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The preamp in the Presonus is cleaner. The ART has 2 channels though, which could be the deciding factor depending on your application. The tubes in both sound .... grainy. Probably not a sound you'll end up using much. You might find some useful info here...

Out of curiosity, why do you say that? Are their reviews misleading? Or just not very helpful? Cheers.

Ah OK, I could word myself better. I get the importance of parity between the engineer's vision and mic selection. But what happens when the mics are so close that it's a toss-up? I mean, "best" in this context, at some point becomes a matter of taste, right? Or, if I have a choice between...

Checking out drBill's awesome drum-mic shootout got me curious. With only a couple of exceptions, the samples ALL sound usable. I could probably pick favorites, or at least exclude a few that I'm not crazy about, but I'd be hard pressed to call any of the examples an obvious winner. So I...

Agree with Russtopher. Unless you have some kind of treatment above the mics, or high ceilings, the omnis can pick up more ugly reflections. Also, if you can record all 5 mics at the same time, consider using the AKG as a room mic. Get it as far from the kit as you can, and maybe slam it with a...

Here's a good breakdown of the parallel compressor technique ecktronic described: http://www.hometracked.com/2007/03/31/parallel-compression-for-fatter-drum-tones/

Here's one possible use: http://www.hometracked.com/2007/02/12/tip-phase-inversion-to-hear-small-changes/

I've had mine on for 14 months now .. The power's been off only 3 or 4 times, for a few minutes, while I moved things around. I think in general, you'll be fine if you turn it off at the same time you turn the computer off. (i.e. in my case, never :)) It's not bad for the Firepod, no. And the...

Gnash5150, it's here: http://www.harddisklife.com/ (as are all the articles Middleman mentioned) The Diamond Bundle doesn't contain a channel strip emulator, but Waves recently released their SSL Bundle which definitely does.

With repect to jerberson12, I couldn't disagree more with the "pain in the ass" comment. Especially with the 6.2 Sonar upgrade, Audiosnap is HANDS DOWN the best audio-quantizer I've ever used. I cleaned up a 6-mic'd drum kit yesterday in 5 minutes. The same thing would have taken about an hour...

RComp doesn't support sidechaining. How have you specified the sidechain input for your ducking compressor on track 2? I always put it last in the chain .. Do everything to get the bass sounding right, then as the last step, duck it out of the way when needed. If you're trying to do it all with...

The last page of the Sonar 6 Brochure has a chart that compares both versions (it's a PDF file, though,) and the press info page for Sonar 6 lists the differences in non-chart form. And here's a chart with the differences between Sonar 5 Studio and Producer.

Lee nailed it: Successful songwriting depends a lot on finding a process that works for you. I'll suggest one more approach that runs counter to most of the advice above, but maybe that's what you need: Write to a deadline. For some folks, myself included, nothing gets the creative energy...

It doesn't really answer your question, but something else to think about is drum replacement. I have little piezo pickups on my snare and kick drum. They don't pick up any useful sound, but I get a little spike every time the drum is hit, and I can run that through Drumagog or KTDrumtrigger and...

Arrangement. The layered parts compliment each other musically. I'd say the parts were all done separately, but really, anything he did with his amp, or EQ in mixing, is secondary to the arrangement.