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  1. kidkage

    GAP-73 vs. JoeMeek ThreeQ ?

    Anyone have these units? know anything? which would be a better investment for someone who has no "solid" pre-amp or compressor? edit: primary application will be on vocals and snare drum. but i also should start putting an outboard preamp on my guitar and bass isocabs instead of runing...
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    One of those "What do you think i should buy" threads

    I have 3 (actually 2) preamps. They're not Neve's but they do what I need them to. A single channel Art Tube MP (get your laughs out of the way), and a 2 channel M Audio DMP3. I need atleast four for my drum micing method. DMP3 on overheads, art on kick, and i need one for snare. I also aim to...
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    A few (I'm sure simple) assorted recording questions

    1. When recording is it true that you want your input levels as high as possible without clipping? 2. I want to try out different guitar recording techniques to see how they are instead of double tracking such as splitting the same signal into a few tracks (I assume that would make the tones...
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    I never got around to learning about time signartures...

    I understand tempo. But I have absolutely no clue what things like "4/4" "3/4" "8/16" "867530", etc. mean.
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    double trackin tips would be awesome

    There's a certain depth I hear in songs where the vocals are double tracked occasionally. When I double track my stuff, it ends up having this overly "processed" sound. Is there any way I could get that depth im looking for? Would singing at a different volume, pitch, or something help? P.S.-...
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    How/ When should I pan these mics???

    I'm recording drums with 3 mics: 2 overheads (recorderman method), and 1 on the kick. theyre running into a mixer with a Left output and a Right output into a Tascam console (where I can pan as well). I'm panning the overheads hard left and hard right with the kick mic in the middle. Should I...
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    Is this legal?

    Gibson Les Paul Black Beauty Custom 50th Anniversary 1960 Electric Guitar
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    What's up with Sound City?

    Sound City Studios Inc - CLOSED - Van Nuys, CA I know it's random, but I'm the n00b that spends hours reading up on studios and guitar picks. I can't find a website or anything. They had one about a year or so ago. Anyone know if it's still alive? along with the studio once known as One on One...
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    ever discovered someone else wrote your song too?

    months ago i heard my riff while running through sirius xm channels in a friends car... YouTube - Annihilator - Alice in hell the first 5 seconds is a riff i thought i wrote. ive never even heard that band so it was awkward :p but funny too how i just stumbled on to that during the period when i...
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    Close drum mic recs would be appreciated

    Im looking at buying some drum mics. I've already got Studio projects B1s for overheads and an SM57 for the snare. I'd like to get mics for 2 rack toms, 1 floor tom, and a bass drum. I'd like to keep the price under $400. Since I'm just running through a mixer with no noise gates, etc. do you...
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    Favorite drum sound(s)?

    I've been inspired to start while remembering the favorite cd thread i started way back in the mastering forum. So, what are the best drum sounds you've ever heard? For me it's on this album- YouTube - Heliotropic
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    a years worth of recording... just... vanished...

    Tascam Dp-008 I hope I accidentally deleted something myself or that it was just a corrupt memory card... It shut itself odd earlier during drum tracking and delted other tracks on that song.. now i went to go mix another song... and its just GONE and other tracks from other songs seemed to...
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    Recorderman Micing Method?

    ...so is it natural to feel like im going to hit the mic over my right shoulder or can they be placed however?
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    Noise gates? what? n00b alert

    I record my drums with studio projects b1's. recorderman method. M-audio preamp, behringer mixer (yeah not neve quality stuff but I love whats its doing for me) There's a hiss though. I assume a noise gate would fix that. Can you use those with that micing method/ those mics? Any help...
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    Help me buy monitors I can use

    I bought some alesis passive monitors a few months ago. they were useless- too big, and since im recording and mixing through a tascam dp008 (it only has rca outputs) it was too much of a hassle to connect them. and my room was full of crap so i had no room for them. Ive converted it now. I'd...
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    Cubase LE? Tascam? exporting? HELP please

    I have a Tascam DP008 that will let me exports tracks. My zoom g9.2tt came with Cubase LE... i think its le 5. I can only record 8 tracks. I can export them though. would exporting tracks into the computer to use and mix on the software so I could get more than 8 tracks and use plug ins and...
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    Cutting Hole in Bass Drum?

    Anyone have tips on cutting a hole in the resonant head? Not burning/melting a hole in it, but actually cutting one in it without a cutting kit.
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    Website making help, and other misc. help I could use from my homerecording friends

    How do you guys suggest setting up a legit website. www._____.com as opposed to www.randomwebsitecreator.com/_____.12._____ And also any tips on good ways to circulate a CD/ or some type of physical music form. Not a full commercial album, just a few song demo, kind of like the old no life til...
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    Views on Internet Marketing?/ Discussion on Internet Marketing

    So I just found out the "suggest to friends" button on facebook is no longer an option for pages. And, I got really bummed about it... I know, I know, it sounds stupid. Any way here's a long story short to kind of explain things- No one to be in a band with found after two years of looking. Jan...
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    Foam differences? Wanna explain?

    Can anyone tell me if there are any differences between pyramid, wedge, and eggcrate foam? If there are any what are are they? //Thanks
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