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I want to get into computer recording soon, but will I still be able to use my old rack fx for mixdown? In other words, if I'm using a computer, how do I use my rack reverb to add reverb during mixdown?

I've got a Marshall 65 watt combo amp for my guitar. I don't have a keyboard amp. Would it hurt the amp to run my keyboard thru it for a show (and the rehearsals)? I can't afford a keyboard amp right now. I know a keyboard amp is higher quality than a guitar amp, but other than that I'm not...

How does U2 get that huge background vocals effect on the chorus of Beautiful Day? I wondered if maybe it was by overlaying a lot of vocals dubs, but then I saw them on SNL and realized that unless they were cheating live by playing a pre-recorded track, they were really just running the...

Clean rhythm like The Cars I've got weak hands, bad technique, and a cheap electric guitar . . . (and those are my strong points with music) . . . I can't figure out which of these is giving me trouble with recording a clean guitar sound. On stage, it's not a big deal, but in the studio, it's...

Creamy smooth Offspring rhythm guitar I like The Offspring's smooth distorted guitar sound but have had trouble emulating it. The problem that arises for me is how you get the chord transitions to sound smooth. I'm not a master guitarist, but I can't conceptualize how they completely mask the...

Queen's Big Choir Vocals Queen were great singers and produced some awesome choral vocals by laying tons of vocal tracks on top of each other. (Is this called overdubbing? That seems kinda wrong. Overlaying?) I'd say the same for Enya, even though I'm not a big fan. My question is how much...

How did Tom Petty get his huge acoustic guitar sound on Free Fallin'? Obviously, the background rhythm guitar adds to the effect but I'm interested in the full-frontal acoustic assault of the main rhythm guitar. You know, the guitar sound everyone thinks of when they think of the song.

How can I record/mix vocals to sound sort of breathy and dreamy? I'm thinking Love and Rockets' "So Alive" or Primitive Radio Gods "Standing Outside A Broken Phone Booth With Money In My Hand." Or, heck, even Enya.

After recording for about two years, I think the hardest thing is to mix a high-register guitar solo that follows low-register vocals. Or any high-to-low or low-to-high register switch. If you try to mix it evenly by keeping the volume at the same level, the low-register part is going to sound...

After recording for about two years, I think the hardest thing is to mix a high-register guitar solo that follows low-register vocals. Or any high-to-low or low-to-high register switch. If you try to mix it evenly by keeping the volume at the same level, the low-register part is going to sound...

Is there any good way to redeem slow drum fills after the drummer is done laying his tracks? He recorded to a click track, so tempo is pretty consistent throughout, but on some songs the fills really slow down and I'm not sure what to do. Thanks.

Say I've got an AKG 1000 S, an SM-57 and a grand piano. Oh, yeah, and plain ol' 3-band EQ (sweepable mids). Can I make the piano sound good when I record it? Thanks.

I've never seen Cakewalk used. I've never used it myself. How good is it? Are there glitches? It has compressors and EQs and effects for each track, right? How good are they? I love recording but I'm real poor. I love my FD-8 studio but it seems like I've got to spend a lot of money every...

Love my FD-8, but don't know how to tell if it has phantom power for condenser mics. I'd hate to spend a bunch on a mic and find out I need to buy something else to make the thing work. Does anyone know? Or at least how to find out? Thanks.

If my Marshall has a line out on the back, why can't I just plug it straight into my eight-track? Why do I want a direct box?

I had been planning to buy a Casio WK-1300, thanks to advice I got earlier in this forum about it's abilities as a low-end synth. (I'm real poor.) Anyway, my parents have a really nice, attractive ($2000 in its day) Yamaha Clavinova that they're ready to retire. They said I could add it to my...

I finally finished my first album. All mastered and duplicated, even. And a LOT of credit goes to everyone who helped me out here. SO MANY problems led to so many questions, and I got SO MUCH great help by digging through this site and the BBS. So now I'm finally on mp3.com (at...

I don't even know how to ask this, but it's troubled me long enough that I want to try... How do I get a smooth lead guitar sound? Everyone on the radio seems to have it, though the best examples are hair metal songs. When I play/record, the guitar always sounds choppy because notes only last...

I need to mail individual CDs (with jewel cases) to my friends across the country. What is the best way to do it? I'd like to protect the jewel case from cracking but don't want to spend much money mailing it all. Thanks.

My first album is mastered and looking back I'm pretty happy with what the SM-57 did for me. I've got one and I used it on every stinking instrument and I gotta say, it handled to my liking. But perhaps I only like it because I haven't used others yet. I think I can spend up to $300 in the...