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Hi guys, Just wanted some opinions on this Beatles cover I recorded a few months ago for a friend of mine. Here's the link: The Beatles - Dig A Pony Everything was tracked through my Mackie Onyx 1620. Here's a quick rundown of some equipment used: Drum mics: Shure Beta 52 on kick, Audix D2...

Hey guys, Currently I am mixing with a pair of the first-generation KRK RP5 monitors. For the most part, I really like them, but I constantly have issues with bass in my mixes. I generally have to overestimate the bass level in the studio quite a bit for it to sound OK anywhere else. I'm...

Just wondering if there is a generally accepted way to do this. For the last CD I recorded (a 4-piece rock band with 2 electric guitars), I tracked the guitars with no reverb on the amps themselves and just added it in the mix. Is that how it's generally done? Or do guys usually use the reverb...

Hey guys, I've recently finished recording and mixing my first full-length CD for a band called The Leafs. They are a four-piece band (bass, drums, two guitars) playing all original material. There's a widget on the right side of their site where you can listen to a few of the songs from the...

Hey guys, I've been working on a web site for my brother's band, The Leafs. They are a four-piece rock group from southwestern Pennsylvania that plays covers ranging from Tom Petty to Rush, but have more recently been working on their own original material. On the site you can find photos of...

My girlfriend's senior flute recital is coming up on Tuesday, and she asked if I would record it for her. The instrumentation will be flute accompanied by a large (and loud) Steinway grand piano. The venue is a very nice sounding ~200 seat recital hall, and the stage is really just a slight...

I have an Onyx 1620 board going into my PC via firewire, and today I picked up a Behringer AMP800 mini headphone amp. I would like to set it up like so: Guitarist and Bassist are recording their tracks at the same time. Guitarist would like to hear more guitar in the mix, and bassist would like...

I finished recording a quick demo CD for my brother's band. They mainly play classic rock cover songs. I just want to get some opinions on what needs to be fixed here (I'm sure there's plenty!). I can go back in and remix it (which I will most likely do later), but the tracks that are here are...

After posting a few pics of my "studio" here, I was informed that maybe some bass traps would be in order, among other things. If you look at the photos, you can see that the entire surface of the walls is covered in acoustic foam. The floor is cement and is carpeted. The ceiling is regular...

Here's my humble home studio. When my dad had his own band, they used this space as a practice room. He insulated all the walls and covered them with acoustic paneling. This room is INCREDIBLY dead.

I've had a pair of Studio Projects C4s for a few years now, and recently I've noticed that one mic is about 10db quieter than the other. I don't really remember this being the case before, although I guess I may just not have noticed. Is this a problem? It seems to me that they should be within...

I'm getting ready to record a demo for my brother's band this week, and I've been messing around with drum recording a bit today. Here's a sample: http://www.box.net/shared/7xyfv5t8ow That's me playing the drums, and I'm not really a drummer, so take it easy! :p The snare was just recorded...

I recently got a Mackie Onyx 1620, so I'm selling my Yamaha MG 16/4. It's been used in my smoke-free home studio for about 2 years, and everything is in perfect working order. There is one small scratch on the front of the board, but otherwise it is in very good cosmetic condition. The rack...

One of my brother's friends is looking at getting a USB audio interface to record into his laptop. He will be doing up to 4 tracks simultaneously (2 guitars, vocals, bass). Will the Lexicon Omega handle 4 tracks without hiccups? I'm concerned with the fact that it has USB 1.1 instead of 2.0. He...

I have an older PC that has an "acquired" copy of XP on it. I have a copy of Vista (as well as a copy of Windows Server 2003) free through my school, and I was wondering how Vista would perform on it for audio recording. That's pretty much all I'm going to use it for. Here are the rough specs...

I have a Yamaha MG 16/4 mixer that I use to run line outs to my Delta 1010LT card in my computer. I've always just set the gain on the mixer so that the levels on my recording software looked good, but that meant having the gain way down a lot of times. How can I change the settings on my Delta...

I have a pair of C4s that I bought about 2-3 years ago, and now one of the mics is making a weird noise. It sounds almost as if someone is blowing into it. The capsules are all fine, because they work without a hitch on the other mic. I've also tested various input channels and cables, so it has...

I have two Studio Projects C4s that I'm looking to use to mic my church's choir. They are set up in three rows on risers, going from low (in front) to high (in back). They are in kind of like a little alcove in our church off to the side. The ceiling is very low, so micing them directly overhead...

I currently have a Delta 1010LT to go into my computer, but I want to have at least 8 preamps that I can use for recording drums and other instruments as a definite step up from the Delta's 2 pres. I will be getting a seperate one for vocals at some point in the future. I'd like to know how the...

This is no joke; someone I know recently put out a polka CD. I think it's a pretty good CD overall. Vocals are poor, but you can't really knock too much else. Go Buy A Boat Pretty Blue Eyes Buffalo