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I might regret this in the morning... I went all Daft Tad and hammered out this tune the other night, mainly out of a curiosity about how to use a vocoder. I've tweaked it over the last couple of days, but I'm not sure where I'm headed with it. I'm so far out of my comfort zone, this is way...

I thought I'd throw this one out here before I have to disconnect my audio interface and be without mixing/recording capability for a couple of weeks. My poor interface has to go in for repair...I've been putting it off long enough (an XLR input went out on me...not catastrophic but, well, I...

You asked for it... I think I need to contact the seller though. They make my entire kit just sound like "thwack thwack thwack". Even the cymbals! My incredible prowess in mic placement somehow created some lens flare, so sorry about that. notice that I actually went through the trouble...

I totally understand your troubles with goosenecks. But give a try to a tiny one like a 6". Less chance to droop, and it still extends your possibilities for mic position. For instance, the position I currently have on my Fender is probably going to droop a little by tomorrow morning. But my...

Don't let the title fool you...you might actually be disappointed. I don't want to oversell it or anything :) Hopefully I'm not just spamming the clinic, but I've been spending a lot of time in my studio lately. So I have a lot of material that I've been working on. This is another oldie of...

This is another old song of mine that I wanted to give the royal treatment in my new setup. It was originally circa 2003, one of the very first songs that I recorded once I learned how to multitrack (and I hope to hell that the webcrawlers haven't archived that original version somewhere). 12...

I see your pointy Ibanez and raise you a pointy Aria Pro II ! I've had this thing since about 1989. It was my 2nd electric guitar, after my first was stolen. Apparently it's a 1984 Aria Pro II Inazuma. The paint must be aftermarket because I didn't see it offered in the old catalogs I...

I've been testing out the new studio space and the new amps. This is an old song that I've been wanting to finish for a long time, so I started from scratch a couple of nights ago. It's an over-stuffed vanity project, but I figured that I'd throw it up here to get some input before I get much...

After years of wanting a dedicated studio space, and months of enduring the construction process, my home studio is finally finished. I just wanted to share some before and after pics, as well as a few in-progress shots. I'm really pleased with how it turned out, so humor me while I show it...

Any Waves Gold users around here? Since it's on sale for a pretty tempting price this week, I'm seriously considering grabbing it. I mostly use freebie VST plugins for compression, limiting, EQ, etc. I have a feeling that it'd be a good investment for a hobbyist like myself, but I wanted to...

For those of you that have a room dedicated to recording, what do you use for storage of the random accouterments that go along with your studio? My room won't have a closet built-in, so I'm looking for ideas of where to keep cables, mics, tuners, strings, CDs/DVDs, etc. I'm reluctant to bring...

We finally started construction on my basement finish, part of which is a dedicated 17' x 14' x 8' studio. We were going over the finer details of the finish, and one of the corners of what will be a double wall has some drain pipes in it. So the contractor suggested just cutting the corner at...

I'm in the market for a purpose-built audio desk for my home studio. The junky K-Mart particle board offset computer desk that I've been using for years has got to go. I've been shopping around a lot, and I just can't find anything that really fits my needs. And I don't have the tools or...

Any MOTU interface users around here? Just striking up a bit of conversation because I just got an Ultralite Mk3 Hybrid, running it USB into a Windows 7 x64 machine. So far it's been a roller coaster ride in the first 24 hours with this thing. I've never met a more finicky piece of equipment...

Hi all, I'm progressing through the planning stage of my basement studio finish. The contractor drew up some plans, and while we still have a bit of adjustment to make, it's close to being finished. But I wanted to run it by any experts here...it's WAAAAY cheaper to make adjustments now than...

I'm getting to the more tangible part of my studio design. I'm having a contractor come over on Monday to go over my requirements, so I'm trying to gather up what I really want on paper (and in my head!). It's a basement room with concrete floor and 3 concrete walls, approx 16' x 17' x 8'H...

Here's a work in progress. I wanted to see if anybody had any input before I go back and start my next round of changes. I'm struggling with the vocals most of all...once things get busy, the vocals get buried. I put some automation in there to try to keep the vocals afloat, and carved out a...

I never know whether virtual drum talk belongs in the Drums forum or the MIDI forum...plopping it here, mods feel free to move it if needed. So, has anyone given a try to EZD 2 yet? It came out yesterday. I grabbed the upgrade from EZD 1 last night ($99) and spent about an hour fiddling and...

Here's the scenario: you start a project in Reaper, arm a new VSTi track, turn on the metronome, and record your part. Being the consummate virtuoso on your instrument, you nail the timing perfectly. But when you go back and listen to your newly recorded MIDI track, it has been shifted either...

I am not a handy man. It's taken years of trial, error, more error, utter failure, and giving up...but I've come to the conclusion that until they put 6 strings on a hammer, I'll never be handy with one. So now that I'm in a position to finally construct a little project studio in my...