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The Valhalla Reverbs are actually really nice and cheap because you buy one at a time. Most reverbs that come with the DAWs are not great. Some of the IRs are nice like Space in PT or Waves IR-L (as long as you download the 4 gigs of IRs). Also Abbey Road Plates is on almost everyone of my...

Yes a big part of it is about messing with the phase to create that binaural effect. The above quote is an oversimplification of just throwing things completely out of phase (or reversing the polarity), but that's not what's happening in real life when a sound is coming behind you. Yes there is...

I too still use my 20+ year old 57 for lots of things. I also have used real 87s and copies and 251, 67, and 47 real and copies. I'm finally in my own super nice space and often with the time to test different mics on a source and when you find the right one you often do hardly any eq at all...

I talked to the guys at Grace when they were building their 500 version and they had difficulties with the power supply not giving them enough juice. They had to actually dumb down their design a little to make it work. This seems to be an issue with a lot of the transformerless designs because...

I was checking out some Internet or Web-based DAWs online and was wondering if anybody had any say on which one they liked best or any at all. I don't know if I am really in love with the concept of doing your production online. Here are three that I found. Sonic Producer Mega Music Beat Maker...

What are the Best DAWs under $300? I have spent the last few weeks doing research and writing an article discussing DAWs (a bunch of which that are in your price range). Here are links to the three sections and the comparison section links to nearly 20 individual pages discussing the good and...

What is a DAW? Which Is The Best DAW...For Me? There has been a lot of great discussion, good suggestions and a lot of bias here. Check out this three-part article with loads of excellent information about DAWs, great scenarios that help you figure which DAW really is best for you and links to...

Avid Pro Tools 9: An Old Player in a New Game Pro Tools has finally entered the world of non-proprietary audio interfaces. Pro Tools 9 introduces a handful of new features, but the biggest bombshell is that you no longer have to have a Pro Tools (or Digidesign or now Avid) interface. This is...

Pro Tools releases are always announced at AES. It is first and formost a professional audio program. They are selling to the pros first and the hobbyists second. NAMM won't have anything crazy unless Avid has to make major changes.

Doubling and Octaves Vocals This thread appears to have spun out of control. I have two things to add. First, check out this link for a good beginning primer on simple chord theory Second, you have gotten some good answers about how to train yourself to learn and sing harmonies, but the answer...

Great stuff there MSHilarious about the tubes. The main point is that any circuit that is providing amplification will do a few things...not amplify aspects of the sound exactly identical to the original; and distort certain harmonics, frequencies, and aspects of the signal. Tubes...

Way too much information...I'll never look at Santa and Moogs the same way again.

You gotta admit that it works...both for avoiding piracy and compatibility.

A lot of the posts allude to the real point here. That is signal flow and distortion. If you have mixed on an analog console, you will notice that turning down the master fader of a too hot, distorted, or clipping mix simply gives you a softer (or less loud) distorted mix. The distortion is...

If the only reason for upgrading is to move to 192, I would suggest that you stay with RME rather than downgrade to MOTU. I would rather record at 44.1 with an RME than record at 96 or 192 with a MOTU, or Presonus, or DIGI 003. And especially if you are a hobbyists, stick with 44.1 and your good...