Recent content by rapedbyape

I'm looking for some advice/pointers, if anyone thinks they can help. The only songs I write seem to end up with a melody that follows the roots notes of the chords. For example, if I took a four-bar chord progression of G C D E, the melody would be a bar of G, then C, then D, then E. There's...

I posted this song a while ago and got a couple of responses, I've made a few changes that have hopefully balanced things out a bit. Overheads and guitars down, more snare and bass drum etc. 'Twould be much appreciated if you could have a listen and tell me what you think. It's an early 80s/Dead...

Has anybody on here living in the UK bought any mics from the US? The actual prices work out a hell of a lot cheaper with the rather marvellous exchange rate at the minute, but I was wondering if anyone knew what kind of charges Customs & Excise whack onto microphones. It might not be worth...

This is the probably the wrong forum for this, but never mind. I was wondering if anyone knew of a program/plugin that shows all the different sections of the stereo spectrum. If digital audio programs can perform a cut of just the centre of a track (to cut a lead vocal, for example), is there...

If you have the time, there are five new songs that were recorded in my house on my band's website to download; I'd be interested to hear what could be done to improve the recordings. We used a Yamaha MG 12/4 into a Delta 44, with a selection of uber-crap microphones. Fire at will. Cloak And...

...How can you tell when the tubes in an amp have worn out? Do they just stop working, or begin sounding bad, or what? APologies for my lack of knowledge.

Well, I'm building a cabinet and so far I've only got four of the sides done. Before I go any further I'd like some opinions on the differences between using castors/wheels and rubber feet. Does anyone know what (if any) differences they would make to the sound compared to using wheels. I would...

Does anyone know anything about Gretsch Electromatic guitars? As in, could you recommend them (specifically the Gretsch Electromatic Double Jet). I haven't had a chance to play one yet, but a guy in one of the music shops around here was badmouthing them (and Gretsch in general since Fender took...

Recently my band has been recording some stuff and all has been going well. However, after finishing a session off and coming back, say, the day after, I have found that some vocal tracks have developed enormous amounts of digital distortion for no reason at all. I haven't applied any effects to...

Is it absolutely neccesary to run instruments/microphones through a pre-amp/mixer before inserting them into the Delta 44 breakout box? What would be the likely outcome if you didn't and, for example, just plugged a microphone cable straight into one of the inputs?

I've recorded some stuff at home and I've noticed that even though seperate tracks will run across all the frequencies shown on a graphic equaliser, the final mixdown seems to have extremely dominant low frequencies with barely anything above 350Hz. Yet when I save the mixdown in mp3 rather than...