Recent content by rj

Another use for Patch bays Patch bays are great when you have a lot of wires in front, patching your Focusrite Voicemaster, your Dbx 386, A Joemeek VC3 and a few other things, then your wife decides to tip the rack over face first! The multitude of wires in front of the rack cushioned the blow...

The midi option Correct me if I'm wrong guys, but cant he record the drums onto a midi track (assuming he has a midi interface, midi drum macjine and midi compatible software) and mix the channels seperately from the software during mixdown, THEN dump it all in during the final mix?

Technique "I have to change the settings drastically if they're laid back, or more intense... and with each individual's voice. " If your vocalist is going from laid back to intense in the same performance, thier good technique will produce a workable constant volume level throughout. From laid...

Well since everyone else has input... You apologized for different volume levels. I believe that changes everything in evaluating the pre-amps. We can all hear that sample 2 is darker/deeper/warmer/muddier or however you want to define it. I felt the darkness of sample 2 was exactly that and...

Theres no room for negative critism in a creative enviroment, (My song thanks God for this), so I'll just do the butt-kissin review... We have a winner... Burn Down..... One of the best recordings. One of the best performances/producing. CLEARLY (to me) in my totally unbiased opinion, the best...

multimedia ideas.. Maybe (more ideas..) we could allow a certain amount of cd space per submitter to supply his or her own html,word,etc. file totally eliminating the work for slack... compose a song... compose (if u want) a page describing techniques used/pics of gear/etc.. just ANOTHER idea... rj

did you wait for me to talk sh*t before you would release the cd? I woulda done it sooner.! ;) Long Live Rock and Roll and Slackmaster. Thanks for the hard work. (not complaining or whining or pointing anymore, am I!) Rj

Pre VS mixer Ok... Check this out... I had an alesis 8 channel studio 24. I sold it. I realized (even though I had a Focusrite Voicemaster and dbx386 for a total of 3 Nice preamps) I Needed 8 pres if I wanted to record 8 dedicated tracks of drums/bass/scratch guitar at one time. I miss My...

your setup I was recording 8 tracks at a time (layla by echo) and mixing down 32 tracks with effects on a pentiumII 450. 1.6 is fast enuf. 128meg is enuf ram. But 5800 is a joke. 7200! The harddrive speed is the single must important thing, along with its seek time and buffering. (in my...

Casettes? Why casettes? If you get a Lexicon core 2 for 199$ with software oncluded, you can mae great recordings on your computer and when you are done mixing your 16 track sont, you can mix it down to casette format (output frm soundcard directly to your best casette deck. ) or better yet...

Preamp/Mic's Mic's and pre's are the gateway to good sound. I know you only have 400$ but the pre is important! I recommend a Joemeek vc3 (i believe thats's the model#) I retails for 300$ new. Get a used one off ebay for like 175 I hope. Next get your sm57 for a great all around mic including...

This project Hello Rick, This comp CD priject is quite an event. It is a two cd set with, as I understand it, multi-format (ibm/Mac) html/data or something which allows for pictures/bios/recording procedures for every song/artist/studio. SlackMAster is in charge. Ed's dog ate my cd about two...

Mackie mixing Use the mackie to mixdown... Cool... You got outs? You will need 1 out per mixing track. (Maybe 2 Laylas or Motu's with 8 outs each). If you are going to limit to 16 tracks of mixdown though, you may not need the computer. One of the best things about the computer is mixing down...

Dual monitors I have two 21" monitors running Cubase and guess what? I only use 1 almost all the time... Get ur videocard but be careful what u wish for.. It might collect dust someday.

Homerecording.com CD/Replies Hello, I have a few things to actually SAY. I Think the moderators should warn 'dead air replyers' who wish only to type a line of nothing and add to thierpost amount. Lately I have been of no use here at HR.COM, but for years have been a GREAT student and botherer...