Recent content by Xrod

Thanks to all of you for the input! You all summed up what I have been thinking. He is a friend and a great guy, but I told him that he will need to bring his song ideas to a higher level of completion if I am to write music for them. I'm not a vocal coach or a miracle worker, and my ability...

Thanks guys, I found a YouTube video on how to freeze tracks in Logic. Thats exactly what I was looking for.

Next in my series of dumb questions....... As a means of educating myself and learning to use my DAW and work on my recording technique, I have entered into a collaboration with a friend of mine to try to produce an album. I am doing the engineering, and providing the music and arrangement. (I...

Greetings! Perhaps this question would be better located in the Logic discussion, but I would think that other DAW's have a similar function to Logic's Flex editing. I hope I can make myself clear on this... I have several tracks utilizing Flex for quantization and pitch correction. In...

Next in my series of newbie questions is...... While recording vocals I adjust the blend knob on my interface, (Focusrite 2i4) for the performer to get a good blend between their vocal and the backing tracks, and it ends up at about the 9 or 10 O'clock position. Then when monitoring the take, I...

Miro, Thats great advice..... I think "separating the two" must be a specific skill set needed for the home recordist. Steen, isn't Firewire connectivity pretty much required when working with that many inputs? What do you think of the Focusrite 18i20?

Ha! Glad I'm not the only one! I like your idea of doing some covers for the learning experience. That sounds like an excellent way to learn and develop my ear as well. Thats good to know! The salesperson that sold me the mac told me specifically that it was NOT upgradable, I could get 4 or...

Thanks Sim.... I'll give that a try!

Thanks for your input Steen.... Actually, none of my hardware has really been a hinderance to my efforts. Currently, I struggle the most with my software! Learning the in's and out's of my DAW so that it is second nature and less frustrating to work with. I often know what I want in a sound or...

I'm probably really asking for it with this post....... Yes, I know about developing a good ear, learning the gear that I own, capturing a great performance, room treatments, practicing, etc. I would like your opinions and comments on the gear that I own. Is everything suitable? Are there any...

I'm working on a reggae song that has heavy bass and kick that share the same subsonic regions of the spectrum. I'm trying to emphasize the attack of the kick so that it's not buried in the mix. I've read a bit about sidechain compression that will "duck" the bass line with each kick hit. When...

A big thanks to all of you....that did the trick. Still experimenting with the ART pre, but I like it.... it has a nice, um, well, warm tube amp sound. This forum is going to be a life saver.... I'm formulating my next newbie question!

Thanks again! I should have said "ONE of the keys to quality recording"! I know there are many, not least of which is the quality of the source! For the benefit of any others that may read this post, the following quote is from the Focusrite 2i4 manual; "Note the Scarlett 2i4 has no “Mic/line”...

Thank you! Makes perfect sense.... I have a basic knowledge of gain staging, but will study it some more...... I think that the focusrite engages the preamp automatically when an XLR is connected...the mic/line switch has no effect. When you say "preamp -> Xlr to 1/4" jack cable* ->...

Greetings! This is my first post here. I recently added a new mic and channel strip and am having problems taming the volume levels. I have an AT 2035 with db cut engaged, into an ART TPSII preamp with output virtually off, into a Focusrite 2i4 interface, also virtually off in order to get a...