Recent content by astokesmusic

Hello. I'm a composer/producer, mix engineer, and mastering engineer (at times). My primary DAWs are Studio One (PreSonus) and Pro Tools (Avid). I'm looking for a better workflow system for my DAW session folders/files. At the moment, I work like this: EXT-Drive > "SESSIONS" (folder) > Artist...

Thanks! Do you think if I put up a couple more panels (one on each side of the other two panels behind the desk) and line the back of the lower wall behind the desk as well as the corners with bass traps I have a chance at having a good mixing environment with my speakers? That’s been my main...

Nope, surprisingly it's not bad and I have the Neumann TLM-103 which is a pretty quiet mic too.

I have a recording studio in my home, up in a building that is disconnected from my house (basically like an attic). The room is fairly long, it has a pretty good width to it, the ceiling height isn't very tall, and the shape of the room is that classic A-frame shape. As far as the sound...

Hello all! I'm a musician, singer and producer looking for new connections with producers, arrangers, and musicians, particularly in the RnB/Soul field of music. When I say RnB, I'm referring to the sound of artists like Toni Braxton, Babyface, Brandy, Brian McKnight, Jazmine Sullivan, Chrisette...

Thanks, I hear you. Appreciate it 👍🏼

@ecc83 Thank you! I appreciate the advice!

Thank you @rob aylestone !! I know it’s way simpler than I’ve been thinking, I just tend to geek a bit over the tech side, making sure things will be alright. But ya know, you’re right… all that matters is that it works. I appreciate your advice! :-)

Hello. Recently, I ordered an extra USB (Type C-A) cable for my Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 3rd gen audio interface. It came from Amazon and it had good reviews, but I noticed that the cable is 6.6 ft. long. I'm guessing with the cable I ordered from Amazon they just rounded the length to 6.6 ft...

For a song I'm using the upright piano, from Kontakt, called The Gentleman. This piano definitely has the sound of some nice upright pianos I've heard, but I'm curious about the lid open/close option in the plug-in. Does this lid button basically represent the opening/closing of the front panel...

I'm creating a ballad with a more modern feel, but I want to incorporate some lush finger snap layers as heard in the 90s RnB song I've attached. I'm assuming that the snaps could be samples, they could have been recorded live, or perhaps a combination. It doesn't feel like anything too...

Ohh my bad haha. Ohh that makes sense! Thanks for the info! Yeah I mostly hear some distortion in the kick drum. Love that sound on a muffled acoustic kick. :)

Wow cool! And not sure if you were referring to me about “I’ve never been a fan of home recordists attempting to mimic and sound like their favorite performer” but if so, that’s not the case for me. I simply like the over-driven sound and I’ve never attempted it before so I just wanted to get...

I love his other performances like the one you shared. I’ve just become interested with the over-driven sound he tends to do like in the video I attached. It makes for some really cool loops on Instagram and YouTube shorts. Mostly fun stuff. Do you know some good chorus plug-ins, especially for...