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It's been too long since I've had a chance to track a full band in my home studio, but when one of my current projects wanted to record, I decided to have a go at doing the full thing. In the past several years, I've been doing mostly solo acoustic projects, guitars, vocals and some mixing for...

I recently picked up a Studio Projects C3 to have a relatively inexpensive figure eight pattern mic to do the mid-side micing technique on some guitar tracks I'm working on. As I was setting up last night I noticed a very clear difference in the amount of noise the mic produced at the three...

I think this should be an upgrade that I can handle and do for less than $100, but before I try it, I wanted a little guidance. My google searches yield either nothing, or too much information and it doesn't seem this specific setup has been discussed here before either. I have a white box PC...

I am working with a new singer in my home studio and after our first night of vocals, I wasn't impressed at all with his performance. His tonality is fine, as is his pitch and general intonation, but the performance lacked energy. I've seen this guy live and the difference is night and day...

Hey all, I've been looking through the archives for the answer to this, but can't seem to define the right search... Basically, I have two options with my recording setup (see below) when it comes to what I send to the headphones in my studio from my control room when doing a punch in. The...

This is one I know has been covered in part but my search on "reverb" and "headphones" yielded more results than I could read in a lifetime... So as I refamiliarized myself with my board for some full-band tracking next weekend, I re-learned that I never figured out how (or if I can) send some...

In a week I will be recording a full band in my home studio for the first time in a very long time. In the past few years I’ve done some acoustic projects and the guitar and vocal parts for two of my previous band’s CDs, but as for recording the whole project (drums, bass, guitars, vox) it’s...

I have been mixing in Cakewalk Home Studio XL for about two years now and am very pleased with the results I've been getting. I've recorded mostly solo guitar/vocals, 4 piece blues/rock bands (mostly my own) a couple piano/female vox projects and even helped a neighbor's kid put together a...

This is a song I'm going to be sharing with my new band to see if they want to do it. This recording is me on guitar, bass & vocals and FruitLoops drums, though if my band does it, I'll be playing bass. My only pre-comment is "if I could sing in tune, I would" : )...

I've looked at MCM, Jameco and Allied as well as places like Allparts, WD and Warmoth. Also an email to Mackie yielded nothing. I don't need them to be exact replacements, just about the same size, 1/4" D-shaft, prefer different color tips. Any ideas at all would be greatly appriciated...

I have three wall mounted 2'x2'x2" absorbers along with several corner mounted 4" thick bass traps. In watchin Ethan's video I see that he uses some cylindrical spacers to put about 2" or so between the walls and the traps. Is it worth it on 2" thick absorbers? I know, I know... try it and...

Currently I have 2 2"x2'x4' bass traps on the ceiling above my mixing area, and only a 2"x2'x2' on the wall (primary reflection). Would I be better off moving the over-head clouds to the primary reflection wall? I've thought about building some more traps, but I wouldn't need a full bundle and...

I thought all was well with my VSTs until a friend was over and he pointed out that some of my VSTs have the snazzy skins showing up and some don't. They still work sonically, but he was right, many didn't have the cool looking skins that were shown on the various sites where I downloaded them...

Thanks to a Christmas present from my wife (a 50' 8x4 snake) I have the ability now to record my band's new demo with some options on how I record the drums. Before this, we had to track drums in the bedroom/studio where my gear is which was horrible cramped, and only yielded marginally usable...

OK, if you were recording drums with an SM57 or an Audix I5 on the snare and you didn't like the way either sounded... would you A) Grab a Shure 57 Beta or B) Grab a M201 I have a $300 gift certificate and it's gonna be one :rolleyes:

I have a set of the old black tone wood YSM-1s (Passive). I'd rather not bother with ebay as shipping will cost as much as they're worth. If anybody can come get them near Redondo Beach, CA, make me a decent offer and we can talk.

I'm playing with a new band and we're set to start recording a 5 song EP/Demo in a couple weeks. The drummer has a beautiful DW kit with mics that are actually built into each drum. He can hook an XLR up to a small jack on the underneath side of each drum. He runs a pair of 603's as overheads...

While I wait for Tivo to record a bit of the SC game... I have to put together a wish list for my family's Christmas gift exchange. Rules are: no gift certificates and less than $75 (not including tax or shipping). I'd like to chip in $15 and get a SM57 but that's not allowed either (thanks...

So my wife comes bouncing in the front door this morning after having walked a few block around our neighborhood with her neighbor friend. "Look what I bought for you baby at a yardsale!" she says. She proudly opens a plastic bag and pull out three small black microphones with more lipstick...

I sat down two weeks ago having decided my mixes weren't translating well and I needed new monitors. I turned to this board and was shocked to learn that room acoustics were to blame, not my old Yorkville YSM1s. Or at least acoustics were the primary problem. 8 homemade bass traps later...