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I am mostly a performer who enjoys recording, so I have far more musical chops than recording chops...so forgive me if this is a basic question. For several years I have been happily recording acoustic music into Logic through a Presonus Firestudio Project. I have considered upgrading the...

A question I've always wondered about. I record a lot of acoustic instruments and almost always end up using a high pass filter at some point. Some of my mics have them built in (like the RE20 that I use a lot) and I like the sound with the filter engaged. Some others don't (like the older SP B1...

I have an AT 2022 stereo xy mic that I've been using to record my double bass for a series of instructional videos I've been creating for the university where I teach (will link an example below). I like the mic because it's a decent sounding pair of small diaphragm condensers with a built in...

Hi all, I've been making instructional double bass videos for about a year and a half now, and due to a change in camera, I'll now need a new audio setup. Previously, I would take a stereo signal from an audio technica 2022 (x/y condenser with built in phantom via a battery) and plug directly...

Hi everyone, haven't been around here for a while, but could use a bit of advice and since the last time I asked here, Harvey Gerst made a legendary megathread out of it, I thought to try again on a different subject. :) Basically, I'm a music professor at the University of Louisville and am...

I'm trying to run a pair of external mics - in this case MXL 603s - into the mic input of a Canon Vixia HF M300 video recorder recording instructional double bass videos. Since the 603s are condenser mics, I'm running them through an M-Audio DMP3 and then sending an 1/8" stereo feed from the...

I'm downsizing and getting rid of my old Soundcraft Spirit M12 and putting together a streamlined recording rig and desk/rack. I'd like a small rack mixer that can take care of the following functions: - separate stereo channels for CD player, computer, keyboard, and recording interface if...

I'm looking at upgrading my system and combining my regular desk and audio/video stuff. The Raxxess configurable systems look interesting (if expensive), but they look like they would do what I want to do. The steel part of the frame and the adjustability looks great. What about the flat...

I'm getting ready to combine my regular office and music room and will be trading in my old desk and hutch for one designed for audio. So far, so good - but I'm going to need some regular drawer space. No problem, I thought, I'll just use some of the extra rack space in the desk for drawer...

I've got an old G4 800 tower that I'm not ready to get rid of yet, and I'd like to get a copy of Groove Agent 2 to use as a standalone drum machine only (for practicing). Is it possible to do this? If so, it'd be nice to be able to install it in my office computer at the university as well...

When recording jazz trio with my modest setup (MOTU 1224/Digital Performer on a Mac) in a decent sounding room, everything is working pretty well except the level of the toms in relation to the rest of the kit in the overhead signal, as in behind the piano solo on this cut. The toms jump out so...

Kind of an esoteric question, but I'm a professional double bassist, and I've been using a combination of a piezo pickup and the AMT S25B bass mic mounted on my bass for live shows. Recently, I got a second bass with the same pickup, and I tried using an old battered SM58 positioned between...

Hope this isn't in the wrong forum, but where can you buy a roll of this stuff? Every now and then a piece on one of my mounts breaks, and so far I've just retired the mount. It's be nice to be able to repair them when this happens.

I've been looking at small stereo recorders for awhile now, and haven't bought one yet because they've all seemed a bit buggy. Basically, I'd like something that is palm sized, gets a good stereo image with no compression at CD quality resolution, and can upload directly into a Mac for...

Here's a trio cut I played bass on not too long ago where we've gotten some really strange mixed feedback about the drum sound - some people love it, and some hate it. To be forthcoming, I did not record this session, but found it interesting that the engineer decided to allow the drummer to be...

I have an older TV in my office. It sits right next to my small (Yamaha) mixing board that I use to route my computer, keyboard, and CD player signals into a pair of M-Audio BX5a speakers. I'd like to route the audio signal from the TV into the mixer as well. The back of the TV has only a...

In my music room, I have M-Audio BX8 monitors hooked up to a Soundcraft board, and I've been happy with them. I also have an upstairs computer that I'll mix at occasionally, and I listen to music on it (iTunes) a lot. The computer is hooked up to a small Yamaha MG 10/2 mixer which mixes a...

I'm intrigued by these portable stereo flash recorders, as I think they would be great for recording gigs quickly aand on the fly. A student at the Aebersold camps had the Marantz unit, and liked it quite a bit. It sounded okay with just the built in mics, but really REALLY good when a RODE NT4...

I'm a long-time minidisc user, but all of my stuff has been home decks and my trusty MD4s for gigs. At this point, I've moved on to DP4, but a lot of my students use portable MD recorders to record themselves practicing (I require them to record). Often, they'll ask me what recorder to get, or...

At this point I've used enough monitors to know that with just about anything, it's always wise to "spot check" by playing my mixes in different settings - on the "good system" in the house, in the car, on headphones, through a ****ty boombox, etc. - before deciding that a mix is right for me...