lembit_pet
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I am playing around in my home studio and it sounds allright. I have the basic stuff. The rooms is acoustically allright and I got the monitors on speaker stands and it sounds balanced. The problem is that I do not think it sounds good enough. Too sharp, too digital, too porridgelike, not enough air, not clear enough, not enough crisp or punchy.
Obviously it could be my mixing skills, but using eq, compression, side chain, etc does not make it sound more... analogue?
As I said, my setup is on basic level. My sound card is a M-audio 2496, I have a Mackie Tapco Blend 6 mixer, Behringer 2031A speakers, ADK A-51 mic. I use the Tapco as pre mic amp. I use Cubase and some VST synths and plugins.
I feel it is time to upgrade somewhere! A Digidesign HD with 192 I/O, a few vintage channel strips and compressors and a analogue summing mixer could do the trick. However, it's still a hobby and I am not a millionaire...
Any tips on where to start? Would a better sound card improve sound quality? Would an extarnal limiter on the final mix make it sound better? However, that would mean that the signal have to go through the D/A converter on my sound card twice... or should I store the final mix on a CD instead of the harddrive? How do you route your signals? Are software plugins really good enough?
This was a long text, but any tips on making the sound more vivid is helpful. Thanks.
Obviously it could be my mixing skills, but using eq, compression, side chain, etc does not make it sound more... analogue?
As I said, my setup is on basic level. My sound card is a M-audio 2496, I have a Mackie Tapco Blend 6 mixer, Behringer 2031A speakers, ADK A-51 mic. I use the Tapco as pre mic amp. I use Cubase and some VST synths and plugins.
I feel it is time to upgrade somewhere! A Digidesign HD with 192 I/O, a few vintage channel strips and compressors and a analogue summing mixer could do the trick. However, it's still a hobby and I am not a millionaire...
Any tips on where to start? Would a better sound card improve sound quality? Would an extarnal limiter on the final mix make it sound better? However, that would mean that the signal have to go through the D/A converter on my sound card twice... or should I store the final mix on a CD instead of the harddrive? How do you route your signals? Are software plugins really good enough?
This was a long text, but any tips on making the sound more vivid is helpful. Thanks.