Recent content by Call-Of-Ktulu

Hey guys, I have a bit of an embarassing question. I play guitar but not much accoustic and the accoustic I have is actually a classical, so I don't know exactly how to change the strings on a real accoustic with the little balls holding in the strings at the bridge. Do you just pull them out...

Recently I read an article on Bob Rocks strategy for recording vocals. It was quite interesting -- his trick is that he spends LOTS of time chosing the right mic so he's barely touching the EQ at all, usually puts some minor compression on it, and likes to use "a good harmoniser" to "widen the...

I just finished a project on my AW4416 that I got used and I went to burn the project to an Audio disc as a master tape, but every CD i put in it comes up as "media error" and it can't even get around to TRYING to burn the thing... its like it doesn't even reconize what it is and i might as well...

If i was going to mic a bass drum 3 or 4 times to get a thick rocky sound in which spots would i be putting all the mics? And I was watching a live metallica concert DVD and they have a SM57 on the snare drum and the snare sound is really snappy. I know its different in a studio but how did...

Most of what Bob Rock has been able to do with sound has completely amazed me, but one of the most interesting things i've discovered that he can do is make the bass drum completely, utterly massive. So the first thing I did when I started mixing down my home recording is EQ my bass drum so it...

My friends band just recorded their CD and were pleased with it after the mix down, but after sending it out to get mastered it came back pretty much ruined. If its turned up at all on any home sterio they have it distorts (or "goes to fuzz" as he explained to me). Obviously the other discs he...

I'm starting up a sort of small "studio" in my bedroom so i can record riffs from my guitar and keyboard and maybe mix them together later and get a rough idea of a song using this drum software called Drum Beat (i'm actually a working drummer... but I can't fit my drum kit in my room and doing...

I'm thinking of starting up a small "studio" in my bedroom so i can record riffs from my guitar and keyboard and maybe mix them together later and get a rough idea of a song using this drum software called Drum Beat. I bought this cheap Acoustica MP3 recorder software on the internet and its...

I'm putting on a party and hiring an R&B/blues band to play that I know... I need a small PA and my friend at our local music store PA rental guy suggested micing the vocals, bass, kick drum and snare and I thought that sounded about right, but he also suggested getting a small sub just to get...

I like a very smooth, razor sharp sound thats got a tight chug when you palm mute it on the dirty channel. I like the high notes to come out solid and pure sounding and when you strum and open chord I like it to be under control and intact so you can hear the difference when you modify the...

I had to take over for the sound guy at the last show I was at when the other bands were playing and on the mixer its got the gain at the top, then high frequencies, mid frequencies, EQ roll off, and then lows. The EQ roll off nob has different frequences around it starting at about 80hz at the...

I really like the yamaha work stations, and for anyone who knows anything about them, how good are they really? As far as sound quality goes? My biggest concern is the pre amps... I havn't been able to compare it to anything but they have built in preamps obviously and I don't want to invest...

Hey everyone I've been a member here since 2003 actually, but i've been very very busy in the last couple years and havn't really gotten a chance to keep up with my recording. I have sortof an embarassing question. I've done 3 separate home recording projects... each on slightly different...

Hey everyone. I'm getting ready to rent a home recording studio kit and i was just running through my game plan. I got a kinda old, unco-operative set of drums and i was just seeing what you guys thought about my little micing plan. I want a pretty big kicker sound, but i only got a 20...

My favorite kick sound comes off of the metallica S&M CD.... hes got about an 8 inche hole right in the center, i'm not sure if they got that sound by EQing it a bunch or not, but the thing sounds like a cannon. I also like vinnie paul of Pantera's kick sound, i think the hole is off to the...