room that I record instrumentation in. I'm having a very difficult time getting the vocals to sound right in the mix. The major problem seems to be that whatever verb I choose to enhance it just doesn't sound good. In fact vocals dry just don't sound that great either.

Perhaps the verb fx are interacting with the natural verb of the room, making it sound funky?

On previous recordings, I would track instruments in the room above, and record vocals outside my "studio" in a smaller very dead space. The vocals seemed to be much easier to manage from a mix perspective than this last one in the larger live room.

So my experience now indicates that a dead space for recording vocals seems to better than a live space. Why do instruments sound better tracked in the larger live room, while vocals seem to work better in an acoustically deader environment ?






I've just completed a recording that I'm

It lights up when plugged in but the computer doesn't seem to actually detect the microphone. Also I am looking to get a table stand for the microphone - Can you use any mic table stand or do you have to buy a specific one for the Samson G Track?