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I've got a Behringer UB1002 mixer. I was wondering if I should avoid putting the gain all the way up at any single gain stage. I understand it's not such a good idea to have the mic preamps too high, but what about all the other gain stages: each channel level control, the main mix fader and the...

I don't know the first thing about voice technique, and I'm doing it wrong. I can't do long speeches without straining myself. My everyday voice is much shallower than my 'recording' voice; I bet I'm my 'recording' voice technique is damagingly bad. I've been practicing and recording by myself...

I'm new to recording, and I notice that without an analog compressor, the dynamic range of digital recordings is greatly restricted. I also do photography, and we have a similar problem with digital cameras; properly expose the picture (gain ajustment) and you lose dynamic range in the light...

Today, I have purchased basic recording equipment: a cheap Behringer mixer and a Studio Projects B1 mic. With the mixer at the center of it all, I wired up the mic, along with headphones, a home theater receiver, stereo speakers and two synth keyboards. And tonight, I used a condenser mic for...

I want to record narration, and my budget of 170$USD is quite limited. I also want to experiment with the recording of various other sounds such as singing and instruments, but the spoken word of males is my main concern. I won't spend over 200$CDN, even if I know that I could depend on quality...