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Ok I lied to get your attention. Sorry. My REAL question is about interfaces (again). I got some helpful feedback in my last post, but here's what I've narrowed my search down to: Focusrite Scarlett 8i6 USB Audio Interface at zZounds Roland UA-55 Quad Capture USB 2.0 Audio Interface at zZounds...

Hello all, Title says it all. I'm going to be upgrading my interface from a M-Audio Fast Track Pro and I would like to hear some opinions on interfaces. The reason I'm getting rid of this thing is because it's been doing weird stuff with my left monitor - like loud popping when I turn the...

Here is the first track of an album that I'm working on. This is currently just instrumental and MAY stay that way. If I put any vocals in, they will be like a distant monologue with a "old radio" sound to them. Comments? Thoughts? Suggestions? Critiques? Follow the soundcloud link below and...

hmmm that's something I never thought of. It is running into one of the preamps, but I have the gain all the way down on the M-audio. Also, I'm not seeing a line in on the back....just "inserts". I do have a Blue Tubes software compressor that seems to work well, and I always end up using it...

Ok. Here's my setup: MXL-990 Condencer running into an ART Tube Pac Comp/pre which then runs into an M-Audio interface and into the computer. I'm trying to record clean rock vocals (similar to The Killers, Young the Giant, The National....roughly that style) and I'm really having trouble...

Hey everyone, After decades of reading on this forum (starting about an hour ago:-P), I have narrowed my low-budget search for a compressor/preamp to these three contestants: Joemeek's ThreeQ Presonus Studio Channel Focurite TrakMaster If YOU were stranded on an island with nothing to do but...

Hey all, I hate to say I'm a newbie because I've been recording for about 5 years. But as much as I hate to say that, I also hate to say that I have no idea where to start with compression! I have a decently conditioned room, an MXL 990 mic, an m-audio fast track pro and an ART TubePac...

Heres the deal. Let's remember the old days when everything was done on tape with prehistoric mics and amps. Quality then was acceptable by the standards of the day, but now we would shun such primitive techniques in recording (unless you're going for THAT sound). My point? Whatever you can get...

Hey, I have an ART Tube PAC preamp/compressor and am trying to get the right sound out of it. occasionally, I'll get it sounding good....but I honestly don't know what everything does on it. The front panel basically contains the following buttons and knobs: Gain +20db Threshold (compression)...

Hey all, For those of you who have read some of my previous questions, I would like to apologize for my lack of clarity in the posts:) To be frank, (I love that phrase) I didn't know enough of the studio "lingo" to say exactly what I want....anyway! I am hoping to get at least one of three...

So I got really good at using Cakewalks TTS-1 synth for drumming on my keyboard...then I got Cubase SX3. For some reason, I can't seem to get Cubase to recognize the TTS-1 DXi. Now I am either in search on a new drum sampler that will have two bass drums around the "B0", "C1" area on the...

This forum ROCKS! thanks for the quick and great responces guys! Michael

Hey all, Anyone have any tips on fixing S's and T's in vocal recordings? I've gotten everything elst about where I want it, but just cant get passed my S and T sounds scratching up my song! I know it's just not me because it happens with all the vocalists that I record (I've tested it on three...

Sweet! You all have been most helpful. Take care! Michael

First off I would like to state that I AM ALL FOR RECORDING WITH REAL DRUMS - but I don't have a drumset or regular access to one for recording. So I have been programming drums in FL Studio and have gotten the drums to sound "real" enough but it just makes it a bit hard to do fills and such. My...