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Any ideas on what kind/brand of ribbon mic is a good investment?

Short of foaming the walls - what is the best condition for at home mixing?

Any tips for processing drum machine tracks? I am not after total realism - but are there things to keep in mind?

I have asked this of everyone before but here it goes again. I have a good mix in ProTools LE. I am happy, it sounds full, nice, whatever. I bounce it to 16 bit stereo for a CD and it sounds so thin...weak...aenimic. What am I doing wrong? In other words - why does God hate me??? People...

I have been told its good to mix through a variety of speakers - I was wondering if mixing through small computer speakers is a good alternative to my pro monitors? Any thoughts? Plus - This is retarded - but what's the best way to hook up a mono source - what to use?

Trying to find a split harmonizer plugin for ProTools LE - so far the closest thing I got is Ultra Pitch by Waves - any other ideas?

My MILAR DVD came in and I spent the weekend watching it - about 2 times -then jumping to sections that interested me the most. To preface this review, let me say that I have had experience recording and mixing in a major studio on a SSL - not as an engineer but as an artist. I know what a...

Ok - I am thinking about putting my drums down to a stereo track as a submix. They sound good now - compression, placement, verb. Anything that I should keep in mind before doing this? If my mix changes, I suppose I will have to redo the drum session and do another submix. I just need to...

I am thinking about getting the LE versions. Anyone else use these? Do they really improve the quality of your overall mix?

I threw the Izotope Ozone 3 plugin on a vocal track and used the Vocal treatment preset - it sounds pretty good. However, it makes the track latent by a second or two. I think it may have something to do with the Harmonizer section. Anyone explore this issue or is this native to using a...

I am posting this as a new thread so that others can contribute. In regard to pro vocals - you said use layered reverbs. When you say layer the reverbs - do you mean creating 3 seperate busses with seperate verbs - then route the vocal in various amounts to each bus? Or do you mean setting up...

I don't have a pristine place to record vocals - I have a Rhode (Nueman knockoff) condensor mic and I am sending it through a small tube pre - which is great. But I find that increasing the gain to get the best signal records every single reflection in the room along with some hum from...

Ok - just a plain dumb question on my part. As far as the Eventide family of hardware modules goes - are these pieces all that? I asked a pro engineer friend of mine about them, he claims they are a must. I just wanted to know what was so special about them. This may be too general a...

Looking for any recommendations on cutting or boosting synth parts. Primarily, I laid some cool moog sweeps over my track and want to articulate the resonance without getting shrill or "cheap". I know that I can easily overdo it, but because the synth patch is rather bassy in parts, I don't...

I want to do a "master" of my mix at home - I know its not the same as going out of house. Can anyone give me a plugin chain for how to master my mix - in some particular order. I am running ProTools LE out of MBox. If you have specific compressor or EQ or limiter plugins - feel free to...

Just for the record - all the advice on the board has been great. My mix(es) have already improved. But alas, the woes of the home engineer will never cease. Here's the scoop, yo: I am mixing with ReWire (Reason) - I use the drum ReFills (24bit) - and they do sound amazing within Reason...

Ok. I was curious as how one arrives at some current vocal effects. This is nothing new but I wasn't sure how one arrived at it. I am referencing the lead vox on The Bravery record (kind of Strokes-esque in a way) Sounds like an EQing thing, possibly a little amp-ish plugin. Anyone pull this...

I record and mix in ProTools LE (via MBox) 24 bit sessions. The fidelity is solid - rich. Using rewire 24bit drum sessions. *I am not eq'ing anything unless its crucial (vocals etc.) I have a good monitor set up - good stereo field. With the exception of some bass correction, I can get a...