Recent content by zenpeace69

I know a lot of people suggest doubling, tripling, quadrupling tracks for overdriven guitar tones for rhythm recording, but could you get the same effect from simply running 4 mics in front of your cab into your mixer and DAW.

I have been using a Digitech BP50 preamp to record my bass tracks with very little success. The tracks seem to lack punch, clarity, and they are quite muddy and undefined. I am hoping the Zoom B2 will rectify that. Anyone using one of these to lay down bass tracks with? How do you like it...

Mind you, I am new to this and just a hobbyist. I used a top of the line Martin HD-28 guitar and had the 8 Ball directed at the 14th fret as they suggested in the Blue manual. The microphone was going into a DBX mic preamp with a touch of EQing and then into the line in of a M Audio Fast...

I have a Marshall JMP halfstack. It has a master volume, so I can get some decent crunch tones without completely anhillating my ears, but when my condenser mics arrive, how will I know how many SPLs my amp is putting out to assure I don't over do it to the microphone?

Depending on where I have what in my recording signal chain, I could have 2 or more level controls. For the best fidelity, what are the general rules for levels for a preamp and your firewire connection? Is it best to crank the preamp and ease up to the wanted level on the firewire? Or vice...

If so, how would you do it? Would you run it after a mic preamp and into a USB interface? I will be using a firebox, so I would use the line level inputs after the mic preamp. My goal would be for some lo-fi vocals with fuzzes, delays, reverbs and such. Has anyone done this with any...

I found what I think to be a good deal on an ADK A-51 Hamburg condenser microphone. It was $99 bucks. It should be here by the end of the week. I have purchased a lot of gear over the internet (and seeing that I'm in a really rural area, it's the only way for me to find good used deals)...

Could someone explain how you use the downloads? I am very, very new to this (obviously) and was wondering where I was supposed to download the files to. I have a copy of Tracktion on the way, but thought I would get a jump on some things. Do I download them onto my hard drive and then...

Am I going to see a big difference in sound quality? One of the reasons I am leaving the Fasttracks is that it has inputs on the back and controls on the front. It's kind of a pain working with it and swapping inputs, changing controls, and recording different tracks. Everything up front will...

I would love to be able to buy the Tascam US-122 with Cubasis program, but I don't want to have to spend 6 months learning how to record and mix down tracks. Would you guys call this program user friendly and intuitive? I have done analog recording and some recording with Cakewalk Guitar...

I am new to MACS and new to MR-8 so i am fairly clueless. I want to be able to easily mix and edit my files once I have them on my desktop/hardrive of my G4... What are you using and where can I get it? Is there any freeware that works well. I am poor as well as cheap. It's a tough...

Or will I be able to record and upload the songs right to my desktop out of the box? thanks

I am getting rid of Microsoft forever. I am setting up a linux platform and want a good multitrack recording program. What is good and why? thanks

I like it so far. It is better than most freeware as it is more intuitive than alot of crap out there and seems fairly stable as well. Anyhow, is there any advice you could give me. Something you wish someone told you before you made that certain mistake? thanks

I went to a local computer shop and asked them about sound cards. The guys rambles on about all kinds of stuff I know nothing about. He says that my SBLive card has "200 voice" and that this other card they are selling has "800 voice" saying that the higher the rating the better the sound...