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What's a better place to put the desk, in the middle of the room (labeled drum room) facing vocal room (labeled control room), or on the wall facing the rest of the garage? Also, what should I make the desk out of? https://homerecording.com/bbs/attachment.php?s=&postid=925386

I'm looking for an in ear monitor, some kind of small amp, and mic so someone could hear themselves talk. I would like the monitor to only go in one ear and be as small as possible so it's not obvious. Is there a good make/model to get? What about the amp and mic?

The singer I recorded a couple of times refuses to sing directly into the recording mic. He wants to sing into his PA system and wants me to mic that. He recommends (but knows nothing) using my drum mics (2 Octava MC012s and 2 SM57s) with the Octavas in the back of the room and the SM57s up...

My friend has an Aardvark Q10, but I want it. He said he would only sell it if he could get a better card. He likes the Digidesign 001 because it comes with ProTools and he thinks ProTools is the greastest thing ever. How well is the 001 compared to the Aardvark Q10? If he was going to replace...

A couple years ago, my brother and I got some drums. We built a sound proof room in our garage. It's not totally sound proof, but when someone plays the drums inside, you have to walk up really close to hear them. Next to that, we were going to build a bathroom, so we didn't have to keep on...

Is there a program that can normalize all the tracks and then burn the CD? My friend was trying to burn a CD and it doesn't take wavs. He has to covert them to MP3s, then burn them. He said he wants to program that lets you normalize, but he can't remember the name of it.

How would I record the crowd at a live show? I was going to plug the soundcard into the mixer and get the instruments from that. No crowd noise is picked up, though. Would I just stick two mics on stage pointing at the crowd, or would I place them at the back of the club somewhere closer to the...

If I was going to buy a combo jack for audio stuff, would it be stereo switching, or stereo non-switching?

Somehwere I seen a DIY cable snake schematic, but I can't find it anymore. Anyone know what I'm talking about?

I'm need a cable snake and was thinking about just making one. I figured I could get a project box from Radio Shack, the wire snake from Parts Express, and the plugs and jacks off eBay. I was looking at a picture of a cable snake, and I don't understand the point of the returns. I was going to...

My friend was going to record my brother's band. He said this indepent record label was going to hire him to do some recordings, but they just didn't have any bands yet. All I was supposed to do was bring my mics. I found out my friend knew nothing. He later told me he never recorded more than...

What do I do if my mic doesn't fit on my stand, is there an adapter or something I can get, or do I have to get a new stand?

In a live setup, does the guitarist go to his Marshall head, to the mixer, to the speakers? How about to his Marshall head, mixer, amp, then speakers? Straight to mixer, Marshall head, then speakers?

I'm looking for some good books/sites on the following: Acoustics (How to make my room sound better) Mixing (Seen a couple of books, but don't know if they're good) Speaker Building (I need more speakers and hate shipping prices, also I still get confused on Ohms and stuff) Record...

I know there were posts about getting printers to make labels and stuff, and the answer was always go to Kinkos. Can Kinkos print on the labels, or do I have to use their paper? I'm looking to do 50-200 CDs. Is there a better way? What about one of those $100 thermal printers that can only print...

My friend and I are looking to start doing some more recording. The only problem is the room. We did stuff in his basement and in a basement of a church. Neither one is a real optimum recording studio. The problem is, neither one of us plan on staying around where we live for more than 6 months...

My friend and I are doing some recording and we hate our mics. We have a couple generic dynamic mics and a Shure SM57. That's all we got. We need to be able to record a band. We are using an Aardvark Q10. Here's what we're thinking: Studio Projects C1 on vocals AKG D12 on bass drum SM57 on...

My Mackie is junk. It is a 32 channel 8 bus analog, but nothing works on it anymore and to fix it, I have to spend $2500. I'm looking to just replace it. I just got back from a show my brother played, and I talked to the sound guy there. He was using a SoundTracs 24 channel board. He said for...

I was talking to my friend about my mixer. It's a Mackie 32.8 and it blew up. It's going to be at least $600 in labor. I doubt parts are cheap. He said I should go with a 40 channel Carvin. Anyone ever use one?

I got a floorboard and Pod 2 years ago. I really never need the floorboard. Everytime I used the Pod, I was sitting right beside it. My brother uses the bass Pod, and his band is having a show in about a week and a half. He wants to use the floorboard, but I really don't know how it works. He...