Recent content by BillC15

I thought there was a forum dedicated to sharing mixes but I couldn't find it, so sorry if this is the wrong place. I've been working on this album for a while, and every vocal on it has the same awkward quality in the mix. It's just not sitting right. I have a generous amount of compression...

I thought there was a forum dedicated to sharing mixes but I couldn't find it, so sorry if this is the wrong place. I've been working on this album for a while, and every vocal on it has the same awkward quality in the mix. It's just not sitting right. I have a generous amount of compression...

I need to do a parallel compression on a kit I recorded, but it seems like I'm taking an idiotic shortcut. I have every track (snare, kick, rack tom, floor tom and 2 overheads) routed to a single group track, and I have a compressed group track on a send from the original one. Although I can...

I'm just wondering if this is a common practice and how to go about executing it, because I believe I have seen this done. When you have a recorded kit where the snare hits, for instance, are a bit uneven, is it common to select one nice one from the entire take and paste it over the uneven/weak...

I've been doing a few quick masters at home with Cubase 5, the same DAW I use for tracking/mixing and pretty much everything in between. I've noticed that using the basic stereo enhancer vst plugin on a track after a limiter can subtly widen the mix and add a touch of overall clarity and size to...

I have a heavy Vox twin combo that I'm thinking of mounting some swivel wheels on because lugging it around is beginning to piss me off. I know I could lose some bottom end from the amp not having direct contact with the floor, but what I'm wondering is, will the vibrations from the amp rolling...

I recently recorded at a small local studio with a nice pro tools rig, and both while I was tracking and when I got to hear the final mix, I absolutely loved the reverb. Seeing how I checked out the producer's rack gear and saw no outboard reverb, I came to the conclusion that the reverb he was...

I have one MXL 2003 condenser and one sm57 (actually I have 2 sm57s so if you think I could so something with the other as well...) and I need to mic a cymbal swell. I'm trying to get nice big wide balanced stereo sound, so what are some suggestions for mic placement? I've been experimenting...

I always thought recording reverb or fast delay coming from a miked amp amp was a big no no when you want to fill space with a guitar in a mix, because it creates a mono reverb in the mix instead of stereo. However, I was recording at a local studio over the past week and the producer had the...

Now I know you always have to hear them for yourself and that some monitors are better than others for different situations, but now that I've narrowed my decision down to two options in my price range, I need a little help. I've decided on either the Yamaha HS50M active studio monitors...

Well here's another song I've been working on for those of you who heard my first real attempt at recording/mixing. This song was written and performed by my friend sort of on the spot. This will be used by his friend in a film he's making. You'll also notice I left in some post-take noise at...

Though I've messed with a few crappy mixes before, this is my first true mix in my home studio (if you can even call it that). I didn't even mix this on studio monitors because I don't own a pair. This song is by a great band called Soulshine who I play bass for live, though this song is...

This is sort of a general question, in that as much information as possible is appreciated. Now I've come to learn how much different home recording is from professional recording. I'm quite sure it's much more than some simple usb interface into a laptop that most home studios use these days...

From the time I started (which was no more than a year ago I believe) I had just ran my Marshall mg50dfx straight into my sound card and achieved results that honestly exceeded my expectations. But now it appears my expectations have increased. It started when I borrowed my friend's sm57, which...

Hey everyone. I have a question about this mic. Now I'm really just getting into recording and this looks like the mic for me. I was just wondering if it would work well with an XLR connector on one end and 1/4 in. stereo jack on the other, with which I would put on an adapter so I can plug it...