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I've got CD Architect by Sony, and when you click on a wav file it tells you if it's 16, 24 or 32 bit float, and it tells you what the sample rate is too. So really, I'm set. But a lot of times you get files that nobody knows the bit depth or sample rate. Is there other software than CD...

Second in my mastering chain is my equalizer, the RS56 from Waves audio. I always experiment with mid/side EQ. One thing you can always try is putting a blunt curve setting at about 250 hz on the sides, and increase the gain at this setting. It widens the lows without adding muddiness to the...

I've been trying to decide whether to buy a better quality preamp. After getting serious about my recording techniques and mixing with what I already own, I may not buy anything after all. Right now I have a Golden Age Pre-73 Jr with a Neumann TLM102 mic. For stereo micing the guitar, banjo...

I watched a few youtubes on this one but there’s not a lot out there. Anyone have opinions on this product? It’s priced at $699 and that’s about what I can spend. Recording acoustics and vocals.

About 13 years ago I recorded and mixed a folk project. At the time, I didn't know a lot about mixing techniques. But I had an ART VLA II and an ART MPA Preamp, both which later I had to sell, unfortunately and I kind of got out the business for awhile. Today I'm not using a nice preamp, just...

I own the SM81, and I record a lot of acoustic banjo in mono. I record into a Golden Age Project Jr preamp and into my UR44 Yamaha/Steinberg audio interface. The SM81has a pretty darn flat frequency response and that’s usually good but short of using a different banjo (mine is top of the line...

I'm a banjo player, amateur home studio guy, and part of Ashley Lewis and Legacy, a bluegrass band from Illinois. We've been working on some covers and this is one of them, Jon Bon Jovi's "You Give Love a Bad Name." We collaborated online with each other, swapping files for about 6 months or...

Anyone else use KAZROG True Iron? Any thoughts or experience with this plugin?

OK, we're having a lot of fun with this.. we're a bluegrass band (acoustic guitar, acoustic bass, banjo, mandolin & vocal) and for fun we're recording a Bon Jovi song "You Give Love a Bad Name." The guitar player added some electric guitar at the end of the song... I've never mixed electric...

I just got the dbx 160 compressor, and playing around with the m/s functions. Wow, it really adds a stereo component to the sound for the mix when you increase the side make-up gain. Really, you gotta watch the reverb going into the m/s function because it will accentuate the reverb by turning...

I have a desktop where I do all my work, and I have a PT license, a few Steinberg licenses, and tons of plugins from Waves. I like the thought of being mobile with my plugins from Waves, and I always store them on a separate thumb drive. Even though I like the idea of mobile licenses on a...

I'm part of a bluegrass band and a few years ago we recorded a Bruce Robison song called Travelin' Soldier. We all helped record it at different places, and I mixed the tracks. This song came out especially good (for just having fun at it). Travelin' Soldier by Doug Knecht | Free Listening...

I'm running an ASUS desktop PC (Windows 10 Home), i7 3770 4 cores 8 threads, and it's always running something in the background. So I checked Task Manager and there is a Service Host: Windows Image Acquisition running 30% of the CPU power all of the time. Does anyone know what's going on with...

I picked up on a tip from someone, if you like to try something different for your mix, is to print a waveform of the mix on a new stereo audio track, invert the phase and invert the polarity of L/R of the new audio track, and play back and blend the original mix with the new audio mix until you...

Unfortunately I can’t hear the difference between the 2A and the 3A on vocals. What are the attack/release and ratio differences, and when would you choose one over the other? I guess the answer to the last question is whatever sounds best.

Let's say you usually work in 48 kHz. But you want to open a 96 kHz session. 1. Before launching Pro Tools, change the sample rate to 96 kHz on the user panel of the interface. 2. Launch Pro Tools. 3. Create a new temporary dummy session in 96kHz. 4. Close the dummy session. 5. Now you...

I know you can split a stereo track into two mono tracks but can you combine two mono tracks back to one stereo track? Other than recording a new stereo audio track?

Last spring I recorded a dad and daughter acoustic/folk thing, with guitar and bass and vocals, plus me and a buddy added banjo and mandolin at the dad's request. We recorded at my home studio, using a KSM 32 for most everything into a Presonus hybrid mixer/interface. Anyway, this guy happens...

This plug in is so good. I love it even just for the high end EQ, sounds so sweet.

Is a maximizer a special kind of limiter?