Recent content by iqi616

This is not a rehash of the Mastering Fees thread. It's a simple question. If all the small-scale Mastering Engineers are only charging $30-or-so per song, how do they make a living? I'd want to be mastering 40+ songs per week x 50 weeks per year if that's all I was charging and I don't see that...

Behringer Truth B2030A vs KRK Rokit RP6 My initial impression was that the B2030A is bright but the RP6 is middly. Both are quite good in the bass. However, on more careful listening the quality of the RP6 shines through. It costs more but is clearly a flatter response speaker. The high...

I posted this in the Recording Hot thread before a(nother) fight broke out so I don't think I'll get an answer there. What is the proper way to "read" VU meters? i.e. what constitutes tracking at 0VU? You put in a signal and the needle bumps up and down. Should I be setting the input signal...

This is not a question on mics themselves but a question about the rooms we record in. Any pointers to links, books, articles gratefully received. So, I've got a good understanding about mics and placement for recording singers/instruments but I've not found any helpful suggestions for choosing...

Subject says it all really. What subwoofer/monitor combination do you use and how do you set it up so that you can be sure that the cross-over with the nearfields isn't overlapping or leaving a gap? Obviously I'm more interested in maintaining the accuracy and translatability of the mixes...

The Realistic (Tandy/Radio Shack) PZM always represented great value for money for recording bang for the buck. Is there anyone out there who owns a pair of ECM8000s and a pair of PZMs and has done a head-to-head (especially for drum overheads)? I know the ECMs are cheap but I already have a...

Anyone have any direct experience of the Roland A-37 or Yamaha CBXK2 or Yamaha CS2X?

I don't like what I get inspired to write. I seem only to be inspired to write about the seedy side of life and in a disturbingly positive tone at that. The first problem is that I'm too embarrassed to let anyone I know hear the songs and certainly not my wife and son. The second problem is...

:confused: I would like to buy either Tannoy Reveals or Yorkville NSM1s. The problem is my amplifier is rated for 8 ohms and both of those products are rated at 6 ohms. Now, I would not consider slapping 4 ohm speakers onto an 8 ohm amp but I'm wondering if I can get away with 6 ohms. I know...

Hi, My local used gear emporium has an Akai EX75N noise reducer. It looks like it's an expander plus low pass filter. I don't know if the filter operates all the time or "in the gaps". Has anyone any experience of this unit? Does it add more noise than it takes away? Cheers, Mike.