Recent content by MikeHammond

Extending something seems important, particularly if a client wants a live directed session... Without a major closet reconfiguration, it would be hard to get a monitor and controls in there.

This is something that baffles me a little, as an amateur. I converted my walk-in closet into a sound-treated recording booth. It's not tiny, but there's limited room. In design 1, the XLR cable ran from the mic to the interface and laptop outside the closet. The problem was that I...

I'm experimenting with Reaper now. I've been able to record from my mic - I can see the waveform. I'm not sure how to play it back. I've got USB headphones connected to the laptop and I want to listen there, but I'm not hearing anything. I assume I'm missing something obvious.

What a good entry level DAW on a budget? I'm only doing voice-over, so features that help create music are just a distraction at this point for me

I found I needed to set my gain lower than I wanted to avoid the artificial clipping at -6. The net effect was needing more amplification in post-production, bringing up my noise floor above what I'd like to see.

I've encountered an issue, and I wonder if anybody else has seen or conquered it. I'm using a Rode NT1-A with a Scarlett Solo interface. I'm recording voice only for voiceover projects with Audacity. When I tell Audacity to record in Mono, my waveforms get clipped at an amplitude of +/- .5...