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Hey all, I've recently started using a UA Apollo interface with the Console software at a friend's studio and it's brought up some questions about tracking/playback that I realized I had about recording to tape that I never answered. I was hoping someone could help me work this out. If you're...

Hey all. One of my trusty M-Audio BX5a's has started to crap out on me. I replaced them for the time being with a pair of BX5s, but I thought maybe I should upgrade. Is there anything that's a reasonable step up that I might be able to acquire for under 800/pair? Or should I stick with the BX5s...

I was watching this video a friend posted of a band I had never heard of and then all the sudden it hit me. The best kick sound I've ever heard! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-LurPNxdZE Around 1:23, there's a solo kick that just rattles my brain in the best way possible. It's so deep. It's...

I am about to put bass traps in the two corners of my room that don't either have a door or window in them. One of them has a couch in the corner, so I will only be able to fit one trap on the wall, but my question is for the other corner, should I stack two traps or will one be enough? If only...

I recorded this track by an artist named Kelly Ruth a few years back as a wedding present for another friend of ours. The whole thing was done in 4 days: recording, mixing, and duplicating a 4-track EP to give away at the wedding as a party favour. I never really felt these songs got the...

I'm currently running an ART Digital MPA into a Focusrite Saffire Pro 26 i/o (the old ones that were actually sapphire) and am fairly happy with how these guys sound, but am wanting to upgrade to some slightly cleaner pre-amps (as you might know if you saw my other thread). I realized that maybe...

Hey there friends! I'm interested in a pre-amp upgrade, but I'm wondering if it's worth it at this point or if I should just hold out for the next 20 years while I can save up for something that will actually be a leap. ;) I'm currently recording using one of the older model Focusrite Saffire...

I'm having some issues mixing my kick and bass together. I've cut some frequencies inversely to allow these two to sit together, but I'm still having some problems hearing the kick through the bass when the drummer is playing quietly. Unfortunately, the kick was quite boomy (FiberSkyn heads) so...

I recently did a recording with my housemate of a song we wrote together to try out my new mics (Rode NT5s and NT2a), as well as see how good I could get a quick recording to sound. I did pretty minimal engineering, just set up mics and went with it (no moving them around to the best spot or...

Here's my first mix at my band's upcoming single we're releasing at our next show. It still needs a little tidying up, mostly riding faders on some peaks and what not, but I think it's pretty finished for the most part. Might do some tidying on the drums as well, we played without a click...

I know this is a recording forum, but I figured there are a lot of experienced musicians and producers on here who might be able to help a guy who's new to the whole business side of songwriting and recording out. I'm in a band that's a three piece. Our drummer has explicitly said he's...

Hey there friends. I'm looking to purchase some inexpensive plug-ins to bring my mixing forward a little bit. I'm currently using all in the box Logic plugins and I find them to be a little lacking. I just need simple stuff, Compressor, EQ, Reverb mainly. I'd like to keep cost under $99 a piece...

Hey guys. I just wrapped up a session with my band, and I'm really happy with how it turned out. It's actually my first full band recording session in over two years, as I was taking a break from recording to work on my own music. Also the first full band recording at my new place. We are...

I know I just posted about this yesterday, but I didn't get anything back (usually you guys are quick to reply, so maybe it was TL;DR) and also I realized that my original question is a little moot because there's really only one way to arrange the room if I want the drum kit in there, so now I...

Hey friends! I just bought a house and I move in a week, so I was hoping to get some advice for setting up the "studio room". It's fairly small, but should be usable. It's on the second floor of a Philadelphia row home. I really like the aesthetics (an exposed brick wall and hardwood floors) so...

This was the best form I could figure to put this question in, but I'm considering naming my upcoming album after a Talking Heads song I really love. After reading this article I'm a little paranoid to do this, so I wanted to ask if anyone knew if it's something I need permission for or is...

Hey there guys! I have an ambitious project that I might need some help with. I'd like to build myself a passive headphone mixer/control room matrix. Basically, it's just 4 stereo inputs and 4 stereo outputs that pretty much route straight through, but with the addition of certain things on each...

I have an old Casio keyboard that doesn't have a line out on it, it only plays through the speakers. I figured I can take it apart and add a line out jack, but I'm not sure what it needs. Can I just get a 1/4 jack and put it in the same path as the speaker? Do I need to add any resistors? Any...

I've had this idea floating in my head for quite some time, but I didn't know how to go about it until I stumbled upon BorrowLenses.com. The idea was originally a community mic exchange, since I'm sure we can all relate to having been in a mic buying position where we really wanted to test out...

I've been sitting on this song for six years. I wrote it in my dorm room in 2004 on FLStudio 3.0! Last summer I redid it in Logic to make it a bit less...uh, crappy. However, all these years I haven't been able to come up with a melody or words I like. It's in verse/chorus, so it absolutely...