Recent content by natmj

fears confirmed? Thanks for the replies. My story is this: right now I'm still stuck in the multitracker console world (I use an FD-8) and am thinking about going computer. I don't have a computer, but I use a friend's to add some effects. (I just send out digital to his computer, process...

I want to get into computer recording soon, but will I still be able to use my old rack fx for mixdown? In other words, if I'm using a computer, how do I use my rack reverb to add reverb during mixdown?

I've got a Marshall 65 watt combo amp for my guitar. I don't have a keyboard amp. Would it hurt the amp to run my keyboard thru it for a show (and the rehearsals)? I can't afford a keyboard amp right now. I know a keyboard amp is higher quality than a guitar amp, but other than that I'm not...

How does U2 get that huge background vocals effect on the chorus of Beautiful Day? I wondered if maybe it was by overlaying a lot of vocals dubs, but then I saw them on SNL and realized that unless they were cheating live by playing a pre-recorded track, they were really just running the...

What is a synthetic guitar?

Cool.

Wow That blows my mind. How on earth do the vocals sound so smooth then? And how did Queen sound live? They must have been a different band on stage than in the studio.

Makes sense That makes sense for a fuller sound. Have you ever tried recording it?

Clean rhythm like The Cars I've got weak hands, bad technique, and a cheap electric guitar . . . (and those are my strong points with music) . . . I can't figure out which of these is giving me trouble with recording a clean guitar sound. On stage, it's not a big deal, but in the studio, it's...

Creamy smooth Offspring rhythm guitar I like The Offspring's smooth distorted guitar sound but have had trouble emulating it. The problem that arises for me is how you get the chord transitions to sound smooth. I'm not a master guitarist, but I can't conceptualize how they completely mask the...

Queen's Big Choir Vocals Queen were great singers and produced some awesome choral vocals by laying tons of vocal tracks on top of each other. (Is this called overdubbing? That seems kinda wrong. Overlaying?) I'd say the same for Enya, even though I'm not a big fan. My question is how much...

How did Tom Petty get his huge acoustic guitar sound on Free Fallin'? Obviously, the background rhythm guitar adds to the effect but I'm interested in the full-frontal acoustic assault of the main rhythm guitar. You know, the guitar sound everyone thinks of when they think of the song.

I don't have an outboard EQ, and my FD-8 only has three band EQ with sweepable mids. How effective can de-essing be in these circumstances? (My high is pegged at 10 K and the sweepable mids go up to 5K. I don't know how wide the band is.)

How do you do these things without winding up with piercing S's and T's?

How can I record/mix vocals to sound sort of breathy and dreamy? I'm thinking Love and Rockets' "So Alive" or Primitive Radio Gods "Standing Outside A Broken Phone Booth With Money In My Hand." Or, heck, even Enya.