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I'm planning on finishing off part of my basement for a home studio. Obviously I've been doing some reading and plan to do a lot more before I commit to anything. I do have one question about layout and what would be more desirable. I can partition my basement one of two ways, either as a...

Here's an odd request, I have a song that I want to have static and those high-pitched radio tuning noises, sort of like the beginning of The Flaming Lip's "Turn it on". Cool Edit has the static end covered, but I can't figure out how to do the sweeping radio noises. Any suggestion of some...

I'm thinking of building a studio in my basement since I am already recording there anyway. I wanted to see if I could get some suggestions for layout. I'd probably just make it one room and use products like the realtraps when I am done to cut down on reflections and such. The basement is...

I've been recording snare with a beyer m201 on top and a Senn 421 on the bottom. The snare is a ludwig black beauty copy, new heads and the drummer and I are very happy with out it sounds in the room. However, it seems to be recording very weak, I was hoping it get some advice on how to better...

Right now my home studio is an unfinished basement. There are a few windows in the basement that are old singple pane glass, about 2' x 1'. I was wondering if it would really cut down on my sound leakage outside to replace them with a more modern design, double paned and perhaps something...

I want to replace the factory heads on my worldmax snare and I just wanted some advice. I like a snare with a good crack sound when its hit, definitely a rock snare sound. Any head advice, Evans, G1 and G2, something else?

I was trying to record acoustic guitar in mid side today using two AKG 414s. When I went to listen back to the recording it seemed like one speaker was louder. I double checked all the mic settings, the right mic was in figure 8, I switched out cables and checked through headphones. Even...

Not sure where this band falls in, hard rock, metal, a tad bit of emo/screamo. But I recorded them in my basement and I'd love to get some feedback. This is my 3rd major mix of the song, I have been tweaking it progressively in cubase. http://www.timpatton.com/mp3/letdown-mix5.mp3

Ok, this probably sounds dumb, but I couldn't turn up much on google and I see this phrase get tossed around a bit. What is it and where would a ME use it?

I'm using Cubase SE and I am trying to apply compression to all of my drum tracks simultaneously. It seemed like the easiest way to do this was to create a group and use the compressor as an insert on the group. My problem is in trying to preserve the panning when sending channels to the group...

I've seen a lot of discussion here about monitor attenuators for people working on computers with no hardware volume knob. Most of the discussion centered around building something but I haven't seen a link to anything prebuilt that I could just order. Google searches aren't turning up much...

I've got a specific compression question, not a "what plugin to use" one. I saw this article: http://www.prorec.com/prorec/articles.nsf/0/b425578c027460898625661000745390?OpenDocument I wanted to use the technique to take a mushy guitar with too much gain and use a compressor with a longer...

A few months ago a friend sent me a link to an online article that was a kick mic shootout, it included the ND868, Audix D6, e602, etc... I've been looking to get a different kick mic and now I really want to have a look at the article again, but I can't seem to find it. Does anyone have a link?

I've been using AKG 414XL-IIs for my main vocal mic and for overheads. They work great on my setup, I specifically chose cymbals that weren't too bright. Now I am running into a problem with a very sibilent singer and a drum kit with a lot of bright cymbals. None of it sounds awful, but I'd...

I've been working on how to get a "Meaty", full sound out of my acoustic recording. I have been messing with M/S recording using 2 AKG 414-XLII's on a Martin D-18. I get a really nice, natural sound, I am really pleased with it on some songs (like this...

Has anyone heard this album yet? I really love the drum sound on this one, everything is sort of open but still punchy. I wish I could figure out how they got that snare sound, does anyone have any thoughts? I'm not sure exactly how to decribe it.

I hadn't many posts about the Audio Technica AE2500 so I thought I'd share some thoughts. I just borrowed one from a friend and used it on a track this weekend. I like the mic, it recorded pretty well and was easy to shape with EQ. The sound it gets by default is a little overly clicky, I...

I just got my fireface set up and I am planning on recording with the band tomorrow (new interface, just got Cubase SE, learning curve should be fun). I am having one big problem however, when I try to switch the sample rate over 48khz I get no signal into the computer. I've confirmed this...

I've been doing more recording with my indie band and getting very nice results, but I just was wondering if there was anything big missing from my mic locker. I just wanted to get the opinion of the forumites here. This is what I have and use a lot: AKG 414 XL-II (vocals, acoustic, bass) AKG...

I bought some used mics a few months ago and with them came some really nice cables with Neutrik ends. I was just wondering where a good/cheap place to order some more cables like that would be. I like how the Neutrik connectors connect and release really easily but stay securely. Sometimes I...