Recent content by cordura21

Hey guys. I was wondering why on many articles and tutorias, many people give fixed threshold settings (-6 dBFS for example), along with more reasonable fixed settings like attack, ratio and decay. Why is this such common, if nobody knows what the peak signal is on any random waveform? Is it...

Hey guys. When I mic myself in one of the regular positions, I get a pretty loud "fssss" sound from my voice, like a gas escape you know. So I tried different things and I came with a position that really takes care of it, but I find it pretty odd. It's way above my head and pointing downwards...

If you have some major chords sequence, how do you know when to use minor pentatonics (like Angus Young) or major (I don't know, but I think of David Gilmour or some countri-ish Keith Richards)? I know some will answer "whatever sounds good", but is there a way to know in advance or at least...

I don't have a clue on how is this kind of sound achieved. It almost sounds like slap, but I'm pretty sure it isn't. Can you get it with a jazz bass, or is it a special kind of instrument?

L. Kravitz sound on Always On The Run Hey guys. Can you educate me on how to get the sound of the lick on this song? It sounds overdriven, yet it has a lot of "popping" going one (being myself a bass player is the only way I can describe it). Using most of the tools i have, that percusive sound...

How can this work, and why does he do it? He's too close to the mic, doesn't he get plosives, or an unbearable proximity effect? Maybe it's not a cardioid? And btw, do you know what mic is? Regards, Andrés

Hey guys. My mother in law wants to buy a digital piano. They offered her a Yamaha CLP-120. From what I read it's a good one, polyphony, sound and all, although some people say the power amp is a tad small. Where can I find more about it? I googled but there's no much I could find. The price is...

Hey guys, I am doing a gig and bass always sucks. So I was reading about it and there it goes mentioned again: "bass needs distance to develop it's full sound". So, does that mean that if I put my bass amp at the back of the stage I'll hear a better, more representative bass sound? Will that...

Hello guys. First of all, please forgive my ignorance of the names of pieces I'm going to refer to. Yesterday I broke the mic stand adapter of my Marshall V67. The screw got broken in the middle and got stucked in the metal part. We call them "butterfly screws" over here. Anyways, it got...

Hey guys. Do you know this song? I want to learn that part just before the guy starts singing "beat on the brat". The guitar player does eights, but he gets a special sound. Instead of going: "CHA-CHA-CHA-CHA-CHA-CHA-CHA-CHA" he goes: "CHA-KU-CHA-KU-CHA-KU-CHA-KU" (I know it'll be hard to...

hey guys. I have to rewire my Squire Strat. But instead of having an 8 terminal switch, it has just : 3 above and 4 below. Anybody know how wire it, or has a schem.? I can't find anything. TIA, Andrés

VST or DirectX. No resonance, ,etc. Just the filter. Tahnks for any recommendation

Hey guys. I have a Yamaha mixer and want to get a direct out from the insert point, without loosing the signal on the channel strip. The manual says that: Tip: Output Ring: Input Sleeve: Ground So what kind of cable I need to make, and how should I use it (1 click, 2 clicks) ? WHat kind of plug...

Hey gus. I have a Digi 001, with both Protools LE and Cubase. My computer is an MSI mobo, with nVidia nForce2 chipset and an Athlon XP. I wanted this setup so I could have the best of both worlds, via the ASIO drivers. Sadly, the best of worlds looks more like watching The Return Of The Living...

I heard a remix of Anarchy in The Uk with Madonna singing Ray of Light over it. My question is how do they get the separate parts? Do they have access to the multi tracks? Or do they use some technique to extract the parts (in this case Madonna's voice, but they also seemed to remove some of the...