Recent content by CouncilOfDave

The easiest way to achieve a flat (or as close as possible) response is to spend the money. You said you have no cash, and I understand. I've been there and done that. Hell, I'm still doing it. Home built monitors are better than no monitors, but a relatively inexpensive set of entry level...

Basically, do an A/B comparison. Listen to your mix, and compare elements of it to a mix on a commercial CD that is of good quality. You'll notice if for instance your kick sounds thin, or there isn't enough air in the mix, etc. As far as go-to albums, it depends on what I'm mixing. I have a...

I ran that mixer into Cubase via USB for years. I remember having that problem, but I can't remember what I did to fix it. Are you connected USB, or into a sound card? Double check to make sure that your track inputs are set right, as well as the outputs. Check each channel, the VST...

My wife can't stand to hear herself sing either, so I kinda know what you're getting at. She thinks it sounds terrible, and everyone else thinks she's either humble or crazy... it's a mental thing, we all have one about something. As far as tricks I use for vocals, one of the things I normally...

This is all as it relates to me, as I'm pretty much a nobody; Pro's 1. There is no loud amp, and doesn't piss my neighbors below me off at 3am when I'm tracking guitars on demo's (my DAW is 99% a writing tool). 2. It's easier on setup, and you can get more consistent sounds from track to...

As said before, unless each piece of virtual kit is on it's own track, you'll be stuck with the whole mix getting the EQ changes. Here is what I do, but I don't know if you can. I'm not familiar with what you're using. I use EZDrummer for box drums, and it has it's own built-in mixer. If...

Absolutely true. Trash in, trash out. Or, a turd doesn't hold a shine very well. If it sounds boring, the route that will give you the best results is to re-record it. After you get a good performance, then a little compression (to smooth things out), a little EQ, and a little verb (all of...

Okay, here's the setup. I'm running Cubase SE on my Toshiba laptop. I'm interfaced with an Alesis Multimix8 USB. I'm using the ASIO drivers, and I've tried both of the ones available. When I attempt to record guitar tracks in, I have one of two problems. 1. When monitoring from Cubase, I...

I wholey agree... I'm running XP home on a Toshiba Satellite laptop with Cubase SE3, and only have 512. I haven't noticed any problems yet, but I'm sure I will. I only have an 80 GB disk, so I bought an external 500GB USB drive and it's working great. Dont RECORD to the external... but use it...

ILLICIT MIND ALTERING MORSELS!!! Yeah buddy... this is quality, and it made my day.

I guess it would be possible, but someone earlier made the point that probably 99% of people wouldn't notice. It definitely wouldn't work live... the environment just isn't controlled enough. Depending on who your sound guy is live, it probably is best to not make it too complicated. I'm a...

I have a lot of different ways for writing songs... lyrically who knows. Sometimes I can bang something out in a few minutes, other times I'll end up with 30 or 40 handwritten sheets of just crap. Not even lyrics, just ranting on something I'm angry, happy about, etc. I can go back to those...

We usually used the cheap-o CD-R/paper sleeve/sharpie for 2 or 3 song handouts at shows, etc. Put the band name, track name, and website URL on the disc and sleeve. It seemed to generate website traffic according to the guestbook (remember those?). We could get rid of about 50 of them after a...