Recent content by Ripthorn

I don't mind the male vocal for the lead, but there is a weird effect going on with the dynamics, where it seems there is some sort of compression or ducking happening at weird points. I also agree that it is a little too forward and too dry for my taste. I would put some reverb on there and...

I would use wire rope (or picture hanging wire would work too). That way you can trim it to the length you need, but will be very strong.

Absorption only controls reflections and reduces reverberation, and next to nothing for sound transmission (at least when used alone). Controlling sound traveling out is sound proofing, just not what many people think of when they hear the term. The two main rules of sound isolation are mass...

Been using a set of Event TR-8's for the last 6 or 7 years. Love them.

I have a PRS CE 24, a Tacoma DM-9, and then a bunch that I have built. I have four ongoing builds right now: an LP '54 GT, a neck-through explorer, a multiscale strat, and a more traditional strat. I am also helping a friend build an SG and I need to build my daughter a 3/4 scale guitar for...

I was going to recommend MOTU. I also think that RME has a model that has that, I believe the Fireface does.

Focusrite makes great equipment. Also, look into making some sort of reflection filter (unless you have a really great room) to help eliminate room noise.

You could do it in theory, but there would have to be plenty of buffering to allow enough look ahead for the change to be implemented in time. Think of a bass playing lots of low notes, then sliding way up high. Also, distortion on a guitar introduces all kinds of high frequency content that...

I don't sing, so I don't record the backing vocals myself. I made my recommendation if he does not have an extra track or the ability to easily get one. That's all. When I have recorded tracks with backing vocals in the past, I do record more than one part and use them. But sometimes, you...

The main reason for my suggestion is because if you use the 87 with one LDC for overheads, they will be really mismatched. You want the overheads to sound as similar as possible. That left the 87 to the kick, unfortunately. But, experiment and see what happens.

One technique that I keep coming back to is I record it twice. Then I clone each of those, so I have four tracks. One copy of each is panned hard left and right, but with the levels adjusted down on opposing sides, meaning guitar 1 is higher on the right than on the left and guitar 2 is the...

If you only have one backing vocal, what I do sometimes is clone it, pan them left and right by some amount, then put a little bit of delay on one side (completely wet, so the whole signal is delayed). Several ms is plenty. Play around with it some.

Those are some nice mics, should be sufficient to record drums. If it were me, I would put the SM57 on the top side of the snare, beta 87 on the kick, the two large diaphragm condensers as overhead, and then the small one probably on the under side of the snare or between the two mid toms. You...

I would echo that the emotion is good, but that the drums and the vocal effects are the two big detractors for me. I would love the bass drum to be lower, and a good snare would work wonders for you. With the vocal effects, I love Pink Floyd as much as the next guy, maybe more, but I think you...

If you can make up some decently sized gobos, you can interrupt the sound enough to help prevent some of the standing waves from forming. Also, take care with where your monitors are located in the room. A good exercise is to draw up your room and setup as a floor plan. Then use pencil to do...