Recent content by vanguard

I've been meaning to post something on here because I lurk all the time. This tune has been giving me trouble so I figured it'd be a good first post. I think it's close but I'm losing some perspective. Thoughts? You can be picky, I'm not really a recording noob... although, I've never been a...

So I'm reworking my rack and desk set-up. I was wondering how important it is to leave space between pieces of gear for cooling. I've seen others leave space, but never done so myself. I just got the Neve 1073dpd and in the manual, it says I should. I have a bunch of gear, but I rarely run more...

I'm getting a lot of weird crackling from my john hardy m-1. I have the gain turned all the way down and it's still distorting real bad if I have a slightly high spl. a 57 on a fender deville turned up to 5 is very crackly even with the gain all the way down. does anyone know why this is...

I'm looking for another LD mic. I have a ksm44 now. I like it. I want something to contrast it. probably couldn't spend more than 1300 on it.

I found a used one at a store around here for 950 bucks. They list at $1895 this is such a good deal but I wanna know if someone has used it. Aaron

I'm next month I have a session with a female vocalist with a beautiful lower voice, similar to Sarah McLachlan but a little smokier. What mic and and preamp would you guys use for a singer like this? I have a ksm44 and an RNP. I was planning on using that, but I wanted to see if you guys had...

is it possible to harm a microphone with really high SPLs? the reason I ask.... a year ago I started close mic'ing small guitar amps with a large diaphram mic. originally to get some cool clean guitar sounds. It worked really well. Over time I've been getting louder and louder with this same...

there have been a lot of people asking about pre's. with all of the dialog, it's hard to see a quick overview of what people are using and what they like. and we all know that reading published reviews is kinda pointless. I'd like to see a quick list of everyone's preamp arsenal in order...

Maybe someone has experimented enough to give me some tips on this. I'm kinda bored of the typical rock/pop/punchy kick sound that I've been doing. I've been recording these real organic feeling dance songs lately. I want a kick drum sound that has a more dynamic range of frequencies than the...