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    Compressing every track a la Tom Lord-Alge?

    Guys, I'm into modern alternative emo/screamo rock stuff and the more I listen to recent recordings, from 2005 and up (Nickelback, Hawthorne Heights, Bullet For My Valentine, etc) the mixes are really tight and sound really compressed to shite. It's like all the tracks are overcompressed to...
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    Recent tendency in mastering EQ

    Hey guys, I've noticing somthing interesting. Year 2004 was IMHO the last year where big shot mastering guys (Marino, Jensen, Meller, Weinberg, etc) didn't radically change the EQ of tracks to make them louder and preserved the original mixdown EQ. Now it seems the tendency is to cut anything...
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    EMES Kobalt anyone ?

    I went to my local shop today and listened to these: Mackie HR824 Small Genelec monitors (dunno which model sounded sooooo BAD) KRK RP8 Samson Rubicon 6A EMES Kobalt The WORST were the Genelecs, followed by the Mackies which sounded like an HI-FI system with boomy bass to my ears.. The only...
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    Mackie 1402 or Yamaha MG16/4 ?

    Howdy! I need a mixing board for those purposes: - Use the preamps to record vocals, electric guitars and drums then use the insert out to drive all those into the soundcard. I won't use faders for recording or mixing, only the pres. All is done "in the box" afterwards. - Use it live for my...
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