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The less gear you have the more you really get to know what you are using and how to get the best out of it. ALT Recording Studios Brighton www.altrecordingstudios.com

Here's my current list RODE NTK AKG D1000 AKG D110 AKG C414B AKG C568EB Electrovoice RE10 Electrovoice RE20 Studio Projects C4 Shure BETA58 Shure SM57 Shure SM58 Why do I always want to buy more? ALT Recording Studios Brighton www.altrecordingstudios.com

Recording Flute I am about to record a flute and am interested to hear other peoples experiences. Have done this once before using a pair of Studio Projects C4 mics. Theory was was have a very good room acoustically and a pair of omni’s can provide a vibey and live feel to the recording...

I'm a huge fan of the Rode NTK. Have used as a vocal mic for the past 4 years. It just always seems to enhance the characteristics of people voices. Not overly valve/tube sounding too. The only thing I don't like is that it has no low frequency roll off. ALT Recording Studios Brighton...

I've used one of these SE Units for the last couple of years. We use it if we ever record vocals in our control room. It just kills all reflections. ALT Recording Studios Brighton www.altrecordingstudios.com

Very interested to hear about using an RE20 on Kick. Am just about to buy one as an alternative voice over mic. Has anyone else used this on Kick? ALT Recording Studios Brighton www.altrecordingstudios.com

This is what we ended up doing. Panels from floor to ceiling on the walls covered in different materials for a mix of reflection/absorbtion. At slight angles to avoid reflection. Auralex tiles, bass traps and sound diffusors, BASF ceiling tiles. Expensive but sounds great. Am new to forums...

Cad M179 - Room Using the Cad M179 for Room is very interesting. Something I'd like to try. Is it good general mic too. All I have heard about it is that it is very low noise. ALT Recording Studios Brighton www.altrecordingstudios.com

It seems you all use different mic's for different sounds. Difficult without samples but can you explain what using a different configuration gives you for different projects. ALT Recording Studios Brighton www.altrecordingstudios.com

Thanks for the tips guys I sure am the studio owner. We have just undergone a big refurb. Cash flow is a bit short at the moment so for acoustic treatment I was looking for some advice as it's not my specialist subject. There's no point in having a well equipped recording studio if the...

Help Please! Acouistic Treatment for Brighton Recording Studio I'm after some acoustic room treatment advice for my Recording Studios in Brighton. At ALT Recording Studios in Brighton our bank vault live room was very difficult to treat. It's square and tiled too so not ideal in its raw state...

Voiceover tips (recording the human voice) We record a lot of voice overs at ALT Recording Studios in Brighton. I've been unable to find much advice on the web about recording the human voice. I've given an overview of what we do but would love to hear any tips or techniques used. I always...

I wanted to create a topic where we can share drum recording techniques. I'll give an overview of some of the stuff I do at my studio but would love to hear what other techniques people are using. Snare Drum Recording Techniques We usually end up miking the snare drum's face with a Shure SM57...