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I am going to be upgrading my little hole in the wall home studio soon and will be trying to get some high end mics, pre's and probably compression. My question about the U87 isn't whether you think it is a good mic or not but rather, what have you found that it ISN'T good at? What types of...

I'm looking to upgrade in the near future to a new recorder of sorts. I've currently been using the Korg D-1600 which, while is has been rock solid, is also quite limited in what it can do. So, browsing around, I stumbled on this unit. The Tascam X-48. It looks like it's pretty much brand...

Hey all, I recently purchased a Rode NTK and am running it through a Grace 101 mic pre into a D1600 recorder. Nothing else in the chain at all. The problem is that for some reason, the vocals are sounding very brittle. I'm just wondering if you all have any tips or techniques to try to take...

Hey guys, I just picked up a Rode NTK and have noticed a huge difference right away compared to my other mic's. Octava MK-319 and a Rode NT1a. Anyway, I do contemporary Christian music. A lot of acoustic and some ballads. I'm looking to get a Really good mic-pre. One channel is fine as it...

Hey Guys, I'm tired of dealing with cheap crap. However, I only bought what I have because that is all I could afford. So now that I am mostly doing things on my own and don't need several of the things I have, I'm thinking about trading in a few pieces of gear and take a step up. My...

Hey all, I'm going to be buying VERY soon a vocal processor. I like the things like stereo doubling and de-essing and some of the other features that they come with. Mic modeling and pitch correction are secondary issues but still might be neat to get some different sounds out of my limited...

Hey all, I've been looking at some vocal processors here lately and one of them really stands out to me as I look to go into some solo work. The TC-Helicon Voiceworks looks amazing. I looked at a few demo's on their site and it works great. I really don't care about the pitch correction...

It's used. But I brought it home and was actually quite impressed at how quiet it is. Seemed to be a big step up from my Audio buddy and Blue Tube. Anyhow, I haven't bought it yet. The dealer said I could use it for a couple of days since it was used to make sure it works. So what do you...

I've never used Sonar before at all. I record into a Korg D1600. I record 8 tracks. I record in 24 bit 44.1 khz format. I'm basically just looking for a program that can help me clean up my mixes better. I get a pretty good mix out of the Korg but I'm just looking for something to add one...

I do have another question...:) When recording vocals. If you have recording all other instruments and are only left with vocals, how do you record them? I know it sounds stupid but this is what I mean. If you record vocals while playing back thru the monitors, you get mic bleed. If you...

Hey All, Been a while since I posted a thread but I finally finished my garage studio and have for the first time, started actually hooking up all my gear. So now the questions start: We have a 4 piece band. Drums, bass, two guitars and of course, vocals. The most I'll probably be recording...

How do you do your recording. What I mean is, if someone is playing guitar....it's probably hard to impossible to hear them thru the near fields while they are playing so to check how it sounds, do you: (a) have them play a little and then play it back to make sure that it sounds right...

Hello....I have a question for you and any response as soon as possible would be greatly appreciated as I'm going to be buying some materials tomorrow.... My question is this: Having a budget stinks..we all know this...so I'm trying to find some work arounds...I know that you sacrifice sound...

Hello Everyone, I'm am just on the verge of converting my garage into my studio. It is an attached two car garage. It is approximatly 19x19 dimensions. Anyway, I have read all of the SAE information that John Sayers recommends and I have no idea why it is all free but I'm very thankfull that...

Hello All, I have the Octava MK-319 and it didn't come with any specs or anything. I found a web-site that talked about it a bit and the questions that I have are these: The mic has two switches on it. I've read that one is a -10db switch and the other is a bass roll off switch. First, what...

Sorry for the stupid question guys but I really just need an affirmation that I'm doing things correctly....I have a Presonas BlueTube mic-pre with a dbx 166XL comp/limiter/gate and then my D1600 recorder...connecting them all together should be just plugging mic into pre-amp...preamp to...

Hi Gang, Got a question...I have the Korg D1600 and it is capable of recording in both 16 and 24 bit modes uncompressed. Since they are both uncompressed, is there really going to be THAT much of a difference in sound quality on my recordings?? I tried the search and it didn't accept 24 as a...

Hello Everyone, I got a simple question (I hope). I have a Presonas Blue Tupe mic-pre. It has inputs for both XLR and TRS inputs. It is also a two channel pre. Now I looked thru the search engine stuff and didn't find this exact issue being delt with on the Blue Tube so here goes: There is...

Thanks everyone for your advice these last few weeks...I FINALLY GOT MY GEAR!!! Whoo hooo... So Blue Bear...does this mean that I can start charging $100 an hour for recording people?? I'm sure that they won't mind if I break them in on my equipment...and I'm sure they won't mind paying for...

Hello Everyone, I'm in great need of your guys's and gals opinion's as quickly as possible because in about.....6 hours, I'm going to be laying down about $3600 on gear. My question is on monitors...now I did use the search engine and did find some pretty good info but considering I'm on a...