Recent content by radzikk

I'm just wondering, I'm very new to the idea of compressing vocals or any mic-ed inst for that matter. And it seems like I compress vocals on the way in and than add more later to get them to sit better in the mix. So I'm wondering if I am going too far. How do you know when you have...

I just picked up an old RCA Varacoustic mic on e-bay. I've had it for 2 days and think it's about the best $300 I've ever spent on a mic. Everything I've tried before sounds like a telephone after using the RCA. My question is when recording the RCA I get slight pop's in the sound every now and...

M-Audio updated the FireWire interface driver to a 2.0. Those of you with M-FW gear may want to check it out. I d/l'ed and installed and it seemed to help with some of the "Rice Crispy" issues with things running in the background. -k

In the post about the MXL 2001, someone mentioned a mod for the MXL 2003 that involved changing a few caps inside. Does anyone have the info or schematics for this. It would be cool to try on my 2003. Thanks, -k

I'm kind of new around here and had sort of a weird question. I've been messing around with recording my own tunes for years, found this forum a couple months ago and have learned more in those couple of months than in the rest of my own trial and error. I have a few mics (MXL2003, MXLV69...

Hey Y'all, Has anybody tried out the M-Audio NOVA Mic. Its a LD Condenser and they claim the entire production is within +/-1db making matched pairs out of any two you buy. At $99 a pop w/shockmount seems like they might make a decent budget XY pair. Any thoughts -k

Hey y'all, Been reading the site for awhile, and finnaly thought I'd regester. Anyway... I recently bought a M-Audio FireWire 410 to upgrade from my SB Audigy card and it works well a major improvement in sound quality, but when I record or play back anything it seems there are various place...