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Mostly recording a band using my condenser mics. I use to have an interface but I had to sell it. So now I just have this mixer. As long as it records to adobe audition and has better quality than my iPhone then I should be good. Gonna check the guide out.

Amazon.com: Samson XM610 6 Channel Powered Mixer: Musical Instruments Its a Samson XM610 Channel Powered Mixer. Can it be used for recording? and if so how would I connect it to PC?

What are some ways to transition from mellow songs to heavy and faster songs? :)

Im working on a song that's kinda mellow kinda indie kinda a lot of things. Just need some advice on the mix. Right now i have: Lower the drums a tad bit, and get better clarity on the vocals... It's a short intro.

Whenever I mixdown my songs they end up looking like this. http://i49.tinypic.com/350pdw7.jpg The Kick and the snare peak way more than the other instruments. Now I understand that a peaking meter shows peaks of a certain sound while the RMS meter shows the average level of a sound. So...

Chris McCaughan is my favorite song writer. His songs are like mini novels!

I kinda like mono. It kinda gives me that vintage feeling when I'm listening to something..

i use adobe audition i love it!

Thanks Everyone for the replies! Getting lots of great information. Yes, I was compressing and also limiting my individual tracks because of peaking, but I didn't know that limiting is done when MASTERING. So now I'm just compressing individual tracks a little bit if it is needed (specifically...

Thanks for the replies! I'm still kind of confused haha but I'll look way more into it this weekend and then some. Gonna do a little more research on dB. Edit: Ok I get it now. I just need that meter to calibrate a relative volume for my stereo/amp speakers. So once I get that, I mix using...

When producing (and mixing) what volume is best to keep it under. I read sonusman's mixing techniques and he says this "I would recommend that you record a 1KHz test tone on your system, and play back that test tone through the same D/A converters you will use to monitor your mixes. With the...

I think youre pretty good. You have a really nice tone.

I must agree. If your heart goes with it, let your head go with it.

I like it. Real art!

sounds good man!