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Hello, www.purevolume.com/ryanmatthew I posted this link a while back but have since added two new songs and remixed the other. I am looking for any suggestions of what I could do to make them sound better...I am booking a tour with the music so I need to get them to sound as good as I can...

Hello, I have been doing some home recording on the side for a couple of years now, but I have just recently started using computers. I have recorded on them before but I am now experimenting with ways to use them as an instrument (vsts...etc). I am hoping I can get some feedback on a song or...

Hello, I am soon to begin recording an acoustic guitar project with a drummer friend of mine. Usually when I record guitars, electric that is, I double up and pan one left and the other right. For these songs, there are two acoustic guitar tracks, and I am thinking I will use the same...

Hello, One of the crash cymbals in my overhead mix is super harsh sounding (really high twangy sound) and I was wondering what frequencies to mess around with that might be able to mellow it out a bit. I realize that the problem lies within the recording technique...I was just hoping I might be...

hello, I have an older Tascam Porta03 four track recorder. I am not sure if it is supposed to be this way, but I can only hear what I am playing on the next track if I am recording. If I just press play in order to practice along I can not hear anything. However, the moment I press record I can...

hello, I have an older Tascam Porta03 four track recorder. I am not sure if it is supposed to be this way, but I can only hear what I am playing on the next track if I am recording. If I just press play in order to practice along I can not hear anything. However, the moment I press record I can...

Hello. I am looking for a pedal to add a tiny bit of distortion/overdrive to my clean tones, mainly powerful clean rhythm chords. I have read that some pedals change your sound slightly even when off, I wouldn't want that because I will not be using the pedal too often as it is. I will not be...

Hello. If I wanted to split a mix up over different outputs (i.e have just the bass come out a single 1/4 inch out and have a stereo mix come out of a different pair of outs) would I have to buy two different soundcards and route them that way? Or could I buy a device like the m-audio quattro...

Hello everyone, Here is my situation: I am starting a band that mixes a lot of electronic music with indie rock stuff. We would like to have synth bass to give it an electronic feel. I will be programming the bass on fruity loops on my laptop which we want to use live. Is it possible to run...

Hello, I recently aquired a vintage Ampeg V-4B bass head. The thing is amazing, besides one little problem...it distorts quite badly if you turn it up above three. Do you have any idea of what could cause this? Tubes? I have no idea when they were least changed, it could have been many years...

Hello, I am having problems with the Fatar cmk-49 controller I just ordered. How does the computer recognize this device? It came with a cord that goes from the midi out on the keyboard to the serial port on my computer. I use Cubase SX and can not figure out how to set the cmk-49 as the midi...

Hello, This may be a horrible question but... Often times I record a song that has two acoustic guitars, one panned left and one right. If you are panning a guitar left or right does it make any sense at all to use two mics and do a stereo x/y setup? Or should the guitar just be mono and...

...to the sound of a real drumset. I am searching for a solution to my problem...in about 2 weeks I will be moving into a dorm room. I've always done solo projects in which I play all the instruments and whatnot, one of them being the drums. I would like to continue writing music and...

Hello, I have a question regarding recording vocals/instruments using mulitiple devices (i.e compressor, preamp, etc). Here is a common situation I run into: I am recording a really vocal track that I like to compress a little bit on the way in. Would the correct route be to go mic - preamp -...

Hello there, I am lost on this midi stuff. I also posted this thread in the midi section because it applies to both. Here is my situation: I use Cubase SX for recording audio. I have never goofed around with anything else, until today. I clicked some things and brought up a virtual synth. I...

Hello there, I am lost on this midi stuff. I also posted this thread in the Cubase section because it applies to both. Here is my situation: I use Cubase SX for recording audio. I have never goofed around with anything else, until today. I clicked some things and brought up a virtual synth. I...

Hello Everyone, I have a question regarding the snare drum bleeding into the overhead mics. I have tried a couple different overhead placement techniques but the snare drum always ends up incredebly loud...loud enough to make the snare drum mic pretty much useless because it is overpowered in...

Hello, I am quite confused about speaker/head impedence issues. I know that if you combine say two 8 ohm cabs the load becomes 4 ohms and whatnot...but here is my situation: I own a Marshall AVT150H head. I have a Crate BV412SV cabinet, and a Carvin cab. The Crate has options to do 16 ohm mono...

Hello, I am currently mixing down some songs I recorded of my friends "scremo" (emoish hardcore stuff) band. I recorded vocals using a rented AKG 414 (our only option). I applied some (not a lot by any means) vocal plate reverb with pre delay set at about 35ms. The problem is that unless I...

Hello, I am currently recording a friends Emo/Hardcore band. Think along the lines of Thursday, The Used, Hot Water Music, etc. I am looking for some different EQ settings to try out to make the guitars (with distortion) sound a bit more polished. I have tried my own settings, i'd just like to...