Recent content by Chris K

Thank you for the encouraging words! Feel free to to PM me some of your work. I’d love to check it out!

Just got this back from mastering. What do you guys think? Everything is recorded and produced by me except my brother sings the second verse + some backing vox, and the drums are played by Chris Brush. Kinda too late to change anything, but I always appreciate constructive criticism anyway...

It's something I've wanted to do for a while, and I had a blast making it. The song is an original that I just finished up recording in my home studio. I'm super blessed to have friends that let me use their barn which couldn't have been better for the vision I had in mind and a mom that was...

Thanks! I’m using Elixer Nanoweb 8020 mediums. Lights don’t cut it on this one!

I can't say there is just one acoustic that I dream on owning... But a larger bodied Taylor from one of their higher-end lines is definitely something I have always kept an eye out for. Well, I finally pulled the trigger, when I found a Craigslist add for a 2010 815ce for sale at $1,500. And...

Actually I didn't give up on the topic. I just started it to get ideas going and then totally forgot about it. Thanks for all the input fellas! some good suggestions out there.

Thanks, guys! Chili Thanks, and yeah I think I already have a mild case of G.A.S....:guitar: Would love to see pics of the bass, if you want to post! Nola Your build is awesome!! Seeing yours was actually part of the inspiration of me deciding to build one. As to using water dyes, I would...

I recently completed my first ever guitar build, and I thought I'd go ahead and post it. Started with the T-style guitar kit from StewMac, and I gave it a few upgrades... Swapped the cheap pickups with Fender Original '52 pups, upgraded the tuners to some nice Gotohs, drilled holes and added...

Thanks for this question! I definitely should've talked about that... I use it for mixing, tracking vocals, and tracking instruments (mainly acoustic guitar).

Wow, guys. Thanks so much for all the pointers! This is SO helpful!!! If covering up one of the windows with a first reflection point panel is a necessity for proper desk placement, I'm not necessarily opposed to that idea. So, If I went the route of putting the desk on wall "C" instead of "A"...

Howdy folks, Now that I have finished installing hardwood flooring in my studio, I'm looking seriously into "doing it right" with speaker placement, acoustic treatment, etc. I don't have any "proper" treatment yet (just bookshelves and stuff like that), but it seems like finding the best...

+1 what sparky123 said. All these comments are spot on about mic technique, etc., but the main take-away that I got from watching that vid was "wow!". The warm vocals at the beginning capture your attention and those powerful high notes at the climax really make it exciting to listen to. I don't...

Hey y'all, I've done a little bit of tinkering with patterns in Groove Agent before, but I've always found it to be a huge pain trying to find the right beat as they are poorly labeled IMO. You really just have to sample every single one of them to find what you are looking for. Well, me...

Seems like the "in thing" right now is to use instruments, sounds and techniques that are creatively "different" and (sometimes to a ridiculous degree) out of the box. My music tends to fall more on the acoustic side and heavy synths aren't really my thing, but I found myself playing around with...

I agree that you should look into getting some studio monitors. The stereo imagery and note articulation you get from good speakers is very different than what you will ever experience with good headphones. Even “studio” headphones can have pretty dramatic colorations and frequency boosts that...