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I am getting an increasing number of keyboards and modules and constantly messing with the tuning and detuning etc as things are now beginning to sound wrong to my ears. I was wondering does anyone know whether anything exists which automatically tunes keyboards/modules/ even other instruments...

Hi guys. I am having problems with a mastering suite. My master is on DAT and when they master to vinyl the sound is all distorted, mainly the vocals. They inform me that this is my fault because I have used certain processing on the vocals that do not work with vinyl. All I have used on the...

Hi guys. I am just about to do a mixdown for a forthcoming single and wondering whether or not I should be using autotune for the mix. The vocals sound good to me, but I keep reading all these articles whereby people are saying that they can not do without autotune and how it is an essential...

Hi guys, I intend to start recording live bass and guitars onto my ProTools system. I will be needing a compressor and was wondering what people genrally knew about the Focusrite Penta or the DBX 266? Both are in my budget range. Or can you all advice any other brands in that price region?

For years i've always used a midi chain but the chain now seems to be getting too long. CAn anyone please tell me what I need to get so I don't use a chain. Hopefully the most cost effective method please. I've heard of midi thrus and boxes, etc. I really don't know which I need. For info, I...

Anyone give me pointers on how to achieve that smooth vocal treatment you hear on R&B tracks? Basically, I mean what effects do they use, what dynamics, etc?

Can anybody please tell me how I can earth a turntable. I am trying to connect a turntable to a midi system which only has an auxilliary input. I have purc hased a phon pre-amp which boosts the signal okay but the problem is that I am getting a hum due to lack of earthing. Because I am not...

Some reverb, compression, probably a little delay, probably autotune, what else can I do to make the vocals sound good on my mixes? Also what type of reverb would be recommended for a middle to uptempo Soul/R&B track?

Does anyone know how to connect a Heil Talkbox? I'm stumped, just can't get the sound out using it with my guitar. Just need some advice on basic connections and what is actually required.

Does anyone know how to connect a Heil Talkbox? I'm stumped, just can't get the sound out using it with my guitar. Just need some advice on basic connections and what is actually required.

I am running ProTools LE with an Akai S3000 sampler. The problem I am getting is that say I put 2 different toms on the same channel (Midi), when I go into the mix to reduce the volume of one of them, the other one reduces accordingly. Is there a way in which I can change the volume of one of...

I'm in the process of mixing down and trying to get a big sound. I know that the bass drums, snare and bass guitar should be dead centre. What I was wondering was whether these should be on individual mono or stereo tracks. i.e., e.g. can I put the bass drum on two separate channels dead...

Help! Can anyone please tell me how to connect inserts? I want to connect a track/channel to an external compressor to use for mixdown. My mixer (Tascam DM24) has got insert jacks on each channel and so I connected the one on the vocal track to the compressor but zilch is going on. There is...

I am in the process of setting up an independent label and have got a good singer for the first release. I write and produce the songs and they will be recorded in my home studio which I have built up over the years. I will also be putting up the money for manufacturing cd's and any...

Hello, I read a lot of articles on parametric eq's where people say use the Q to sweep the frequencies to find where the frequency for a particle sound is. How does one do this please?

Can anyone pls recommend a good multi effects unit for getting that retro 70's sound? The Boss and Zoom models seem to fit into my budget range, but there's so many to choose from. I know I could go into the shop and give them all a go,but somehow when I do that, I can't seem to hear the...

Help please. I just bought a Focusrite compressor/preamp thingy and would like to know how you actually set those 2:1, 5:1, etc settings I hear about cos nothing in the manual mentions how I go about doing it. I am new to using a compressor and at the risk of sounding naive, I expected it was...

Help anyone? I have just a single room as a studio which is small, about 10ft x 8ft. There's alot of stuff in it, so it's quite dense. The plan is to start recording vocals and i've just bought a Neumann TLM 103 and a Focusrite pre-amp/compressor. I would like to cut vocals as dry as...

Thanks for all the useful advice so far guys. Now, I have a Pro Tools LE/ Digi001 setup and intend to purchase a Neumann TLM103 mic to start recording seriously. Problem is I only have one tiny room, 7ft x 7ft to record in, which contains all the equipment as well. I'm concerned about...

I'm about to record an R&B/Rap project. Does anyone know what the best mics to use are please? My intention is to record vocals in a proper stdio as I don't have the acoustics at home, and then bring back home to mixdown. I've been checking out studios and there's this long list of mics...