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...

Thanks for the replies, saads - That was actually pretty simple :) Really should have figured that out for myself :o moresound - there was something gnawing at my conscience saying "Don't do it"... is it just a matter of leaving enough headroom not to blow the speakers? I know I don't normally...

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...

That's exactly what it was like :D, except without the surprise heart attack from realising I had a woman and kids ;) There is such a drastic difference in what I'm hearing, it's made it so blindingly obvious what the deficiencies in my mixing and recording are, when I would have had no idea...

I just bought the 6's yesterday and I can't explain how awesome the feeling was when I first heard my mixes through them. I think for your first monitors you'll be very happy with Rokits. If you don't have a treated room, the 5's will be great as there'll be less low-end to diffract everywhere...

I'm always going to keep my laptop-monitored mixes as a gold-standard reference for suck, to cheer myself up on rainy days. I know the KRKs are not top-of-the-line, but I think my mixes from this point are gonna part ways with sucking. At least until I hear them through some top-of-the-line gear...

Ooh, thanks Bob! That's a really useful link :) Hmm... I could maybe spring for another SM57, I just had a bit of an unexpected windfall, although my common sense is saying I'll probably need money for food or some such. I'd be likely to record things on the piano in future, so if I'm likely to...

...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...

Thanks for your support mixsit :) Despite considerable time and revision, I just couldn't make sense of the limiter on that VSTDynamics plugin, so I eventually gave it up as a bad job. I think it did work to some extent, but just didn't trigger on anywhere near quickly enough. It was certainly...

Thanks for the responses everyone, I've bought an SM57, should be delivered on the weekend. The hypercardioid pattern does sound interesting, and I do occasionally sing while drumming, but at this stage I'm just looking for a nice all-rounder, so SM57 seemed to fit the bill best. Really...

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...

This thread has really come full circle. "Guy wants to become music producuh for the love of boobs" through "discussion of how awesome boobs are". ...I think I want to become a producuh. Can someone tell me what a producuh does? :D