Recent content by nkay

My vocals that I have been recording are sounding extremely bright compared to the rest of my mix. (old cheap AKG basic vocal dynamic mic being used). I'm not terribly experienced with using EQ, and wanted to know what I should be doing to make it sound more "dull" to fit into the mix better...

Thanks, that's what I needed to know from a technical perspective. I guess I'll just try using the internal drive, and if things start getting glitchy... save up for a Firewire external drive.

I just got an Imac G5 2.0Ghz system (with 20" monitor woo hoo) I used to work with ProTools on my windows laptop, I used a USB2.0 external drive for an audio drive which seemed to work fine, however, I was using an Mbox with only up to two inputs, and my full projects have only been around 15...

Here's my situation: I am using an MBox with a laptop computer. The laptop has only two usb ports, and one firewire port. I have an external USB hard drive that I use to record to, and everything works fine, no latency, hiccups etc.. My laptop does not have a PS/2 port for a mouse, so when I do...

I have for auction an M-Audio DMP3 preamp with only about 5 hours left. Only lightly used and about 1 year old, it is like new. Postage is included in the auction price, insurance extra. Thanks for looking. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7319701395

I have used Harbal and I think it is fantastic. If you are doing this just for fun or demo/self release purposes, I would highly recommend it. It can quickly turn an ugly mix into something good, and I would suspect take an excellent mix and make some slight but noticible improvements. It shows...

Hello, Once you've burned a CD to be a master (or pre-master I suppose for the factory), is there a way to test it to see how many errors there are? I have an older CD-writer, and I don't know how to do this. I have both Easy CD-creater 4, and CD Architect 5, but I think only the latter can...

Hello, someone recommended that I register songs so that a record company would have to pay me "mechanicals". Does anyone know what this means and how I go about it? I am in Canada. Thanks.

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Well that's my point, how do you tell if a cable is balanced or unbalanced?

The balanced out on the DMP3 are 1/4.

Dumb question here, I've recently acquired the following devices, and need to buy enough cables to cable them together properly, and I don't know the difference between a balanced or unbalanced cable. All I've ever normally used in the past is the usual instrument cables. DMP3 preamp -> RNC...

I'm using a DMP3 into the MR-8. Should I be using the gains on the MR-8 at all, or should they be turned down to 0? This doesn't seem an issue with condenser mics, but with the dynamic (an old AKG), I have to crank up the DMP3 pretty hard to get a loud signal, and sometimes use the MR-8 gain...

I've got the Mobilepre that I use with my Dell laptop and I'm not too crazy about it. I mean, the preamps are ok for low-end equipment, but I think USB itself is not a very good medium for recording unless you are just goofing around and getting some ideas down. Everyone warned me about USB...

Thanks for the input guys. I do use N-track and its fantastic and the MR-8 seems like it will do the job nicely. I get tired of all the problems with computer recording such as computer lag/driver issues, noise from the fans etc..... that I really want do it on a separate recording device, then...