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    Raw mic signals & the "fishbowl" sound...

    I use REAPER and I think it has phase check. I'll give it a try soon, a lot going on, thanks. - RG
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    Raw mic signals & the "fishbowl" sound...

    Thanks for your replies. Actually, since I'm using two different mics, there probably is a phasing issue in the stereo one. I imagine that's pretty hard to get right so I'll probably stick with the mono recording as the finished project one I get more room treatment going. Maybe I'm just...
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    Raw mic signals & the "fishbowl" sound...

    Here are a couple samples of both my mono and stereo miking. The stereo recording has a bit of background noise since I was closer to my computer without any acoustic treatment nearby. The mono recording is further away with a bass trap and two adjacent hanging packing blankets on either side of...
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    Raw mic signals & the "fishbowl" sound...

    No I'm just playing gtr so far. I don't think it's a phasing issue since I don't hear it and nothing seems to cancel out in mono. I hear the fishbowl sound a bit even with just one mic.
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    Raw mic signals & the "fishbowl" sound...

    Actually I'm only using the +4 XLR out for the SUMMIT pre. While I'm sure it sounds good for electric gtrs and other louder sources, there tends to be hiss when I turn up the Tube dial for a quiet source. To be honest, I don't exactly know what the '+4' means on the XLR output let alone the -10...
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    Raw mic signals & the "fishbowl" sound...

    I've just started recording with unprocessed raw mics and I've kinda predicted what I've been hearing with a lot of newbie recordings: that whenever anything is miked with a RAW mic signal, it nearly always gives it a fishbowl-like sound. To cut my teeth, I'm making a remake of CSN&Y's song '4...
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    Need quiet laptop for vocal booth

    Hi, Given the limitations I have, I’m planning to set up a vocal booth using a walk-in closet in my apartment. My main PC is at the opposite end of the main room so I was thinking of buying and using a laptop to record with in the closet/booth but of course, there’s fan noise to worry about...
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    PC freezes-unfreezes, freezes-unfreezes once an hour after VSTi install...

    Before I updated my main SSD hard drive, I wasn't sure what was causing this problem. But after switching it and reinstalling everything, I'm 95% sure it's this vst Organ instrument I'm using called Hauptwerk. After installing Hauptwerk Basic and the Masterworks 3-31 Theater Organ, my PC does...
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    RME Babyface routing question w/Tube Mic Pre..

    OK, thanks. I'm starting to think I should've gotten the Fireface but gotta start somewhere.
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    RME Babyface routing question w/Tube Mic Pre..

    By two-channel, I'm wondering if you mean two analog inputs. Sweetwater says it's 22-channel but you might mean different things. My PC motherboard (ASRock Z77 Extreme) is all PCI Express with no PCI interface slots. I don't know if the M-A 2496 will fit. Aren't there a adapters available for...
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    Looking for a Steve Hackett/Allan Holdsworth sound...

    I don't necessarily want to spend the money on a Gibson or Carvin and I know pedals, technique, and other gear play a part. But does anyone have any experience of a certain guitar make/makes that come close to the Hackett/Holdsworth type of sound? Looking for those melodious/choral tones...
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    RME Babyface routing question w/Tube Mic Pre..

    Hi, I'm just learning my way around the RME Babyface and Total Mix FX. I'm still in the middle of building my home studio and am about to get a Summit Mic Pre 2BA-221 for the tube and tone capabilities (for guitar, etc), or I might choose something else. But I'm mostly interested in routing...
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    recording guitar amp in an apartment (using an attenuator box?)

    Thanks, the Amplifikation Vermilion looks good...
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    recording guitar amp in an apartment (using an attenuator box?)

    got it, thanks
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    recording guitar amp in an apartment (using an attenuator box?)

    So you're saying the attenuator like the MIcroMass should be connected from the Bal Out of the Palmer PDI?
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