Recent content by groovezilla

It just occurred to me... Is your cell phone, wireless router or other wireless device nearby? If so, try moving them across the room or into another room.

My bet is on the speaker technology of the day. In the 80s and 90s titanium tweeters became the defacto standard. They produce frequencies that speakers pre-1980 couldn't. Mixes used to compensate for the lack of efficiency and range of the tweeters back then. This includes horn loaded...

Technically all this is doing is adding noise in the signal chain. Nothing wrong with liking a bit more analog sound. It's similar to how some of the bigger studios bounce final edited tracks out to tape and then back to tracks for final mix. There are tape sim plugins that do a pretty good...

You said that 99% of crappy recording is money related. Actually 99% of crappy recording comes from lack of knowledge - knowing what to use and how to use it. First of all the selection and placement of mics is THE key to quality recordings. Fix it in the mic, not in the mix. You can get...

You'll need a mic that can handle a high SPL (loud volumes) to avoid distorting at the mic. The MXL604 can handle 137 dB (ear splitting loud) at 0.5% distortion - which is audible but quite tolerable. A pretty good deal for $89. You'll need a preamp with phantom power so you may have to use...

You can use Cockos Reaper. It's free to try and they ask $60 under the honor system if you continue to use it. It's quite good. As for the static goes, remove/replace one thing at at time to find out when the noise disappears. It may be coming from audio drivers as well, so you may have to...

There is some basic processing that can be done to a kick to punch it up. gate -> filter(EQ) -> compression Many of the compression presets will get you 85% the way there. However the filter needs to have three parts... - high pass around 80Hz - mid scoop that is centered around 4k with a...

Finding the right musicians for a session OK, I'm a little biased here, but a great resource for recording is finding the right musicians to work with... GrooveZoo Complete music index, searching and collaboration platform.

Finding the right musicians for a session OK, I'm a little biased here, but a great resource for recording is finding the right musicians to work with... GrooveZoo Complete music index, searching and collaboration platform.