Recent content by smallhands

Learning theory is very important IMO, but is no substitute for genuine human emotion. What makes a great song is being able to capture that human emotion so closely that when someone else hears your song, they feel those emotions as well. Theory helps with understanding how to create simple...

I agree...they call that character building :D

Very interesting feedback. I didn't realize how much of an effect microphones had on sound quality. Browsing the numerous posts about recording equipment on this sight would lead me to believe the opposite and was starting to confuse the hell out of me:confused: Also, thanks for posting a list...

I guess my question is aimed more in this direction, so let me re-phrase it. I know the Sm57 is, like you said, THE go to mic for guitar cab micing, and now I've learned that the neumann U87 is the bees knees, so from a task oriented perspective, what mics are the "standards" for recording...

Thanks for the advice. So I guess my next question is will a $3000 mic sound $2500 better, even when using the same preamp, interface, etc?

Right now my band has a makeshift studio we've been working on (slowly but surely) and I've been doing some research on microphones. I read about the different types of mics, mostly the mechanical differences between them and how they pick up sound differently, but now the question is "which...

+1 That's exactly how its done

I'm in the market for a new mic preamp and I'm looking at the M Audio Octane. It is an eight channel preamp for around $600 and I've read many great reviews on it. Before I take the plunge, I was wondering if anyone has any experience with the Octane or perhaps have suggestions for an alternate...

Don't take this the wrong way, but a term we use frequently where I'm from is "you can't polish a turd":D It would be much easier to take some vocal lessons and better yourself in the singing department. Most people I've talked to who record professionally say that if it sounds bad at the...

My band recorded its first album about 7 months ago and we filled out the copyright applications and mailed it off about 8 months ago. In the application, it states that you can consider your songs copyrighted as soon as you put the application in the mail. That being said, we still haven't...

Has anyone ever recorded using a Hot Rod series amp? I was wondering if it were possible to line it out? Any tips on mic'ing the speaker would be helpful also. The amp sounds great, I'm just having a problem getting the recording to sound great too:cool:

I have a PC, but I'll try getting the latest driver from M audio. Thanks for the help.

I've been using a delta1010lt to record with for almost a year now and never had any problems until recently. I turned my computer on the other day and the new device manager icon came up saying that I needed to install the driver software for the 1010lt. This was after 9 months of it already...

I was just wondering is there any way to reverse tracks in sonar 6, like to play a track backwards?

I run Sonar 6 PE with a delta 1010lt, but can't seem to figure out how to set up two outputs - one back to the mixing board for headphone playback during recording, and another to our smaller amp and speakers for mixing purposes. I'm not sure if I have to change a setting in Sonar, or the 1010...