Recent content by adam79

I've narrowed my monitor search down to three, and I'm having a difficult time choosing. I'm interested in the Adam T5V, Focal Alpha 50 and Tannoy Gold 5. Anyone familiar with these three care to suggest one? Thanks.

There are quite a few "smart" plugins now that analyze a track and remove unwanted resonance. I've tried a few (TDR Slick EQ, Gulfloss, SmartEQ 2, etc.) and unless I'm using the feature wrong, I don't find 'em all that "smart." Anyone out there find one that actually works well enough to...

That's definitely true.. something times i forget they're even there. As far as instruments w reverb, are you referring to the reverb on an amp? Which other instruments include their own?

Run a reverb thru a delay.. that sounds interesting. How do you do this exactly? You set an Aux track with a reverb insert and send it to another Aux with an echo insert? Are both set to 100% wet? What are the Aux track volumes set to? It's hard to imagine what this sounds like without...

I'm looking to add a couple Reverb and Delay plugs to my arsenal. I've been reading up on these effects, and while there are versatile ones, most seem to excel on specific instruments. I play all different types of rock and I'm curious to hear what you like to use on certain certain stuff. Or...

Tracks being summed is when you have analog summing hardware, ya? I've read tons of stuff about gain staging that recommends the output match the input. This makes it impossible for the mix to get progressively louder. Unless the last fx in the chain doesn't get it's ouput level adjusted.

Is it possible to get a recording as loud as pro mixes without some kind of brickwall limiter on the Master Bus? Should tracks naturally get louder when EQ'd properly? I'm trying to figure out if the whole loudness war thing has to do with just putting a limiter on the Master bus or dialing in...

Chartwell LS3/5 definitely look awesome, but they're WAY too expensive. Like you said, "we have to do the best we can with what we can afford," and that's what I'm trying to figure out.. . How much I'd have to pay to hear an improvement of track playback quality during mixdown? When you...

Someone over on another forum pointed me towards the Ollo S4 cans; they seem perfect and the B-stock are half price. I'm prob gonna grab those.

I have a pair of Sennheiser HD280 Pro closed back cans and now I'm looking for a pair of open backs for mixing. I'd prefer monitors, but don't have the cash to treat my room properly...and from what I've read, this can make the monitors useless. The short list I have so far is: -Beyerdynamic...

The other day I forgot to turn off my recording equipment and my mic was idle for a good hour or so with the Phantom Power still engaged. Nothing bad happened, but it got me curious.. is it bad for the mic to be left idle w/ Phantom on? Thanks.

I'm looking for suggestions on decent sounding budget Drum VI's. Budget being $50 and less...preferably less. I understand you get what u pay for, but there's gotta be a few exceptions out there. I bought a couple VI kits from Audio Assault when they were on sale for $9/ea. Druminator, which...

I've read a few different articles that recommend putting a MB Comp on chug guitar, so it's just compressing the frequencies where the chug lives. I've been waiting for a sale (which is finally here) to buy the Waves C6, but after demoing it I'm not as interested. It alters/colors the sound too...

I was asking more about using multiple sidechains in one instance of the plugin.. to take advantage of the F6's, "every band can be individually sidechained" feature. Your scenerio would need multiple F6 iinstances. As far as ducking goes, I guess I already knew.. I even explained some examples...

I was debating on whether to buy the Brainworkx DynaEQ V2 or Waves F6. I ended up going with the F6 due to a light wallet. It seems like the sidechain is where Dynamic EQs really shine. The DynaEq is just one band, while the F6 has six bands. All the bands on the F6 have sidechain capability...