Recent content by strmkr

I have a 20 bit and a 16 bit ADAT to work with on an upcoming project. I am sitting her scratching my head over what trracks to assign to the 20 bit machine and what to assign to the 16 bit machine. The project is standard rock and roll fare, drums, bass, guitar and B-3, maybe some piano and a...

I am going to start tracking a cd for some friends in October. We were able to get together awhile back and cut a few preliminary tracks for analysis so we can hopefully make some adjustments etc. before actual tracking. I'm making a laundry list of stuff to work on, but I thought I'd get some...

My friend has a 20 bit ADAT and I have a blackface.(had two blackfaces but ine is DOA now) We're collaborating and pooling all of our gear to record his CD. What I'm thinking is, we can easily get the first pass with the rhythm gtr., bass and drums down on the first pass on the 20 bit machine...

Ok, so I've been at this recording thing for quite a while now and have started to get relatively good at it. (well, I think so anyway) I have been comparing my work to various "big time" stuff lately and have been pretty pleased overall at my progress except for one area. On the "major"...

Has anybody used these? I am wondering because I just bought a set DIRT cheap, hardly ever used. I had been looking for a second set of monitors for a "B" reference for a while. A friend was getting rid of some stuff so I took them off his hands for a fraction of new cost. I have read some of...

Is anyone using "micro" monitors like the little Edirols or Rolands and the like? I have long periods at work where I just sit and monitor the TV station and am planning on setting up a DAW at my desk just to do demos of songs I have been writing. Not planning on cutting the next DSOTM, just...

My hearing in my right ear has degraded into literal shit over the past year or so,to the point that it is not really useful at all anymore.I stopped doing client work earlier this year since I didn't think it was professional or ethical to charge for studio work done with a blown out ear. I...

I was going through "the archives" today and ran across this old demo cut I did about 3 years ago for my band at the time. I thought I'd post it just for fun. This was done with all garden variety dynamic mics. I was still using a soundblaster platinum card and transferring one or two tracks at...

I am in the middle of mixdown madness for my band's upcoming album,and I guess it is time to think about who to send it to for mastering. Do any of you have reccomendations for mastering facilities you like? Horror stories about who to stay away from? Thanks in advance............Les:)

Hey all, I just picked up a kind of oddball stereo mic I have never seen before at a pawn shop awhile ago. It is a sony ecm-990f. It has a switch that apparently changes the angle of the capsules from 90 degrees to 180 degrees in increments of 30 degrees. It has a big wide head and is pretty...

Nothing special,just a cover of Delbert McClinton's "Why Me" that we cut more or less "live" here at the farm. We were rehearsing in the studio when everyone started talking about when to do a demo,so I yanked out some mics,d.i. boxes and cables and strung it up in about 20 minutes.Everything...

I am mixing a short demo e.p. I recorded for the band I play with. I recorded the horn section,1 trumpet and 1 trombone the other night with 2 GT l.d. mics set to cardiod,x-y'd in stereo with the horns back about 6 feet forming a roughly equilateral triangle with the mics. I was running 2-3...

Hi all, I am looking at purchasing a new set of powered monitors.I have narrowed the field down to two.The jbl lsr 25p and yamaha msp5. I have not heard the Yamaha's,but had a chance to spend about 15 min. or so at a friend's studio listening to the jbl's,and they sounded pretty...

I am building a new system and was considering getting one of these to put in it.I am getting a little strapped for cash from buying all the other stuff,so I was wondering if anyone was using one and would appreciate any feedback,issues horror stories or anything else would be helpful.I am just...

My lead singer and I were sitting around the studio awhile back when we started pulling out tunes we had written years ago.we had so much fun goofing around with this one we decided to lay it down.It still has a few wrinkles,but I was listening to it today and thought I would post it.It is...