Recent content by Sifunkle

Hi everyone, Just got myself a new recording interface with up to 8 simultaneous mic inputs, so will finally be able to realise the dream of decently recording my drum kit in full swing. Just wondering if anyone's got any hot tips for a set of drum mics? I'm still a student, so cheap is good...

Well, finally my Lexicon Omega seems to have well and truly bitten the dust, and won't even start up any more. Product: Omega | Lexicon Pro That's kind of a relief, because in my opinion it was a waste of money. When it did work I got pretty good results, but I spent much more time trying to...

Hello, hopefully I'm not polluting the wrong forum with inappropriate questions... Just trying to program some patches on some softsynth VSTs, and I'm bothered by something that has always stumped me: what the heck is aftertouch? I know I've looked it up a few times, but I'm still pretty...

Hi all, Not strictly a question about home recording, but... my 2 housemates are having a joint birthday party at our house (rubik's cube party: you turn up wearing 6 different colours and have to swap items of clothing so that you end the night dressed all in one colour), and the closest thing...

...can I just say, OMFG!! :eek: I finally bought some monitors today (KRK Rokit 6's) and I swear they should sort some deal out with the medical fraternity to market them as a cure for deafness. I suddenly realise I've never been able to hear a thing until now. I can sense a drastic shift in...

Hi again everyone, I'm writing a song at the moment where piano is the featured instrument, and am just looking for tips for my specific situation. I'm a bit limited in what I can do to the piano I'm recording, as its owners won't want me moving it, or pulling panels off or anything like that...

Hi all, The only mic I currently have is a JTS JS-1 condenser which is reasonably good for vox. I'm currently shopping around for a dynamic mic. I don't really have the money to buy a whole set of good mics at the moment, so I'm looking for something that's very versatile, if not the very best...

After several weeks study and experimentation, I think I've learned a reasonable amount on music production (not enough, but I doubt it ever will be). Particularly I think I'm starting to understand the limitations of what I currently own. I guess my end goal is to make songs I'm not ashamed...

Hi again :) Please take this thread lightly, because I'm not suggesting this is how I believe it should be done - I'm doing it mostly as an academic exercise, to learn from. In my understanding, one of the objectives of the mastering stage of music production is raising the volume. I've read...

Hey all, I know this topic has probably been done to death, so sorry for polluting the board (but I have read some material on the topic, so hopefully you're not too annoyed). I've only recorded guitar DI, but I've borrowed my friend's amp for tomorrow and am gonna have a crack at recording my...

Just come across something that strikes me as odd, but it might just be I'm overlooking something. I'm EQing some tracks in Cubase LE (with its 4-band parametric EQ) and have observed this a few times. Taking the example of the kick drum I'm currently doing: If I put only cuts into the EQ...

I’ve been reading a lot on beginner's music production lately, and have been trying to come up with a basic approach I’ll take to producing songs until I’m familiar enough with the art not to need guidelines. I thought I’d post it here a) in the hopes that some other newbs might appreciate it...

Feel free to scroll to the last paragraph for the main point of this OP, otherwise have fun with my ramblings :) Forgive me if I haven't thoroughly sifted through other threads, but I typed this up in the "Newbie" forum before deciding it was better suited here. Which should tell you something...

You're probably all tired of me by now, but here's another Foolish Uninformed Newb Question (FUNQ). I've sort of picked up the gist of this from context, but the actual definitions I've read have mostly just confused me, so please make it nice and simple if possible: What is a bus exactly? And...

Possibly my newbest question yet, and I might know the answer anyway, but I want to be sure. I've done a lot of reading on 'music production for beginners' recently, and it seems like every author has skipped over this, possibly because it's so fundamental it's assumed knowledge... but: what is...