Recent content by Dwnlow68

I tend to record the group as a whole concentrating on getting the best drum performance, bass secondary, guitars third and vocals last, mainly because I'm a bass player and drummer and like to get the those locked down and tight and also because a lot more time and and tweaking are done w/...

thnx for all the help... it's looking like I'm gonna get the MK-012's but I may also get a pair of MSH's since they have a great price... gonna have to hold off on the AT 40 series (a little out of my price range) until later... you guys rock and are a wealth of information

looking to get a matched pair of OH's and going in the direction of Octava MK-012 or the MK-319 or is there anything better in that price range? can go higher if need be...thnx

just to be on the safe side I have (1) lava lamp (red), (1) Mr. potatoe head and (8) Old school GI Joes

if you want to know if it works or not or if it's hooked up correctly, if your EQ has a bypass switch plug it into your channel insert (you'll need an send/ return cable http://www.hosatech.com/hosa/products/stp-200_send_return.html ) boost a couple of freq's and a/b them if there's a change in...

I agree w/ chess on this, and this topic comes up w/ friends of mine "you're good at what you do, don't sell yourself short". I am by no means ready (in my mind) to charge for my "services", but when I do charge for my "services" I will charge competitive rates for my type of gear and level of...

I work 2 jobs to support my hobby/habit, and can never seem to make enough money for what I want. I started w/ a tascam 4 track and then moved to 16 tracks of adat now moving onto 24+ tracks 24/96 digital

I agree w/ you mikeh. Coming from a live sound background I made the mistake of NOT doing research when I decided to move into studio recording and ended up spending money that could have gone for other or better gear. If your planning on going commercial you should really think things thru and...

Add me to the list too I even have the MX8000 and I'm quite happy w/ it

havent recieved them yet but mainly going by what I've read... trust me if I could afford better I would jump on it... (I'm glad we have the lottery here now and my GF buys the tickets :) )

Ok so taxes didn't end up like I wanted (paid out instead of getting back) whic killed my mic fund. I was able to pic up a few what I think are decent newbie mics, wanted to know if it was a good choice Behri C-2's ES-57's (3) AKG Pro 25

lips fan here too... just ran across this thread thot I would post... Steven also get his big sound from the types and sizes of drums he uses (24 or 26 in. kick drum big toms and the old chrome ludwig concert snare) when they recorded "Transmissions from the satallite heart" He recorded a the...

The things you find looking for something else thnx pingu that was so informative and to think I was just doing a search on noise gates... found this thread at work and was so into it got into trouble for goofing off and being unproductive you are awsome :D

A wealth of knowledge Man I never thought I would ever cause this much of a stir w/ my question... Thanks to all for the wisdom I've gained lots of brains to be picked here and especially PlnsMstkn4Jacob that was an outstanding mix... just a little bit of my back ground I come from a live...

Hello all Newbie here first post I'm putting together a small home studio and now at the point of getting mics (already know a million posts on this) I've seen just about every mic made posted I'm getting the work horse 57's/58's, D-112's (kick drum), C-1/C-3, and Rode's, but I was wondering if...