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    What Monitors Are You Mixing On?

    Own a pair of Mackie HR824s but one of my speaker cones got damaged during a move. I was planning on replacing the speaker but decided to look around a little bit. What are you guys using? How much do you like them? Heard anything you really liked lately?
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    AK-47 Power Supply or 7 Pin XLR Problem?

    Hey guys, I own a Telefunken AK47 and its been giving me some problems lately. Sometimes I'll turn it on and its super quiet, sometimes its at correct volume but it filters the sound, and sometimes its fine. Usually when its not working correctly, I'll fiddle with the power supply or cable and...
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    Let me know what you think

    This is a new song my band just put out. Really would like an overall critique on the production and mix. The following is a what I used for all the sounds. Vocals - Telefunken AK47 --> BAE 312a Pre --> API 527 Electric Guitars - BAE 312a Pre --> Peavey Revalver --> SIR2 w/ Impulse Response...
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    What Should I Do? (Mixing Service Content)

    So long story short, we had a production that needed mixing. We contacted a mixer that we thought was credible enough to get the job done. We ended up not fitting into his schedule so he recommended one of his colleagues. This colleague didn't have as impressive of a track record but the dude we...
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    iLok Vent

    So I'm planning on making a purchase of Slate Digital's Trigger. This will be the first software piece of software that I own that requires an iLok. Now don't get me wrong, I understand that manufacturers have to go to extra lengths to protect there products but to make the consumer pay for it...
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    Some Questions About DI And My Gear

    I am currently running a BAE 312a into an Avid MBox 3 Pro. The only type of recording I've done so far are vocals. I've spent the past few months learning about guitar emulation and messed around with it a little but still don't have my head around how I am suppose to go about this with my gear...
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    My struggle with ORGANIC

    I'm a guitarist in a band and about a year and a half ago I took on the role of mixer. Its started out as rough mixes for beats we were trying to place then turned into actual remixes that were officially released. It didn't take too long for us to achieve what I deemed presentable to the public...
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    Amp Emulators

    I am about to dive into a recording situation where my only source of guitar tones will be through emulators. This is mainly because there is no budget for studio time and I don't own an amp to record with. I wanted to know what everyone's stance wis when it comes to emulated tones. How do you...
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    Electronic Drums

    I have plans on doing some major recording using a Roland V Kit mainly because I can't afford studio time, a real drum kit, or enough mics and preamps for one even if I did have one at my disposal. I've used Native Instruments Addictive Drums a few times but never for a real song. My main...
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    Compressing Double Bass

    I find that when I'm compressing the kick drum during a regular beat to sound good once I get to a rapid double bass part its get eaten up. Naturally this is because my release time isn't quick enough for the next kick drum. How do you guys approach this? The only way I have dealt with this is...
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    Judge Me

    So about 8 months ago I manned up and took the role of "mixing/recording engineer" in my songwriting/production team. We knew no one that did quality mixes and even if we did we couldn't afford to pay for their services. I literally knew nothing about mixing and had to dive head first into it...
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    Compression Confusion (Warning: Long Post)

    So before tonight I thought I had a pretty good grasp on how to use a compressor. I've done dozens of mixes "in the box" and have had a good amount of experience with compressor plug-ins. I've recently purchased my first hardware compressor. Its an API 527. First I'm going to list what I know...
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    Cutting Vocals With Compression

    Are there ideal attack and release settings when cutting with compression. Since I'm using it to jus tame some peaks do I want the attack as quick as possible? Since I'm going to be adding more compression during the mixing stages do I want to avoid making he vocal punchy coming in? Am I...
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    Preamp - Compressor Relationship

    So I'm new to getting a quality vocal and just invested a good amount of money into a new chain. Its a Telefunken AK-47 -> a BAE 312a Pre -> API 527 Comp My first question is about the gain knob on pre. What exactly is its function? I had to have it all the way down because having it up at all...
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    Adding To An Existing Recording

    So my drummer and vocalist are doing covers of existing popular songs on the original instrumentals. My drummer wrote out a few routines to play over Taio Cruz's Dynamite and my vocalist is rapping over a few "beats" (think mixtape). Its seems pretty straight forward in terms of mixing but I...
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    Whats up with this?

    So for the last few demos I have completed, I've bounced the two track so that it peaks somewhere between -6db and -3 db. I then bring that into a new session, add some EQ to brighten things up a little and hit it with the L2. So far my results are sounding good and I get them at about -14db...
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    Help With Mastering(if thats even what i'm doing)

    So after I get my mix complete I bounce the mix as a stereo two track and import it into another sessions where I might add some air and hit it with an L2. Now I am trying to get these recordings to be as loud as possible (I'll explain why in a second). I've listened to a few professional...
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    Low Cuts

    So I've been reading around and it seems to be that the consensus is to low cut everything except the kick and bass. My question is how much of a cut for everything. What I've been doing is cutting every thing a little lower than what seems to be the fundamental. I basically sweep across the...
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    What do you guys think?

    I did my forth mix tonight and A/B-ed it against a known producer's beat that we've been writing for. I'm pretty positive that his were rough mixes but they were very well done. I'm aiming to match him cause I'm assuming he is running on industry standard. If his is 100% I'd say I'm at about...
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    New to The Game

    Whats up everyone, my name is Brian. I've recently decided to dive head first into mixing. I've played guitar and recorded in a band for years and am currently a part of a production/songwriting collective so I'm not a complete newbie when it comes to this audio stuff. My main goal is to be...
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