Recent content by Rexinator

I agree that this song is closet to modern rock. It doesn't have that many basic EDM sound and structural elements, in my opinion, and it's not dance-oriented, which is a property of most EDM (electronic dance music). I liked it a lot!! Thanks for sharing.

I've had a problem for years with the compressor noise from a fridge located in my music room, as well as the fan noise from a heater unit located in a closet at the back end of my room. The fridge is filled mainly with beer (for when my band mates come by) and protein drinks, and there is...

The timing of dithering has always been perplexing to me as well. I record in Logic at the conventional 24 bit / 44.1 kHz. I've been careful to avoid 'premature' dithering from certain mastering plugins, like Waves Ultramaximizers, and I have to manually turn that off in those plugins. The...

I have a terrible sibilance problem with my own voice. And I think the few condenser mics I own exaggerate this. With my recordings, there's definitely a proximity effect (worse if I'm too close, even at low recording volumes). It occurs at different frequencies, i.e., ~ 5200 Hz for 's' and...

Not to belabor the discussion about the utility of monitors, but I have to disagree that my previous comments about the poor translation of mixes from idealistically flat-frequency-curve monitors to real-world listening systems indicates I'm missing the point about monitors. If the objective of...

I'm going to depart from the crowd here and make some different comments about the necessity for good monitor speakers. I've used Behringer Truth Monitors for about 8 years as my main monitors. They are at the lower end of the expense spectrum, but a friend of mine has a pair of $2K Genelecs...

Lord, based on the feedback I saw in this thread, I assumed that your cover must have been rather pathetic. But after listening, I thought you pretty much nailed Brian Johnson's tone and style. That's a very difficult objective, and I'm surprised you haven't received more positive feedback...

Hmmmm. This discussion about the 3:1 rule differs from my understanding. I thought the guideline applies to the difference between two mics being used on one source, not the distance of each mic from the sound source. For example, when micing a choir, if two mics are placed ~ 3 feet in front...

Jonny, It's a very catchy song with an ingenious arrangement. Not the usual ballad. Since I'm a drummer, the one thing that caught my ear, which might be an item for improvement, is to tighten the timing on some of the tracks. I'm not familiar with Reaper, so I don't know if it offers any...

The biggest issue I'm facing is mono vs. stereo. I always record my guitar in stereo, but would I want to do that if I have 2? I'm sure there are other verterans on this site more expert than me (I just joined), but if you have 2 acoustic guitar parts, I'm assuming that the 2 parts are not both...

Smiley: I'm jumping in really late on this thread, but I can share what I do for acoustic guitar tracking. I typically record the entire song (one good take, after punching-in as needed or comping takes on Logic) as two tracks at once. I use a Rodes stereo mic (stereo track) positioned at...

Jim: I do have internet connectivity on my Mac, so I'll try to figure out how to upload some drum tracks. However, the stereo bounced tracks have been EQ-ed, so they are not exactly raw. I figure it won't do any good to listen to individual drums, since it wouldn't be possible to tell where...

What Drew is commenting on is that the BBS software is programmed to force one to "spread the wealth around" to several users before it will let you rep someone a second time. This is intended to try an prevent loading of rep points to any specific person (whether they deserve it or not), but it...

Response to jmorris: My raw drum tracks are probably ridiculously amateurish. The mic placement was pretty much "by the book" (I didn't experiment a whole lot), and I haven't paid any attention to room acoustics (the room is reflective). I intentionally dampended the heck out of the heads for...

SouthSIDE: Excellent words of wisdom and much appreciated! I'm going to take a shot with the Ensemble. I try not to be flaky about my purchases, but I do have 30 days to check it out and return it to Guitar Center if it's not what I'd hoped. I'm really meticulous and very respectful of that...