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I know there are some others on here who do live sound stuff as well as home recording so I'll mention this. I just took a punt and bought a couple of THESE for use with my Sennheiser radio mic packs. They arrived yesterday and I gave them a good try out today. They're a bit toppy but it was...

Twas brillig, and the slithy mixer toves did gyre and gimble in the fader. All mimsy were the equalisers, and the mome raths outgrabe the pre fade auxes.

There are ways and means for the acoustic treatment--for example I have a carved wood divider screen I picked up cheap at a garage sale--it has more gaps than solid (I'll try to get a picture). With something soft clamped behind it, it looks good from the camera side but really helps acoustics...

A recent discussion about recording guitar in mono vs stereo made me think about this... A friend over on the Audition forums recently suggested a VST plug in called "SHEPPI" to me. Basically it adds fake stereo spatial information to a mono signal--and does a darn good job of it from what I...

It'll sound "different" not better or worse so it really depends on what sound you're after. You mentioned Radio 1 as your "ideal" and they certainly have pretty well totally condensers (along with Capital and most other UK radio stations). One advantage you'd have with a dynamic is that...

...yeah, a lot of small mixers are pretty badly designed and a PITA. What you need, ecc83 is a really BIG mixer, something like this: Big mixers are fun!

Yeah, I know the pre amps are still in circuit whether talking about the mic or line level--but, as mentioned above, the noise issue only comes into play with the gain cranked up--and at line level the gain is, if anything, cranked well down.

We'll have to, yet again, agree to disagree. My experience with noisy pre amps on Behringer stuff is based on numerous mixers (but I only ever measured on the 1204 I mentioned) plus the 4 ADA8000s I own (which give me 32 separate channels to listen to and worry about. FYI, I could get away...

Suffice to say I've found a huge difference in the quality of the mic pres between Behringer and A&H, particularly in terms of noise, when the pre amps are pushed about about 3/4 level. If we were arguing nebulous things like "warmth" or whatever I'd want proper double blind A/B testing...

I'm in the fortunate position of never using live VSTi instruments (Audition can't even handle them) and think trying to use live effects while recording is a very bad idea even before latency is considered. Everyone's needs are different but I can't help thinking that many people make a rod...

See? The A to D conversion results in a distorted waveform!

For many years I've said (mainly jokingly) how much I'd have loved to work on a Pink Floyd tour. Now I'm not so sure! Here's an intercom recording from their 1973 American tour of their Dark Side of the Moon show. For union reasons, they had to use a lot of local technicians rather than...

My hatred of wearing cans is obviously less pronounced than your but I must say it's not something I rank up there with sex, eating and drinking as a source of pleasure! Seriously, the comfort factor probably ranks higher for me than the perfection of the sound--and that's something that really...

Sounds like you're on the right track. Gaffer tape is just as useful in the home studio as it is for live work! Human bodies...even kids...make quite good HF traps! Good luck!

If you're using screened/shielded cable, another method is to connect both the negative and the screen together at the speaker end but I was assuming cheap speaker cable type stuff in which case shorting pins 1 and 3 together would achieve exactly the same thing. I've always done it thus...

Just to drive Jimmy69 and Steenamaroo crazy... Of course that would be right way up in Australia or New Zealand...

Allen and Heath have just announced the QU 16, a digital equivalent/replacement for the venerable Mix Wizard. The UK list price is £1699--don't know what the US price is. This makes it more than the x32 for half the inputs. Will the sexy looks and A&H name be enough to sell in view of the...

For NAB, Adobe are giving previews of the next versions of all the Creative Suite products, including Audition. Durin Gleaves (from the development team) has also posted a list of what's new in the Audition user forums HERE. There's some very interesting sounding stuff, at least for me since I...

My experiences/opinions are much like Gecko Zzed. Much as I like the tactile experience of analogue, my workflow is faster and more efficient in digital--and, despite what Beck says, I spend a negligible amount of time on PC maintenance and upgrades. That said, I certainly understand the...

The film version of the lava lamp is... ...the lava lamp! Why tamper with perfection! Good point about the 15 amp circuit. I've been in 240 volt countries too long to remember the misery of 15 amp/110 volt operation. Definitely not redheads for you (800 watts each). However, depending on...