Recent content by 7enderbender

Hello there, I'm trying to dive deeper into my home recording skills and have actually a few projects that I'm working on that require some decent demos. I use Logic Pro X on a Mac mini with a Focusrite pro 40. I've recently added EZ Drummer 2 and I'm very happy with a drum set I build in it...

I don't think I know the 80s. I have a pair of 100s in a Fender combo amp which sound nice too. After recording some more tracks yesterday with the new 57 on the V30 there was definitely an improvement (same mic position etc) on the low end. Right now I'm tracking the V30 together with the 75...

Thanks everyone for weighing in. Here's the update: I'm 99% sure the issue was indeed caused by the older SM57 (late 80s/early 90s, came used from a production company a quite a while ago). More research and testing showed that it was wired in reverse (green and yellow wire switched) - so it was...

So I've done some testing and digging since. You are likely right in that it is one of the microphones. For clarification: all (stereo) effects are turned off for recording so it's not that. And you are right in that my initial concern that it might be a problem with one or more of the speakers...

Hello Everyone, I'm using the time off from work and the holiday weekends to work on some new material for my band projects. Setup is a Mac with a Focusrite Saffire 40 interface, my guitar rack centered around a Mesa Boogie Triaxis (running with a tube stereo power amp, which is why I mention...

Hello everyone, Is anyone using one of the new Mac Minis (e.g. i7 quad core) with the Focusrite Saffire 24 DSP under either ProTools or Logic? I'd be curious to hear how people like it and what kind of performance overall and latency in particular you're getting. Thanks

Hi there, I know this is a matter of taste and something that probably has been beaten to death. I still want to bring it up to validate some of my impressions yesterday - or to rather see where I could be wrong since I don't really trust my judgement fully and suspect something may have been...

Hi Jimmy, You know what? My apologies as well. You raise an excellent point in that I was way too consumed with my own assessment of my options and questions and my remarks may well have lead to more confusion of the original poster. That certainly wasn't my intention. I was jumping on it...

Hi Jimmy, Well thanks for responding and trying to help though calling people you don't even know uneducated is not exactly nice. And personally I don't think I'm uneducated in general and have my fair share of practical computer knowledge that I acquired over the years of trying to set up and...

Hi there, I'm looking to improve my homerecording setting. I currently use an old Pentium 4 PC with 4GB ram and decent hard drives. It kind of works but when pushing things the limitations become clear. I get about 10ms latency which is not all that bad but I have to constantly reset the driver...

I can't offer any help or suggestions but would be very interested to hear what Lexicon's response is. I'm in the process of researching a new PC for recording and photo editing. My current PC is a Win XP pro machine with a P4, 4GB RAM and a Lexicon Lambda. I'm running LE4 and testing Elements...

Thanks for the reply. I really like my NAD and would be surprised if it "colored" the sound a lot (especially if I just use the power amp section that has a seperate insert). My concern is rather if I run the risk if destroying the KRK ST-6 that I really liked by underpowering them. The NAD did...

Actually, I don't even think that most "producers" even at the pro level are "producers" in the way the word was used originally and should be used. A producer is some one who produces something in a mere business sense. Few ENGINEERS are actually producers. This mix up of words happened at some...

Hello recording experts, I know that this is a common question and, yes, I did a lot of reading on the subject here already and found many useful hints. I am just starting with setting up a little recording area in our house in a small room that houses my home office/guitar gear/photo...

I suggest you try some of the Music Man models. They are not as short as a Les Paul but certainly feel that way minus the fat neck. I like Strats and Les Pauls and the Silhouette or Axis Sport (don't remember) that I recently played came close to being a great in-between thing yet with its own...