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My plugin chain on most tracks is burnley 73, e.q, compression etc.. I use the burnley 73 primarily for the mic preamp stage as this really add some thickness and depth to tracks which I can't get with my interface pres. (I only ever use a little to a modest amount, unless I want to use it as...

I have a few tracks I've finished which are just Vocals/Electric Gtr. On these particular tracks I leave the vocal at unity gain and mix the guitar from there. I usually find that my track very rarely peaks on the master over -8dbfs, more like an average of -10. I'm then forced to use a tonne...

I recorded a live rehearsal of my band the other night. The bass was recorded straight into the box via DI. After listening to it I noticed that it lacked definition and any mid detail. My bassist has since told me that he had to play with the tone pot all the way down due to it causing erratic...

When recording with a compressor (usually hardware) what settings would be preferable to snip off those spikey transients? Fast attack,low ratio, fast release, high threshold? I'm assuming using a plugin first in the chain can also act as the 'hardware' compressor. I usually use the two...

Let's say we have a track that peaks at -10 dbfs. Once the track has some compression and whatnot inserted should I use the output of the plugin/s to get the highest peak back to -10 dbfs on the track fader? Most tutorials on using compressors/preamp emulation demonstrate purely doing it by...

Ok, so when monitoring individual tracks hitting -18dbfs or louder the needle on my VU plugin is nowhere near 0 VU (red) I'm using the ferric TDS plugin to read VU what's the dealio regards:cool:

I've got a demo of a plugin that doesn't allow me to control the output knob. I'm only using it to increase the gain/saturation and therefore need to backoff output to match the volume without the effect inserted. Is there a workaround ? D

I recently compared the waveform of my masters to some pro stuff, along with a local analog studio. The WAV from my local studio was basically just a block containing virtually no dynamic range (at least visually) however when I ran it through the offline TT dynamic range meter it came up with a...

I've recently been looking at some videos on youtube with regards to gain staging after theach tracks have been recorded. One tutorial said it's good practice to set all the faders at unity and play the track in its entirety. The guy then systematically went through each track and increased or...

I've got my korg volca hooked up from the mini headphone jack to two line inputs on my interface (ts leads) as I was told this is the best way to connect this unit. Trs leads caused phase cancellation and I wasn't getting any signal! However, I still have to crank the preamps on the interface...

here is a clip of my latest song I have attempted to master it too. Any feedback will be greatly appreciated. NOTE: on one of my playback systems the right speaker is distorting badly at higher volumes.... any one else experiencing this...

I'm roughly hitting around -15 rms on the louder/chorusey parts of my songs when pushing the limiter. If I go any further with the limiter I get major gain reduction on the more prominent parts of the mix (the vocal or lead instrument) The GR lasts less then a second so by no means is the mix...

How do I set this up for my drum tracks in cubase artist 8....? ;)

Do I need to purchase an ilok to access Slate plugin demos? Do they supply an ilok if you buy one of the contracts (yearly/monthly) Really want to try some of these out but it seems I'm being forced into buying a £40 dongle that doesn't do anything! Ha

Hey is there anything inherently bad about the following recording guitar recording. I've uploaded one unprocessed track and one with some e.q. gentle compression and some verb. the track will make up part of a busier song (vocals, Bass, violin, accordion, french horn) it was miked with an...

How would folks go about this? the guitar is going to be tracked separately from vocals and accompanying instruments. even with the mic 10 " away I still get tonnes of muddy bass build up which requires drastic high passing (150hz) perhaps I'm better off using my RODE M3 .....?:)

I only have one large diaphragm nt1a and a Rode M3. Can i still get a decent stereo image if I mic the guitar at exact same distances ( 12th fret and bridge) perhaps 12-16" away? I no longer have access to a matched pair d

Hi I have my Korg Volca synced to cubase via a midi cable. I can record loops I have written on the Volca at and given tempo (set via cubase) onto an audio track. However, if I try and write in a beat manually using the drum editor I only get one sample played back no matter where I hit on...

So I've been trying out the following technique for recording guitar and vocals at the same time. https://youtu.be/3WrMhr2nUJI He states to use a small diaphragm on the guitar. I'm using an nt1a on vocals. I've been trying out this on the guitar RØDE Microphones - M3 but I get way to...

I am using the waves ssl to 'glue' my track. I'm primarily mastering (trying to at least) my own acoustic music. Up until now I had been using an attack setting of 1ms. After lots more reading on the subject (acoustic mastering) 1ms may be somewhat heavy handed. Using a slower attack...