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    FMR RNP, DMP3 and EMU 1820m

    I'm selling some gear that was used in this shootout. https://homerecording.com/bbs/showthread.php?t=231789 An M-Audio DMP3 a FMR RNP and a EMU 1820m soundcard. http://shop.ebay.co.uk/merchant/guitarplayer365
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    Half an album

    Hi We're halfway through recording our album if anyone has got 33 minutes and wants to give any feedback i'd be interested to hear their thoughts. Up until now we've tracked demo versions. Our task now is to polish these songs into proper album tracks. We also need to write another couple...
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    Stage box in the studio?

    Hello folks One of these things would work wonders in my studo for keeping cables tidy but I wondered whether it would be bad for the sound quality. They're called stage boxes are they best left to the stage? At the moment my preamps are on my desk (which is a really wide desk) and the mic...
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    Somewhere Behind Your Eyes

    Somewhere Behind Your Eyes I'm looking for comments on tracking and mixing suggestions for when I get round to it. Cheers Thanks For Listening Barn Owl
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    Preamp A vs Preamp B - Discuss.

    Here's me in my studio (see pics in sig), playing my Norman B20 acoustic, that has just had a set of new D'Addario medium gauge strings, with a .50 mm Dunlop tortex pick, in front of two matched MSH-1 mics both approx. 10 inches from the 12th fret < 1/2 an inch apart. One mic was sent to...
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    Ok so i measured my room..... erm... now what?

    I got myself a radioshack spl meter and downloaded the free Room Eq Wizard software from Home Theater Shack after reading an article in Sound On Sound magazine. I think I followed all the instructions correctly. The graph above shows the results that I got. The straight line is something...
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    A capo for my casio keyboard?

    My keyboard skills are not that great so I can play better in some keys over others. Obviously c is easy (all the white notes). I tend to use my old duff casio keyboard to drive vst instruments. I know how to transpose a piece of midi music in cubase after it has been created. But suppose I...
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    Best place to shop in Manhattan?

    Hello homerecorders I'm off to New York City for a shork break at the beginning of March and was wondering where to find the good shops to pick up studio gear? Often the mics I read about on here are expensive in the UK and i thought the good exchange rate and cheap prices might help persuade...
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    How do I set my gain knobs?

    Hello folks this is my first post here at sos so nice to meet everyone. I've got a question that's been bugging me it's probably very simple and I was hoping someone might help me out and answer it. My signal chain goes like this: Mic > M-Audio DMP3 > Behringer UB2442fx mixer (for monitoring...
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    My best recording yet.

    I think I'm making progress. If you had heard some of my early recordings you would be sure to agree. This time it's not my band it's a friend (probably one of the big factors). We are working together to record his album. Here's the song: Still Waters Run Shallow All comments welcome. There's...
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    Festive Tune From The Nells

    It's that time of year again... and The Nells have been in the studio recording over the holiday period... Okay so we may have spilled some mulled wine over the microphones and the vocal takes have suffered because of mouths being stuffed full of mince pies but we have managed to pull together...
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    DIY Performer Guitar Stand Project

    Calling all diy gurus! I've always fancied one of these stands for my acoustic guitar. The Gracie stand is pictured on the left while the K&M stand is on the left. You know how it is... one recording session you are getting great results and a great tone... but when you return the next night...
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    Will We Be Forgotten Tomorrow???

    Will I Be Forgotten Tomorrow The Fishmongerers Lament You Are The Music Three newish My Handsome Nell songs... the first two are by Dougal and the third is mine... with a little help from T.S. Elliot... Vote for your favorite and tell us what you think...
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    Will We Be Forgotten Tomorrow?

    Ignore this thread... see the other one...
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    Testing my new mics

    I've recently got some new mics so this song was really just recorded to test them out... The acoustic guitar, mandola and harmonica were recorded with my new pair of Studio Projects C4's using the x-y stereo technique... and the vocal was recorded with my Red5 Audio RV15 which I got last...
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    Take a tour of my studio

    Hey guys, I'm looking for advice on treating my studio to create a better acoustic environment for both recording and mixing... Here's some links... The layout The guided tour I'm particularly interested in advice about turning my wee room into a vocal/acoustic guitar booth... My band...
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    My Handsome Nell - New Song

    Hello Home Recorders We're on the look out for more recording advice... The song in question is Hey not a Day just click the My Handsome Nell tape to get listening... Thanks in advance...
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    Should I trade my c3000b for a Studio Projects B1 ??

    It's always a constant battle to find funds to buy more gear, at the moment I'm trying to raise enough cash to buy a pair of SD condensers (oktava MC012's or Studio Projects C4's.... something with switchable capsules to try omni pattern recording cos I think my recording room sounds pretty...
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    Has anyone famous ever had their demo posted in the mixing clinic? History thread.

    Has anyone ever posted a demo on here and went on to commercial success? Where are the old-timers, wheel them out, dust the cobwebs off them... If any pro or semi-pro engineers have worked with an artist and used Hr.com it'd be fun to hear about it. :)
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    More My Handsome Nell...

    What do you people think of this one? All opinions positive or negative welcomed... Again it's not finished but I like to get comments from you guys so I know whether it's worth finishing.... Doug's takes the lead vocal... Handsome Al provides backing... Thanks in advance... and thanks to...
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