Recent content by Jim Digby

Just sorted out my problem. The distortion was due to the fact that I was recording my vocals onto the same track as the one I had a plugin (often reverb) applied to. Just leant about aux tracks, and the vocals are clear! Not sure why, but, hey...

All good ideas, thank you RD423, Farview + wreckd504. I might try and bounce the distorted vocal tracks the eve, but for now I wonder if you would do me the favour of listening to a half-song on Myspace, mixed last evening simply to experiment with getting the vocals to a good level. The...

Yes, I am quite new to mixing, and Pro Tools. I used to use Cool Edit on a PC. Thanks for the tips re master fader etc. Sorry, I meant to say the knob on the front of the Mbox: this is what I turn up during recording (I do leave the fader at unity on screen), but said knob has to go almost to...

Hi, I am currently using a new Shure SM58 (XLR connector) with my Mbox 2 Pro, and my problem is that I am struggling to get a reasonable volume on my vocals without distortion. This also happens with my Sennheiser mics. During recording, whether I am using input one or input 2, I have to put...

I appreciate your feedback, thanks for the material out.

oops, sorry I meant, that seems cogent to me *Farview*. Apologies.

That seems cogent to me RD423. Yeah, would be very useful to have some idea of how they sound on Myspace to others, here are some songs. They are a tad idiosyncratic - lots of stretching and unconventional mixing. http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=70675842

"When you say the volume is way too low, what are you comparing it to?" I suppose I have largely been comparing the overall vol with commercial CDs, yes, but also with previous songs of mine, mixed with Cool Edit on my old defunct XP (Creative Audigy card). They have been languishing on Myspace...

Thanks! OK, now I've downloaded it (it seems to be a really exellent tool) and my last mix is peaking at -10 RMS. If I push the vol up much more, it starts to distort. What is the optimum RMS peak?

"So you create the master fader and you have the volume at a decent level on it and it still comes out low?" Yeah, I think so, it is occasionally touching the red, sometimes just shy of distorting. "Is your computer's audio output (ie. what finder & iTunes uses) going thru your mbox?" I have...

Hi, hope someone can advise me. I am using an MBox 2 Pro with my iMac. The sound is very nice and loud during the mixing process, but after bouncing the final song to disk the vol sounds way too low and the mix is a little muddy in both the finder and iTunes. When I then upload to Myspace, it...

Thank you MessianicDreams and Bradch00. I have just read your comments, and am going to now reinstall my Pro Tools, plus I have been told that I could try deleting some preferences (apparantly a very common first troubleshooting step, although I had not heard of it!). I have been using Pro...

Thanks for your reply. Sorry, I'm not sure if I know what you mean by both audio and system, so I might witter here: I have an MBox Pro 2 which has a 6-pin Firewire cable going from it into the FW400 port on the back of my iMac 24". So I record into my internal drive. All my sessions are...

This will probably sound like a very daft question, but I am a true novice, sorry! I have Pro Tools LE MBox Pro 2, version 7.1.3, and have recently been getting an error message: "Audio device buffer underflowed. If this occurs frequently, try decreasing the H/W Buffer Size in the Playback...