Recent content by Matt Beddall

If your downloading something that's current like an update to something popular then there will be a lot of traffic which slows everything down, for example, if you waited a week it would download faster because most people already performed the download so less traffic. Even when I was...

Thanks for the replies, so would I find the transition hard from cubase to reaper? Or are a lot of the controls the same? And what's it going to give me that cubase doesn't?

Hi my band recently got into recording our own stuff and we've completed 2 songs using cubase LE5, I'm just curious which DAW you guys would recommend if we were to invest in a new one? We're using cubase purely because it's what we had available (free with the interface I think) are there any...

Wow thanks for all the ideas guys, I'm sure I can get one of those methods to work

If your both singing at the same time in the same room you will probably get overspill into each others mic so you would both need to nail the same take or something might sound a bit off If your singing harmonies it's always worth trying both singing into the same mic, sometimes you just get a...

I used automation for the first time recently to mostly ride the vocal fader to even things out remove breaths etc , but I had a problem as the mix was close to being finished, I wanted to just turn up the vocal a touch but because of the automation it kept snapping back to what was written on...

I'm in the UK and I'm guessing your in the US but something like this could be had for around $200 or maybe cheaper, you'd have everything you need (assuming you already have a mic stand) and could upgrade things in the future as required...

Could it be that the adapter your using is mono and not stereo (should have 2 black rings on it) Or could you try it on something else Like a hifi or something to see if it works

This any good...

We have a drummer but for our current recording project (doing it ourselves for as cheap as we can) we are using addictive drums, we're fairly happy with the results but would much prefer to record our drummer playing a take, it's financial constraints that are stopping us. We have to mess up...

Yeah the pedal I'm using has some amazing reverbs on it but if I record with reverb on I can't adjust it later

I like this idea, thanks So I'd be able to rockout on the take without feeling that something is missing and if I overcooked the reverb I can just alter it later? So what are you guys using for reverb?

I know the general rule is to record guitar tracks without reverb but I'm recording my guitar direct through a firehawk fx (amp modelling and effects) so I'm not getting any "room" coming through when I turn reverb off I understand that it's better to be able to control reverb later on instead...

I always find double tracking vocals gives it a distinct sound, if you like that sound it's great but if you don't it can sound kinda dated, most modern stuff I hear is really bare sounding, like the person is in the room with you With guitars if it's a complicated part I tend not to double...

I had the same problem once and was using a borrowed mic so had to get the recording done that night, we experimented with the levels but still thought the backing track could be heard a little too much despite using closed back sennheiser headphones Our solution? We found an old tennis...