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    Using two compressors, yes or no

    I would nearly always comress on the way in. If it needed to be aggressive, I would beat the peaks back with an LA3 and run that into a slower compressor. Then in the mix, I would always have a compressor on the vocal bus, but could have compressors on the individual vocal channels as well...
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    Anybody else bought a guitar for what it looks like?

    Wow! I've never seen one of those before. Who makes it?
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    Anybody else bought a guitar for what it looks like?

    It's possible that looks have something to do with it for me...
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    Anybody else bought a guitar for what it looks like?

    I nearly only buy guitars for what they look like. Explorers, Vs, iceman, kelly, warlock, etc... I can get them to all play the way I want them to, so it generally comes down to the looks.
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    multitrack tape degradation

    Yes, you can wear through the tape, but it takes an extreme amount of play to do that. If you will be doing the sort of meticulous production that would cause the tape to wear out, it would make sense to just transfer the things that need the tape sound to digital after it's recorded. On...
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    Mixing: how long before your ears start lying to you?

    I didnt spend that much time at 85db once I started mixing in the box. Because of the total recall, i would be refining the mix during the tracking process. This let me work mostly on balance and transitions during the "mix". Certain guitar tones will ruin my ears instantly. If I couldn't...
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    Mixing: how long before your ears start lying to you?

    I was and did. Editing was quiet, but mixing was at 85db spl.
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    What are my chances of getting a hit in the Billboard Hot 100?

    There might be one more metric you could use ti determine your chances of getting on the hot 100 list: what is the percentage of non-label affiliated artists that make the list? I am assuming you are independent.
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    How do you make a track louder without maxing out your headroom?

    The -18dbfs should be your average level, not your peak level. Stuff you hear on the internet does have all the headroom used up. The final product does most of the time. It just the recording process that the headroom is important.
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    Order CDs vs. burn my own CD-Rs - a problem of CD player compatibility

    Again, there is not one perfect speed. It will depend on the burner, the media, and it still probably won't play on a CD player that was designed before cd-r's came out. I don't think he is having a problem burning the cd, he is more likely having a problem playing a burned cd on an ancient...
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    Order CDs vs. burn my own CD-Rs - a problem of CD player compatibility

    It can make things worse. The more sensitive they made the stuff, the more "bleed" you would get burning at slower speeds. The dots (pits) wouldn't be as crisp, which would cause read errors. For the most part, I think trying to optimise your product for people who still use a 30 year old (or...
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    Crate GT1200 with Speaker

    Most of the negativity about crate amps revolved around their distortion tones. The cleans were always good.
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    I forgot to dither 24bit -> 16 bit. Does it matter?

    At worst, not dithering will affect the last fraction of a second as a song fades out, or the reverb trail as it fades to silence. If the listener is in a car, on a plane, walking on a noisy street, they won't be able to notice.
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    Order CDs vs. burn my own CD-Rs - a problem of CD player compatibility

    Welcome to getting old. We've been expecting you.
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