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Hey all, I posted early mixes of a few songs on here for feedback, and I just wanted to share the final tracks with anyone who is interested. You can check them out on my MySpace page: www.myspace.com/poemadept "Fighting With Myself" and "Anne, Anne" were the ones I posted here before...

Hey all, I'm getting close to the deadline for my new album and I have some bass tracks to lay down. The problem is that I don't have a bass. I'm wondering if anyone out there from Southeast Michigan/Northern Ohio has a decent one with a head and cabinet I could borrow for a few days in early...

Hey all, I do a lot of recording for myself and friends, and my biggest challenge is with instruments (particularly vocals) that exhibit a wide dynamic range. I frequently end up having to keep one hand on the input levels to try and cut the peaks. I'm fairly sure that a compressor is the...

Hey all, I have a Presonus Firepod for sale on ebay right now. It was used for one weekend on a recording project and performed flawlessly. It comes with all the original packaging, software, hardware, etc. $460 shipped. Let me know if you're interested. Thanks! Peter

Hey all, I need to find someone who will loan me a good acoustic/electric guitar for my show in Brooklyn on January 25th. I'm leaving the country for two weeks in January, getting back January 24th, and staying in New York for the show. I thought I was being clever when I booked it since I...

I'm selling an Aardvark Q10 mic preamp with all the original packaging, manual, cords, card, drivers, etc. I'll also burn a copy of the updated drivers to a CD for you. It's in perfect shape; it was used in a smoke free home and kept in the box when not in use. I've had it for about 4 years...

I like to use a click track or metronome when I record to keep an even tempo throughout a song, but there are several songs that I'm recording now for which the tempo seems to naturally change a bit from verse to chorus. In one song, for example, when I play each part on my guitar along with...

Hey kids, I wrote this brief article on self-promotion a little while back. It wasn't published, so I thought I'd at least share it with the hr.com crowd. Enjoy! Peter

This is fairly tangential to home recording, but it's a question I've been struggling with for a while and thought other people might find useful... I've been making enough money as a musician to support myself for the last 3 years; enough to pay all the essential bills and live in reasonable...

I changed the strings on one of my guitars about three weeks ago, and then hadn't played it much since. It has been dormant on a stand in a 1st floor room of my house here in Michigan during a relatively warm and humid spell. Today I went to play it and found that the tone was dull and the...

If anyone has a Rode NTK in EXCELLENT condition (and with all the components) that isn't wanted anymore, let me know how much you want for it. Thanks! Peter

Hi kids, I'm working on a new song right now and I just finished the first mix. It still needs more instrumentation, but I wanted to get some early feedback on the composition and sound and some suggestions of where to take it from here. You can listen to it here...

In a lot of my recordings I have used my own voice for the harmonies as well as the melodies, especially when I can't find anyone else to sing them for me. I sometimes worry that it's difficult to distinguish one voice singing two parts layered over one another, as the tone and timbre will be...

Hi everyone! I'm selling a Fender Passport PD250 in excellent condition. Thought I'd post it here before I try ebay. I bought this system for a tour I just finished on the west coast. I used it for about 15 shows, and then left it with a friend in Seattle because I couldn't bring it home...

Hey all, I'm looking to buy 2 Shure SM-58's and a Rode NTK in new or like new condition. If anyone is selling, let me know your price (including shipping to Ann Arbor, Michigan). Thanks! Peter

Hey everyone, I have Cubase LE (the version that came with my Presonus Firepod) and I'm trying to find some books or tutorials to help me get used to using it. All I see on Amazon are books about Cubase SX/SX3/SL, etc. Is LE closely related to any of these? If I get a book about SX am I...

What's up everyone, I'm recording a song right now that involves an upright bass, and as the time to track approaches I realize I don't have much knowledge about mic placement for it. I sifted through the archives and found a bounty of information, but a lot of it was conflicting and intended...

I got a lot of great live recordings from the last tour I was on, but I'm having a little trouble mixing them down into separate tracks. What I want is for the mixdown to play continuously exactly as it was recorded during the shows, but with each song also separate as its own track. Whenever...

Looking for something in very good condition to haul my firepod, laptop, and a few mics. The make isn't important to me, but I'd prefer something like Gator or MTS to a wood crate. A new case is about $80 or $90 shipped on ebay. If you can significantly beat that price let me know. Thanks, Peter

I'm going on tour this fall, so I bought a laptop and firepod to record all my shows. What I don't have is a solid case to keep them in. I thought I would see if anyone here has one they don't need anymore. I'm looking for something that will fit the firepod and laptop, as well as a few mics...