Recent content by RickyT

Awesome, thanks for all your help! I took your advice and re-recorded the songs, taking advantage of the room's natural sound, and panned and EQ'd a little bit. This is what I came up with. However, something still worries me: when I play this on my crappy laptop speakers, it literally makes my...

Cool, thank you for all the advice! And if you think it doesn't sound very muddy, I'll take your word. I probably just need to try some different sounds while recording and play around with it. Also, I think a big part might be the poor acoustics where I'm listening to it - I don't mind it when...

Haha, well, fair enough, my friend. I'm currently at work but when I get home I'll fix the link so you can listen - but I'm wondering, if it is the recording, what remedies might there be in that spectrum? Should I re-do my setup to make the acoustics as dead as possible? Also, I believe that...

'Elo, all! Well, I'm brand new to the home recording scene so I'm really just getting started up. I recorded some vocal harmonies for a song, but I find that they step on each other's toes, for lack of a better term. There's sort of a breathy-buzz on some of the tenor notes, and sometimes I seem...

Well, I finally got all my audio stuff set up. I was about to post a topic on here asking for help, because the vocals I was recording just sounded horrible and I didn't know what was wrong - but thankfully I saved myself the humiliation. Turns out, my Studio Projects C1 mic was... get this...

I have a track of vocals in Sonar 8 Pro, it sounds great, etc. Right? Well, randomly, if I exit Sonar, I come back... it's completely distorted, crackly, and the vocals are really high and robotic and messed up. I can't fix this. And it happens completely randomly. At one point sonar got an...

Apparently I was a little preemptive. I just realized that in options > audio > advanced, you can choose what driver mode to use. So I put that on ASIO and the drivers are working correctly and the latency is totally gone. Thank goodness. However, if someone could still answer the question...

I'm usually somewhat self-reliant. I've learned the workings and the jargon of the audio world by pure determination and by doing as much research as I possibly can through books and online articles. I feel like I have a pretty acceptable understanding of audial know-how. I am confused out of...

Thanks! I got my monitors working today and it definitely helped as far as noise goes. I've also tried to stop relying on the gain from my preamps and that helped as well. Thank you for the help! I have a quick question. My audio interface has two mic inputs, and if I try and listen to a track...

First off, I'm really new to this. So give me a break, haha. What I have: SP C1 mic w/ pop filter EMU 0404 USB Audio Interface Sonar LE I just began recording recently and I'm a bit confused. First off, I think I might have gotten my levels off while recording. The track is supposed to peak...

I'm currently considering the Studio Projects C1 Large Diaphragm Condenser Microphone. From the reviews it seems like a very warm and accurate mic for vocals, and it's good for acoustic guitar as well. Is this a good choice? Also, I'm a bit confused about monitors. It seems that they're usually...

I think I would actually rather have one mic that sounds really good and is reliable. I don't really want to plop down more than half my budget on one, though. Do you have suggestions for good vocal mics under $500?

Haha, thank you! That actually makes me feel a little better about myself since I actually bought that exact book (by Jeff Strong) a few months ago. I'm currently re-reading the whole thing before I buy anymore equipment. I've also read around the tweakz website a few times before. Again, thanks...

Okay, I'll be upfront and admit I don't know too much about recording. I've tried reading up on it as much as possible, and I've decided it's time I finally just buy the equipment and get recording. I have a budget of around $1000, although less is always desirable... haha. What I currently...