Recent content by nbiehl

Precisely. I make music for fun. I'm lucky enough that I can make a little money doing what I'd ALREADY be doing on the weekends. If my "career" dries up, I've still got the fun part. To me, corporate music is a lot like heaven. If the place is full of people I don't like hanging out...

I like the version that plays when you click the original link a lot (not sure if it's the first or second mix, but the keys don't seem hard-panned, so I assume it's the remix.) The kick seems slightly distracting in the quieter parts, but that could be a difference in my room and system. The...

That thing is awesome. I'm probably not getting anything more done today.

Here's the important parts of the post describing the room I want to treat, so you don't have to click over: I would like to replace the shitty door to the room as well, so any advice on good doors for project studios is welcome. There's a great place that sells recycled building materials...

I'm a recording newbie (but I just spent money I didn't really have on this truckload of "gobos" so I guess you could say I've been bitten by the bug.) I've never worked with rigid fiberglass, but this stuff looks like all the pictures of 703 I've seen. The one I cut open has 2 30"x 64" sheets...

I picked up a bunch of cubicle dividers cheap. They are Steelcase brand, covered in a fabric that resembles burlap. I cut one open and they are a metal frame stuffed with about three inches of what appears to be yellow fiberglass. I tried to google the manufacturer and material and couldn't...

Incidentally, I DID buy an album last week, in part, because it was recorded at Mark Never's Beech House studio, and I'm thrilled with it. I also enjoy the artist (Andrew Bird) so I bought it in part because I knew I'd like the music, but I REALLY wanted to hear how Mark handled Andrew's...

I think you have a point. Some songs on the recording I referenced in that post are close to un-listenable to me, but not all the "ingredients" are there. The singer is top notch, and his guitar playing is wonderful, but the "backup band" they layered behind that core is just not good, and...

So right when that Bonnie Prince Billy album started hypnotizing me, I caught an amazing musician live. I get home and listen to his record, and the songs that killed me live are practically ruined on the record because of the way they chose to present them and the way they're mixed. I can...

Do any of you ever buy a recording because of the engineers/producers/mastering engineers that worked on it? For the past couple of weeks, I've been listening to a recording that Mark Nevers engineered (Bonnie Prince Billy's "Lie Down In The Light") in headphones, and it's spoiled me. I...

Ok, I'll preface this by saying that "shoestring" might be too generous a word to describe my budget situation. I'm sure you've all been there, so I won't belabor the point. I'm hoping to steadily transform this room with a few hundred bucks here and there, so what i'm looking for is advice on...

Hi, I'm an acoustic musician, and I do a lot more performing than recording/mixing, so I know very little about effects and plug ins. Most of my effects/processing experience has been trying to make instruments sound like what they are, but I'm interested in playing around with processing to...

Hey SRREYNOLDS2003, I got some very satisfying results adjusting upright bass with the ReaXcomp VST in the newest version of Reaper. It took some time for me to figure out how the plug in wanted to work with the bass, but it gives you a lot of control over the sound.

" A lot of times when you're playing, if you don't have any sonic landscape behind you, everything turns into a folks song..." ~ Jay Bennett aside: String arrangements aren't chords?

Thanks GZ, those are helpful suggestions.