Recent content by disgruntled-inc

I have to be missing something completely simple, but here is where I am. I am editing drum parts and had to add an extra 1/8th note on the hi-hat. So I found a clean 1/8th strike, copied it, and used an additional couple of extra tracks to line it up and make sure it sounds natural. Now I want...

I have had my drums on a Pearl ICON rack for years and it never occurred to me before, but in a studio setting would individual stands be better? I was thinking to myself that since the rack is essentially a piping system it probably conducts energy from one surface to another quite well...

Anyone have any experience with this mic? I'm looking to replace the MXL 604 I am using on the hi hat and right now, this one has peaked my interest. Any thoughts or other suggestions ($300 or less'ish). http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/e614/

Any drum type folks around here use IEM's for studio or live work? I have been using a pair of Future Sonic M5's (http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/M5Atrio/) and while I much prefer them to headphones, they just feel like glorified ear buds and they don't stay in place for more then a song...

When I recorded on my Roland VS units, I did everything in the box. I didn't feel that there were enough I/O options to get crazy so I just didn't worry about it. Since moving on from the VS I have been going back and forth as to what is the better way to do things. I've read articles that...

My guitarist plays very much in the vein of Dimebag Darrell and Zakk Wylde. Lots of distortion, lots of chunk. I am having a hell of time capturing that sound while leaving sonic space for bass and kick drum. His low end drowns everything out, and then if I roll off too much during mixing, it...

I have been using a drum rack for as long as I can remember. With a 7-piece kit and 10 cymbals it just makes it quicker and easier for set up and tear down at shows. Should I be worried about recording with it though? Would the isolation provided by individual cymbal (or even tom) stands make...

I have a Mackie Big Knob that I don't use anymore. I bought it in February, then moved to the PreSonus MSR last month as it works seamlessly with my Firestudio 2626. The only issue I've had with the Big Knob, and I think it's more of a design issue, is that the power plug is finicky. It's not...

Hey everybody, Not sure if this is the right forum, my first post on this BBS, but I have a pretty basic question. I want to reverse the polarity on one of my monitors so that I can do the record a vocalist with two monitors blaring at him in mono trick. My question is, instead of cracking...