Recent content by Tat2Junkie

John,Thanks so much for the response!We have in fact looked at your plans and are trying to work off of those and put our own twist on it to come up with something suitable for what we are trying to accomplish.As soon as we get something on paper close to what we want,I will send it to you via...

Hey Brian,Thanks for the response.I would love to get Mr.Sayers opinion on this,although I am sure he read it and for whatever reason chose not to post a reply.My guess is probably to broad a question????Anyway,yes we are going to be jammin'in this same studio,as well as recording.I feel like I...

Buck,that is the result I am trying to acheive here with all these questions.This thing has blossomed really fast out of nowhere,we went from sitting around jammin',learning a new song here and there,to writing some stuff and putting an actual core band together buying equipment and sounding...

Elbarto,We bought the sm-58 at the time thinking we were going to get all the sound quality we would need.Why do you say 57's?? The kick drum is a Beta 52,affordable and seems to produce a pretty good sound.Mmmm..Would I be better to spend my money elsewhere in the mix or spend alot of money on...

Regebro,Whew!! I really didn't want to invest in a new mixer already!As far as mic's and effects goes,here's the lineup...I am using an sm-58 and an Alesis microverb 4 effects processor for my vocals,my guitar player is micing his amp with an sm-58 and playing through a Digitech RP2000 effects...

Regebro,are you attempting to confirm my worst fear,that being,the short period of time I have owned the Mackie 1202,I have essentialy already outgrown it?

OK...This is all sounding very interesting.Very appreciative of all the responses! What really peaks my interest is the reel to reel setup..Hmmm..I am going between 4-track,8-track,digital,analog,and everything in between!I would really like to hear more opinions on all of these as I just had a...

Coolio info guys!! Dig this,I got this guy I work with who has a Tascam 488MKII he will sell me for $650, he only recorded w/it like 3 times,all manuals,in the box.What do ya' think?????

If you had a 24'x24'area to build out your very own studio,how would you build it?? How much control room,how much playing area? (Say,like you had vocals,guitar,bass and drums you were gonna'record live,just for example,maybe??)Vocal booth,yea-nea?? Any ideas??????

I am recording a 4-piece band through a Mackie 1202 VLZ Pro into an ancient Fostex X-30 4-track.I am looking to upgrade our recorder.What would be the benefits of an 8-track over a 4-track in this application,if any?? Also,any opinions on Tascam vs. Fostex?? Thanks!!

I am pretty jacked about the idea of the studio,I feel sure I will be researching all the tips on studio building I can find in the coming weeks,I really want to get it right from the beginning,and not have to go back later and say "Damn,wish we would have done that different" Maybe I will have...

Track Rat,Thanx a bunch!These were my thoughts also!The recordings are not terrible by any means,they just aren't as clean as I know they can be with the equipment that we are working with.Upgrading our recorder from the Fostex X-30??Any suggestions,I don't want to get real crazy w/a top dollar...

Regebro,Thanks for the input.I personally don't know jack about how to get our music on an Mp3,luckily my drummer does know computers and recently had Cakewalk installed on his laptop,although he hasn't brought that into the studio yet!I just have a vague understanding of what that is all...

I need to know if I am going about this recording thing all wrong or maybe close to right??? I have a four piece band that kinda' just came together,then we bought a bunch of equipment and voila we were recording stuff!Now I would really like these recordings to sound alot better and I think...