Recent content by pegger

So, as my studio (aka a room in the basement) is coming to shape quite nicely. Still have to finish the floors and figure out some more treatment in the room. But in the mean time, I am going to turn to my other hobby, which is woodworking, and build a nice functional workstation. Key features...

So the Shure 52A super cardoid dynamic microphone.... What the deal with this mic? I've been messing around trying to get a decent recording of my kick drum, but everything I try sounds like garbage! I've tried up against the res head in various places. Nothing. I tried hooding the bass drum...

Hey. Newb here, but my input...yeah make your traps. I built similar and find them indespensible in my room. I built 4 in total. each uses 2 slabs of roxul for a thickness of 6". The boxes are built to the exact size of the roxul slabs. I used 1x8 pine boards. Corners are mitred, glued, brad...