Recent content by Uladine

I was recording guitars earlier (high gain) and about halfway through the session I started noticing an annoying buzz that my noise gate wasn't quite taking care of. You could almost hear it in the guitar tone, while I was playing, not just in silent parts. It sounds almost like if you were to...

We all strive to make mixes that sound "big", but usually it seems kind of hit or miss. Are there any certain formulas for making something sound absolutely enormous? Is it EQ? Reverb? Gain Staging? Dynamics? Something in the tracking stage? Or likely all of the above? Anyone have any certain...

B-Band Drum Mics Using a transducer to mic a drum has never even crossed my mind. It seems like it would just sound like garbage. A friend of mine sent me a link to the product above, and it got me to thinking. I'm still not convinced that they would be usable on their own, as I have yet to...

I tried a set of Axis A Long Boards a few years ago and just couldn't get into them so I took returned them and got some DW 9000s (Great pedals, btw). I figured all of the hype on Axis pedals was unfounded. They look delicate, and they're tough to get used to. A couple weeks ago I went into...

Okay I don't know if this should've been in the computer recording forum or not but it has much to do with guitars so I picked this one instead. Anyway, I'm sure everyone who uses a computer to record knows about the insane noise you get if you get too close to a standard computer monitor while...

I'm a rimshot freak, and my Yamaha Musashi snare doesnt want to stay in tune as a result. The snare is fabulous, but it's annoying having to retune it every couple of songs. I've tried those tight-screw tension rods, and those worked alright for a little while but they started loosening up after...

I bought a gibson SG standard recently (2005 model, nothing special) and while I love the guitar, I am slighly annoyed with the way the back of the neck feels. It's not sticky, but for lack of a better term and seems almost clingy after a few minutes of playing. I don't have overly sweaty hands...

I know there are some advantages to having drums with Laquer finishes and the like in regards to resonance and what not, And wraps can hinder the shell resonance to a certain point, but to what degree? Should wraps be avoided at all costs in favor of finished drums? I've read somewhere that...

This thread isn't meant to urge anyone to buy a Krankenstein or say that it's better than any other amp, but merely an attempt to shed some light on the Krankenstein as I know some of you here are curious about it. The following opinions are all just opinions, so don't hate me for liking this...

Okay, so I went and bought two Firepods together so I could have 16 simultaneous inputs. I downloaded the latest drivers and the firmware updater and proceeded to install the Firepods. The first Firepod installed without a hitch. The firmware update worked fine. However, when I connected the...

I recently purchased a guitar with a locking tremolo. It's been a while since I've used one. The tuning issues don't really bother me, but the springs resonating in the trem cavity is driving me nuts. I play a lot of staccato parts with fairly high gain (Not death metal high gain, but a pretty...

I recently purchased a Tube amp (Peavey XXX) which I'm absolutely loving, but I want to take care of it properly. I've heard a lot of different things about tube amp care, and I would like to clarify facts from myths. First of all, I know that you should always warm up the power tubes before...

I finally got Sonar 3 and I am able to record in 24 bit, but I keep getting dropouts when trying to record even one stereo track. The CPU meter in Sonar shows almost no activity, but the windows XP performance meter shows the CPU usage at 100% even when I'm just playing back a single stereo...

I am awaiting the arrival of Sonar 3 Producer Edition in the mail, and since it requires windows 2000 or XP, I went ahead and upgraded to Windows XP Pro. I installed the new XP drivers for my ST Audio C-port sound card from the ST-audio website and figured everything would be fine, but I kept...

I'm trying to mix a metal project where the guitarist sucked the mids out of his tone when tracking despite my warnings. I knew it was going to come to this point but I figured hey, its not my record. Is there any way to rescue this tone without totally destroying whats already there? I've...