Recent content by Gary Harrison

Op I've read conflicting view points from pros that do builds and installs. The overall consensus is, if it is placed in the wrong area, it could actually make the room worse. imho see what happens. That said, field recordings often don't get the luxury of anything but a crappy room/area...

I picked up a Roswell MiniK47, It's really a good mic, especially for that price point. It does a good job on my vocals, and I really like it on acoustic guitar. I know you said you were going direct but, with this mic you could do both. Not sure about your budget but. I noticed AVantone now...

can you post an example ? put a link up here? without hearing what you are talking about it's just a guessing game. I can tell you this. Mix engineer now days you very good monitors but, they continue throughout the mix process to listen to the mix through grotto (computer or cheap...

Motu 4 pre. or the Behringer UMC 404 . Both work well . I have the Behringer UMC204, it does a decent job. I also have Motu audio interfaces they do a very good job ( especially the black lion modded ones).

For what you want to do , imho you'd be better off just getting an audio interface with mic preamps. Something like the Behringer UMC202HD,or 204Hd, the Focusrite Scarlett 212, or something along those lines. The preamps are built for mic, They have phantom power built in, plus direct...

I'll also add that Reason is a great software for making beats, it has a ton of instruments in it. It is used by many producers, plus you can place any audio into it and edit the audio, add effects, etc. If I was going to be making beats I'd look at Reason. with a decent audio interface, a good...

you're on the right track, Windows Wasapi , set the behringer as default in windows recording and playback, make sure enhancements are off. I got mine to work fine, Edit preferences in Audacity, Windows Wasapi, select behringer umc, mono (or stereo if you want stereo). under preferences in...

I just loaded Audacity, with my UMC 204hd I have the same problem. I keep getting an latency offset error. It won't let me record after I have first track recorded. I went through the different ASIO and MME settings same thing. I'll try ASIO for all to see if it helps.

most every thing I hear has been said , the vocals at 2:19 really need to be tightened up. I would either re track them, or creative editing. The kick and bass are fighting each other. This is just my opinion, or preference but, I would lighten up some of the sub freq on the kick, and bring in...

If using mics more than likely you have the mic to close to the guitar, or directed at the sound hole. Either way this is an easy fix. Either move the mic away a bit till you get what you want, or if pointed at the sound hole, move it till it's pointing towards the 12th fret. Also inside the...

There are so many ways to accomplish the same thing. You could just get a usb controller, like the M audio or others. Use it to control a sound module or synth, or you could just get the usb controller and use the sounds inside the dAW, either 3rd party software, or DAWs like Reason come with a...

Are commercial CD's still at 16 bit, and 44.khz ? I record at 24bit 44.1 unless a project has been recorded at a different setting. I have recorded at higher sample ratings but, my ears cannot tell a difference. I didn't really notice that much of a difference in between 16 and 24 bit. I...

If the vocals need cleaning up, I cut each vocal line into it's own soundbite, then just use trim to bring the edges just a bit away from the audio start and stop points. Then I will put in a short fade in, and fade out. I do it on some drum tracks if no gates are used. Toms that only hit a...

Hi , I like writing music, recording myself and others, and sometimes internet collaborations on songs. I have a very modest bedroom studio set up now. I'm semi-retired musician that gigs part time. I'm putting most of my time, and interest into recording my music and others.

If you have the mic plugged in and the gain up, and the mic set to XLR (not sure how that works I don't have that mic). You have the Gain knob on channel one up to unity (12:00 on that board) or a bit past it, and the fader up to unity. the master fader up you should be seeing LED meters...