Recent content by stratmaster713

been reading about how much of a difference a headphone amplifier makes. It makes sense how much a dedicated headphone amp can make compared to a computer soundcard but what about a Focusrite 18i20? Would buying a headphone amplifier really improve the sound quality of my headphones?? I...

Currently I am recording and controlling my monitors thru a PV8 analog mixer using the onboard sound I/O of my laptop (it works but doesnt sound good) I use cubase extensively so I would think I want to stick with steinberg hardware too. I am currently in college so the 2 ch sounds like a...

What is the point of "bouncing" a mix down to stereo track in the recording software? What is the point of "bouncing" a mix down to stereo track in the recording software? I use Cubase 5 FWIW I don't get why this is common practice (or maybe it's not?) when if I want to export the file, I...

CURRENT SETUP: *Computer specs: HP HDX16 laptop, core2duo P8700 2.53GHz processor, vista 64bit OS, 4Gig RAM, running Cubase 5 *PV8 analog mixer out into the line-in on my laptop. Problem: *When I am recording or playing back the recordings, the audio skips, freezes, cuts out, comes back, etc...

I have a pair of HS80M's and i figure studios dont go to every pair of monitors and turn them on.. So how do you, or "they" turn on their monitor amps all at once? What I did for about ~$15 is go to lowes and bought a 16/3 extension cord, 2 slim metal single gang boxes, a switch metal plate...

HP HDX laptop seems overloaded and cant handle mix in cubase 5 at certain times.. For now I am stuck using what I have until I buy a dedicated desktop for recording. So here is the situation: during cubase I"ll be mixing a song with say 4 inserts/ channel (gate, EQ, compression, etc) and say 2...

that should be fixed

Spent about an hour and a half on it mixing with my headphones, dont have my monitors with me. Check my mix out if you want!

mixing drums in the soundstage... Why is it that some albums have hi hats obviously panned on the left and the ride on the right (almost like mixed backwards...?) and then some albums have the drums all the way panned right like on Disraeli Gears comes to mind... do you typically mix the...

Current mic locker: *Shure SM58 *Shure SM57 *Sennheiser MD421-II *Sennhesier e609 1st LDCondenser..(vocals, electric guitar, room mic, acoustic, etc) suggestions? Been reading rave reviews about the AT2035... and it's only ~$110.. I'm willing to pay upward of $300-400, should I look further...

yeah EVH is a bull shitter for sure, anything he says could be wrong at any moment. Anyway here is a quick clip of me recording with a 421 on this little shitty amp i have for the time being.. NO EQ, compression, or anything other than a little reverb (and this clip isnt witih my evh replica...

Preamp still needed when using "high-end" PC firewire interfaces? or atleast high-end to me such as the Steinberg MR816CSX Firewire Interface what are some industry standard preamps? Also, is it common to compress/limit during tracking? Why not just keep it raw, and then do the compression...

Is it possible to get that EVH sound with JUST 2 SM57's like the rumor? Obviously, you have to have a good guitar rig to begin with, but I have tried every placement possible with SM57's, and I am not capturing anywhere near that tone they got on VHI and VHII.. I tried on axis, off axis...

Sennheiser 421 II bass rolloff and placement suggestions for different situations? *Distorted 12" guitar speaker *Vocals - Pop filter or not, stand how far away? *Kick - In drum head-hole or outside of? *Clean Guitar *Acoustic *Bass Cab Also, am I reading the spec sheet for this mic right when...

What is common practice for setting up the recording software before anything is even recorded? Lets say you wanted to produce a full album, would you record ALL the songs in 1 project file so then you can have a rough mix for everything? Then do you split these into seperate files and...