I am looking for a budget compressor that I can experiment with and something that later on if I get something better made, it would be still useful on at least bass drum and snare drum. I was looking at the DBX 166 xl, ART SCL2 and the Alesis 3632.
Hi I am thinking about recording my band and in the near future set up a home studio. My band consists of a vocalist, drummer, bassist and myself, playing the electric guitar. At the moment I have 4 microphones: SM57, SM58, D112 and sE X1 (LDC).
For the vocals I could use she condensor or...
I was considering to use a 4 microphone method to record drums. I have an AKG D112 for base drum, a Shure SM57 for snare drum and a sE Electronics X1 condenser as a center overhead microphone above the snare drum. If I get a ribbon microphone such as sE X1R and place it above the floor tom as an...
I am looking for a budget 8 channel USB audio interface. Preferably allows future expansion for another 4/8 channel mic preamps. I was looking at the Focusrite Scarlett 18i20. Any other good competition to this interface? I would be using it with a PC.
Hi! I am starting to buy microphones, I got the basics to record vocals, guitar and bass. Now I would like to get dynamic mics to record the drums. I got the SM57 for snare drum and D112 for base drum and I was thinking about getting 2 Sennheiser E604 for toms. I was thinking about buying a...
I am about to buy my first matched pair of small diaphragm condenser microphones. I was looking into the Rode NT5MP but I would like to consider alternative mics in the similar price range. Mics that I already one are:
Dynamic:
Shure SM57, SM58,
AKG D112
Condensor:
SE X1
Please mention a...
Hi! I would like to understand how re-amping works. I have an active DI box by Radial engineering I use for bass guitars which I can use also to record clean guitars. I saw a video that uses a Radial re-amp box that is not very expensive piece of equipment. My question arises because the input...
Hi! so i just got a condenser mic, an sE electronics X1. just found a ribbon mic for sale locally an X1R. would it be useful to record the room during drum recording or i could just use the condenser? I still need to get more mics to have enough mics for toms.
I would like to put together a home recording studio. I wish to record bands that have a drummer, singer (male or female) bass guitar and electric guitar. Maybe also acoustic guitar. I have a Shure SM58 and just got a Shure SM57 as soon as I decided to start with this studio project. Also, I...