Recent content by jamesperrett

Could you be recording the instrument input at the same time as the mic input? How much noise do you get with the gains turned all the way down?

I haven't watched any of the linked videos but in general there is so much rubbish on YouTube on the subject of mixing that it confuses more than helps. People think that they need to have a complex signal chain on every channel because that's what they think the pros do. One resource that is...

My Audient ASP008 has switchable input impedance on all the mic inputs of 200, 1.2k and 5k ohms. This is very handy for me when doing live recordings using a split from the PA as I can use the 5k setting to reduce the additional loading on the mic. When I first bought it I did a quick test using...

I lost the webcam after the latest Windows 10 update so I uninstalled the update and all was fine again. There were no problems with Reaper as far as I could tell in the short time I used it with the update.

You feed it SMPTE timecode. Reaper can generate this and send it to one of the outputs on your audio interface which (as I understand it) you then connect to the master SMPTE input on the 4030. If you aren't using Reaper then I believe that there are plug-ins that will achieve the same thing.

I would guess that you use the same synchroniser settings as on the earlier 8 tracks like the Model 80.

I enjoy using a Frontier Alphatrack when I want to be able to adjust a physical fader. It works well in Reaper if you use the third party software plug-in. I think the Presonus Faderport is the nearest current equivalent to the Alphatrack.

I still hear good mixes made by people older than me and I've just reached 60. One of the problems we have now is that we have so many choices when we mix which can lead to constant tweaking and much confusion. I avoid using templates and long processing chains wherever possible and I'm finding...

Toyah is still doing regular gigs and releasing new albums. Cherry Red are also releasing her old albums from 40 years ago in sequence. The latest reissue is her live album - Toyah! Toyah! Toyah! which came out last month and features a couple of mixes that I did as bonus tracks (though I only...

Are you renaming the files using Reaper's Media Item Properties dialog (F2)? If you use that then Reaper will automatically use the new name in the project. If you rename the file outside Reaper you have to manually change the file that Reaper points to in the project.

As with Rockwool, Knauf Earthwool comes in many different types and Earthwool RS60 is the direct equivalent of Rockwool RW3. I have RS60 in my studio and have installed RW3 in other peoples' studios. They are very similar.

Whenever I've done this I've used a separate computer for the director's call (via Skype in my case) with its inputs and outputs going to normal channels on the mixer. I can then send the signal as foldback to the performer and send the performer's signal from a group output on the desk to the...

The Tascam works at -10dBV levels which is similar to the line levels used in hifi systems but lower than the levels used in professional studios. You will need something to amplify the mic signals up to that level and then you will need something to mix the outputs from the Tascam together. You...

I don't think that buying another cheap interface will help your latency problem. You need to be looking at a more up-market interface like an RME or possibly MOTU. In my experience RME drivers can work at much lower buffer sizes than other USB drivers on my machine.

I can't speak for Rob but in Reaper I'd use stretch markers and just squeeze and stretch the backing vocals to match. However, I'd prefer to have a reasonably well matched vocal to start with so that I only needed to work on the odd syllable here and there.