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I'm looking at the Rode NT1A or Audio Technica AT 4033. I've used Apex mics for recording acoustic drums, but I do like the test I did with recoding only with a friends AT 2050 for certain song styles. I would probably use the mic mostly for drums, but I'd probably use it for VOX as well. Both...

This is one of our upcoming tracks that I'd love to have some feedback on the production! Home by Clever Weapon | Free Listening on SoundCloud

I have been recording our vocals with a Blue Songbird and Audio Technica AT 2050 that I own, and plan to rent something for our next EP just to see if it's better. The music place near me rents out Neumann, Rode, Apex, AKG, AT etc for anywhere from $50 to $250/month. I'm not convinced a $4,000...

I was working on a new song for our band and our singer said "OMG I WANT TO MAKE THAT AN XMAS SONG!!!".....on Dec 23. So we finished writing/recording/video shoot that day and published on Christmas Day. I cheated by using the Logic drummer for a guide track and we thought it fit well enough...

The panned left guitar is the Bogner, the solo part is the 900. I go all by ear, I am generally a fan of scoopy and bright guitars for our music style. Our bass player uses a tree-trunk sized 5 string that completely fills the low and low-mids so I default to scooping out the mids and then...

This is an isolated and full band version of a snippet of a new song. 3 guitars, I recorded them as guide tracks so I could put the drums down so they will be re-recorded, but they'll sound similar (just with better playing!) Focusrite 18i20, Gibson SG standard. L guitar - Bogner XTC amp, no...

We finished our basement about 8 years ago and now that I've converted an old bedroom to my studio, I want some advice for dampening the noise from the adjacent furnace room and doing some extra treatment for the studio. I have a vocal booth in the old closet with three 24x48x2 acoustic panels I...

'twas a heart attack of learning getting this one recorded, mixed and mastered, but I'm happy with the results. What do you think?

I just released our band's first EP. Clever Weapon on Spotify 8 months of more or less reading the manual of mixing and mastering, but we are really happy with the results and we're onto the next batch of songs!

Phase 1 done. 10x12-ish room in the basement, turned the closet into a vocal/acoustic booth which is good enough for me now. Both sides are on hinges so I can get to the shelves and cables hanging on the wall. Plus I can shut the curtains to isolate it more. Not a totally isolated booth, but...

Now that I've finished our first EP, I am rewarding myself with re-jiggering my studio now that I have a good idea what my workflow is, previous irritations etc. Current setup: - 2017 MBP, Logic Pro X - Scarlet Focusrite 18i20, Rokit 6's - Alesis Strike Pro - various mics/guitars/bass blah...

I'm looking for as much nitpicky feedback as possible on this one! Been doing recording for just over a year and I'm producing, and mixing our bands first EP. I don't want to embed with Soundcloud because we don't want it on our SC page yet so here's the link: CleverWeapon | eMastered Public...

While sitting in a deep depression that everything I mix sounds like complete garbage, I discovered this guy on YouTube: YouTube Probably one of the best explanations of the 5 bands, getting separation...but not too much separation and more. Since I've only been doing this for just over a...

Correct. I was about a foot from the mic, gain at 50% on the UR22 and the room is not treated, other than a wall of thick curtains covering a glass sliding closet door. I'm thinking of trying a version recored inside my closet to see what the difference sounds like on the other extreme end. I'm...

I did a couple of practice songs, but this is the first real thing I've recorded since the last thing I recorded 20-or-so years ago on a Tascam 4 track! Equipment: - Pro Logic X - Steinberg UR 22 MK II - bluebird microphone - Roland FP 130R piano (in hindsight I would have mic'd it, but...