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I see GC has a pair of Oktava mic's on sale for $100. Regular price of $999 each. Not exactly sure which one's they are or what they are good for OR is this too good to be true - the most likely case. Has anybody else seen this add and if so do you know anything about these mics? Thanks

I will be recording a piano next week. It will be Christmas/religious music done on a 7' grand piano. The piano is at a church with brick walls and a concrete floor so the space is quite lively. I have two C-1000S mics, a 4033 and some 57's/58's to use. I will be recording on a Roland 880 DAW...

I am not looking for the magic one setting fits all - BUT - basically how do I set it to bring up soft parts (of a total mix). I can set it to knowckdown peaks but don't seem to make lower volumes come up e.g. when all the instruments except the drums quit playing for a measure or two. Is...

Looking for some advice on types of mic's to use for drums. I would like to use them for both recording (primary concern) but also for live micing of drums for a contemporary music group in our church. For now I would like to stick with a mic for the kick and a couple of overheads. (I have a...

I have been asked to record 2 oboe songs for a Christmas program at my church. Does anyone have any recommendations - the 2 songs will be played thru the sound system as backup to some live strings. I have a Roland 880, 2 C-1000S condensor mics, an AT4047 mic and and 57. I also use a Mackie...

I have recorded some grand piano and while it sounds OK it is not the greatest - kind of dark and muddy. The piano is not a 9' Steinway but sounds pretty good (live - not on my Roland 880!) I used a couple of micing techniques - 1. Two C-1000's about 6" above the strings just bak from the...

:confused: I understand the basics of unbalanced and balanced cirduits however my question is this - In a signal chain if an unbalnced line is used to connect two devices does the whole system behave sonically as unbalanced or just the part up to where it the devices and line become balanced...

John I see you posting here often and notice you are from Australia. My real job is 28 years in the fire Department and I have seen much on the wild land fires down there. Just wondering if they are near you or have affected you at all. I know this has nothing to do with recording or...

I am going to record my cousins female vocal trio and need some tips or advice. They have some "backup" music on CD that they play behind them when they perform. What they want is to use that as their backing and then record their vocals over that. I plan on recording the CD onto my Roland...

I have a dbx 166 compressor. My question is what does the "stereo link" switch do? The way I have it configured is the 2 outputs (for playback) from a Roland 880 recorder are going into 2 channels of a Mackie 1604 and then to my monitors. The two 1604 channels are panned hard left and...

I currently have a Roland VS880EX but am thinking of expanding or upgrading. I am now sure what is the smart way to go - Do I go to something like a Roland 1880 or 2480 or a Korg D1600 - the "portastudio" concept or would I be better off with a stand alone recorder with separate effects etc...

I have a Mackie 1604 VLZ mixer - but it is not a VLZ Pro. I have read here that there is a difference in the pre's on these 2 models. Is that true and if so would it be wise to invest in a separate pre amp unit - especially when trying to record acoustic guitar with a couple of C1000S mic's...

I have a dbx166A compressor. I read about setting attack and release times with compressors however I don not have an "attack" setting on my 166. The controls it has are: For the Expander/Gate section a threshold in db's and a release from fast to slow. For the Compressor section a threshold...

I often read on this forum folks using an AT 4033 or a 4050 Mic. I picked up a AT 4047 fairly cheap - guess I am not too sure what I bought though (normal). Can anyone quickly fill me in on the 4047 - i.e good/bad, typical types of recording it is good for. Thanks in advance!!!!!! :)

How should a person record and electric guitar? By running it through a rack effect e.g. an EQ and/or a compressor and then into either a Mackie 1604 and then to a Roland 880 recorder or directly into the 880 is there a need to use a D/I? Same question for bass too? What is the general use...

I am thinking of purchasing a patch bay. One set up configuration I would lkike to do with it is to just make the I/O's on some effects units I have in a rack more accessible. That is using the patch bay to "bring their rear connections to the front". I see the terms normalled, 1/2 normalled...

I am going to record a flute player - he teaches and wants to make a few CD's available to his students of him playing some etudes to go along with a book. This is not going to be anything real fancy but I would like to do the best I can. Any hints? I have a Roland 880EX, 2 AKG1000s's, an...

Ok my first 2 posts here do not show any message - I have terrible luck with anything to do with a computer so pleassssse bear with me! Two questions: 1) I normally see people writing here that you should limit or avoid EQing during recording - save it for mixdown. I sometimes use a Mackie...

I am having trouble figuring out how to send a signal from say track one out thru an aux send, to an outboard effects unit for processing and back into the 880 EX to another track such as track 3 or whatever. Any tips on setting up the routing. The instruction book only refers to sending a...

I am very new to recording and am too pondering sound deadening booths and materials. I want to add one word of caution regarding using typical building materials such as styrofoam or foam furniture cushion material. These materials are not designed to be placed on walls or ceilings and left...