Recent content by daveyhavok

ok thanks to everyone for your advice i'll probably use the rigid fiberglass for the corners and use some thick panels of fluffy fg on the walls... but now i know that i can't treat just a section of the room, i'll need to treat the whole room...

yes ok so i'll either just put panels in the corners from floor to ceiling (2" cause 4" i wouldn't have enough sheets just to do that) and then i should have around 4 sheets left so i could put 2 on the ceiling and 2 somewhere else on a wall or i also thought about this layout, where I would...

I'll be mixing in another room, i'll probably move some of the panels into this other room afterwards but for now i'm concentrating on the recording part... The ceiling is about 7' high and the panels would be 5' high The drawings were made with Solidworks, it's on my brother's computer (he's...

ok so something like this?

ok i thought i didn't have enough fiberglass to spread it all over the room.... i'll post another pic to see if i get your idea correctly

So i just ordered 12 sheets of rigid fiberglass (JM-817 2") (that's really all i could afford for now, i'm a poor student, i might buy some more eventually) What do you think about this layout for my room? is there a better way to do it? i read Ethan's article, but since i dont have the money...

Got Johns Manville 817 2" in Montreal (Quebec - Canada) from Dispro 514-354-5251 for 4.79$ CAN /sq ft (i think the price is a bit high but the only place i could find it)

do you have a model in mind for the focusrite preamp.... the only one i found was the Red 8 and its 1800$... the other ones all seem to have compressors eq or other things that i dont think i need (do i?).... also is it really better to record the bass DI cause last time i recorded my guitar...

ok... so i guess the firepod seems the best solution... i need 8 mics to record the drums.. 1xsm57 for the snare, 3xmd421 for toms+floor, 2xsm94 for OH, 1xkick mic which i'll probably rent, 1 that probably won't be needed

just figured out that the name of the card was AudioFire 12.... i think the firepod would probably do the job... but i'm still thinking about the other solution (spirit m12 + sound card).... not sure if i really need a mixer though can't i just record all 8 tracks and then adjust the volume...

thanks for your replies guys the firepod seems good, ill try to find more reviews of it but so far they were quite positive.... although i'm a bit skeptical with the low price i'll consider the soundcraft M12 too... the mixer could be useful and i think soundcraft has got a good reputation...

I'm looking for a way to record our band that would sound as professional as possible because we're also considering going to a professional studio instead... I need to be able to record 8 mics simultaneously, i already have some decent mics and we're considering renting if we need better ones...