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I had the same shedding issue when I ran an R8. I suspected the cheap plastic guides being the cause of my problem back then. Is it worse around that area? In that case see if you can find some on Ebay or it might be possible to make some with a 3D printer?

Been working with a local band called Moctezuma lately,. Great music and great company, check the link below as it will take you and your eardrums to our recording. If you enjoy it half as much as I did I'm a happy slacker. Silence and the Abyss by moctezuma | Free Listening on SoundCloud The...

Actually any regular external phantom power will do the job for this, I've done this a lot cause I got an old Yamaha PA desk on which I really like its pre's. Glad you made it work :) I run unbalanced to balanced and the other way around between a Fostex G16 and a DDA Q desk, no prob. If you...

Seems like good news. Although a bummer with digital being a nessecary part of the cutting process though. The Czech pressing plant that everyone in the "underground" (good lord I hate that word) music enviroment are using here in Denmark can cut from 1/4" 15 IPS with no AD/DA steps at all and...

Aww, feel the dilemma here. First of all; is this an actually concert? If it ain't why not bring the 388? I've tried recording really dynamic acoustic on my Fostex G16 and just like you I don't like the sound of noise reduction. Can be done but will be hissy at times so make sure your client...

OP, what kind of sound are you trying to archieve? The whole "use more OH and the close mics as a supplement" vs. "use more close mics" is truly a matter of taste, the song in question and how to get the best out of your kit, your room, the mics and the specific drummer. For my part I'm a...

And oh yeah, definitely get a M201 TG for the snare. It's great, especially combined with a mic below the snare too. Started experimenting with SDC and fuckpiles of gating (to kill the rattling quickly) late and dig it. Any half decent dynamic can be very usefull too though.

Well, I love the old MD-421's on floor tom - never tried the II's though but rarely seen any complains from anyone but snubs who likes to critisize most things out of pure habit :D MD-421's on toms is a truly classic sound - but you won't many mic clips to hold them successfully. I like the...

Nice tune and IMO the voice sits nicely in the mix and seems well recorded. The backing vox sounds nice too but could use even more layering to give a full choir feel. But maybe thats just the gospel and The Cars fan in me speaking :D I do find that the guitar licks early in the song is a bit...

Thanks for the usefull feedback dear people. Can't remember how I EQ'ed the vocals, lots of water under the bridge since I mixed this one. The mid-rangy ness is due to make the lyrics intelligable without an extremely loud vocal. The mid range are quite busy. But if I remix it for their EP I'll...

If it's more important when going to tape? In a sense yes, as compressing before tape doesn't boost the tape hiss and then during mixing parallel comp with some gating going on usually does the trick and still keeping some dynamics. However if I had to use a DAW I'd probably do the same...

Damm, thanks for the recommendation... gotta check them out.

Thanks so much mate. In this case I actually like the loud hihat although I often had this problem too, listening to a lot of old disco and digging the loud hats in the right context. Lately I found out that the work around is placing a small diagram condenser under the snare, reversing phase...

Had the immense pleasure of recorded an EP with my mates. In my ears they are a bit similar to Television, The Cars, Blondie and maybe Tom Petty on his first album. I nicked a tecnique from Roy Thomas Baker of stacking up the background vocals in the outro. There's 20 or more voices there...

Without knowing your voice, the song or the mic in question this is a tricky one to answer. Samples? If you boost certain frequencies, typically in the mid range, it's usually a good idea to don't boost the same frequencies for other instruments unless they don't happen at the same time. Often...